| Homework
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12/01/2008
6th Grade - Look up the battle of the 300 Spartans
7th Grade - Section 4 assessment. Taxonomy of Humans
8th Grade - All the acts that I put on the board today
11/19/2008
6th Grade - read pg 336. Do questions 1-10 on pg 337 and questions 1-8 on pg. 339
7th Grade - Essay, Finals, Need I Say More.
8th Grade - Essay and finishing essays tomorrow.
11/14/2008
7th Grade - Bring your essay on a memory stick or e-mail to me or yourself so that it can be worked
on in class on the computers. Be sure to attach the essay AND copy and paste the essay into the text
box in the e-mail.
Grade 8 - STUDY!!!
11/03/2008
All Grades - Write 2-3 sentences for each of the propositions regarding why you are going to vote
yes or no, or why you are undecided. Also write 2-3 sentences on why you are going to vote for a
presidential candidate tomorrow.
If anyone has any pictures, quotes or articles regarding the elections, please bring them in
tomorrow.
7th Grade - Keep working on your Walker Creek Essay. You should be well onto your 2nd page by
now.
8th Grade - Your planets project is due this Friday. Keep talking to your classmates for ideas and
referring back to last Wednesday's notes.
10/21/2008
Grade 6 - Read pages 369-370 in the history packet about Greece. There will be a quiz on those two
pages tomorrow and on the past two days class work.
Grade 7 - Do the homework questions that relate to the history packet and work on your Walker
Creek Essay.
Grade 8 - Come prepared with the first 4 paragraphs from your evolution/creationism essay. The due
date for this essay is Wednesday 29th.
10/20/2008
Grade 6 - Page 353 all of questions 1 and 2. Do it for 30 minutes as best you can. It is hard, but try
your best. It is all in the first section
Grade 7 - Come prepared tomorrow with 3 paragraphs from the body of your Walker Creek Essay.
Grade 8 - Come prepared tomorrow with the first two paragraphs of the body for your
evolution/creationism paper.
10/16/2008
Grade 6 - What was the last ice sheet to break off of Alaska? When did this happen? What could this
possible mean?
Grade 7 - Start work on you essay outline as per study hall today.
Grade 8 - Study hard for the mid trimester final tomorrow.
10/08/2008
Weekly Tests tomorrow for all grades. Study all of the material presented this
week in a way that you can come into class tomorrow understanding everything
that we have talked about. Flash cards are a great way to prepare for a test
Mid-Trimester Tests
Grade 7 - Wednesday October 15th
Grade 8 - Friday October 17th
Most of the material on these tests will be coming from past tests.
09/25/2008
Grade 6 - Weekly Test. Revise the notes that you've got down for the past
week. This should be an
easy one.
Grade 7 - Walker Creek is coming and you have a packing list. Be sure that you
start to be organized
now.
Grade 8 - You are going to explain the speed of light and what a light year is
to a 7th Grader. Write
out what you are going to say. You could use an illustration or a story to
help share your knowledge.
09/16/2008
Grade 6 - Find out 10 things that you never knew about the Trojan War and put
each one on a flash
card.
Grade 7 - Do the homework sheet that you collected today on Napoleon.
Grade 8 - Write a half page opinion paper on the question that was put on the
board during class
"What do you think the economic situation of mexico would be like today if
they had not given the
eastern states to the United States in the Peace Treaty?"
Major assignments are due tomorrow. Please be sure that there is no
plagiarism. Academic
dishonesty is grounds for an instant zero.
09/08/2008
Grade 6 - After listening to the story today, what is a life lesson that we
can take from that and apply
to our own lives. Also, do questions 1, 2 and 3 on the last page of the story.
Grade 7 - Write a 10-15 question quiz based on 2 pages of the packet that we
have not gone over in
class. Please have the answers on a separate sheet.
Grade 8 - Figure out the distances between each planet. Then try to find a
scale/ratio that will work
to show the distances in centimeters. Remember, this scale should not be
anything like the one you
have for the size of the planets. On that note, remember that you should all
have a scale that you
have decided on, if you do not then you are already falling behind. Please
stay up to date, this will be
a major part of your grade.
Check this out
http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsletter/comparisons.html
09/05/2008
Grade 6 - If you would like to get a head start on next week, we will be
looking at the 12 Greek gods
and the Trojan War.
09/04/2008
Grade 6 - The handout on weather. The emphasis is on reading graphs and
identifying solids,
liquids, and gases.
