CVHS 9th grade email update for November 7th, 2008

General Info:

• RECYCLING: Please bring all paper recycling (we recycle paper, magazines, phone books, junk mail, etc…) to school and either drop it in the green and yellow dumpster in the back of the school or ask your child to bring it to the dumpster or to Mrs. Matsu. In order to keep our wonderful recycling dumpster, we have to hit our quota. Thanks for helping us.
• The Thespian Society will be performing their first play for the 2008-2009 school year. They will be putting on Alice in Wonderland. The directorial choices for this play have married a dark Tim Burton-esque theme to Louis Carroll’s original stories. Tickets are $7 presale and $10 at the door. Contact Mrs. Bibeau to reserve your tickets – bbibeau@houstonisd.org.
  
• Mrs. Matsu is sponsoring a 12 day trip to Australia and New Zealand during July 2009. This will be her 6th trip with students and her 3rd trip with students to Australia . If you are interested in this trip please see this website for a detailed itinerary and price information: www.gradientphil.com/matsu/ Students, Parents, and siblings are welcome to join us. Prices go up on October 8, 2008. So if you are interested, please let me know, or sign up to lock in the current price.
• The English department is planning a literary tour of Dublin and London next summer. For more information and to sign up, please visit www.educationaltravel.com and login. The username is carnegie and the password is rhinos

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre):

• Monday – students will begin to learn about monologues and select one to practice with
• Tuesday – students will define character through character poem
• Wednesday – students will block monologue
• Thursday – students will work on voice and diction
• Friday – students will workshop performances (quiz grade)
• Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• Monday Nov 10 Essay on “ Colombia ” due. Turnitin.com 8:30 AM
• Monday Nov 10 Start chapter 5 The Caribbean .
• Chapter 5 tests Thursday and Friday Nov 20 and 21
• There will not be an outside of classroom essay for Chapter 5
• Essay grade will come from in class assignment Monday and Tuesday Nov 24 and 25 (Thanksgiving Week)

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• Great Expectations Quiz over chapters 1-34 – 11/12
  Please bring Grammar book to class – 11/13
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis/

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• Lab on Monday (finishing Identifying Organic Compounds from Thursday). The lab will be due Wednesday
• Test #3: Biochemsitry (chapter 2 + notes) on Thursday and Friday (November 13 & 14) – review sheets were handed out in class on Friday and are also available on the biology website.
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• 11/10 - Chapter 11, Sections 1 and 2; Chapter 11 packet due
• 11/11 - Chapter 11, Section 3; Solar Cookers will be tested
• 11/12 - Chapter 11 assessment
• 11/13 - Chapter 12, Sections 1 and 2
• 11/14 - Chapter 12, Sections 3 and 4
• 11/15 - last day to do quizzes
• 11/17 - Test on Chapters 10-12

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• We will finish Chapter 4 and begin Chapter 5 from 11/10/08 to 11/14/08;
• Mon. to Tue.: 4.7, 4.8, Use of triangles and Transformations;
• Wed.: 5.1. Coordinate Poof and Mid –Segment Theorem;
• Thu.: Chapter 4 Review;
• Fri.: Chapter 4 Test.

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• We are continuing to work on Chapter 4 (graphing linear equations both in standard form and slope intercept form)
• The homework assignment that was originally due Friday has been pushed back to Monday (we aren’t quite done with everything from that section yet)
• We will have a test over Chapter 4 next Thursday, November 13
• The test review for the next test will be handed out Monday and I will post a solution guide on Snapgrades

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• More TPR with new vocabulary. The change this week is that we will transition into TPRS (storytelling). The first exercise will be in small groups, 3-5, producing a mini-story using props I will provide. The group will present the story in class, as well as turning in a handwritten copy. Practice is necessary at home. Speaking aloud in Spanish is imperative. Keep pushing them.

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

• Continue with chapter 2A
• Culture Point: A Succinct History of Mexico chapter 4. A quiz will be given on Friday over the reading.
• A song quiz on Friday.
• Grammar point: Possessive adjectives.
• Test on Wednesday for Chapter 2A.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1 will spend the week in Stage 6 and the Imperfect Tense.
• Magistra has in-service on Tuesday, which will put the Stage 6 MC into early the following week.
• Latin 2 and 3 are wrapping up the focus on verbs/nouns/pronouns, and will shift back to applying the knowledge via reading.

From Ms. Heno (French):

• The projects are the same as last week.
• Texas French Symposium practice begins this week.

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

From Mr. Lamane and Ms. Terry (P.E.):

• Health: Students should keep working on their presentation on the chapters assigned to them.