Monday, January 28, 2013

General Announcements:

• Friday PE: Wear or bring clothes/shoes to move in indoors.
• 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

Humanities:

• Due Tues., 1/29:
  • Chain of Fire: Read Ch. 10-12, Reading Log.
  Cry, The Beloved Country: Read Ch. 11-13, Reading Log.

Math:

• NEWS FOR YOU!  You now have a link to your textbook!  This  link will bring you to the Big Ideas Math Website, where you will choose your color/name of book.  Then you can search the entire textbook - like today's sample problems done together in class.  Check it out - you can search without a username and password in the "Home Edition".
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• • Level 1: Test Wed., 1/30
  • Level 2: Test Tues., 1/29. Do Standardized Test practice
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 1/29: Record & Practice Journal, p. 107-109; textbook, p. 211, #20

Science:

• NadaOn handout on Physical and Chemical Transformations, do all questions except #5.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/4: 60 notecards on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Wicker Car

Nigerian wickersmith Ojo Obaniyi outfitted his (still fully functional!) Volkswagen pickup with woven raffia palm - the entire thing, inside and out. Obaniyi, who's been working with wicker for about 20 years, says of the project,

'I wanted to prove a point that it is not only the educated elite that can make positive changes in society. We, the artisans also have talents to effect a change and make a positive impact in the society. That is why I decided that I too must do something that will make people to recognize
me and know me across the whole world and by extension prove to the world that African and indeed the entire black race have very talented people.'

Click above to see more pictures of Obaniyi's Wickermobile.