A Sneak Peak At the Week
Comer
English II
We will continue reading The Old Man and the Sea and studying vocabulary from the novella.
English IV
We will continue our study of The Importance of Being Earnest and vocabulary from the play.
Digital Arts
We will be starting a new assignment: Thankful Hands which will be displayed in November on the bulletin board by the front door.
Math Lab
We'll be reviewing how to find taxes, tips and discounts.
Tulbert
Biology and Anatomy/Physiology
Dissecting rats and completing lab write up
Psychology
Finishing an experiment, writing up results, and completing research paper
O’Donnell
Geography
We will be studying Canadian Culture and Provinces.
Government
We are building our own Constitution.
Career/College Planning
We will be working on Career Interests.
Ahearn
Pre Calculus
We are solving for an unknown side of a triangle using trig functions and the trig table.
Algebra II
We are going over converting numbers to scientific notation, and how to combine them using multiplication and division.
Algebra I
We are working on solving two step equations and how to check your work.
Geometry
We are finishing up our lesson over the different types of angles and how to classify them.
Dust
Communication and Public Speaking
Putting final touches on our ‘Show me what YOU know’ speeches on Monday. The students have each selected a portion of the second unit and will be presenting it to the class on Tuesday the 3rd. In doing so, they will be helping one another prepare for the Unit 2 test on Thursday the 5th.
Carroll
LA Lab
We will continue using text evidence to find the main idea.
Studio Arts
We are finishing up our watercoloring unit with nature inspired watercolor paintings.
Sheehy
L/A Lab I, II
We are continuing our review of suffix addition rules, negative prefixes, and adding some common adjective suffixes.
Test next Thursday, 10/5 on suffix addition rules.
English 1
Label and Diagram sentences with Direct Objects test on Tuesday, 10/3.
Continue reading The Old Man and the Sea.
Practice writing sentences with imagery. Introduce Indirect Objects.
Simon
Health
Introduction to sexual health class, setting up resource binder, initial assessment.
Christman
English 1
Choose a current article to read and summarize in the 11-sentence paragraph format.
Review simple and compound sentence types as well as fragments and run-ons.
English 3
Choose a current article to read and summarize in the 11-sentence paragraph format.
Review compound and complex sentence types as well as comma placement.
English 4
Choose a current article to read and summarize in the 11-sentence paragraph format.
Review compound and complex sentence types as well as comma placement.
Visual Arts
Students continue working on cubism paintings using tints and shades of their chosen set of complimentary colors.
Photojournalism
Continue working on Photography Types and Techniques and Elements and Principles slideshows. Take photos and add them on Friday.