Monday, January 31, 2011

Math 8C

section 11.1 questions should be complete. A worksheet on 11.1 should be completed for homework.

Math 8B

Questions: 3,4,5,9,10 and one of the three extend problems pages 416-418.

LA Classes

Due Friday: Horor (or Scary) Stories.

The students should have the setting completed and the characters developed. So, for the rest of this week they are to write their story. Stories should be at least three pages and hopefully no more than six pages. I would like the students to focus on writing DETAILS into their stories. Details should be used when describing someone or someplace and also used for small sounds such as creaks in the floorboards.

Students should be editting and revising their story before passing it in.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

LA Classes

We are currently working on a horror story for our Fears and Phobias unit. Students are to have a setting completed and also have their characters developed by tomorrow.

*Setting should have details pertaining to time and place.
*Characters should have physical traits as well as the details about their lives that makes them the way the are. There should be a villain and of course the other characters they are chasing.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Math classes

Test on fractions this Friday. See yesterday's post for details.

Answers for the review booklet:

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. A

11. C 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. A

18. $187 19. 15 20. 16/25

21 a) 20 b) 8 c) 19 d) 27

22 a) 68 b) 57 c) 52 d) 84

23 a) 27 b) 32 c) 50 d) 42


24. 4/12 X 9/12 = 36/144 reduced 1/4
I would reduce from the beginning to look like:
1/3 X 3/4 = 3/12 reduced 1/4

25. 5/8 x 32 = 20 had cell phones; 3/4 of 20 = 15 people had music devices

26. Audrey ate 1/16 of 32 = 2 pieces
Class ate 3/4 of 32 = 24 pieces
so there is now 6 pieces remaining in which the brothers would eat 1/3 each, so 1/3 of 6 is equal to 2 pieces each.

LA 7B

Due tomorrow:
Autobiographical poem: Who Am I?
Students have already completed the poem, so the homework is to dress it up with clip art or little articles.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Math classes

Homework page 234: practise only


*Test this Friday on fractions. There are many students that could use extra help this week.
*arrange for help with a teacher or friend
*use success club for help
*use google for methods, question sheets and solutions
*use youtube for online teaching demonstrations

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Math 8b

Homework: students have a worksheet on fractions that needs to be completed.

la classes

Now that you have an idea of what your phobia is, you have to write a letter to a talk show host of your choice. In your letter you must:

* be close to one page in length
* describe yourself as you were before you developed this sudden disorder* give the name of your phobia and tell what it means
* tell how you developed your phobia (should be some very interesting thoughts here)
* tell how the phobia is affecting your life so drastically
* make a plea for help to the talk show host, because there must be others like you out there, somewhere.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Math classes

We are beginning a unit on fractions.
*Students should be able to identify proper fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers.
*Students should be able to change improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to improper fractions.
*Students should be able to find common denominators and identify a larger or smaller fraction.
*Students should be able to reduce fractions.

We will review adding and subtracting fractions then move into multiplying and dividing fractions.

LA Classes

Students are to google their phobia ( received in class ) and find the meaning and pronunciation of the phobia.