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1)  Due next Tuesday, 3/3: Investigation 1.2 in new unit – read page 7 and complete part A1-A5 only on page 8.

2)  Test on simplifying algebraic expressions next Friday 3/6: combining like terms, multiplying monomials, dividing monomials, raising a power to a power.

3)  BTB #17 due next Friday 3/9.  This will be the last set for the 3rd quarter.  There will be an in class BTB test before we go on spring break.

Original post by mboehm

8th Practice Set Due 3/4

Original post by mandrews

Due Monday:

• Progressive Era Continued: Complete the packet Four Readings on Child Labor.  Underline significant portions and prepare for a quiz on the material.
• Sustainability Visit! See below.

O N G O I N G:

By now you should ALL have at least one sustainability visit and a blog post up! Your second visits should be done this weekend or next week.   If you have not spoken with me, I can’t help you set something up! Email me with questions or concerns and keep being unstoppable in setting up visits! Remember, your posts are PUBLIC and must be respectful and professional.  The directions for posting are on the blog–follow the format.

To post go to blog.lrei.org/greencore/wp-admin.  The password is something you can find out from your classmates–hint: it’s the reverse.  NOTE: WE DIDN’T TELL YOU THIS BUT YOU MUST ALSO CLICK off the 2008-2009 box above your name and then click the box in front of your name as well on the right after you compose the journal entry. Look it up under Blog Post Directions for more clarity.

Original post by Sarah Barlow

• En classe – Gave in Un ete ch12, a,b,d. Preparation for French contest next week. 
• Devoirs -  Continue with the Food Project. See earlier posts. You should have finished Part 1 (The Menu) and be making a start on Part 2 – The Presentation. By Monday you should have chosen one dish from each category to talk about and have written up (in French) the Introduction and the information about the first dish. Remember that staying up to date is an essential part of the grade! If you don’t know what on earth I’m talking about – CHECK EARLIER POST AND CLICK ON PROJECT GUIDELINES “LES MENUS DU MONDE” 

Original post by dlee

Finissez les reponses aux questions #8, 9 et 10 pour vendredi.All research must be completed so that you can begin to organize the facts and start on the recipes and design of your menu.  

Original post by shahn

Study your simplifying algebraic expressions – rules of exponents – notes and review related handouts.

There will be a test next Friday.

Due tomorrow: BTB#16 and finish Investigation 1.1 in the new unit book.

Original post by mboehm

En Classe – Preparation pour Le Concours FrancaisDevoirs – Un ete ch 12, A,B,D sur papier! 

Original post by dlee

Due Thursday:

•  Complete the handout on Triangle Factory Fire internet investigation.  Use the website on the handout given in class and be prepared to discuss your findings
• Make progress with your sustainability project.  If you have not yet visited a location, YOU MUST get moving on that.  The quality of your final grade will depend on the effort that you put into this project.  Again, talk to Sarah or I, your parents, friends’ parents, make calls, do whatever you can to volunteer at an organization of your choice.  

Due Next Wednesday (plan ahead because I want quality, thoughtful poems!)

• Using inspiration from today’s writing workshop (either Love That Dog or “Metaphors and Similes”) write THREE poems, type them on separate sheets of paper and be prepared to share them in class.  Your poems my not be skimpy four liners.  They must have depth, meaning, a voice, humor or seriousness, a mood, and meaning for you.  Try your best and get started early.  We will have a “poetry slam” celebration in class and read our poems in he next few weeks.

Original post by smroberts

Due Today:I didn’t post this, as I was sick yesterday, so if you were out, here it is:

Complete the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Webquest.  This is our look at women’s labor in the Progressive Era.

Due Wednesday:

•  3 odes, to everyday objects, typed.

Due  Thursday:

We are now looking at women’s labor in current times. Read handout introducing the excerpt from Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (get the book if you were out and want to read it), pages 69-106, from Chapter 2 “Scrubbing in Maine.”  Complete the questions.  Due day is wrong; it should read Thursday, Feb 26–sorry about that!

Original post by Sarah Barlow

Due Wednesday:

•  Three poems typed and printed (by 8:20!) that are inspired by our last writer’s workshop – either Love That Dog or “metaphors and similes”.

Due Thursday:

•  Completed “investigative research” on Triangle Fire using the handout as your guide.  Be prepared to discuss and share. 

Original post by smroberts