ANNOUNCEMENTS and CHANGES: updated Saturday, May 27 at 4:22 p.m.

INFORMATION REGARDING THE LAST WEEK OF TESTS AND TEST PREPARATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CLASS PAGE.

ENGLISH 8 - Please review the homework page updated on May 23rd. We will be studying Grammar in preparation for the end-of-year assessment. STUDENTS NEED TO COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR THE CHAPTER TESTS AND THE END-OF-YEAR LANGUAGE MECHANICS TEST GIVEN DURING THE FINAL EXAM PERIOD. The total value of these assignments and tests make up 160 points toward the 4th quarter grade.

BONUS OPPORTUNITY: Students make choose to complete vocabulary UNIT 15 and take the test for up to 20 BONUS POINTS. Additionally, they may take The Coalwood Way final exam for up to 20 BONUS POINTS. Grammar Bonus Opportunity: Chapter 15, numbers 1&6 for exercises 1-10. (SEE ENGLISH PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION) 

 

ALL STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH BONUS OPPORTUNITIES.

HISTORY 9 - The short answer section of the final will be given on Tuesday during your regular class period. Review the questions this weekend. You must complete 6 questions worth 60 points on the final. The final will cover chapters 6-16. Review will be on Friday, May 23rd. Students have elected to complete the 6 required short-answer questions during their regular last class period on Tuesday, May 27th.  The 3rd. period final is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28th. The 4th. period final is scheduled for Thursday, May 29th. 

BONUS OPPORTUNITY: COMPLETE CHAPTER 16 WORKBOOK FOR UP TO 20 BONUS POINTS DUE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, MAY 29th. REVIEW AND STUDY INFORMATION HAS BEEN POSTED ON YOUR HISTORY PAGE.

  

 

NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: The homework policy will apply throughout the third quarter. Homework is valued at 100% on the day it is due, 60% on day 2, 20% on day 3 and 0% thereafter. This policy will applied to ALL students throughout the semester. A student who fails to do their homework CAN fail the class as homework is assigned almost every night.

 

ENGLISH 8 - We continue to read The Coalwood Way in class.

Coalwood folders/binders will be checked and graded for completeness after Chapter 21and will be collected on Wednesday April 30.

 

 

US HISTORY - It has become apparent that the students are not reading the assignments when completing their homework. If done correctly they read the section and then look for the answers to the qiestions assigned for homework so that they remember not only the terms or facts but ALSO the context in which they are being used. This is resulting in low scores on the section quizzes which have been provided as a means to raise NOT lower your student's grade.

 

 DUE to all of the days out of school we will be picking up the pace in US History in order to get to 1900 before the year ends. Some workbook activities will be done in class to allow us to go at a faster pace. this means that the tests will be occurring more frequently.