Friday, May 25, 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:

• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
  (Scripts available through Google Docs here (file contains all scripts - when printing, select the pages for yours)
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Tues., 529: Math's Mate 4.1, according to usual protocol.
Grade 8

All
• Test Tues., 5/29: on Quadratics.
Algebra B
• Review for Test coming up Thursday, 5/31 Answer Key on Google Docs and linked here
  (Review Questions also available through Google Docs
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:

• Practice presentation, including interactive
• Final draft of research paper due post-haste!

Moment of Zen

Build Your Own Hovercraft

Adam Savage from Mythbusters offers a surprisingly simple plan for a home-built hovercraft, made primarily from a lawn chair, a leaf blower, a piece of wood and a shower curtain. Click above for instructions.