Tuesday, December 10, 2013

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Wednesday, Dec 11
    Complete the Practice, 3.2 A or B;
    our lesson today was on understanding
    what the slope means in particular scenarios...!
• 8th Grade:
  
  Grace's Group:
  • Due Wed., Dec. 11: Finish 2.4 Practice A
  John's Group:
  • Due Wednesday, Dec. 11
    
    
    Complete the following problems in the Textbook,
    solving absolute value inequalities:
    
    
    read example on p. 355;
    pgs. 356-7 # 12-14, 16, 18, 61,64-5

 Humanities:

• Study for test on political parties. Test on Thursday.
• Final draft of political parties essay due Friday.
• Read your novel of choice. Book review due Jan. 2.

Tech:

• Due ASAP: Your interactive DC map Prezi, if not already shared. Make sure your Prezi meets all of the requirements outlined here. Share with gmrowicki@hilltowncharter.org and send me an email if you have questions about Prezi, Dropbox, or the project.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • earphones
  • Subject pronoun hoja

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• Proyecto

Science:

• Due TODAY!
  your illustrated cover is due;
  You were also to share with me answers
  to the first two research questions:
  
  
  We have begun a shorter-term project researching certain
  genetic techniques, and whether we think
  they should or should not be pursued!

Atelier:

• First building composition due Wednesday, 12/11

Moment of Zen:

The Science of Tongue Twisters

Cognitive Linguistics researchers (who study the way the brain processes language) at MIT working on the theory and mechanisms behind tongue twisters have come up with a doozy. Try saying "Pad kid poured curd pulled cold" 5 times fast. Or, click above to read about the research that led up to this and what they determined made for a good tongue twister.