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Daily Assignments and Information - Cal Young Middle School

Friday:

    PROJECT QUEST-
       Essay Part II - due Monday  (5-1)
       Start revisions on Part I
       Work on product -    Wednesday (5-10)

    Classes worked very hard today
       on all their P.Q. assignments.
       Good job, kids! 

Period 6 -  Recitations
    Class finished the assigned
    recitations today
    **See P.Q. info above**

    Have a good weekend!

   

posted by: huling_p at April 28, 2006 16:04 | link | |

Thursday:

    Take Your Child To Work Day-
       If you were absent be sure to bring
       a note from home for an excused absence
      
    P.Q. -  work on essays/research
       Essay II - due by May 1st - Monday
       Part I - revisions due asap
          **Be sure to staple old version to
             the new revised copy
       Products - due May 10th
       Plan P.Q. poster for the hallways
          Get rough draft approved
   
    North & South - video
       Note differences in the two homes

    Period 6 -  P.Q. and reciting of poems
       Be ready to go tomorrow!
   

posted by: huling_p at April 27, 2006 16:26 | link | |

Tuesday:

    History-  Creating America
       Finish 441-449
       Add events to timeline
       See required events on the board
       Face-Off - if time permits

    Thinking skills - lateral thinking
       CW - Vanity plates

    P.Q. -  work on essay II or revisions
       Get product approval

Period 6-  P.Q. and Thinking Skills
       See above info
       Study your poem and be ready to recite

NOTE:  Wednesday is the District Reading Survey
       Please be prompt and ready to go
       Bring P.Q. essays  & timelines to work on
    Period 6 - bring P.Q. essays & poems to study

   

posted by: huling_p at April 25, 2006 17:00 | link | |

Monday:

    Literature: Nathaniel Hawthorne
       "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
       CW - vocabulary ws
       Discuss the Dr.'s hypothesis

    Thinking skills - CW  - ws

    History - Creating America
       Read 441-449
       Add more events to timeline

    P.Q. - Essays - Part II due asap
       no later than May 1st.
       Work on product development

Period 6 -  see Literature and P.Q. above
       Work on memorizing your poem
       Recitations begin this Thursday

Note:  Wednesday there will be District
        Reading testing during Language Arts class.
       Friday is "Take Your Child To Work Day"
          Please plan ahead if you will be gone on
          Friday.

         

posted by: huling_p at April 24, 2006 16:56 | link | |

Friday:

    History:
       Work on  timeline
       1836-1865
       Copy list of required events
          1840-1850
            Add your own

    P.Q. -  Essay II
       HW - Continue writing about your topic
       in today's world - its impact, effect, status, etc.
       Essay due - asap

       HW - Work on your product design-
       Teacher conferences today for approval
       Products due May 10th

    Thinking skills -  correct "Foggy"
       Analogies - define
       CW - complete analogy warm-up
       Provide reasoning/logic with answers

Period 6 - See P.Q. above
    Memorize your poem
    Be ready to recite next week

Have a great weekend! 

   

posted by: huling_p at April 21, 2006 17:04 | link | |

Thursday:

    Logic grid - "Who's Froggy?"   
       Due Friday
       Write the 5 sentences

    History - Read 396-401
       Creating America
       California statehood and
          the gold rush

    Work on timeline-
       Copy list of required events
       Start with The Alamo - March 1, 1836

Period 6 -
    Logic grid -  see above
    Get poem approval
      Recite next week

    P.Q. - HW
       Bring product conference ws
       due Friday

posted by: huling_p at April 20, 2006 16:41 | link | |

Wednesday:

    Literature-  "The Ruum"
       Correct ws - turn in
       Discuss the clues/implications

    Warm-up -
       Multi-facted logic grid
       CW

    What about Texas?
       Read 384-395
          Creating America

    Start timeline-
       March 1/2, 1836
       The Alamo   (first entry)
        Last entry - Summer of 1865

posted by: huling_p at April 19, 2006 15:47 | link | |

Tuesday:

    Warm up-  "Thinking Under Pressure"
       CW - correct in class

    Literature - "The Ruum"
       Science Fiction
       Story full of clues and irony
      HW - ws  due Wednesday

    HW - P.Q.
       Essay - Part II
       Product design - due asap

    History -
       Texas - The beginnings
       The Alamo

Period 6 - Literature & P.Q.  (see above)
    American poetry - find a selection
       Get approval

posted by: huling_p at April 18, 2006 16:28 | link | |

Monday:

    Logic ws - due today
       Write the four sentences
        Go over in class
    Warm-up -  "Follow Directions"
       CW-

    History - Read 375-383
       "Oregon Fever"   
          Continue online
          Classzone - Ch 13
             Oregon Trail links
       Class discussion

    P.Q.  - plan products and present
       to me asap.  Ask for a conference
       Products due - May 10th
       HW - continue to write part II-
          (explain the importance/impact ot
          your topic)

6th Period -P.Q.  (see above)
     Look for American poetry
     Find a poem - get approval
    8 lines minimum -  begin study

posted by: huling_p at April 17, 2006 16:29 | link | |

Thursday:

    Literature- "Devil & Daniel Webster"
       Correct ws
       Discuss story

    History - notes quiz
       CW - finish and turn in today

    Shields - continue work
       HW for some - due Monday

    P.Q. - Products HO
       Begin planning product
       Get approval asap

    Logic ws - Deductive Reasoning
       Logic grids -  CW

***No School on Friday -
    Teachers' Grading Day - Midterms

   

posted by: huling_p at April 13, 2006 13:29 | link | |