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Week of  10/27/08

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Topic this Week

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Social Studies

Ms. Clifford

How did Americans create a government based on democratic ideals?  How have they transformed that government to better reflect changing interests, needs, and values?

This week we will examine the events between the Revolution and the Constitution, and begin to prepare for the unit test

The Study Guide for the Unit Test will be handed out Tuesday (Wednesday for F class).  Please use the guide to prepare for next week's test.

 

Science

 

Mr. Price

 

pricen@arps.org

What is density and how does it compare to mass and volume?

 

How is it similar to crowdedness and the sweetness of lemonade? yum!

 

B, C, E classes have parent speakers this week.

 Web links and  online grades

 

Lab on Mass and Volume due This week.

 

xc: Find constellation Orion before Winter break. Draw it and find name and distance to stars for more credit. Express distance in scientific notation.

XC find the mass, volume, density of each planet. for more make a ppt of them an present some of the data.  for more find your weight of 120 lb person on each planet.

for more do add a star and a black hole to the mix.

 

English

Ms. Sullivan-Flynn

Speech test this week

Delivering speeches

Speaking Out reflection

Respecting all speeches-- listening, supporting

 

Speeches due Monday: two copies, one for me with rubric and outline

Challenge Work due Nov. 4

This week -- what makes Campaign 2008 speeches effective?

 

 

 

 

WR2

 

Ms. DuBock

 

This is it.  Bring your advocacy brochure to publication.

Move on to analyzing images and text in the news.  How can we spot doctored images?  What makes for a reliable news story?

All work is done in class.
See the WR2 Homepage  for more info.