Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Yearbook Signing and J-Dawgs during lunch
All 8 periods in one day

Yearbook Signing

Modified Schedule for May 30th

8:15-9:00                          A1                    (45 Minutes) Pass out Yearbooks

9:05-9:40                          A2                    (35 Minutes)

9:45-10:20                        A3                    (35 Minutes)

10:25-11:00                      A4                    (35 Minutes)

11:00-11:45                      1st lunch           (45 Minutes)

11:50-12:45                      B5                    (55 Minutes)

11:05-12:00                      B5                    (55 Minutes)

12:00-1:25                       2nd Lunch         (45 Minutes)

12:50-1:25                       B6                     (35 Minutes)

1:30-2:05                        B7                      (35 Minutes)

2:10-2:45                        B8                      (35 Minutes)

Please post this list for lunches for Yearbook day.  Lunch is based on B1 class.

Lunch Schedule

1st Lunch                                                            2nd Lunch

Adams                                                            Anstead

Aiman                                                             Bates

Barson                                                            Behm

Bryson                                                            Biddulph

Carter                                                             Cotterell

Clayton                                                            Dean

Crawford                                                         Dibb

Dallon                                                             Dorsey

Earl                                                                Earling

Grow                                                              Eddington                                   

Hadlock                                                            Fugal

Hansen                                                            C Gadd

Lemon                                                            Heng

Major                                                              Karjala

McCleskey                                                     Lyde

Newton                                                            Macfarlane

Ormond                                                            Maucotel

Paulsen                                                            McNeil

Roth                                                                 Memmott

Schow                                                            Moon

Scott                                                                Morrey

Seminary                                                        Olson

W Smith                                                          Packer

Somers                                                            D. Smith

Steed                                                              Starker

Steffes                                                            Underwood

Thornton                                                          Ward

Way                                                                  Wicks

Welch                                                               Wright

Everybody needs to be in Class.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Bring Treats if you wish.

More time in Everlost and another kind of reading. . . . .

Good books to read over the summer include
The Dark is Rising
Neverending Story
The Golden Story (The first book is fine, though some people are offended by the second, and especially the third.)

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Individual Reading and Reading Log
Partner fluency with tongue-twisters

Vocabulary Test II

More Everlost

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Individual reading and Log
Partner Fluency Practice -- How fast can you go?

New Vocabulary Word

EFFACE  
(uh FACE)  verb
to rub away
Link: ERASE
"You could EFFACE a face by ERASING it."

• We came upon a cemetery by the sea. Many of the headstone inscriptions had been EFFACED by the ravages of time, but we could make out many that were well over two hundred years old.
• To assure that he left no clues, the thief EFFACED his fingerprints from the stolen car.
• It was hard to make out the old coin's date because it was EFFACED.

Words for the Test Next Time trenchant         procrastinate         roster       impede forbear        migratory        evade         efface

Update on Trayvon 
Everlost, page 211

Friday, May 18, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Fill out Reading Log
___________________________________________
2. Vocabulary --  New Word   


EVADE     
(ee VADE) v.
to elude or avoid by cunning;
to flee from a pursuer


Link:  BLADE  


"A magician's secret for EVADING BLADES fascinates the audience."





Copy one of these sentences:

• The escaped prisoners EVADED the authorities by breaking into a church and disguising themselves as nuns.
• Jane always managed to EVADE helping her sister wash the dinner dishes by claiming she had home-work to do.
• Their romance never really blossomed as their friends expected because Sarah was the pursuer, but Bill was the EVADER. 

___________________________________


3. Partner Fluency Practice 
Tongue Twisters   See some at http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm


4. Everlost, p. 211   Should we read with so many gone?

Orangutans and iPads

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/national/orangutans-at-zoo-use-ipads-to-communicate/article_9b01cf9b-0570-5076-b6cc-d87859f640a0.html

