Friday, May 18, 2012

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 3rd 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

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 3rd 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

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 3rd 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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

No new deadlines - see yesterday.

Monday, May 14, 2012

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 3rd 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"