Sept. 17-21

Mr. Scott: Geography

Monday: constitution assignment in class

Tuesday: Review for test

Wednesday: Chapter One Test

Thursday: Correct and Discuss the Reflective Journal Question

Friday: In class activity, no homework

Ms. Hawksford: English

Power poster was due Monday, Sept. 17

Vocab. quiz on Friday (words at end of e-mail)

They will be reading and discussing adaptations of short stories the rest of the week

Dr. Burns: Science

Homework due Sept. 24, Monday

1. Check and Explain page 139 #1-4

2. Check and Explain page 146 #1-4

3. Check and Explain page 151 #1-4

4. Practice problems 646-647 #1-5

Mr. Ford: Geometry

Check here for problems assigned from each chapter

Due 9/7

Chapter 1-1:    p. 9 # 12-26 even, 30-34, 44

Due 9/14

Chapter 1-2:    p. 17  # 11, 12, 17-27, 29, 35, 44

Chapter 1-3:    p. 24  # 11, 12, 15, 18, 23, 28, 29, 32, 38, 46

Chapter 1-4:    p. 31 # 14-36 even

Chapter 1-5:    p. 38 # 12, 20-23, 26, 31, 41

Due 9/18

Chapter 1-6:    p. 48 # 12-24 (multiples of 3) and 39, 40

Chapter 1-7:    p. 53 # 8-22 even, 33

Mr. Ford Algebra:

 Homework

This is a list of the homework problems assigned in class each day for each chapter.  Homework assignments are due the next day unless otherwise noted in class.

Week of 9/10

Due 9/12:  Chapter 1-1,   p. 9 # 18-30 even, 33-35, 41, 52

Due 9/13:  Chapter 1-2,   p. 17 # 14-46 even

Due 9/14:  Chapter 1-3,   p. 23 # 26-46 even, 63-67

Week of 9/17

Due 9/17:  Chapter 1-4,  p. 29 # 20-60 even

French 1

17: cd listening 0-20.wkbk p. 1-2.  Des questions pour la classe (teacher asks). Les devoirs pgs 3-4 wkbk

18: get workbook checked off pgs 1-4! Numbers and alphabet review, video lecons 1b and 1c. vocab p. 23 and note culturelle. Vocab "ca va" p. 24 and act 3 & 4 p. 25 ensemble.

19: QUIZ numbers 0-20 written and spelled correctly. Practice 0-100 on chalkboard. listening cd: 1b&1c. workbook p 5&6 and 9&10. Writing assignment p. 7,8,11,12. Start working on dialogue due Monday.

20: check workbook p 5-12. Correct. Comptez 0-60. Ca va? (teacher asks). Video 2a pgs 26-27. Dialogue and la note culturelle, and vocab. Write vocab. Practice dialogue.

21: Go over vocab 0. 27. Comptez 0-6-. Les chansons: Comptez and Le Drapeau francais. Work on dialogues.

lundi le 24 septembre: Comptez 0-79 with a partner. Dialogue--everyone perform. # bingo if time!

French 2

lundi le 17 septembre: Discutez le weekend. vocab p. 199. act 5 p. 199. vacab p. 199-200 and supplemental on board. Ecrivea dans les cahiers. Act 7 p. 201 partners. Act 6&8 p. 201 pour les devoirs.

le 18: corrigez les devoirs. A votre tour p. 202. Act 1 ensemble. c.c. play. Act 3&4 partners. Act 2&5 ecrite!! due at end of hour.

le 19:listening cd lecon 13wkbk 117-119. DVD lecon 14 weekend a Paris pgs 204-5 and des questions, et la note culturelle. Les devoirs: wkbk 120-121.

le 20: Get wkbk checked! 117-121. Corrigez 120-121.Les verbes au tableau: etre, avoir, faire, and -er verbs. Aller p. 206--Go over. Act 1&2 p 207 due end of hour!

vendredi le 21: Aller--Go over. The Dice Game. a + le =au p. 208. Act 3&4 partners.

Ms. Lorenzen:

General Music: They are working on General Music packet #2 due Monday 9/24

Choir: They are rehearsing this week. Look for music theory packet #2 next week.

Musical: Need Chanhassen field trip slip by Wednesday Research report was due last week.

Words of the Week

1. adjourn: (v) to stop proceedings for a time

This meeting is adjourned until tomorrow.