May 10, 2012 12:05 am  •  David Fischer - The Associated Press

(0) Comments

MIAMI -- The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.
The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes.
"Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It's like, 'Oh I get this,' " Jacobs said. "Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, 'I've gotten along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I don't need a computer.' "
Jacobs said she began letting the orangutans use iPads last summer, based on the suggestion of someone who had used the devices with dolphins. The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button.
The devices have been a great addition to the enrichment programs Jungle Island already does with the orangutans, Jacobs said. Keepers have long used sign language to communicate with them. Using their hands, the orangutans can respond to simple questions, identify objects and express their wants or needs. The apes can also identify body parts, helping the trainers care for them and even give them shots.
"We're able to really monitor their health on a daily basis," Jacobs said of the need for communication with the orangutans. "We can do daily checks. If somebody's not feeling well, we know it immediately."
While Jacobs and other trainers have developed strong relationships with the orangutans, the iPad and other touchscreen computers offer an opportunity for them to communicate with people not trained in their sign language.
"It would just be such a wonderful bridge to have," Jacobs said. "So that other people could really appreciate them."
Orangutans are extremely intelligent but limited by their physical inability to talk, she said.
"They are sort of trapped in those bodies," Jacobs said. "They have the intelligence that they need to communicate, but they don't have the right equipment, because they don't have voice boxes or vocal cords. So this gives them a way to let us know what they know, what they are capable of, what they would like to have."
Other zoos and nature parks are doing similar work.
Richard Zimmerman, executive director of Orangutan Outreach, said he's building an "Apps For Apes" program with old, donated iPads at facilities throughout North America, though Jungle Island isn't part of that group. Orangutan Outreach started working with the Milwaukee County Zoo and then expanded to zoos in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Houston and elsewhere. They're hoping to use a video-conferencing program to reconnect orangutans with friends and family members who have been transferred to other zoos, he said.
"We're putting together what we're calling primate playdates or red ape rendezvous, which is to say connecting the orangutans in different facilities," Zimmerman said. "We're looking at a larger picture."
When it comes to orangutans, the iPad itself has limitations. First, the relatively small screen causes orangutans to hit the wrong buttons sometimes. Also, the touchscreen won't register if they try to use their fingernails.
Most importantly, the devices are just too fragile to actually hand over to the apes -- the trainers must hold them.
"If I gave them the iPad, I could just basically hand them $600 and say, 'Go have fun,"' Jacobs said. "So until we come up with a better screen or a better case, I'm going to hold onto the iPad."
If Jacobs gets her way, a more secure interface might not be far off. The long-term plan is to set up a larger, orangutan-proof screen in the holding area, along with another screen outside for guests. They would ask the orangutans questions and the apes could respond.
"It's really just a matter of getting the technology and equipment here," Jacobs said. "There's not a doubt in my mind that they could do it and would be marvelous at it, and I think the public would absolutely love it."
It's important to note that training the orangutans isn't done to entertain Jungle Island workers or guests. Because the animals are so intelligent, Jacobs said their minds must be kept active to prevent them from getting bored or depressed. The challenge is making the enrichment activities enjoyable.
"They need a lot of stimulation," Jacobs said. "Training isn't mandatory, but they love it."
Scientist and conservationist Birute Mary Galdikas, founder of Orangutan Foundation International, said orangutans are among the most intelligent animals. Orangutans in the wild, where Galdikas has studied the apes for more than four decades, routinely use tools to scratch themselves, swat insects and create simple shelters. In captivity, Galdikas said orangutans have demonstrated remarkable creative-thinking skills, specifically in their ability to escape enclosures.
"Anything that Jungle Island can do to help their orangutans while away the day is to be commended," Galdikas said. "IPads seem to work for humans. It's not surprising that orangutans, who share 97 percent of their genetic material with humans, like them, too."
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Online:
Miss Millie Foundation, http://missmillie.org
Jungle Island, http://jungleisland.com
Orangutan Outreach, http://redapes.org
Orangutan Foundation International, http://orangutan.org

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Fill out Reading Log
2. Vocabulary --  New Word

MIGRATORY

(My gruh tor ee)   adjective
roving, wandering, nomadic

Link:  MY STORY 

"MY STORY is one of many MIGRATORY movements."

• Wild geese MIGRATE to Canada in the summers and Mexico in the winters.
• Most American Indian tribes in the Old West were MIGRATORY and followed the movements of the buffalo.
• Fruit pickers are MIGRATORY workers who move from place to place at harvesting time.  

3. Partner Fluency Practice 
Tongue Twisters   See some at http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm


4.  Read a short story "Attachment"  by Lois Lowry, and write about it.



5. Everlost, p. top of 203

Monday, May 14, 2012

Individual Reading Time and Log

Vocabulary Review
“The job of a highway patrolmen is to IMPEDE speeding motorists.”

ROSTER (RAW ster)  n.

a list of names, especially of personnel available for duty 

PROCRASTINATE  (pruh KRAS tuh nate) v.  to put off until a later time

Julia had a TRENCHANT tongue and was always putting her friends down behind their backs.

