York Eight
Third Trimester Late Work Policy starts on March 11th:
Students have three days after the original due date to
submit any missed assignments. If assignments come in after the three day grace period they will be considered late and students will receive a 60 for the assignment.
Students should try to collect 200 images prior to April break! Ask your students for details!
Wow! Check out our new link: http://staff.portlandschools.org/cliffp/freedom/
Now all the work from the Freedom Expedition is at your finger tips!
If your child participated in either of the book groups (Killer Angels or The Peoples Hisotry) could you make sure they have returned the books? We are missing several copies of both of these books and we will need them for next year. Thank you!
SOCIAL STUDIES
Parents can e-mail me (cliffp@portlandschols.org) and request a progress report at any point in the year and I will send one home with your child.
Parents should sign new late work policy sheets in the new Freedom Expedition Notebooks.
Texas vs Johnson flag burning article questions due Thursday 3/27/08
West Virginia vs. Barnette article questions due Monday 3/31/08
Free Speech Opinion Pieces: flag burning and pornography due Monday 3/31
Personal Essay rough draft, parent/guardian rubric, and final draft due 4/4/08!
The student who turned out not to be a jerk at all/Stanton article questions due 4/4/08
Because hitler didn’t finish…/Shapiro Article Due 4/7/08
Billie Holiday/Strange Fruit Questions due 4/11/08
Jack Johnson/Cookie Jar Questions due 4/11/08
Bob Dylan/Masters of War Questions due 4/11/08
Michael Franti/Bomb the World to Pieces due 4/15
DJ P Nice/Gun Violence Fantasy/Reality Questions due 4/16
Mary Dyer questions due 4/30
Polygamy questions due 5/2
Creation, evolution, and intelligent design questions due 5/9
Inmate Count questions due 5/15
MATH
All students should be working on the State of the World project. It is due on May 8.
FRENCH AND SPANISH
Spanish 8 (Estevez):
8th
Monday: Study vocabulary Lesson 28. Due Chap 3: pg 28-29-30.
Tuesday: Study vocabulary Querer/Gustar verbs.
Wednesday: Due Lesson 28
Thursday: Study the Study Guide for test.
Friday: Test Prueda: Gramatica 1.
Zack-Farrell French and Spanish Homework:
The following students need to present their artist projects. They are now late.
Leighanna, Melissa, Brian.
Verb blanks for French IR and Spanish ER
Verb Blank 1,2 due Thursday 3/20.
Verb Blank 3,4 due Monday 3/24.
Verb Blank 5,6 due Wednesday 3/26.
Verb Blank Test over all tenses or regular IR (French) and ER (Spanish) Mon. 3/31.
Spanish Verbs:
1. beber - to drink
2. aprender - to learn
3. deber - to owe, to must
4. comprender - to understand
5. vender - to sell
6. sorprender - to surprise
French verbs:
1. finir - to finish
2. réussir - to succeed
3. grandir - to grow
4. punir - to punish
5. obéir - to obey
6. maigrir - to lose weight
Artist Project Reflection due Friday 3/21.
WC: York 8 and World Cultures
Although this is a very short semester (Jan. 31-March 7), grades will be on the Semester 2 report card. The grading will be as follows: Quiz 1-Feb. 14 (20%), Quiz 2-March 6 (20%), Occupations worksheet-Feb 15 (25%), Credit Card worksheet-Feb 29 (15%), Scholarship worksheet-Feb 29 (20%). All extra credit work (thank you letter, unique job, Maine entrepreneur, job application, puzzle) needs to be in by March 7.
SCIENCE
Physics of Sound
Sequence 1 :
Written Application (first draft) due: 4/9
Written Application (final draft) due: 4/14
Interview/Presentation date: 4/14 Presentation Order: 1. Mladen, Aisha, Ashley, Megan. 2. Mary, Punlieu, Alexandra. 3. Steve, Anna, Tame. 4. Asad, Samantha, Shae. 5. Caleb, Nargis, Alexis.
Sequence 2:
Written Application (first draft) due: 4/3
Written Application (final draft) due: 4/8
Interview/Presentation date: 4/8 Presentation Order: 1. Ben, Konzo, Akari. 2. Nate, Matt, Bridget. 3. Keisha, Tem, Jack. 4. Austin, Faisal, Abshir. 5. Vy, Miles, Charlie
Sequence 4 :
Written Application (first draft) due: 4/8
Written Application (final draft) due: 4/10
Interview/Presentation date: 4/10 Presentation Order: 1. Demetrius, Alex, Rina. 2. Safiyo, Hannah, Avery. 3. Princess, Ahmed, Reesey. 4. Keanan, Jordan, Fowziyo. 5. Ibrahim, Ben, Nessa, Taylor.
Sequence 5:
Written Application (first draft) due: 4/3
Written Application (final draft) due: 4/10
Interview/Presentation date: 4/10 Presentation Order: 1. Brian, Sophea, Kristin. 2. Galen, Kristeina, Andreana. 3. Anna, Sofi, Erika, Leighanna. 4. Paley, Kaitlin, Chad. 5. Francis, Melissa, Will
LANGUAGE ARTS
Bibliography due 11/9/07
TECH. ED
Design Journal Entry No. 2
Describe a problem you have had with your gizmo and how you fixed it.
Must be a full page of writing and another page with carefully drawn sketches that are colored or shaded. Due 11/9/07.
Book Group Syllabus
York Eight Book Club Meeting Schedule
Spring 2008
A People’s History of the United States
1/16/08
Introduction
Assign chapter nine
1/25/08
Review chapter nine
Assign chapter ten
2/5/08
Review chapter ten
Assign Chapter eleven
2/14/08
Review chapter eleven
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