Team Titanium Field Trip Notice for Friday May 2nd

What:  UNR College of Engineering Senior Capstone Innovation Day

When:  Friday, May 2, 2014 ( Leave Billinghurst at 9:30am and return approx. 1:00pm)

Where: UNR Lawlor Events Center

Why: To expose students to the field of engineering and UNR.

During this trip, students will be exposed to graduate student mechanical engineering projects, and the science and technology involved in them.

Pizza and drinks will be provided.  Please bring your manners.

Week 3, Quarter 4 - 7th and 8th Grade English

Homework & Class Activities for 7^th and 8^th Grade English

Week 3, Quarter 4

Monday, 4/21 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Multi-media review presentation

·         “Brothers” constructed response, p. 107 of comp book

·         Watsons

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 3 – due on Friday 4/25

Monday, 4/21 – 8^th Grade (2*)

·         Due to evacuation last Friday, 2^nd period will have this class time in the lab to finish and print their informative essays (8^th grade writing exam)

Tueday, 4/22 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)

·         Word of the Week, p. 23

·         Watsons

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week3 – due on Friday 4/25

Tuesday, 4/22 and Wednesday 4/23 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         Word of the Week, p. 22 AND p. 23

·         Multi-media review presentations

·         Informative Essay – pencil edit; identify and highlight thesis and in-text citations; identify part 2 of prompt

·         “Just Because” draft in comp book and final draft

Homework:  Read 25 min and finish RJ week 3 (get signed!) – due Thursday 4/24 (2*, 3*) and Friday 4/25 (4*) only.

Finish final draft of “Just Because” poem  - due Thursday 4/24 (2*, 3*) and Friday 4/25 (4* only)

Wednesday, 4/23 – 7^th Grade (1*)

·         Team meeting – “Touring Nevada” project

Homework:  Same as Tuesday

Thursday, 4/24 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Describe-A-Smell – journal p. 110 of comp book

·         Watsons

Homework: Finish RJ week 3 and get signed. Due tomorrow 

Thursday, 4/24 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*) and Friday, 4/25 (4*)

·         Collect RJ week 3 and “Just Because” poem final draft

·         Hand out and review RJ week 4

·         “3 Items” journal, p. 48 of comp book

·         First scene of play, “The Diary of Anne Frank”

Homework:  4^th quarter book project will be handed out next week

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 4 – due Friday, 5/2

Friday, 4/25 (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Collect RJ week 3

·         Hand out and review RJ week 4

·         Figurative Language chart – hyperbole and metaphor examples

·         Watsons

Homework:  Read 25 min and begin RJ week 4 – due next Thursday, 5/1

7th & 8th Grade English - Week 2, Quarter 4

Homework & Class Activities for 7^th and 8^th Grade English

Week 2, Quarter 4

Monday, 4/14 – 7^th Grade (1*)

·         Team Meeting (How to Work in a Group – Strategies and Activity)

Homework:  Spring Break Extra Credit due tomorrow

RJ week 2 – due on Friday 4/18

Monday, 4/14 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         Collect Spring Break Extra Credit (Holocaust Survivor Presentation)

·         Hand out multi-media review book

·         8^th Grade Writing Exam Prep (close read, identify and support, create thesis)

Homework:  Writing Exam Tues-Friday (be at school!)

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 2 – due on Friday 4/18

Tuesday, 4/15 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Hand out multi-media review book

·         Collect Spring Break Extra Credit (RJ)

·         Word of the Week, p. 22

·         Finish 1963 Telegram close-read questions in groups – staple to p. 105 of comp book

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 2 – due on Friday 4/18

Tuesday, 4/15 – Friday 4/18  - 8^th Grade (all core classes)

·         Collect RJ week 2 on Friday 4/18

·         Hand out RJ week 3 on Friday 4/18

·         All 8^th grade classes Tues-Friday = writing exam in 600-hall lab (informative essay)

Homework:  This week = Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 2 – due on Friday 4/18

RJ week 3 = due Thursday 4/24 (2*, 3*) and Friday 4/25 (4* only)

Wednesday, 4/16 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Begin The Watsons go to Birmingham; 1963 and Figurative Language Chart

(idiom, simile, alliteration examples filled out from chapter 1)

Homework:  Read 25 min (or more!) and fill out RJ week 2 – due Friday 4/18

Thursday, 4/17 – 7^th Grade (6*)

·         Team Meeting

·         Hand out and review “Touring Nevada” interdisciplinary unit packet and calendar

·         Groups assigned

Homework:  Finish RJ and get signed!  Due tomorrow

Friday , 4/18 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)

·         Collect RJ week 2

·         Hand out and review RJ week 3

·         Brainstorm – 2 possible Tour Company names for IDU

·         Begin Watsons chapter 2 and Fig. language chart (stapled to p. 106)

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 3 – due next Friday 4/25

T-shirt and Bumper Sticker for IDU due next Wed 4/23 at end of team meeting