8th Grade Homework Sept. 18, 2009

English
In Class: warm-ups, Animal Farm background, propaganda project
HW: Unit 1 Vocabulary WB (9/24)

Social Studies
HW: finish “Life of a Soldier” Graphic Organizer, correct binder mistakes, History Day Topic Ideas graphic organizer due 10/6, Civil War Study Guide

Math 8
In Class: Box & Whisker Plots
HW: p. 603 (1-3, 6-11, 16) – Quiz Tuesday

Pre-Algebra
In Class: Quiz Prep
HW: p. 727 (1-3), p. 731 (45, 47), p. 738 (1-3) – Quiz Monday!

Algebra
In Class: Graphing Functions
HW: p. 46 (4-12 even, 18) – Quiz Monday!

Science
In Class: Elements Basics and introduction to Minerals!
HW: WSA due Monday 9/21/09 – topic: any issue relating to Earth Science

Spanish 1-B
In Class: Possessive adjective notes, historieta
HW: Historieta due Tuesday

Advanced Spanish
In Class: ¿Adivina quién? Intro a Edificio Guadalupe
HW: Edificio Guadalupe writing assignment due next Wednesday

French
In Class: Possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes, etc)
HW: Read possessive adjective handout and do exercises A and B

Writing
In Class: Quiz, Journalism Essay intro & brainstorm
HW: Hoop Dreams due 9/22, Research & Observation due 9/23, Rough Draft & RD Works Cited page due 9/25, Final w/ All Work due 9/29

Band Kids:
In Class: Quiz, Journalism Essay Intro, MLA Citations review
HW: Research & Observation due Th. 9/24, RD & RD Works Cited due 9/28, Final & All Work due 9/30

Art
In Class: Note card work day.
HW: Non-objective principles sketch. Due Monday

Comp 2
In Class: Estimating fractions to “nice” fractions Worksheet in class
HW: NHW