English Homework Frioday, Feb 15, Day 6

ALL CLASSES:

Please bring your Romeo and Juliet text. We'll be performing bits of scenes from Act One.

English home work for Wednesday, Feb 13th-day 4

Class One: In your Romeo and Juliet texts, read scene 2. Ad please: Bring Romeo and juliet texts to class.

Class Two: read scenes 2 & 3. bring your insults and your text to class.

Class Five: finish reading Act I.

Class Six: Read scenes 1, 2, 3. Bring your insults to class.

If we have a snow day tomorrow, this assignment will be for Thursday.

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This may be a duplicate posting-smething screwy is going on with this site.

I've rescheduled the R & J quiz for Tuesday, Feb 12, Day Three.

Please remember to bring in your $6.00 for R & J. Other students are expressing interest in buying them

Don't forget you Indie Reading books and journals. I want to do more work with prompts.

And of course, don't forget your R & J text.

See you Monday.

Mr. Graves

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Well-after a week of not being able to sign in and blog, it's good to be back.

ALL CLASSES: I've rescheduled the R & J quiz for Tueday, Feb 12,Day 3.

Please remember to bring your R & J texts. If you haven't brought in your $6.00, please do so. Other students have changed their minds and want their own copy. So get 'em while they last.

I am assuming that since your parents DID NOT return permission slips, it's okay for you to watch each of the three movies (bits and pieces anyway).

Please remember to bring your Indie Reading book. We will be doing more with prompts for your IRJ.

See you Monday.

Mr. Graves

Math Homework change for period 5

Homework for 2/8 for period 5 changed to Cryptic Quiz worksheet.

Math - homework change

Period 3 Algebra 1 homework was changed for 2/8 to Cryptic Quiz worksheet

History - Patriot Act Broadcasts & Essays

USA Patriot Act

Students in all periods are preparing to debate the USA Patriot Act as a real life application of what they've learned about Government and Citizenship.

Below you can find links to the broadcasts we viewed in class, directions for the preparatory Taking Sids on the Patriot Act essay, and essay due dates for each period.

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The following are links to the 2 PBS broadcasts (regarding the Patriot Act) that we viewed in class:

- This is the report by Tom Bearden. The opinions in this broadcast are primarily against the Patriot Act~

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/patriot_2-24.html#

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- This is the short report by Margaret Warner, and speech from former Attorney General John Ashcroft. The opinions in this broadcast are primarily for the Patriot Act~

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec03/patriot_8-19.html#

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DIRECTIONS for writing our "Taking Sides on the Patriot Act" essay:

Choose which of the following statements you agree with most (or disagree with least)...

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- “It’s worth giving up some of your rights if it means the government can protect you from terrorism.”

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- “The rights given to us in the Constitution should be protected no matter what.”

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After choosing one of these statements, write 2- 4 paragraphs explaining how you feel about it…

(Think About …

WHY you agree or disagree with the statement you chose ~ especially based on what you learned in the 2 broadcasts,

WHAT RIGHTS people believe the Patriot Act has taken from us,

WHETHER OR NOT you trust the American government to protect our rights as best they can & WHAT you think the government should or should not be able to do,

WHAT you think citizens should, or should not, be allowed to do,

& HOW SERIOUS you believe the terrorist threat is [Also... do you believe that any threat to our safety is enough to take some citizens’ rights away?])

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DUE DATES for writing your "Taking Sides on the Patriot Act" essay:

Per. 2: Essay due Tuesday 2/12

Per. 3: Essay due Wednesday 2/13

Per. 5...

& Per. 6: Essay due Monday 2/25

Math homework updates

ALGEBRA ONE Period 3: 1/25, 5-1 Study Guide; 1/28, 5 min check over 5-1; 1/29, 5-2 Practice; 1/30, page 257 #13, 14, 25, 29, 34, page 267 #16, 20, 23, 35; 1/31, Solve for y worksheet'; 2/1, Solve for y II; 2/5, 8-1C Practice; 2/6, page 767 Lesson 5-3 #2,3,5,6; 2/7, 5-3 Practice; 2/8, Solve for y, make a table and graph 4x-y=2, 12x-6y=-1.

ALGEBRA ONE Period 5: 1/25, 5-1 Study Guide; 1/28, 5 min check over 5-1; 1/30, 5-2 Practice; 1/31, page 257 #13, 14, 25, 29, 34, page 267 #16, 20, 23, 35; 2/1, Solve for y worksheet; 2/4, Solve for y II; 2/5, 8-1C Practice; 2/7, page 767 Lesson 5-3 #2, 3, 5, 6; 2/8, 5-3 Practice; 2/11, Solve for y, make a table and graph 4x-y=2, 12x-6y=-1.

HONORS ALGEBRA 2 Period 6: 1/28; 5.6 Practice #1-16; 1/29, finish 5.6 Practice; 2/4 Page 320 #73-95; 2/6, study notes for a quiz using your review sheet.

History - Project Alert! ~ Citizens rights/responsibilities

Rights & Responsibilities of US Citizens

Students in all classes are currently working on a simple poster project designed to familiarize them with the rights and responsibilities of citizens (as well as the differences between political rights, social rights, and responsibilities)

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Students were asked to appoint one person per group to bring in Poster board/poster paper... DUE Tue. February 5th.
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For any of you that have forgotten the important definitions for this project...
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- Citizenship: is the set of rights/responsibilities of a US Citizen (person who was born or naturalized in the United States)
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- A Right: is something that your government allows you to do, or a way that your government protects you...
---- A Political Right: is any right that allows you to take part in your government
---- A Social right: is any right that affects you personally but does not pertain to government
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- A Responsibility (of a US Citizen): is something that you should (need to) or could (choose to) do to be a good and effective US citizen.