Week 5

Parent night was a successful event indeed!! A huge thank you to all of the parents who were in attendance, your presence was a tremendous pleasure and we look forward to your continued participation throughout the school year! Please be mindful if you need your NetClassroom user id and password, email Ms Hutchinson at kporter@tmapchs.org to retrieve both. This allows you to view your childs progress at any given time!

9th Grade

Science

Ullery
Monday and Tuesday: Complete table from "Creating a Classroom Map"
Wednesday and Thursday: Map 5 object to scale from your room.
Friday and Monday: Complete Garden Map

Math

Honors
Exam Review this week. Test Wednesday. Project "The Choice is Yours" begins Thursday

College Prep Algebra

Assignments relating to Units 1.7-1.9
Quiz on 1.5-1.8 on Thursday
Project "The Choice is Yours" begins Thursday

Technology

Morean
1: Before Thursday each student is required to attend office hours or lunch lab to review the internal parts of the computer.
2: STUDY! Exam Review Game Tues/Wed
Unit 1 Exam Thursday Sept 30(A) and Friday Oct1(B)!

English

Jayne

Mon. Practice Non-fiction passage
Tues. Correcting Sentence Construction Packet
Wed. Literary Analysis Writing Assignment
Thurs. Literary Analysis Writing Assignment
Fri: Beer Thirty: No Homework

Social Studies

Walker / Lee
Islam DBQ questions
DBQ Rough Draft Template
Final Draft of DBQ project due October 14 and 15

Spanish

Yaun
Signed Proofread Critique: Sept. 27 (B)
Entire Project: Sept. 30 (A), Oct. 1 (B)
Review Packet for Mid-Q Assessment: Oct. 5 (B), 6 (A)

10th Grade

English

Lloyd
Monday-Character Diary from the Kite Runner
Tuesday-Vocabulary Words Ch10-12
Wednesday-Finish summaries/notes for Ch 12-14
Thursday-Finish Kite Runner Notes Ch 9-14
Friday-Creative Writing-finish/ use audio stimulus as basis for a fiction based piece of writing

Scogin
Monday:
Vocabulary Exercise
Tuesday:
Vocabulary Exercise
Wednesday:
Vocabulary Exercise
Thursday:
Vocabulary Exercise
Study
Friday:
Sacrifices Homework
Signed Progress Report

Biology

Johnston

Pleasre refer to the following http://teacherweb.com/DC/ThurgoodMarshallAcademy/Johnston/apt1.aspx

Physics
1. Falling Bodies Lab is due Wednesday, September 29 2. Practice Problems due Friday, October 1 3. Study for quiz on free fall on Friday, October 1 4. Unit Exam next week

Spanish

Tuesday-Complete worksheet on numbers; type up graphic organizer
Thursday-Spanish Found Journal Project

Academic Workshop

Monday : HW #8 worksheet
Tuesday/Wednesday - Redo HW #6 if necessary. HW #6 was to make all corrections from Unit 1 Quiz 1.
Thursday/Friday - Quiz #2 Corrections and Unit 1 Exam Review Sheet

Week 4

We hope to see all of you thisWednesday, September 22, 2010 for our Open House event. Freshman Dinner will begin promptly @ 6pm at the Warrior Dome, and Sophomores in the TMA Cafe @ 6:30pm. Please RSVP with Ms. Short @ x 204, as there are some small restrictions that apply! Please come out and support our Fall Varsity Athletic competitions that are heating up already. The fabolous Women's volleyball team and Men's flag football team are ready to take on their opponents this week, stay tuned for game information and always remember,
GO WARRIORS!

9th grade

Math

Bell / Kaplan

Homework assignments related to Units 1.5, 1.6, 1.7

Honors

Homework assignments related to 1.8-1.9

Quiz Thursday covering units 1.6-1.9

Spanish

Hendricks
Monday, September 20th-Complete classroom command pictogram
Wednesday, September 22nd-Study for quiz on class vocabulary, complete graphic organizer for communication article
Friday, September 24th-Worksheet on subject pronouns, Draft #1 of Article Critique/DBQ

Yaun
2 Additional Artifacts w/ paragraphs: Sept. 21 (B), 22 (A)
W/S 1-7 (definite articles, map): Sept. 21 (B), 22 (A)
W/S 1-8: Sept. 23 (B), 24 (A)
Signed Proofread Critique: Sept. 24 (A)

History

Lee/Walker
World History 1 H.W for this week is
Sunni-Shiite Article summary due for A day students
Islam Study guide
Unit Exam Thursday and Friday

English

Jayne
Mon. Noun/Pronoun packet
Tues. Nonfiction Reading Passage
Wed. Nonfiction Reading Passage
Thurs. Practice Paragraph

Preston
9/20 Perfect Paragraph Revision Complete
9/21 T.V. Show class Experiment and questions
9/22 Mood Exercise – questions
9/23 Imagery identification from selected examples
9/24 Write an 8 sentence paragraph about a symbol. Use imagery.

