Thursday, October 27, 2016

Breast Cancer Awareness

If you don't have pink, show your support by wearing lilac or lavender

The lavender awareness ribbon is a symbol for general cancer awareness.

Thank you

October 31 - November 4

English

7th: “The Dying Detective”
Play
Suspense
Grammar: Verbs

8th“The Tell-Tale Heart”
Short story
suspense
Literary analysis
For Thursday, November 3 students must present a PSA video with “Stop bullying” as the topic. The video must be presented in a usb, no phones or computers will be allowed in the class. Here are some links to view PSA VIDEOS: 



9th: “The Dancers”
Play
Vocabulary and Literary analysis
For Monday, November 7: Students will pick out a scene from “The Dancers” and perform it. Students will work in groups for this activity.


10th:  “from Don Quixote”- Analogies
Analogies
Literary analysis
For Friday, November 4: Students, working in groups, will write and perform a song for Dulcinea.


11th: “The Nation’s First Poet” –The Pilgrims”
Literary forms
Understanding the meaning of unknown words by reading context clues


Sociology
10th:
For Fridays throughout the partial: the students working in groups will e-mail advances on the research project they have chosen. Friday, Oct 28 is the first due date.
Presentations:
Group #2: Race and Ethnicity – Monday, October 31
Group# 3: Sex and Gender – Wednesday, November 2
Group# 4: Family – Friday, November 4


Thursday, October 20, 2016

October 24- October 27


English: 

7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th

Students will be working on their murals for this partial.
Students must work in class; for this they need to make sure they've got all the materials needed: scissors, letters and other templates, glue, silicon, tape, markers, paints, brushes, cardboard, paper, and any other material. They will not be allowed to go out and borrow materials from other classes or to buy materials during class time.

**I would like to take the opportunity to remind the students who still haven't paid for the book we will be reading in English class to please pay, as soon as possible. The books are being delivered next week and need to be paid for. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.


Sociology:

Research Methods: Data collection methods

Wednesday, October 26: Group 1 Presentation:
Chapter 9: Global Stratification

October 24- October 27

English: 

7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th

Students will be working on their murals for this partial.
Students must work in class; for this they need to make sure they've got all the materials needed: scissors, letters and other templates, glue, silicon, tape, markers, paints, brushes, cardboard, paper, and any other material. They will not be allowed to go out and borrow materials from other classes or to buy materials during class time.

**I would like to take the opportunity to remind the students who still haven't paid for the book we will be reading in English class to please pay, as soon as possible. The books are being delivered next week and need to be paid for. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.


Sociology:

Research Methods: Data collection methods

Wednesday, October 26: Group 1 Presentation:
Chapter 9: Global Stratification

Monday, October 17, 2016

Study Guide for Leveling Exams

7th Grade:
Grammar: Nouns- common, proper, concrete, abstract, and collective

8th Grade:
Stories:
“I know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
“Harriet Tubman: A Guide to Freedom”
The Governess” “The Ninny” – vocabulary too


10th Grade:
Stories:  “The Monkey’s Paw”
“Two Friends” “Damon and Pythias”
Analogies
Using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

Sociology:
Chapter 1: Sociology and the Sociological Perspective:
Sociology and other sciences, Origins of sociology, Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
Chapter 2: Culture
What is culture? Components of symbolic culture, Subcultures and countercultures, values in a democratic society, cultural universals, Technology in the global village
Chapter3: Socialization
Socialization into the self, mind; emotions; gender
Resocialization
Agents of socialization
Socialization through life course
Vocabulary

Thursday, October 13, 2016

October 17 - October 21



English

7th: “After Twenty Years”
Short story
Grammar: Verbs

8th“Raymond’s Run”
Short story
Characters’ actions
Vocabulary


9th: “Talk”
Literary analysis
Vocabulary development
Rainsford’s Trial


10th:  “The Widow and the parrot”
Literary analysis
Analogies
Word

11th: “The Far and the Near”
Short story
Writing a letter
Analogies



Sociology
10th:
How sociologists do research:
Valid sociological topic

Research model