2. alien: (n) a citizen of another country, foreign or strange in some way

Illegal aliens have not registered to enter the new country in which they wish to live

The new defensive strategy was alien to me. I had no idea what to do.

3. comely: (adj.) good looking

4. compensate: (v) to make up for, to repay for services

She worked overtime, so her boss gave her an extra day off to compensate her because he couldn't pay her extra.

5. dissolute: (adj) loose in one's morals or behavior

The dissolute group stayed out late partying and causing trouble.

6. erratic: (adj) not regular not dependable

His driving was erratic. You couldn't tell which lane he wanted to be in.

She handed her homework in erratically and her grades suffered because of it.

7. expulsion (n) the process of driving or forcing out

Extremely bad behavior results in expulsion from school.

8. feint: (n) a deliberately deceptive movement

In basketball, a player might feint to the left and then pass to the right.

Boxers feint when they pretend they'll punch with one hand and then punch with the other.

9. fodder: (n) food for livestock like cattle or horses, raw material for a specific purpose

The farmer stored fodder in the silo.

The pile of brush was perfect fodder for a campfire.

10. fortify: (v) to strengthen or build up

She fortified her diet with vitamins to build up her health.

Food can be fortified to make it more healthy.

The military can fortify an area against attack.

Sept 24-28

Mr. Ford: Algebra

Due 9/21:  Chapter 1-5,  p. 35 # 12-26 even, 31-34, 42
Quiz on Chapter 1, sections 1-5 on Friday, 9/21

Week of 9/24
Due 9/25:  Chapter 1-6   p. 43 # 24-64 even

I'll update Wednesday

Science: Dr. Burns

Due Monday, Oct. 1
1. Check Your Vocabulary pg. 153 # 1-13
2. Check Your Knowledge pg. 154 # 1-13
3. Check your Understanding pg. 154 # 1-7
4. Developing Your Skills pg. 155 #1 a-c, 2,3,4


Geography: Mr. Scott

Chapter 2 work due Friday, Sept. 28
Using class time wisely really helps. You could help your children decide what they will do at home and what will get done in class

Read pp. 59-77
Geo Terms 1 and 2
Guided Reading worksheet 1 and 2
Questions 2-6 pgs. 69 and 72
Map, Graph, and Critical Thinking worksheet
Geo Themes worksheet

English: Ms. Hawksford

Vocabulary quiz Friday, Sept. 28th (words at end of e-mail)
Powerful Writing Sample with Half Page Summary Due: Tuesday, Oct. 9th
Make a copy of a piece of writing that uses powerful language. Highlight the powerful language. Write a one half page summary about what made these highlighted sections powerful to you. Was it the imagery it created? Did it cause you to feel a powerful emotion? Did the words connect you with a powerful memory of your own? She stressed, "The focus should be on HOW the piece was written, NOT WHAT the piece is about." Parents are welcome to share pieces of writing that they have found powerful. Song lyrics, editorials, poems, and other current events often contain powerful writing.

Narrative to Drama Assignment: Due: Thursday, October 11th
They are choosing a short story to read and turn into a play. They have read short stories in class that they can use, or they can use children's books or fairy tales of their own. The drama should include the title of the story, a list of the cast of characters, and two pages of character lines. Other students may be assigned parts and asked perform this play/drama that they have created. Students may work with a partner or alone. They may get a little class time to work on this, but will need to spend some time at home too.

General Music: Ms. Lorenzen

Starting 3rd Music Theory packet Tuesday or Wednesday

Choir: Ms. Lorenzen

2nd Music Theory packet due next Monday, Oct. 1st
There will also be a test on the packet on Oct. 1st.

Musical: preparing for auditions

French 1

perform their dialogue
worksheet on translating numbers

French 2

interview and act. 6 pg. 209
aller worksheet
workbook pp 127 and 130
computer lab quizzes on lessons 13 and 14 toward end of week

lecture act. 1-5

French 4

imags worksheet


Vocabulary this week

1. illegible: (adj) difficult or impossible to read

2. jeer: (v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly (n) a rude comment

3. lucrative: (adj) something making a lot of money, profitable

4. mediocre: (adj) average, ordinary

5. proliferate: (v) to reproduce, increase, grow, or spread quickly

Cancer cells can proliferate sometimes.

