Thursday, January 21, 2010

General Announcements:

• Updated Eighth Grade project documents available here, including assessment rubric for Phase 2
• Friday, Feb. 5: Prisms' Coffeehouse! St. Mary's Church, Haydenville, 6-9 PM — Dinner, dessert & entertainment! Tickets now available for purchase!
• Please sign up for Coffeehouse acts and raffle services (w/pay rate) ASAP.
• You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/22: Complete 3.1 on p. 30 and #1-5 on p. 32 of CMP book. Answer all questions in complete sentences restating the question. Be certain you have the mathematical data to prove you answer is correct. Show your computations and strategies.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/22: Complete 1.3 on p.11 of new CMP book according to directions. Continue from where you left off last Friday. Be sure to clearly label data points and figures.

Social Studies:

• Due :

Science:

• Due :

Language Arts:

• Due Fri., 1/22: Complete Grammar Lesson 5: Reflexive Pronouns.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/22
    • In ¿Qué Tal?, complete 3 written activities of your choice.
    • Read ch. 1 of Piratas and create a vocab list as you're reading.

• 8th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/22
    • In Ahora, complete 3 written activities of your choice.
    • Finish reading ch. 1 of Robo en la noche and create a vocab list as you're reading.

Moment of Zen: One of the earliest, but still one of the most important cinematic visions of a dystopic future, the silent film Metropolis (Germany, 1927) is one that transcends its era. Although, as the linked article (click picture) from The AV Club describes, it still suffers from some of the "big" acting characteristic of silent film, it also is a rare silent film that lets me forget that it's silent. The Nazis felt that the film's sociopolitical vision threatened their cause so much that they tried to destroy it completely, and some pieces of the film have still not been recovered. However, an additional 30 minutes of film has been recovered in the last year, so, with any luck, it will be restored and released in fullness soon. A landmark of both cinematic technique and vision, it isn't hard to see why this is regarded as one of the most important films in cinematic history.