Grade 7 - Finish the handout on Life Science. We have already done up to
question 7 in class.
Grade 8 - Your essay outline is due Monday, but it would be preferable if you
would have it to me
tomorrow.
09/03/2008
Grade 6 - read the notes in your note book of a specific group civilization
(ex. the Mayans) and then
read what it says in the packet that you have. It should allow you to
understand the notes a little
better.
Grade 7 - Finish reading the packet on the French Revolution
Grade 8 - Look over this website and try to do some more research on the
separation of church and
state.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/nat_pled1.htm
09/02/2008
Grade 6 -
How does the sun harm our skin?
How does wearing a hat help?
What is the rule with wearing hats at Australian School
Why is this?
Here are a couple of websites.
http://www.maui.net/~southsky/introto.html
http://www.cdc.gov/CANCER/skin/chooseyourcover/qanda.htm
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage/hats000916.html
Grade 7 -
pg. 23
8. What political ideologies emerged frmo the Enlightenment?
9. What did the Enlightenment lay the foundation for?
pg. 25
10. 1789 marked the storming of the _________________(a fortress built in
Paris in the 14th century
and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries) and the Declatation of
the ...
11. King Louis XVI was dethroned in ________ and executed in _________.
12 Napoleon Bonaparte siezed power in __________ and was defeated in _________
when the
monarchy was restored.
13. What were the short term factors that led the the French Revolution>
pg. 26
14. What two groups were virtually exempt (didn't have to pay) from paying taxes?
15. During what war did the French supply aid? What was the country that they
were supporting?
16. Why did they help this country?
pg. 27
17. What was the difference in leadership between Louis XIV (the Sun King) and
Louis XVI?
Also, go through your packet and highlight the vocabulary words from last
week. They are above if
you need them.
Grade 8 -
Why is a catapillar turning into a butterfly not an example of Macroevolution?
How are laws made?
What is Communism? (spend only 5 mins on this)
Why did we start saying the Pledge of Allegiance?
Why dd they start saying "One nation under God"?
Is it constutitional to make people say the Pledge?
Extra - What was the recent court case where they tried to take out "Under
God" of the pledge?
08/26/2008
6th Grade - Do first the pages of the science packet.
7th Grade - Read pages 6-12. Do the math on page 9. Do the one page (front and
back). Write definitions to the following words and make a sentence for each one.
grandeur
hierarchy
sovereign
clergy
prosperous
metaphysics
tyranny
skepticism
rationalism
8th Grade - Read pages 64-67 and do the 11 questions.
7th Grade - Read up to page 23 in your packet and write any questions you have
concerning things
that you don't understand. For math, write 20 questions of an end of 6th grade
level with the
answers on the back. Also, remember to bring in a signed slip for the paper
standards of Jr. High.
My Dearest 8th Graders (though I accidentally graduated you all to 7th Grade
on your report cards),
you
have two written assignments due by the end of this summer. Both are listed
below, and will also be
added to my homework page at qasconcord.org. The official date to start these
assignments will be
July
6th. The papers are both due by the first full day of school, though I will
accept any papers from
August
1st if you wish to submit them early.
Paper 1 (length: 2-3 pages)
What scientific evidence is there to back up an argument to not teach
creationism (God creating the
world in 7 days) in schools? At the moment in most school systems, the idea
that God created the
world in 7 days is not taught. You job is to provide evidence for either side
of the argument.
There are ample resources that can be found on the Internet to back up both
cases. I warn you to do
your research, and come to a thorough conclusion, and to not just believe the
first article that you
read.
You will find that there are many scientists that wish to express their
feelings on this topic.
I want to let you do your own research, before I provide any Internet sites.
By next Friday, you will
receive a few suggestions from me, but you should have definitely started by then.
Be sure to keep a record of the Internet sites that you visit so that you will
have all the information
you
need for your bibliography.
Paper 2 (length: 1 page)
Do you think, God having some part in the creation of the universe, should be
taught in schools as
another theory apart from evolution without God? Within your answer, you
should take into account
the
writings in the constitution that make it clear that there must be a
separation of church and state.
This
essentially means that the government cannot have an attachment to the church
or any other religion
when they make their decisions. Every American is free to worship is any way
that they wish, but the
government must be a separate entity, based solely on law.
In this opinion paper, you should use the first half of the page to sum up the
argument, and the
second
half of the paper to express your opinion. A bibliography should also be
attached to this paper.
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