Friday, May 18, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
• Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
• Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
• Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
• Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!

Graduation Song::

• Mon., 5/21: Vote on graduation song! These are the candidates, with lyrics:
• 
  Of course, we would NOT divide the lines between genders.

Humanities:

• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Mon., 5/21: Math's Mate 3.8, according to usual protocol.
Grade 8

Algebra A
• Nichts
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 5/22: p. 719, #19-47, every other odd
Upcoming test dates:
• Thurs., 5/31: Unit Test covering the following:
  • Combining exponents
  • Combining & factoring polynomials
  • Finding solutions of quadratics using factoring/Quadratic Formula
  • Simplifying/solving expressions with radicals
• Thurs., 6/7: NHS Algebra Placement Test (Students not attending NHS next year will still take it as a cumulative review)

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Submitted Without Comment

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
• Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
• Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
• Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
• Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!

Humanities:

• Due Thurs, 5/17: Prepare for poetry slam!
• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Nada
Grade 8

Algebra A
• Nichts
Algebra B
• Due Thurs., 5/17: p. 536, #45-51 odd; p. 629, #29-35 odd

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

How to Tattoo a Banana
(and other minor artistic acheivements)

Phil Hansen sees artistic opportunities everywhere, including his lunch. He has a particular penchant for recreating important works of art on bananas, one pinprick at a time. He's also coming out with a book entitled Tattoo a Banana: And Other Ways to Turn Anything and Everything Into Art. Follow the link to see more about banana tattooing.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
• Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
• Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
• Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
• Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!

Humanities:

• Due Thurs, 5/17: Prepare for poetry slam!
• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Nada
Grade 8


• Due Thurs., 5/17: See comments.
Algebra B
• Due Thurs., 5/17: p. 536, #35-41 odd; p. 629, #15-19 odd

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Is there an ideal Subway System layout?

Mathematicians compare subway plans from around the world and find some striking similarities. Wonder how these local artists' proposed Amherst/Northampton area subway system compares.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

No new deadlines - see yesterday.

Monday, May 14, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
• Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
• Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
• Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
• Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 5/16: Final draft of spoken word poem.
• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Wed., 5/16: p. 29, #18; p. 30, #20;, p. 37, #2-5
Grade 8


• Due Wed., 5/16: 4.1 Follow-up #1, 2, p. 60-63 #2, 3, 9, 11. You may borrow a graphing calculator to use (at school) where it asks you to for Follow-up #1, but for #2, you must sketch the graph and make the table on paper.
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 5/15: p. 622-623, #31-37 odd, 63, #51-61 odd, 67

Science:

• Due Wed., 5/16: Food Chemistry:
  1. Protein Handout: read/answer questions
  2. read Textbook p. 230-231

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Twittertecture

Jury's still out as to whether it makes or breaks this new building's futuristically-styled awesome factor that its design was inspired by #thisthing. The building is colloquially known as the "Hashtag Towers"