Friday, December 16, 2016

Membean Extra Credit Offer

Just to keep the words fresh...if you would like to do at least 30 minutes of Membean between December 17 and January 2, I will add 5 points to your next Membean quiz grade.  As always, extra credit is optional!

There is no homework over the break - I hope you will relax, enjoy, and read something for fun!

Monday, December 12, 2016

Review that's Due Tuesday. Dec. 13

In the SS Packet:

D, E, F, G, L, M

For LA

Review Grammar and Writing in your Composition and Grammar Books.
Do a Story Arc for Arachne.

Friday, December 9, 2016

Review that's due Monday 12/12

In the InterActive Reader:

Apollo's and Arachne
Read page 232.
Read 234-242.  On those pages, DO: B, D, G, I, Pause and Reflect on pg. 242.
Answer the Texas Assessment Practice questions 2 & 4 on pg. 245.

Spider Webs
Read 246-251. On those pages, DO: the chart on page 252 - do this as you read!
Answer the Texas Assessment Practice questions 3 & 4 on pg. 253.


In the SS Review Packet:  A, B, C, H, I, J, K

Thursday, December 8, 2016

What's on the LA Exam?

LA Exam Dec. 2016 - AM takes 12/14; PM takes 12/13

50 questions - mix of multiple choice, short answer and mini-essay

·         Grammar and Writing
o   Word Crimes
o   Capitalization
o   Paragraphing
o   Quotations – dialogue and quote
·         Story Elements
o   Plot
o   Characterization
o   Conflict
o   Setting
o   POV
o   Foreshadowing
·         Literary Devices/Techniques
o   Figurative language
o   Irony
o   idiom/cliché
o   repetition
·         Literary Analysis
o   Author’s purpose
o   Theme
o   Mood/tone
·         Classical and Traditional Stories
o   Archetypes
o   Cultural values

o   Stylistic Elements

What's on the SS Exam?

SS Exam Dec. 2016 - AM takes 12/16; PM takes  12/15

50 questions - mix of multiple choice, matching, and short answer 

·         Maps and globes skills including:
o   time zones
o   lat. and long.
o   all oceans and continents
o    select countries from North and South America, Europe, Asia
·         Culture including:
o   PERSIA
o   Government forms
o   Big Question
o   Primary and secondary sources
·         Political Cartoon Analysis
·         Infographics
·         Demographics
·         Latin America
o   Early civilizations
o   Impact of colonization
o   Use of physical resources
·         Europe

o   Early civilization

Friday, December 2, 2016

Europe Map Quiz 12/8/16


You may be asked to identify any or all of these countries:
England                     Russia
France                       Poland
Germany                  Sweden
Spain                          Turkey
Italy                            Greece

You may be asked to identify any or all of these capital cities:
London, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Rome

You may be asked to identify any or all of these seas (and for sure the Atlantic Ocean):
Aegean, Baltic, Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, North, Norwegian

You may be asked to identify any or all of these physical features:
Alps and/or Ural Mountains
Danube, Rhine, Seine, and/or Volga Rivers

The English Channel and/or the Strait of Gibraltar

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Homework 12/1/16

HMWK: Read pages 396 – 403 in the textbook.  

Make a chart with two columns and 6 rows on the EUROPE title page in your ISN. 

For each of the 12 subtitles/sections, write the title of the section and either ONE word/phrase or ONE symbol/image to represent that part of European/Western Civilization history.  

This is a homework grade, not just a part of the ISN check.