FORBEAR (for BEAR)  v. 

to refrain from; to abstain (to not do it); to be patient and tolerant

Partner Fluency
Time to finish writing about the Article of the Week  -- Orangutans 





Everlost, page 195

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Self-Starter:   Individual reading and Log


2.  New Vocabulary word.
FORBEAR (for BEAR)  v. 
to refrain from; to abstain (to not do it); to be patient and tolerant

Link:  Four Bears

"Please  FORBEAR feeding the FOUR BEARS."


Pick one of these sentences: 

• To FORBEAR giving your opinion on any controversial matter until you have first heard all the facts is generally the wisest course of action.
• Jonathan said his motto was to never FORBEAR throwing a good party for another time when you can have one today.
• Henry FORBORE his decision to close the store, deciding to wait until after the Christmas season.

 Review:
“The job of a highway patrolmen is to IMPEDE speeding motorists.”

ROSTER (RAW ster)  n.
a list of names, especially of personnel available for duty 


PROCRASTINATE  (pruh KRAS tuh nate) v.  to put off until a later time

Julia had a TRENCHANT tongue and was always putting her friends down behind their backs.

FORBEAR (for BEAR)  v. 
to refrain from; to abstain (to not do it); to be patient and tolerant
 

3.    Partner Fluency -- new passage  
Sequoya  (Sa -- coy --a)
Cherokee  (Chair - a -- Key)
Phoenix  (Fee - nix)

Sequoia National Park

Sequoya

4.  New Article of the Week  -- Orangutans and iPads  --
 Article of the Week Orangutan.docx

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/national/orangutans-at-zoo-use-ipads-to-communicate/article_9b01cf9b-0570-5076-b6cc-d87859f640a0.html

Orangutans and iPads

 


5.  Everlost, from page 187

Farewell to Maurice Sendak Who Died Today

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

1. Individual reading time and log. 
______________________________________

2. New Vocabulary Word: 
IMPEDE

(im  PEED)  verb

to obstruct or interfere with; to delay

Link:  SPEED

“The job of a highway patrolmen is to impede speeding motorists.”

Choose one of the sentences below:

He was only my uncle, but he always told me no matter what, not to let anyone IMPEDE my ambition to go to medical school. 

(Something that IMPEDES is an IMPEDIMENT.)  As a hopeful runner on the school track team, James Carver's biggest IMPEDIMENT to his speed was his short legs. 

____________________________ 

Noticing Your Inner Voices  and "Back to the Future"

Everlost  page 174  to top page 187.

Friday, May 4, 2012

1. Individual reading time and log. 
______________________________________
2. New Vocabulary Word:

A lacrosse team roster

 ROSTER
(RAW ster)  n.
a list of names, especially of personnel available for duty 

Link:  ROOSTER

"A ROOSTER on the ROSTER."

If I had to have a rooster on the roster, I'd choose this one.

Select one of these sentences:

• The football program has a ROSTER for both teams.
• Tom saw his name on the duty ROSTER.
• The military is full of all types of ROSTERS; there is a  duty ROSTER, a leave ROSTER, and even a ROSTER for standing guard. 

3.  Partner Fluency

4.  Everlost and drawing  -- to page 174




You may retake our first vocabulary test during Cave Time, if you'll study first.  

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Individual Reading and Log
New vocabulary word:
PROCRASTINATE
(pruh KRAS tuh nate) v.  to put off until a later time

Link: GRASS HATE

"Larry HATED to cut the GRASS and would  PROCRASTINATE about it for weeks."

Select one of these sentences to copy:

1. Never do today what you can PROCRASTINATE doing until tomorrow, a famous husband once said.
2. PROCRASTINATION  is the curse of the Latin culture; at least, deserving or not, Latins have the reputation of being PROCRASTINATORS.
3.  Wilcox had a PROCRASTINATING personality; whatever he started, you felt he was probably not going to finish.

Partner Fluency

Another controversy and . . .
Prom Dress in Provo, Utah  
or see the article at

Provo Prom Dress Problem

Everlost pages 135 - halfway down page 151.


