Monday, March 14, 2016




Week of March 14 to 19


Big ideas for the week:

  • Math: Finish through Stage 12 at Code.org -- word problems
  • English 7: Book 6 The Odyssey 
  • English 8: Hand in One-Hour-Essay --learn to structure and write an essay test

Monday 14

Math -- Stage 9 at Code.org  -- Use the Design Recipe to identify dependent variables, independent variables, and constants.

Standard: 
F.BF.1: Write a function that describes a relationship between two quantities.
For the Student

English 7 -- Book 3 The Odyssey

Text of Book for Reading -- Link
Audio Book for Listening -- Link
Movie for Home viewing -- Link

English 8  -- Outlining

Packet for prewriting and outlining -- Link

Tuesday 15

Math -- Stage 10 - Rocket Height

Students will: Design functions to solve word problems.

Common Core Math Standards
 F.LE.1: Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear functions and with exponential functions.

English 7 -- Book 4 The Odyssey

Text of Book for Reading -- Link
Audio Book for Listening -- Link
Movie for Home viewing -- Link

English 8  -- Rough Draft

Packet for prewriting and outlining -- Link

Wednesday 16


Math -- Start Stage 11-- Design functions to solve word problems.

Students will: Continue to practice writing contracts with more complex scenarios.

Common Core Math Standards:
F.BF.1: Write a function that describes a relationship between two quantities.

English 7 -- Book 5 The Odyssey 

Text of Book for Reading -- Link
Audio Book for Listening -- Link
Movie for Home viewing -- Link

English 8 -- Peer Review due at end of hour

Peer Review Form -- Link

Thursday 17

Math -- Start Stage 12 -- Use the Design Recipe to develop functions that animate the target and danger sprites in their games.


The student will: Design functions to solve word problems.

Common Core Math Standards:
F.LE.2: Construct linear and exponential functions, including arithmetic and geometric sequences, given a graph, a description of a relationship, or two input-output pairs (include reading these from a table).


English 7 -- Book 6 The Odyssey

Text of Book for Reading -- Link
Audio Book for Listening -- Link
Movie for Home viewing -- Link

English 8 -- Respond to peer review, write final draft

Friday 18

Math -- Stage 13 Boolean Operators-- Using Boolean operators, students will write code that compares values to make logical decisions.


English 7 -- Reading Friday

English 8 -- Reading Friday -- Final Draft Due




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