Logic Exam Review

As with the exam essays, its important to reflect on what we did on the logic portion of the exam. Please select one of the questions that you completed, but on which you did badly. In the comment box for this post, please type the answer that you gave. You may edit the language, but please keep the content as close to the original as possible. Include your name at the top; I will delete it before posting.

Exam Review

Exams are over, your last papers are graded-- you are finished with school for the year! Well, except for your debate, but I won't dwell on that... I think it is important that we take a second to reflect of your exams, however. When I give you your history exam, and, if you are in 7th grade, when I return your literature exam, I want you to take your thesis statement and the first and last sentences of each body paragraph, and copy them into a comment box for this entry. That means you will have 7-8 sentences total. Be sure to include your name in the comment(at the top, please); I will delete the name before I post it. If you took two exams with me, that means you have two posts to make. This will be graded.

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I will not be posting additional assignments here for the 09-10 school year. For assignments, please go to www.edline.net.

Exam Dates

Exams are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of next week. The exam schedule is as follows:

Tue:  History/Lit

Wed:  English/Math

Thur:  Spanish/Science

8th Grade Sci Fi Story Starters

While drilling for oil, workers find something that threatens the existence of the whole world...

Geneticists discover how to prevent aging so that human beings theoretically should be able to live for ever.. 

SETI researchers realize that they have been getting messages from outer space all along...

Exploring South America, biologists encounter a disease to which humans have no immunity...

Hybrid, genetically - modified plants, create a toxin that destroys the bee population in the world, preventing plans from growing.

It is 200 years from today and it turns out that global warming was real. Very real.

Exam Questions:

You may and should prepare an outline for these essay questions. Be sure that your outline is not so detailed that it includes full sentences, however.  

8th Grade:

History :  How has war changed over the last 100 years?

Trace the causes and consequences of the Arab-Israeli crisis and suggest a possible solution.

Literature:

What effect did John Proctor's flaws have on the plot and theme of The Crucible? 

What significance does  The Crucible have for people today?

7th Grade:

History:

What are The Constitution's flaws? Explain.

How did the US change from the Revolution to the Civil War?

Literature:

Huck Finn believes he is a terribly flawed individual. Why? In your opinion, is he?

A writer once said that The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn is a uniquely American novel because if focused on two uniquely American obsessions: Space and Race. Comment.

 

Debates

The remaining debates will take place as follows:

Water-- 0830-0900

Cameras-- 1050--1130

Electric Cars 1230-1300