12/18/14

Homework: FIND/MAKE AN UGLY SWEATER TO WEAR TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!


1.  Vocabulary 11-20

12/17/14

Homework: None!!!!

Answer the questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!
Each question is worth 20 points!!!!!

1.  Explain (in detail) the deal that Peak and Peak's lawyers made with the judge.
2.  What happened to Peak's parents after Peak was born?
3.  Why did Peak begin to climb skyscrapers?
4.  How do you think Peak feels about moving to Thailand with his father?  Use general details from the text to support your answer.

Homework: Wednesday will be the second quiz on pages 21-40 
                   The second set of notes will be due on Wednesday as well (at least 10 notes) 

1.  Reading!!!!!!!!!!!!  (For twenty minutes)
2.  Vocabulary 1-10 additional assignment

12/15/14

Homework: Wednesday will be the second quiz on pages 21-40 
                   The second set of notes will be due on Wednesday as well (at least 10 notes) 

1.  Reading!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/12/14

Homework: Have a great weekend!!!!!!

1.  Concrete poem due by the end of the day today (first 20 minutes to work on the poem)
2.  Second 20 minutes continue Peak (next quiz will be on pages 21-40 with at least 10 notes for the section)

12/09/14 & 12/11/14

Homework: Concrete Poem due by Friday 













Room Assignments:
The Hub: Group A/Ptran
The Lab:  Group B/Porter
The Think Tank: C/Oakley
The Flex Room:  D/ Michaud

12/08/14

Homework:  All work from portfolio 1&2 due by the end of the day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A good intro should have:

1.        A hook

2.       Background Information

3.       Thesis Statement

Example Topic:  Nanotechnology will benefit the CNY area.

Introduction 1:  Nanotech is cool.  It like makes bullet proof clothes and stuff.   We should definitely  have nano tech. 

Introduction 2: 

Imagine a future where the clothes you buy off the shelf make you bullet proof.  A future where cancer is beat by new technology that allows for the medicine to ONLY attack the harmful cells and leave the good cells alone.  A whole new world where the energy you use just by tapping keys on a keyboard can be harnessed by nanotechnology, built into your clothing, and used to recharge your portable devices.  Nanotechnology is a huge new field of science that helps create everything from the computer chip in you smart phone to new medicines that may one day help people with paralyzed limbs regain movement.  In addition, nanotechnology had the potential to bring a huge influx of jobs and money to a struggling economy.  Nanotechnology is a new field of study that will benefit the CNY area in a vast way.

Your Job: Based on the following picture write an introduction that introduces how at least one of Newton's Laws predicts the motion of cow and the dolphin.  

Homework: Any make up work for Portfolio 1&2 is due on Monday 

1.  Quiz on pages 1-20:

Peak Quiz 1:  Pages 1-20

                                       ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN COMPLETE SENTENCES

  1.        What happens to Peak when he is climbing the skyscraper?  (there are two major things)

  2.        Why does Peak “tag” buildings?

  3.        Why is Peak in so much trouble?  (There are two major reasons)

  4.        What is the punishment that Peak is facing?

2.  Vocab 1-10 

Make up work for portfolio 1&2 

Portfolio 1:  

1. Poe Notes (at least 30) go to poemuseum.org
2. The Monkeys Paw notes: Read the story and take at least 15 notes


Portfolio 2: 
1.  Read "The Hitchhiker" take at least 15 notes and answer the following questions:
   

-.As we are listening to the play, “The Hitchhiker” I want you to make a list of any elements in the story that created a feeling of suspense.  After you are done with that, write 2-3 sentences explaining a specific example of foreshadowing and how that affected the story

- At the beginning of the story, when Ronald Adams is telling us about himself, what is strange about the way he introduces himself?

- When Adams is asking the mechanic about hitchhikers, the mechanic mentions that it is pretty lonesome country out here.  Why does the mechanic mention that this is lonesome country out here?  

