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

Debate/Declamation Schedule for Monday 18 May and Tuesday 19 May

Times are approximate, of course. 

Monday:

1.  The US should invest more in the search for extra terrestrial intelligence. 0830-0900

Rahi and Alex 

2.  Americans should be encouraged to support organic farming. 0900-0930

Lindsay and Jillian

3.  The government should restrict people from owning wild animals as pets. 0930-1000

  Kasey and Karli

4.  As a way out of the current economic crisis, Keynsian methods are the best. 1050-1135

Thomas, Bryan, Chris, Jeremy

5.  The federal government should implement a single payer health care system in the United States.

Abiha, Renee, Andrew, Morgan B 1230-1315

6.  In matters of culture, the world is getting dumber. 1315-1335

Kristen and Morgan F

7.  Public school classrooms should all have surveillance cameras installed. 1345-1410

Velty and Zach

8.  The US should take more of a role in developing electric only cars. 1415-1445

Eva and Nicole

Tuesday

9. Water, as a scarce resource, should be priced according to its market value. 0830-0900

Tehran and Mr Jarrell

Homework Week of 11 May

All: Declamations/Debates will be on Monday and Tuesday of Next week. Be sure you have outlines and notecards with you for both the speech and the cross examinations. The only thing you will be handing in will be a bibliography alphabetized by last name of author.

8th Grade:

7th Grade: Quote Essay--Pick one quote from Othello and write an essay following format:  

Paragraph 1: Intro putting the quote in context.

Paragraph 2: Explain what the quote means.

Paragraph 3: Explain whether you thing the quote is "true"

Paragraph 4: Conclusion

Chapter 16:2 is Due Thursday