Earth Science Homework:

Monday: 3.3 Review
Tuesday and Wednesday: measurement practice worksheet
Thursday and Friday: Quiz #2 Review


10th Grade

English

Scogin
Monday: Vocabulary Words
Tuesday: Vocabulary
Wednesday: Vocabulary, open response question
Thursday: Vocabulary and study for quiz
Friday: Reading comprehension passage and questions

Lloyd

World Lit homework:
Monday-Personal Recount/Memoir assignment
Tuesday-Study/Review work for Kite Runner Quiz on Thursday
Wednesday- Study/Review work for Kite Runner Quiz on Thursday
Thursday-DC CAS practice paper
Friday-Find and bring in a newspaper article about the theme ‘sacrifice.’

Spanish

Campot

Monday/ Tuesday: Make notecards for Spanish prepositions. Spanish on one side and a picture on the other side.

Wednesday/ Thursday: Respond to the prompt (at least 15 sentences; Enlgish OK).
How should you behave when we go to the library as a class? How should you use the library resources to demonstrate respect? How can we show the librarians that we are appreciative of their support? What are some questions you have for the librarians about research and in particular about research for this project? Do you have any questions for Sra Campot about research for this project?

Friday/ Monday: Four completed rows of research notes with at least one source with accurate MLA citation.

Allison

In physics this week students are doing the Falling Bodies Lab. They must
Write pre-lab in lab notebook (due Sept 23)
Complete post-lab in notebook AND type the formal lab report (due Sept 29)

World History II

Monday: No Homework
Tuesday/Wednesday: Study for Quiz
Thursday/Friday: Study for Exam

Science

Please refer to Ms. Johnstons website for further information
http://teacherweb.com/DC/ThurgoodMarshallAcademy/Johnston/apt1.aspx

Week 3

Reminder that the first three weeks of school will come to an end this Friday. As you all know, this will mark the end of the First Progress Report period! We hope to see all of you next Wednesday, September 22, 2010 for our Open House event. Freshman Dinner will begin promptly @ 6pm at the Warrior Dome, and Sophomores in the TMA Cafe @ 6:30pm. Please RSVP with Ms. Short @ x 204, as there are some small restrictions that apply!

9th Grade

Spanish

Yaun / Hendricks
Monday-Study for quiz on alphabet; have 3 artifacts for Found Journal Project with all steps completed
Wednesday-6 artifacts with all steps completed
Friday-Complete worksheet on subject pronouns and classroom commands

Social Studies
Walker/Lee

1) Current events Islam article summary ( Sunni -Shiite conflict)
2) Five Pillars worksheet.

Math

Homework assignments related to Units 1.4
Quiz Tuesday covering Units 1.1-1.4
Exam Review and Unit IA Exam on Friday

Honors
Homework assignments related to 1.5-1.7
Quiz Tuesday covering units 1.2-1.5

Science

Monday and Tuesday: Quiz #1 Review Guide Wednesday and Thursday: Progress Report Signed
Friday: Section Review 2.1

English

Jayne
Monday: 1 ½ vignette

Tuesday: Literary Analysis Paragraph

Wednesday: Context Clues Practice

Thursday: Mixed Review Packet

Dalton
Students will read vignettes from The House on Mango Street
Student will complete comprehension and discussion questions for each vignette every day

Technology

300 word Artificial Intelligence Argumentation Essay.
It is due ThrA/FriB.


10th Grade

Science

Refer to Ms.Johnstons website for furhter information

Academic Workshop
Due Tuesday/Wednesday - HW #4 Read Article and Complete Worksheet

Due Thursday/Friday - HW #5 Worksheet

Math

Geometry/Honors – Ms. Williams
Homework for 9/7 – 9/10.