Student thoughts on parents being arrested for kids skipping school:
Laws are inconsistent.
What happens to the kid while their parents are in jail?
You can't just skip work when you're grown up and not get fired.
Truancy laws already work.  Kids who've gone through truancy court/school don't miss school now unless they're really sick.
It's the children who are skipping school who should experience the consequences.
The school should start to make school more fun.
The kids should just suck it up and go!
This is my education; it is my job.
Parents shouldn't have to pay for your stupid mistakes.
Some parents have to leave for work even before their kids start school.
I think [skipping school] is dumb even though I did it before in the past.  I stopped after I got caught by a cop. That was scary.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Individual Reading and Log
New vocabulary word:  trenchant
(TRIN chunt)  adj.
cutting, incisive, having a sharp point; caustic, sarcastic

Link:  TRENCH ANT

A TRENCHANT mouth is characteristic of the famous Madagascar TRENCH ANT.

Select one of these sentences to copy:

1. Roger's angry remarks at the budget meeting were TRENCHANT, because he knew precisely where the financial problems lay.
2.  The music teacher made numerous TRENCHANT comments about the band's performance; clearly she thought the band stunk.
3.  Julia had a TRENCHANT tongue and was always putting her friends down behind their backs.

Partner Fluency
More information about Trayvon Martin case, and time to write
Everlost to page 135.

Provo Prom Dress Problem

from http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/girl-s-bare-shoulder-starts-debate-on-dress-codes-at/article_3f889fe0-6788-5dfa-9565-943c93b20d60.html

Genelle Pugmire - Daily Herald | Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:20 am | (14) Comments

Savanna Morey and her prom date.

Related Links

• Provo High School
• Lehi High School
• Independence High School

PROVO -- A revealing shoulder on Savanna Morey's prom dress brought more than attention from her date at the prom at Provo High last week. School chaperons also took notice and then took action.
According to Provo High Principal Jeff Schoonover, Morey was asked to cover up with either her date's jacket or other wrap or she would have to go home and change.
"We had a great night," Schoonover said. "Darn it, it was just one small issue."
Morey is a student at Lehi High School in the Alpine School District, and her date attends Independence High School in Provo. Independence doesn't hold prom, so the students are invited to join Provo's.
The Daily Herald contacted Morey and her mother, Deborah, who declined comment. They initially contacted ABC4 in Salt Lake about the issue.
Assistant principal Lani Quisenberry attended the prom. She says she always has sweaters and shawls in her car in case a girl needs to a cover up.
"I was there and they participated fully in the dance," she said. They were there until around 10 p.m. when the promenade began. The dance ended at 11 p.m.
Part of the evening is the traditional Grand Promenade, which is a special march where couples are presented to others in the hall. According to Greg Hudnall, district spokesman, "they were there most of the prom and were the last couple in the promenade."
"The schools have a dress code and as a district we support it," Hudnall said. "If the dress standards are in violation the school has the right to say wear the coat or go home."
"There has to be some guideline," Quisenberry added. "I just wanted the kids to have fun."
Schoonover said the school goes to great lengths to make sure students understand the dress code policy. "We even had an assembly before the dance showing different dresses and what was appropriate and what was not. We asked our students to let dates know what is appropriate," he said. "I think we did a great job of how we handled it."
In this unusual situation neither Morey or her date attended the assembly or had a Provo High School handbook. The general female dress policy for all events as described on the website includes, "clothing must be modest. Bare midriffs, tank tops, short shorts & minis, etc. are not proper for school." The school's policy for the prom was no strapless dresses, spaghetti straps, high hem lengths or plunging necklines, and the straps on dresses had to be three fingers wide, according to Quisenberry.
Other schools also have policies related to prom dresses. Lehi High School, Savanna's school, has a set dress code policy for dances. According to Alpine spokeswoman Rhonda Bromley, the Lehi policy does not allow strapless, backless, halter tops, plunging neck lines or spaghetti strap dresses. Straps must be at least 3 inches in width. Dresses have to hit the top of the knee and undergarments cannot be visible.
Schools can add to that. Bromley said Lone Peak High requires girls to wear prom dresses with sleeves, as does Orem High; principal Michael Browning said sleeves of some sort are required on girls' dresses or jackets or sweaters worn over strapless dresses. This will be Browning's first prom at Orem, but as an administrator at Timpanogos High, whose prom is this weekend, he said the decision on what the dress code policy is came from the PTA and community council.
"The school community council looked at community standards. Our community voices come from the PTA and community council," he said. "I had to face both sides of the issue. Some parents were appalled letting some dresses in and some parents had no issue with dresses being not with code."
This is not about the predominant religion's teachings on modesty, he said.
"It is not a religious issue, it's a community issue," he said.
Nebo School District's Director of Secondary Education John DeGraffenried said, "Nebo has a dress code policy for all events. Schools have the discretion as far as prom. There are no bare shoulders."
While Morey and her date spent the majority of their time at the dance, Provo High has agreed to reimburse the $20 cost of the dance.

