27-28 Sept 10

27- the students were rewarded with a free day for their compliance with the standards on Friday. The other students went and helped Ms. Curtis do some housekeeping in theWellness Center.

28- Today the students were passed back all of their graded work, passes and the information on the test on Wednesday. We went over the AIT worksheet and the Chapter 29 text work that is going to be on the test.

Vocab was assigned and is due on Friday: Accentuate, beggar, chivalry, debate, eccentric, fecal, genitalia, hepatitis, idle, jicama, keen, lecture (words are to be defined and used in a sentence)

23 Sept 2010

Today the students had a journal entry that asked them to give their opinion on the Malaria Crisis in Africa. They also had a 1 page free write for these questions: What effect did An Inconvenient Truth have on you? What specific actions, if any have you taken or will take as a result of the movie?
Students are reminded that Health Articles are due tomorrow.

22 Sept 2010

Today the students turned in the worksheet from the video and worked SSR. Reminded the students about Health Article due on Friday.

20 Sept 2010

Today the students that were not present on Friday turned in their vocab and their journal and trivia entries. Today the students began watching An Inconvenient Truth since we've just read about Environmental issues in our text. They have been given a list of questions to answer during the movie, and will be tested on the information once finished.

17 Sept 10

Today the students turned in their vocabulary, and or walked the track. They are reminded that the health article for next week is due on Friday. I collected the journal and trivia entries today as well. Passes for attendance will be handed out on Monday.

16 Sept. 10

Today the students had a Journal entry that asked if they went to a friend's house for dinner, and found a roach in their meal, what would they do about it. They also completed the Chapter 29 Chapter review Recalling the facts Questions 1-8. The work was due at the end of class.
Reminder....vocab is due on Friday!!!!! Let's get the 70% for the first time!

15 Sept 10

Today the students finished reading chapter 29, and then we had a SSR book check and had SSR for the remainder of the class today. They were reminded that vocab is due on Friday.

14 Sept

Today the students were returned their first test. They are reminded of the vocab due on Friday and the book checks on Wednesday. Also reminded of the extra credit review being due on the 6th of October, not the 7th. They had a trivia question this morning.

10+13 Sept

Friday the students presented their health articles and due to the pep rally were giving a buy on the walking the track for non compliance. Monday the students were assigned new vocab: Macabre, naive, obituary, pacify, quadriceps, radiant, sabbatical, tarnish, ukelele, vacant, waddle, xenophobe. The sentences and definitions are to be turned in on Friday. The students also had a journal entry that asked if they could have any dinner guest over, who would they pick and why? They are reminded of the SSR Book check on Wednesday.

9 Sept 10

Today the students had a journal entry that asked why do or do they not attend and support our student athletes? and we went over the bookwork from yesterday, and we discussed what will be on the test on Monday. Tomorrow is the Pep Rally! Also told the students about the fact that if they earn a 93 or better on going into the final that they don't have to take the final at all. Further encouragement for them doing the Book Review/ Summary.

8 Sept 10

Today the students finished working on their Chapter 26 text assignment. They had a trivia today as well. They were given the extension date of 7 October for the Book Review/Summary and a more in depth list of titles to choose from.

7 Sept. 10

After a long Holiday Weekend we are back. I'm sorry about not posting Friday's Activities. On Friday the students had a trivia question which was to spell the word Hereditary. They then turned in their vocabs and walked the track for the remainder of the class period for non compliance with the homework rules and standards.

Today, we finished reading Chapter 26 and if time permitted began working on the chapter review for the chapter.

2 Sept 10

Yesterday the kids had SSR and those that had not presented their posters/collages on the 6 components of health did so.

Today 2 sept 10
The students began to read chapter 26 together, and were reminded that the vocab (70%) is due tomorrow! They had a journal entry which asked if they had 14.6 million dollars, what would they do with it.