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.

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