English HW for Wednesday, Feb 29, Day 2

CLASS ONE: CHECK YESTERDAY'S POST.

CLASS THREE: GROUP WORK--YOUR FACILITATOR HAS GIVEN YOU THE TASKS THAT YOU NEED TO FOR TOMORROW--MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THEM.

CLASS FIVE: READ BOOK FOUR UP TO PAGE 46.

CLASS SIX: READ BOOK FIVE (AND THEN CATCH-UP BY READING BOOKS 2, 3, 4.)

ALL CLASSES: YOUR QUIZ CORRECTIONS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY (CLASSES 1, 3, 5).

CLASS SIX: CORRECTIONS DUE ON FRIDAY.

MR. RESS- BIOLOGY 2-28-2012

Honors Bio- Book report was handed out before break. Students are recommended to begin their readings. Due date it TBA. Genetics test should be expected mid-next week.

General Bio- Genetics test should be expected mid-next week. Vocabulary should be studied for up to 10 minutes everyday until test day.

English HW fcor Tuesday, Feb 28, Day 1

CLASS ONE: FINISH READING BOOKS 2, 3, 4. QUIZ CORRECTIONS DUE THURSDAY.

CLASS THREE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS FIVE: FINISH READING BOOK THREE (PAGE 30). QUIZ CORRECTIONS DUE THURSDAY.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING BOOKS 2, 3, 4.

MR. RESS- BIOLOGY 2-15-2012

Bio (1st, 3rd & 6th period)- Quiz Friday on Unit vocab, monohybrid punnett squares, using punnett squares to predict probability

English HW for Tuesday, Day 2, Feb 14

ALL CLASSES: QUIZ ON THE "ILIAD." ALL SHORT ANSWERS. REREAD YOUR PACKET AND AS YOU READ, MARK-UP YOUR STORY

English HW for Friday, Feb 10, Day 6

CLASS ONE: WE'LL BE WATCHING THE "ODYSSEY" FRIDAY AND MONDAY. FOR TUESDAY WE'LL HAVE THE "ILIAD" QUIZ.

CLASS THREE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS FIVE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS SIX: DON'T FORGET TO READ BOOK ONE OF THE "ODYSSEY." AND DON'T FORGET THE "ILIAD" QUIZ ON TUESDAY.

HISTORY - Debate this week!

OBAMA vs ROMNEY

To culminate our unit on government, all classes will be participating in a debate about the up-coming Presidential election...

Period 1's debate: Friday 2/10 @ 7:30
Period 3's debate: Friday 2/10 @ 10:00
Period 5's debate: Friday 2/10 @ 1:00
Period 6's debate: Thursday 2/9 @ 1:00

All students should be prepared with notes about what they plan to say during the debate, (ESPECIALLY the Opening Arguments group, who should know exactly what they're going to say before the debate ever begins.)

The debate will be worth more than a test grade, and the grade will be based on a combination of individual, sub-group, and whole group performance.

Useful resources include...

The Political Guide online
Local news, such as WCVB channel 5
National news, such as CNN or Fox News
& the official campaign websites of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

English HW for Thursdsay, 2/9, Day 5

CLASS ONE: FINISH READING THE "ILIAD." QUIZ ON THE "ILIAD" NEXT TUESDAY, 2/14.

CLASS THREE: IN CHAPTER FIVE OF "THE ILIAD," UNDER LINE ALL THE SIMILES AND THEN EXPLAIN WHY OR WHY NOT THE SIMILE IS EFFECTIVE.
QUIZ TUESDAY, 2/14 ON THE"ILIAD."

CLASS FIVE: FINISH READING THE "ILIAD' (44-51). THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON TUESDAY, 2/14.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING BOOK ONE OF "THE ODYSSEY." QUIZ ON TUESDAY, 2/14 ON THE "ILIAD."

RESS-BIOLOGY 2-8-2012

ALL Biology- Everyone is welcome to observe the LHS science fair on Thrusday Feb. 16th, at 2:45 pm. For those invited to the science fair, please come in after school for advice and to tweek poster boards.

English HW for Wed, Feb 8, Day 4

CLASS ONE: IF YOU DID NOT PASS IN THE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 35, DO THEM TONIGHT. OTHERWISE, NO ASSIGNMENT.

CLASS THREE: SEE YESTERDAY'S BLOG.

CLASS FIVE: READ 37-44 OF "THE ILIAD."

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING BOOK ONE OF HOMER'S "OPDYSSEY."

English HW for Tuesday, Feb 7, Day 3

CLASS ONE: READ THROUGH PAGE 43. ON PAGE 35 ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS.

CLASS THREE (DUE WEDNESDAY): SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS FIVE: READ UP TO AND INCLUDING PAGE 35 OF "THE ILIAD."

CLASS SIX: NO ASSIGNMENT.

MR. RESS- BIOLOGY 2-6-2012

All BIO- Vocab Quiz coming up. Period 1 & 3 Thursday. Period 5 & 6 Wednesday.

Words to know: heredity, genetics, monohybrid cross, true-breed, P generation, F1 generation, F2 generation, alleles, dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, phenotype, law of segregation, law of independent assortment

English HW for Monday, March 5, Day 2

CLASS ONE: SEE LAST POST.

CLASS THREE: READ THROUGH PAGE 44. THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-7 ON PAGE 35.

CLASS FIVE: READ UP TO AND INCLUDING PAGE 27.

CLASS SIX: FIRST--FINISH INTRO IN FAGLE'S "ODYSSEY." THEN MAKE A PREDICTION--WILL ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON MAKE PEACE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

MR. RESS- Biology 1-2-2012

General Biology & Honors Biology- Begin Genetics Unit

Life's Greatest Miracle link (for those that were absent for the movie and need to make-up the Quiz)
http://video.pbs.org/video/1841157252/

English HW for Thursday, Feb 2, day 6

CLASS ONE: READ "THE ILIAD" THROUGH PAGE 35.

CLASS THREE: READ "THE ILIAD" THROUGH PAGE 27.

CLASS FIVE: NO ASSIGNMENT.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING "THE ILIAD." FOR MONDAY: FINISH READING THE "INTRODUCTION" IN YOUR ODYSSEY TEXT.