6. subjugate: (v) to take over by force, bring under complete control

The army made a plan, or campaign, to subjugate the enemy.

7. sully: (v) to soil, stain, tarnish, or make something appear bad

He tried to sully the reputation of his competitor.

8. tantalize: (v) to tease, torment by teasing

The tray of desserts was tantalizing and made my mouth water.

9. terse: (adj) brief and to the point

10. unflinching: (adj) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

She was unflinching when faced with danger.

Week of 10/22-26

GEOGRAPHY: SCOTT

Monday: Study for Chapter 3 test
Tuesday: Test Chapter 3/ Reflective Journal
Wednesday: Correct Test and discuss Reflective Journal
Thursday: Start Chapter 4 Due Tuesday, Oct. 30th

Chapter 4 homework

Read 101-107
Guided Reading worksheets sections 1 and 2
Geo Terms and Geo Themes worksheets
questions #2-6 on pgs. 103 and 107
Map/Graph and Critical Thinking worksheet

ENGLISH: HAWKSFORD

New writing assignment this week "Power"
Students may write an essay, a narrative/story, or a poem about power
Ideas to include in this piece: what power is, who has it, who doesn't, how people use it, how people abuse it, how it is gained or lost, different types, etc... Due next week. I'll get a firm due date tomorrow.

Vocabulary quiz on Friday

1. abscond: (v) to run off
2. access: (n or v) approach or admittance to places, persons, things
3. anarchy: (n) lack of government or law, the confusion from this lack of law
4. arduous: (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
5. auspicious: (adj) favorable, fortunate
6. biased: (adj) unfairly favoring one side over another, prejudice
7. daunt: (v) to overcome with fear. The huge math problem was daunting.
to intimidate, dishearten, discourage
8. disentangle: (v) to free from tangles or complications
9. fated (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
10. hoodwink: (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive

Freewriting is due Friday, November 2 (This is students' opportunity to write without being told what to write about.)

5 pages of handwritten or comparable amount on the computer. It does not need to be in final form; however, it should be coherent, thoughtful, and legible.
Do not write about others in a strong derogatory or belittling manner.

Ideas: journaling, diary, poetry, short stories, chapters, reviews, scripts, fictional letters, summaries, essays

Items that do not count: copied lyrics, lists, other assignments, writing from previous years, copies of letters/notes, reports, computer programs, computer games, anything downloaded directly from the computer, babble/nonsense

SCIENCE: KIPKA

We welcome Katie Kipka as our new 8th grade science teacher. She gave the students a letter introducing herself and a class syllabus that she would like you to go over with your children. After you have gone over it with your child, please sign it and have your child return it.

This week they will be doing a lab and learning step by step how she will want all future lab reports to look. Please look for a handout detailing these procedures. If they are on task in class, there should be no homework in science this week.

ALGEBRA: FORD (more midweek)

Monday: page 109 #3, 16, 19, 22, 45

ART: WOODMAN

This week we are studying The Day of the Dead. There will be a quiz on Wed. They can use their notes. They will then start a painting project this Thursday that will take them through next Tuesday.

MUSIC: LORENZEN

General Music: Students continue to compose music using the Garage Band program in the computer lab

Choir: Students are creating their own warmups. They will receive music theory packet # 3 this later this week. It will be due Monday or Tuesday.

FRENCH: More to come tomorrow

French 1: in class Monday
French 2: wkbk 140-143
French 3: Unit Test Monday
French 4: APT wkbk 39-44

DEBATE:

Cases were due Monday 5 affirmative and 5 negative evidence cards are due on Friday for the President's Malaria Initiative

Vocabulary test on the above words Friday
Vocabulary test on all words so far in a couple of weeks

IM2: FORD

Monday: systems of equations by elimination
Tuesday: Review Lesson 3 due
Wednesday: extension (Chanhassen)
Thursday: Unit 1 Exam

GEOMETRY: FORD

Monday: section 3-5 choose 5 problems
Tuesday: section 3-6 choose 5 problems
 

Nov 5-9

HAWKSFORD: ENGLISH AND DEBATE

80 word vocabulary test is Tuesday for Debate and Wednesday for English. If you have been using the flashcards to study, you will have found that a few got copied backwards. The correct definitions are:

fated: determined in advance by destiny or fortune

hoodwink: to mislead with a trick

eminent: famous, outstanding

exorcise: to drive out by magic, to dispose of something bad

pauper: an extremely poor person

pilfer: to steal in small quantities

fodder: food for horse or cattle

fortify: to strengthen or build up

Debate students were to have the book Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton today. They have a month to read the book.