2.  Nanotech Notes:  Read at least 4 different articles about nanotechnology and take at least 10 notes each article:  

Here are the links: 

1..  Read and take notes (10 notes) on these articles:
      Nanotech Article 1 
     Nanotech Article 2 
     Nanotech Article 3 
2.  Independent Research
            Sweet Search
            Options to search:
                 Microchip Manufacturing
                 Nano technology in the work force
                 Nano technology

HOMEWORK:   SEE ME IF YOU ARE FAILING BY FRIDAY!!!!!!!
                            Read pages 1-20 by tomorrow 
                            You need at least 10 notes 
                            Quiz 1 will be tomorrow 

1.  Continue Reading Peak
2.  Vocab 1-10 


MAKE UP WORK FOR PORTFOLIO 1&2 (For half the points back)

Portfolio 1:  

1. Poe Notes (at least 30) go to poemuseum.org
2. The Monkeys Paw notes: Read the story and take at least 15 notes


Portfolio 2: 
1.  Read "The Hitchhiker" take at least 15 notes and answer the following questions:
   

-.As we are listening to the play, “The Hitchhiker” I want you to make a list of any elements in the story that created a feeling of suspense.  After you are done with that, write 2-3 sentences explaining a specific example of foreshadowing and how that affected the story

- At the beginning of the story, when Ronald Adams is telling us about himself, what is strange about the way he introduces himself?

- When Adams is asking the mechanic about hitchhikers, the mechanic mentions that it is pretty lonesome country out here.  Why does the mechanic mention that this is lonesome country out here?  

2.  Nanotech Notes:  Read at least 4 different articles about nanotechnology and take at least 10 notes each article:  

Here are the links: 

1..  Read and take notes (10 notes) on these articles:
      Nanotech Article 1 
     Nanotech Article 2 
     Nanotech Article 3 
2.  Independent Research
            Sweet Search
            Options to search:
                 Microchip Manufacturing
                 Nano technology in the work force
                 Nano technology
 MAKE SURE YOU RECORD THE TITLE OF YOUR ARTICLE WHEN YOU ARE TAKING NOTES

12/03/14

HOMEWORK:   SEE ME IF YOU ARE FAILING BY FRIDAY!!!!!!!

1.  GRADE CHECK IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2.  Continue Reading Peak


MAKE UP WORK FOR PORTFOLIO 1&2 (For half the points back)

Portfolio 1:  

1. Poe Notes (at least 30) go to poemuseum.org
2. The Monkeys Paw notes: Read the story and take at least 15 notes


Portfolio 2: 
1.  Read "The Hitchhiker" take at least 15 notes and answer the following questions:
   

-.As we are listening to the play, “The Hitchhiker” I want you to make a list of any elements in the story that created a feeling of suspense.  After you are done with that, write 2-3 sentences explaining a specific example of foreshadowing and how that affected the story

- At the beginning of the story, when Ronald Adams is telling us about himself, what is strange about the way he introduces himself?

- When Adams is asking the mechanic about hitchhikers, the mechanic mentions that it is pretty lonesome country out here.  Why does the mechanic mention that this is lonesome country out here?  

2.  Nanotech Notes:  Read at least 4 different articles about nanotechnology and take at least 10 notes each article:  

Here are the links: 

1..  Read and take notes (10 notes) on these articles:
      Nanotech Article 1 
     Nanotech Article 2 
     Nanotech Article 3 
2.  Independent Research
            Sweet Search
            Options to search:
                 Microchip Manufacturing
                 Nano technology in the work force
                 Nano technology
 MAKE SURE YOU RECORD THE TITLE OF YOUR ARTICLE WHEN YOU ARE TAKING NOTES

 

12/02/14

Homework: Finish the non fiction article about the mentality of a risk taker (minimum of 10 notes)!!!  

1.  10 minutes to finish the article (whatever you have left is homework)
2.  Begin the novel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   (10 notes each chapter!!!!!)

12/01/4

Homework:  None!!!!!!!!

1.  Examine the mentality of risk takers through non-fiction and film
2.