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Posted in Provo, Genelle-pugmire on Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:20 am Updated: 10:59 am. | Tags: Provo, Provo High School, Provo School Disrict, Prom Dresses, Jeff Schoonover, Lana Quisenberry, Rhonda Bromley,

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Savanna Morey and her prom date.

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• Girl's bare shoulder starts debate on dress codes at prom

Poll

Did Provo High School overreact to Savanna Morey’s dress? What would have been the right course?

Admonish her about modesty, but let her stay this time.

Throw her out; rules are rules.

Ignore the dress; it wasn’t disruptive.

With one bare shoulder protruding from her stylish dress, Savanna Morey, a student from Lehi, walked into the Junior Prom at Provo High School with her date.
No one seemed to notice until a couple of hours later. That's when an adult dance chaperone tripped to the realization that Savanna was in technical violation of a school dress code. Savanna was asked to hide her shoulder or ship out, an unfortunate ultimatum for something so trivial.
It's not as though the girl's dress was offensive. On the contrary, it was quite mainstream, even conservative, as prom dresses go. Many a past prom at Provo High School has seen more revealing attire. Provo High proms of yesteryear featured plenty of spaghetti straps and bare shoulders.
Interestingly, a scan of early BYU yearbooks also shows strapless and sleeveless gowns in abundance. In the fashion-conscious 1930s and '40s, nobody seemed concerned with visual chastity.
Not so at Provo High in 2012. In fact, a Provo school official allowed this week that any number of girls could have been singled out for enforcement of one wardrobe detail or another.
Officials wag their finger at Savanna, asserting that the rules were clear. They had staged a training session in advance with students to make sure everyone understood the dress standards. But Savanna, being from Lehi, could not have attended such training. Neither could her escort, who attends Independence High School.
But let's lay such matters aside; they are not at the core of this issue. What is important is the question whether a public school can legally enforce an arbitrary dress code without a showing of some violation of health or disruption of order caused by a student's lack of compliance. Schools can make rules, but those rules must serve a legitimate state interest. They may not intrude upon freedom of expression unless outweighed by a reasonable public objective.
Fashion ordinarily is not going to form a basis for a First Amendment crackdown. Dress and grooming can be regulated only when so outlandish that they truly interfere with the mission of a school. A bare shoulder at a formal dance does not justify ruining a nice evening for a couple of kids.
There is hardly a better example of freedom of expression under the First Amendment than the way a person chooses to dress to express his or her personality. The question for Provo High School -- or any of the other schools around Utah Valley with similar dress codes -- is this: Is this the hill you want to die on? Is it really worth making such a big deal out of a triviality?
It's one thing for a school to halt a disruption in progress to protect good order and safety. It's quite another to act out of blind servility to a rule book even when no disruption is occurring.
At bottom is the question of a school's power to make and enforce rules vs. an individual student's right to freedom of expression. It is a sticky legal wicket at best. Most likely, a school would lose a lawsuit if it attempted to defend its action against a reasonable, mainstream prom dress.
That's because courts have regarded clothing, by and large, as constitutionally protected territory. A school may not, for example, force a student to remove a T-shirt proclaiming "I love Jesus" as that would infringe on rights of expression. Likewise, the "I Love Boobies" campaign for breast cancer awareness that is sweeping the nation is a protected message. Schools cannot ban Boobie bracelets and T-shirts without major risk.
In fact, local school administrators have been expressly warned not to interfere with students who wear such paraphernalia for exactly that reason. It's not a hill to die on. They have likewise been warned not to interfere with a gay couple who want to promenade at a dance. And now they should be warned that a confrontation is not appropriate to deal with a prom dress that is not creating a stir.
If Savanna Morey's dress had been a disruptive influence, she would have been noticed hours earlier and she and her date would not have been allowed to participate in the traditional promenade.
Given the totality of facts it's impossible to conclude that anyone found the dress offensive. Case closed. This is about an adult whose opportunity to play the authority card was, for reasons unknown, irresistible.
A school administrator tried to argue this week that just because Savanna wasn't noticed earlier by a dance chaperone, it doesn't mean the dress was not disruptive. He likened the situation to a student who shows a gun around and isn't noticed right away.
The comparison is off-target. We concede that a gun would be disruptive. But a shoulder? Hardly. There were no reports of students shrieking in horror or averting their eyes or fleeing to the exits when Savanna walked into the room.
Schools and school boards can make all the rules they want, but that doesn't mean every rule is proper. A high school dance is not church; it is a secular event. And not everyone shares the same notions of modesty. Individuals have rights that can be enforced.
One of these days somebody will assert those rights, and it will cost the taxpayers.
Now it is being argued from some quarters that the Provo dress code properly reflects a community standard. We suggest putting this dubious claim to the test. Remove the rules altogether and see if student behavior changes for the worse. If it does, then the notion of a monolithic community standard is proved wrong. Otherwise, they'd all behave. Conversely, if no change is observed in the majority -- if parents and peers continue to have influence -- then no rule book is needed. Either way, the heavy hand of government is inappropriate.
Short of enforcing laws against lewdness, government should stay out of the fashion business.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about the Provo High School's overzealous enforcement of the rule book, though, is that the rule itself degrades young women far more than any reasonable choice of wardrobe could. It is based on the notion that any slightly revealing clothing will serve as a sexual stimulant to adolescent males who cannot control themselves, and hence it is the girl's responsibility to do all she can to keep the boys at bay.
Because when boys misbehave, it's the girl's fault, right? Wrong.