Malaria cases were due today. In class debates from any of the three topics begin on Wednesday.

GEOGRAPHY: SCOTT:

They have been taking the Explore Test a practice SAT test.

Homework has been a Chapter 4 open book test and study aid which are due tomorrow, Tuesday.

ALGEBRA: FORD:

Monday: Quiz Chapter 2

Tuesday and Wednesday: in class group work with functions and linear relations There is no homework with these activities.

Look for an assignment later this week.

FRENCH: STEFFY/DECOURT:

French 1

Tuesday: perform skits

Wed.: making crepes

Thursday: in class birthday assignment

French 2

Tuesday: wkbk pp. 152-155

Wednesday: making crepes

Thursday: study for quiz next Monday on the verbs "acheter" and "preferer" and their conjugations

French 3 -

1. translate and memorize Chanson d'automne by Dec. 5th - an online podcast is available on the website for pronunciation help

2. Interlude I pgs. 80-84: answer questions on the bottom of each page in a complete sentence + Le Savez-vous p. 97

3. crepes on Wednesday

French 4 -

1. translate and memorize Chanson d'automne by Dec. 5th - an online podast is available on the website for pronunciation help

2. expression ecrite p. 73

3. crepes on Wednesday

4. paragraph answering questions: "Est-ce que vous bricolez a la maison? Qu'est-ce que vous faites?"

MUSIC: LORENZEN

General Music: presenting their compositions to the class

Your children have worked hard. This week is their final push to turn in late homework. Thank you for helping them to complete any missing assignments.

I will be available to meet with parents during conferences. I look forward to meeting many of you.

SCIENCE: KIPKA

Week of November 12-16

**Grades have been updated.  Please turn in any missing assignments ASAP.

**Test on speed, acceleration, potential and kinetic energy on Monday, 11/19.

M-W:  Discuss potential and kinetic energy in class.  Complete a pendulum lab and an bouncing ball lab.   Lab worksheets will be due after labs are completed.

R:  Finish lab worksheets, begin test review

F:  Finish test review.  Study for test on Monday.

GEOGRAPHY: SCOTT:

20 more current events are due Friday. They should have a total of 50 now.

They are starting a unit on -isms: racism, classism, etc.. They are watching some powerful videos and reading powerful pieces. Enjoy hearing what they think about these issues. If your child struggles with writing, have them dictate to you. Sometimes the oral expression of their reactions is much more in depth than their written.

Monday: They watched the movie "The Shadow of Hate." There were questions to the video handed out that are due Monday, Nov. 19th

Tuesday: Read the Handout "In the City of Brotherly Love" and do the questions to go with it.

Wednesday: In class activity on the dangers of labeling people

Thursday: Movie "Untamed Borders" with questions

Friday: work day

ENGLISH: HAWKSFORD:

Vocabulary Test 9 on Friday

In class they are studying literary terms such as: puns, idioms, cliches, and euphemisms.

In class they have been asked to pick a person, place, or thing and describe it 6 ways for the class. Two of their descriptions should be puns.

1. accomplice: a person who takes part in a crime

2. annihilate: to destroy completely

3. arbitrary: unreasonable, to make a decision with no good reason

4. brazen: bold in character, made of brass

5. catalyst: a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction

6. exodus: a large scale departure or flight

7. facilitate: to make easier or assist

8. incorrigible: beyond control

9. latent: hidden, present but not realized

10. militant

ALGEBRA: FORD

No homework Monday and Tuesday

I'll update Wednesday

MUSIC: LORENZEN:

Finish late music packets and make up tests

No new homework

FRENCH: STEFFY/DECOURT:

French 1:

Study for Unit 2 test on Friday, workbook up to pg. 49

French 2:

demonstrative adj. worksheet

pg. 275 Act. 4

pp. 276-277 Act. 1,2,3 (only write out #3)

verb worksheet on Thursday

French 3:

pp. 111-112 written 1,3,4

pg. 114 Act. 5,7,9,10

workbook pp. 57-60

pg. 117 Act 1,2,3

pp. 79-80 1,2,4,5