September 13, 2010
Period 5: Finish Guided Note Packet 1B
Period 6: “
Period 7: N/A

September 14, 2010
Period 2: Finish Guided Note Packet 1B
Period 3: Finish CW from GN Packet 3
Period 4: Finish Guided Note Packet 1B

September 15, 2010Period 5: WS – word problems
Period 6: “
Period 7: Review Packet

September 16, 2010
Period 2: WS – word problems
Period 3: Review Packet – Finish GN 4
Period 4: WS – word problems

September 17, 2010
Period 5: Finish GN Packet 2

Spanish
Monday: Practice Quiz

Tuesday/Wednesday: No HW

Thursday/Friday: Preposition worksheet

Social Studies

Ms. Ok
Monday/Tuesday: Complete Venn Diagram Comparing and Contrasting Capitalism and Marxism
Wednesday/Thursday: Study for Quiz
Friday/Monday: Complete Chapter Review Activity

Ms. Otrosina

Due Tues/Wed:
Study for Quiz over Early Settlers of the Potomac

Due Thurs/Fri:
Anacotia: Past, Present, and Future brainstorm w/s

English

Monday: Kite Runner-Probable Predictions-students make predictions in the book
Tuesday-Kite Runner-finish Character Map & Kite Runner Notes Chapter 1-5 due Wednesday morning.
Wednesday-Kite Runner Vocabulary Words
Thursday-DC CAS passage and questions
Friday-Finish any Guided Notes for Kite Runner.

Week 2: 9/7-9/10

9th Grade
Spanish
Yaun
Re-read article & questions. Begin working on graphic organizer: Sept. 7 (B)
Graphic Organizer Answers: Sept. 7 (A), 8 (B)
Signed copy of alphabet: Sept. 8 (A), 9 (B)
Type 1st draft for Critique Sept. 10 (A)

Hendricks
Check class website

Algebra I
Bell, Kaplan
Assignments related to Unit 1.3-1.4 throughout the week

Honors Algebra
Assingnments related to 1.4-1.5 throughout the week

English I
Preston, Dalton, Jayne



Science
Ullery
Due Wed (A Day) or Thursday (B Day): Reflection Questions from page 8 in Textbook Due Friday (A Day): Quiz #1 Review Guide

Johnston
Check website for assignments!
http://teacherweb.com/DC/ThurgoodMarshallAcademy/Johnston/apt1.aspx

Social Studies
Walker, Lee

Technology
Due 9.8A/9B
Email to Mr. Morean
W/ proper Subject line heading
1 example of a computer you use outside of class (Not desktop or laptop)
1 example of how that computer has an input device
1 example of how that computer has an output device

Due 9.10A/13B
Hand-written to be turned in
Find the memory value of at least 2 different digital devices you use
Explain how you determined the value of memory the device had?
BONUS – Bytes are an expression of 8 bits a combination of 0s & 1s that are the basis of the primary computer language. What is this language called? And what do the [0,1]s represent?

10th Grade

Spanish II (Campot)
Wednesday & Thursday: Reading & Conjugation practice (Worksheet)
Friday & Monday: Major Quiz Practice (Handout)

English II (Scogin)
Tuesday-Vocabulary exercise, The Struggle to be an all American girl reading
Wednesday- Vocab words sheet, Write introduction of essay
Thursday- Vocab words sheet, Write second body paragraph
Friday- Finish rough draft, Read chapter 3

Math

Geometry/Honors – Ms. Williams
Homework for 9/7 – 9/10.

September 7, 2010
Period 5: Finish Practice 1-7: Problems 1 – 12 and 16 – 18
Period 6: “
Period 7: P. 57: Problems 54 – 57 (must be on graph paper)

September 8, 2010
Period 2: p. 55 – 56: 20 – 32 all
Period 3: WS: Area and Perimeter wrap up.
Period 4: p. 55 – 56: 20 – 32 all

September 9, 2010Period 5: p. 55 – 56: 20 – 32 all
Period 6: “
Period 7: Unit 1 project – finish dimensions for home

September 10, 2010
Period 2: Finish CW in GN packet
Period 3: Study Guide for Unit 1 Exam
Period 4: Finish CW in GN packet

Social Studies

World History II Homework Assignments 9/7

Study for Quiz (chapter 25 section 1 and 2)

Complete Section 2 review worksheets


9/8 and 9/9

Complete compare and contrast chart

9/10-9/13

Complete Employee letter