Warm Up- A person who has one recessive allele for a genetic disorder but does not have that disorder is called a/an

a.  homozygote.   b.  carrier.  c.  clone.  d.  genome.

We did our project presentations and turned in our completed posters or brochures.  Don’t forget that a bibliography should also be turned in with the completed work.

ELA:

We went to the computer lab to take our benchmark tests.  If you are absent, there will be a make-up day for this.

Warm Up:  Write a paragraph about a topic we’ve learned about this week.

1.  We watched “The Human Machine” about the many wonders of the human body.  You may write 20 facts to make this up if you were absent today.

2.  First period has projects due Monday.  Remember, you must also present these as well.

We completed a sheet on joints and the skeleton.

ELA:

We did the vocabulary for stave 2 of “A Christmas Carol”.

We read stave 2 and started working on the questions.  We will finish the questions on Monday.

Bone test on December 8th!  Please study both your definitions and bones diagram!

Today in class we watched the video, “The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles”.  We wrote 15 to 20 facts from the video.

We really will finish our skeletons today!

Warm Up:  The brain is just one of several major organs.  What kind of tissue makes up the brain?

We also worked on Tour of the Skeletal System Pt. 2″.  We did not get to this yesterday.  It should be finished tonight.

ELA

We read the first stave of “A Christmas Carol”.  The vocabulary for the story should be finished.  This is a worksheet that I gave everyone several days ago.  We completed a brief quiz over the reading.  There is also a project due Monday for science and ELA.  Students should be completing either a poster or a brochure as part of their research on a selected topic.  We started on Monday.

Warm Up-  A student completes an experiment and finds the following information:

State            Volume (mL)            Mass(G)

water            10                               10

ice                 11                                ?

What would the mass of the water be?

a.  The mass of the ice is less than the water.

b.  The mass of the ice is greater than the water.

c.  The mass of the ice is the same as the water.

d.  The mass of the ice is the same as its volume.

2.  We read chapter 17, section 2.  We completed questions over this.  See me for the questions when you return.

3.  We worked on our skeletons.

Homework:  Complete “Tour of the Skeletal System”.  We did not have any time to work on this in class.  Every student should be working on this tonight.  The puzzle is optional extra credit.  Study for your bone test which is Tuesday, December 8th.

ELA:

I assigned projects for students to complete today and we worked on them the entire time in class.  They are responsible for finishing up their work.  I will be giving out a rubric tomorrow to guide them in developing their projects.  They will need to be doing research in the meantime.

1.  Complete definitons for the skeletal system.  You can download a copy from here.

2.  We will make our own skeleton model.  He’s gonna look really cute!

In ELA, we will play our games in our groups to prepare for the day we play for a grade.  (MONDAy)

In science, we read 5. 3 and watched a video on genetic engineering.  If you were absent today, do the questions at the end of the section and write 10 facts from it.

1.  Students read and completed an Edhelper article “DNA Structure”.  I took this up for a grade.

2.  We finished our DNA models. If you were out today and have started the model, please be sure that you have finished coloring it before you return to school.

3.  We watched a Brainpop video on DNA and took the quiz over it.

ELA:

1.  We had the following journal topic:  Why do you think the narrator reveals himself at the end of the story?

2.  We completed some analogies using our vocabulary words.  Write the correct word that finishes the analogies below:

a.  ________ is to dull as loud is to soft.

b.  harass is to ____ as barbaric is to uncultured.

c.  ____ is to fissure as tunnel is to shaft.

d.  ______ is to assumption as guess is to hypothesis.

e.  Contempt is to _____ as disparaging is to detractive.

f.  _____ is to express as conceal is to reveal.

g.  wax is to ______ as grow is to shrink

h.  listen is to _________ as speak is to utter

3.  We also began our projects which are due tomorrow.  You may choose from the following:

a.  Draw a 6-frame comic strip that tells the story of “The Tell-Tale Heart”.  Be sure to include important details from the story.  Write from the omniscient point of view.  Your comic strip must be colored.  If you are not good at art, do not select this!

b.  You may write a police report about the situation.  Explain what officers would have to say about what took place.  Tell who was involved, what happened and why.  Explain how the events unfolded.  Discuss the behavior of the people who were involved and why you were even there to begin with.  A police report is impartial with no judgments-just observations.  For example, instead of saying the suspect was crazy, write “The suspect appeared to be disoriented or confused.”

STUDY FOR YOUR TEST OVER THE STORY TOMORROW!!

No warm up

1.  We took notes on DNA.  If you were absent today, borrow

someone’s notes to copy.

2.  We began working on our DNA model.  There was no homework.

ELA:

We reviewed “The Tell Tale Heart”.

We completed an assignment on first degree murder and the

insanity plea.  If you are absent, read the story again.  Find the definition of murder according to the law of GA.  Then find examples in the

story that will help you decide if the narrator is guilty of first degree

murder or if he could use insanity as his plea.  Give lines from

the story and page numbers where the material was

located.

We read 4-1.  We completed the following questions:

1.  What is meiosis and why is it important?

2.  How do the chromosomes move during meiosis?

3.  Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.

We then made study cards for each of the steps of meiosis.

We watched a video on meiosis.  We completed a quiz while we watched.  If you were absent, just write me a paragraph about meiosis.  Tell me what it is, how it takes place, and why it is important.  Be sure that you have finished up your meiosis cards.

ELA:

We took our test over “The Monkey’s Paw”.  We then defined the following words: vehement, gesticulate, hearken, acute, dissimulate, vex, profound, sagacity, derision, crevice, marrow, suave, audacity, ere, supposition, wane  You should write all of the definitions except for profound and acute.  Use the following sentences to decide which definition to write.

The profound old man thought a great deal about life.

His sense of hearing was acute, and he could hear the slightest noise.

I will also be collecting the wanted poster or the wishmaker design tomorrow.  Be sure to color it and make it look good.  Make sure that you have included all of the required details.