Ice Breaker -- June 25th

You have been selected to travel the world. Before you go, you can have a special party to invite six people to join you. 

1. Copy the image above, and fill in the place cards with the names of six special people you would like to join you on your travels. 
2. After writing in their names on the place cards, list three personality traits that make them special to you. There is a list of personality suggestions below.
3. Go through the traits you listed for each person. Below your table, list the most common traits as a top 3. 
4. Go to each student in your class, write their name on your paper, and list their top 3.
5. Report
   

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