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Posted in Opinion, Utah-valley, Editorial on Friday, April 27, 2012 12:26 am Updated: 3:12 pm. | Tags: Savanna Morey, Provo High School, Prom, Dress Code,

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Self-Starter:   Individual Reading and Log
2. Vocabulary Test  -- Individual and without notes. 
3. Partner Fluency Practice
4.  Wrap up Trayvon Martin: 
Some student responses so far:  

• Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin for no reason at all.
• Zimmerman should go to jail so more people don't have to die because of him.
• Trayvon Martin did not deserve to be shot.  He was innocent.
• I wish the shooter could have been stopped or caught right away.
• It had something to do with the color of Trayvon's skin.
• Someone who would shoot someone like that isn't even human.
• The "Stand Your Ground" law is not right.
• Trayvon's girlfriend was on the phone and heard what was going on.
• This was not an ordinary shooting. 
• Trayvon died just because he was a different race, and "looked" suspicious.
• It was a good idea for Trayvon to call his girlfriend.
• The emergency dispatch told Zimmerman NOT to follow Trayvon. 
• Zimmerman went overboard in taking the law into his own hands. 
• Trayvon was innocent and doesn't deserve to be dead., and Zimmerman  is an "idiot" and is guilty of murder. 
• This article makes me angry. 
• Zimmerman should be put into a prison cell full of hoodies and be in a strait jacket until he goes crazy. 
• The police are believing everything Zimmerman says and not investigating it. 
• The police and other government officials aren't doing their job.

 Timeline of the Case
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/23/justice/florida-zimmerman-timeline/index.html
If you haven't handed in your one page response, you need to do it now or very, very soon. 


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5.  Parents arrested?  "Police Sweep Arrests Parents for Kids Skipping School."


Special Guest speaker:  Mr. Johnson

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&topicID=4&storyID=198
 with sound

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/education/parents-arrested-for-letting-kids-skip-school-20110510

 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130460&page=1


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At least one police officer in Loudoun, VA thinks that one mother of three little girls should be punished for "contributing to the delinquency of her minor children." The specifics of her crime? Getting her children to elementary school late. Seven times. As she wrote to the blog FreeRangeKids.com (which, by the by, has been making a lot of news around here lately) :

After the fifth offense there was a meeting with a truant officer. We were late twice since then, which resulted in the surprise of three officers showing up on this Sat night (1.21.2012),  where I was literally handcuffed and brought to the Adult Detention Center to meet with the magistrate who chose to release me with a $3,000 bond promised to be paid if I fail to show up for the arraignment in a few days.

In Alaska, legislation was passed allowing districts to fine parents $500 a day for every day a child misses school. And in California, ten absences without a doctor's note can now trigger a call from the school to the district attorney to bring charges against the parents.   
from  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/arrest-parents-school-tardiness_b_1231493.html



Have you written your one page response yet?  

