Archive for February, 2009

27
Feb
09

Friday February 27th, 2009 Day 3

Communications 801

Completed “Radio”

Began Alphabetical Autobiography.

English 631

Completed Dictionary exercise from page 42 of “Least you should know about English”

Researched Stonehenge and the history surrounding it.
Why is the image at Stonehenge a great image for our unit dealing with survival?
Math 300

Completed exercises on page 186.
Introduced section 5.3
Multiplying a polynomial by a monomial.
Completed exercises 1-31 on page 189.

26
Feb
09

Thursday February 26th, 2009 Day 2

Communications 801

Completed a business letter. Written to the Hanna School Board arguing why Radio should be allowed to remain at Hanna high School.

English 631
Continued “dictionary exercises from pages 42-46 in “Least you should know about English”.

Completed “Screen Test from page 50 in anthology.

Completed writing exercise selecting the best or worst selection from Unit #1 and why?(persuasive paragraph)

Introduced Unit #2 Genre Focus “Survival”

Completed “The Butterfly” on page 54.
Math 300

Completed exercises on page 184.

Introduced 5.2 (factoring expressions with common factor)
Completed exercises 1-15 on page 186.
Assigned 16-24 for Friday.

25
Feb
09

Wednesday February 25th, 2009 Day 1

Monday and Tuesday snowed out!!!

Communications 801

Completed “Shapes” survey.
Started “Radio” video jacket activity.

English 631
Continued working on “dictionary exercise” from page 42.
Completed Language Master #6 (Compound Sentences).
Completed “Summer Job” from page 47 in the anthology.
Completed journal entry Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Early Lunch Dismissal.

Math 300
Went over the test from chapter 4.
Completed section 5.1 (factors and the GCF)
Completed exercises 1-22 on page 184.
Began working on the remainder of the exercises on page 184.

20
Feb
09

Friday February 20th, 2009 Day 5

Communications 801
Watched 1st half of “Radio” (a movie about someone who doesn’t fit in originally but eventually marks his presence known in an entire community).

English 631

Math 300

19
Feb
09

Thursday February 19th, 2009 Day 4

Communications 801
Continued “Tuesdays with Morrie”
Completed a newspaper article in conjunction with “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”.

English 631
Started “using a dictionary” on page 42 in “Least you Should Know about English”.
Completed and discussedd “Shoe Store” on pages 43 and 44 and “Spare a Dime” on pages 45 and 46 from the anthology.

Math 300

Test on chapter 4.
Assigned Chapter 1 review on page 174.
Assigned Chapter 4 review on page 175.
Extra help today at 11:50 in room 119.

18
Feb
09

Wednesday February 18th, 2009 Day 3

Communications 801

Continued “Tuesdays with Morrie”

Completed personal scrapbooks.
Read “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” from page 6 in the student text.

Assigned a short response to “To think well of others, you must first think well of yourself” Agree or disagree and reasons for or against.

English 631

Wrote persuasive essay in regards to recent announcement of school closures.
completed Language masters 3 and 4 (Inverted Sentences and Possessives).
Completed rules for adding prefixes and endings to words (Least you should know about English page 38).

Completed “Mudwoman’s Encounter with Money and Business ” on page 38 in the anthology.

Math 300

Completed the chapter 4 review sheet.
Completed chapter 4 review on page 172.
Test tomorrow on chapter 4.

17
Feb
09

Tuesday February 17th, 2009 Day 2

Communications 801
Continued “Tuesdays with Morrie”
If I had a million dollars…assignment in the computer lab…how would you react, spend/share, etc.

English 631
Holland College presentation.
Completed “The Work Farce” on pages 40-41. For homework, write down 5 adjectives that describe you in the workplace/classroom.

Math 300
Corrected homework on page 170.
Assigned review sheet of chapter 4. To be completed for Wednesday.

16
Feb
09

Monday February 16th, 2009 Day 1


Snow Day Friday!!
Communications 801
Continued “Tuesdays with Morrie”
Continued working on the “favorites” scrapbook.

English 631
Completed writing the letter to the editor.
Completed Contractions and Possessives from “Least You Should Know About English”
Completed notes on Paragraphs.
Early lunch dismissal.

Math 300
Completed 39-45 on page 165.
Completed #’s 1 -24 on page 170. Assigned #’s 25, 32,35,37,45,46,50,and 51 to be completedfor Tuesday. Chapter 4 test on Thursday.

12
Feb
09

Thursday February 12th, 2009 Day 6

Communications 801
Continued “Tuesdays with Morrie”
Worked in the computer lab on creating a 3 verse poem using a list of personal favorites. Included were favorite food, actor/actress, color,etc.

English 631
Completed “A Photographer at Work” from the anthology. (p 30)
Completed 1st journal entry (3 wishes for a genie).
Completed “Hard Edges, Soft Skills” from the anthology. (p 33)

Math 300
Completed Dividing monomials by monomials on page 164.
Completed exercises 1-18 on page 165. Assigned 39-44 to be completed for Monday.

11
Feb
09

Wednesday February 11th, 2009 Day 5

Communications 801
Individually created a list of “favorites”. This list will be used to create a 3 verse poem tomorrow(Computer lab)

Began working on “top ten ” scrapbook.

English 631
Completed “Star Food” in the anthology. discussed question #1 on page 28.
Completed Verb Tenses (Blackline Master #1)
Spent time working on novel projects.

Math 300
Completed Multiplication monomial by monomial on page 160.
Assigned #29 on page 155 and #’s 37-43 on page 161.