AIM What are the different strategies you can use to improve your SAT score? EXTENSION ACTIVITY / HOMEWORK HW #5: Students will complete SAT Assignment-Reading Long Passages. … [Read more...]
27 September 2013 – Aim and Assignments
"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” - John Locke Aim: How do we compare the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes? - Summer Assignment – The Gunpowder Plot is due Friday, 09/27 - Enlightenment Handout is due Friday, 09/27. - Hand in your Emergency Contact and Lunch Forms. If you have any questions or If you complete your assignments online please e-mail them to me – lesinski@whsad.org … [Read more...]
TODAY’S AIM & HOMEWORK
AIM: What is a critical lens essay? HOMEWORK: Complete a Character Relationship worksheet for each of the two short stories we read this week. Be sure to include specific details as evidence for your statements. Write a Critical lens essay, as assigned in class. Final Draft, in pen, due Monday … [Read more...]
WHSAD Students Give Back To The Community
On September 27th, WHSAD students, with members of the Greenpoint Youth Court, took to the streets and removed graffiti along North 10th Street in Brooklyn. If you're interested in joining the Graffiti Clean Up effort, email Mr. D'amato at damato@whsad.org. … [Read more...]
SAT Lesson #2 Tomorrow
Hello, tomorrow we will do our second SAT Lesson, in order to better prepare you for the exam in May. We will be focusing on a variety of strategies that will assist you in improving your score on the Reading Paired Passages section. See you tomorrow! … [Read more...]
26 September 2013 – Aim and Assignments
"The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule." - John Locke Aim: How do we compare Absolute rulers from different parts of the world? Thematic essay on Absolutism must be completed during office hours by tomorrow, 09/26. - Summer Assignment – The Gunpowder Plot is due Friday, 09/27 - Enlightenment Handout is due Friday, 09/27. - Hand in your Emergency Contact and Lunch Forms. If you have any questions or If you complete your assignments online please e-mail them to me – lesinski@whsad.org [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Enlightenment-Activity.doc"] … [Read more...]
Missing Work
If you are missing any of the following assignments you have until Monday, October 7th to turn them in. They will not be accepted after that deadline. In case you did not write down the assignments here they are: Assignments Fall 2013 – MP1 Date Given Assignment Summer Assignment https://www.whsad.org/teacher-posts/11th-grade-social-studies-summer-assignment (Counts as your performance task for the term - 20% of the grade!) 9/9 Writing Assignment # 1 - If you were establishing a colony in a new unexplored land, where would you choose to live? What is your reason for this decision? What problems might you encounter? How would you handle them?*Minimum 3 paragraphs 9/12 Thematic … [Read more...]
Project: My monster
Mi Monstruo Aim: How to talk about the human body in Spanish? Due date: 9/27/13 60 points total Question activity (8 answers using full sentences) = 8 points Warm up monster = 13 points YOUR Monster = 14 points (Colored!) 15 labeled body parts on your monster = 15 (Article + Word) 20 simple sentences = 10 points (Use the attached template to help you.) SENTENCE TEMPLATE: [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sentences-template.docx"] … [Read more...]
Mr. Rodriguez’s 2nd Period Junior English Class
9-25-13 Aim, Do Now, and Homework!!!
Aim: How do we make coherent sentences in Spanish using the verb "ser"? Do Now: Write 5 sentences in Spanish using different pronouns and the verb "ser". 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. HOMEWORK!! Make 10 sentences using the different conjugations of the verb ser. Try not to repeat the pronouns more than twice. Also study for Quiz tomorrow!! Here are some links... Practice Quizzes--->http://www.quia.com/quiz/166686.html?AP_rand=481816571 http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/spanish/verb_ser_present_tense/quiz1706.html Game: Rags to Riches----> http://www.quia.com/rr/345551.html Game: Scatter---> http://quizlet.com/16823765/subject-pronouns-and-the-verb-ser-flash-cards/ … [Read more...]