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Self-Starter:   Individual Reading and Log
2. Practice Vocabulary
3. Partner Fluency Practice
4.  Reading from Everlost from page 123 to page 131

Friday, April 20, 2012

Self-Starter:   Individual Reading and Log
2. Practice Vocabulary
3. Partner Fluency Practice

4. Listen to and read the short story "User Friendly" and answer questions before and after reading. 

5.  ?  Time to work on packets for Article of the Week and/or extreme sports?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Self-Starter:   Individual Reading and Log
2. Practice Vocabulary
3. Partner Fluency Practice

New Article of the Week about parents being arrested because of student's absences from school

Monday, April 16, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading

Tell about substitutes.


Vocabulary  -- Cacophony 
  (kuh KAH  fuh nee) noun
   It means "harsh sounds."


Link:  COUGH
Copy this sentence: There was a cacophony of coughing in the smoking lounge.


Pick one of these sentences to copy:

• A cacophony isn't just noise.  It is disturbing noise such as when people shout all at once.
• Gene thinks all rock music is a cacophony to be avoided whenever possible.
• An unpleasant cacophony of sound was produced as the orchestra tuned their instruments.  But once they began to play together the sounds became euphonious. 

3. SRI

4. Finish Trayvon Martin Case or work on your Whitewater packet.


If time:

5.  Everlost, p.         to page

News on the Trayvon Martin Case

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/11/150449405/zimmerman-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-martin-case?sc=fb&cc=fp

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Filling out Log     
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2. New Vocabulary Word   --

EXPUNGE 
(iks PUNJ)  verb 
to remove; to delete: to erase

Link: SPONGE

"A SPONGE EXPUNGING a spill." 

Select one sentence to copy from among these three sentences: 

"The judge ordered the clerk to EXPUNGE the lawyer's statement from the record."

"The wet and muddy footprints were EXPUNGED with soap and water."

"The teacher told Justin that EXPUNGING the low grades from his record was not something she was willing to do." 

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4.  Partner Fluency

5.  Everlost, p.        to page   

 6. New Comprehension/fluency packet:  Timed Reading and Answer Questions.
Before you answer the questions, make sure you have your Article of the Week one-page response done.  

  Read the Hang Gliding article, timing it with the online stopwatch.  When you finish, you should look up at the time and record it.   Then go ahead and start answering the questions.

 If you don't have your one page responseswritten to the Article of the Week, you should hurry up and finish it BEFORE you answer the packet questions.    The Article of the Week is  due at the end of the period. 

originally posted 3/31/2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Filling out Log     
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Last time the vocabulary word was Bulwark.
2. New Vocabulary Word   -- CONNOISSEUR
(kahn uh SEWR)  noun
an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste


Link:  KING OF THE SEWER

The king of the sewer is a CONNOISSEUR of garbage.


Select one of these sentences:

• My uncle is a  CONNOISSEUR of fine wines.
• Art dealer, Jorge Guizar, is a CONNOISSEUR of Mexican art of the 19th century.
• When it came to coins, Jerry proclaimed he was a CONNOISSEUR because he had collected them all his life.

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3.    Partner Fluency


4.  Everlost, p. 109


 5. Comprehension/fluency packet:   Answer as many questions as you have time for.
The Article of the Week Assignment (Trayvon Martin)  is due next time, April 5.
If you are finished with both of these, find something to quietly read.

Published earlier on 3/30/12

Friday, March 30, 2012

Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Filling out Log     
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2. New Vocabulary Word   --
Bulwark
(BUL wurk) noun
a defensive wall; 
something serving as a 
principal defense

Link: Bull Work 


"Bulls work building a BULWARK."


 
Quebec city is the only city in North America with a BULWARK built entirely around it.


The budget for national defense is an economic burden for all taxpayers, but we must never forget our armed services are the BULWARK of defense for the nation.


Our mother was a BULWARK against bad times; no matter how bad things became she always wore a smile and had a cheerful word. 




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3.  Article of the Week Assignment -- received last time -- due April 5

4.  Partner Fluency

5.  Everlost, p. 97 - page 109

 6. New comprehension/fluency packet:   White Water Thrills
Students did their timed reading.

This Week During Cavetime

Wednesday:  Talent Show for Eighth Grade in the New Auditorium
Thursday:  Talent Show for Ninth Grade in the New Auditorium

Thursday:  Net Smart for Eighth Grade in the Old Auditorium
Friday:  Net Smart for Ninth Grade in the New Auditorium

No movie during Cavetime on Wednesday or Thursday