Week of 10/12-10/16

Welcome back Group 5! I hope all of you had a great week at Hulbert. Here are some things that we will be working on this week.

Monday October 12 Columbus Day No School


Tuesday October 13:
HIGH SCHOOL:

• Complete through page 23 in your Writing Skills book. (Adjectives and Adverbs) Please call if you do not understand something.
• 5 Paragraph Essay on Lamb to Slaughter is due. Choose one of the three questions and answer it in the form of a 5 paragraph essay citing examples from the short story to support your answer.

GROUP 5:

• History: We will have History during our writing time. Robby and John be prepared to present your outlines to the class. We will be reviewing sections 3 and 4.
• Wordly Wise Lesson 4 Activities are due and you will have a quiz on Lesson 4.
• Read your independent reading book for 20 minutes
• Writing: Your biographies have been given back for you to do your final edits and revisions. Please get them back to me by the end of the week for grading.
  

Wednesday October 14th

• I will be introducing our long term writing project: A Humorous Story. We will be abandoning all writing homework other than this for the rest of the quarter beginning on Monday Otober 19th.Starting on Monday, October 19. You will spend every writing class working on this AND you will be expected to work on this story for homework every night for at least 20-30 minutes.
• Read your independent reading book for 20 minutes.
• Science: We will be finishing section 5 and preparing for your test which will be divided into two parts. You will be tested on Sections 1 and 2 during study hall on 10/27 and you will be tested on Sections 3, 4 and 5 on November 4th.
• Read your independent reading book for 20 minutes.
• Work on funny story for at least 20 minutes.

Thursday October 15th

• Grammar Quiz on Subjects and Four kinds of sentences.
• Read for 20 minutes.
• Work on funny story for at least 20 minutes.

Friday October 16th

• Work on funny story or DAR for at least 20 minutes.

REMINDERS:

Field Trips:
As part of our continued studies of Medieval History, Groups 5G and 5B will enjoy a banquet fit for a king at Medieval Manor on October 21st. Students will dine without utensils on: bread and cheese medieval pizza, ginger carrot soup, family style mussels, one large beef, rib per person, salad with balsamic dipping sauce, herb roasted chicken, broccoli and carrots with hollandaise dipping sauce, mock – mead with a token for a refill, after dinner mints Groups 5B and 5G will be going to Medieval Manor to complement their study of Medieval history. We will be dining on medieval cuisine without utensils and playing games common to this historical period.

Groups 5B and 5G will be going to Biogen IDEC Community Lab on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 to do an experiment on the transformation of E. Coli. Students will don goggles, lab coats and gloves in order to work with scientific laboratory equipment to investigate DNA proteins. We will leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. and return by pick-up at 3:00 p.m. Students are asked to bring a bag lunch (no glass) and non-messy snack to eat in the van in case our lab runs longer. Please wear appropriate clothing if there is a chance of inclement weather as we may have to walk from the parking space to the lab. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to see how interesting and exciting a career in science can be!