Friday, February 28, 2014

Music Mania Friday

This song is a good song throughout, and I hope you people like it.

Song: Lego House by Ed Sheeran

This next song is a cover, and I personally prefer this cover over the original, but hey, everyone has their own opinions.

Song: Mirrors by Justin Timberlake. Covered by Boyce Avenue feat. Fifth Harmony

The last song, I believe, is another great hit, but it also is very popular.

Song: Counting Stars by OneRepublic




~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Reminders- February 28, 2014

ELA- Vocabulary Test Unit 5 3/10.
Math- Quiz on Monday(area and circumference). A.M. review on Monday.
Social Studies- Test on Tuesday 3/4.

Homework- February 28, 2014

ELA- Junior Scholastic- Read "Road Trip" and "Harlem Renaissance" - Write a 1 page summary/reaction for each due 3/5. Fiction Response due 3/12.
Tarea #16- Workbook pages 41 & 42
Math- Workbook p248- 253

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ask the War Hawks Thursday

[DISCLAIMER: Not actual good advice. Do not follow. Merely for entertainment. Also, the problems are made up.]



Anon: I hate my mom. She keeps yelling at me to do stuff while she just sits around watching TV all day.



War Hawk Advisor: Break the TV. Now she can't yell at you, because technically you just did something. Killing two birds with one stone..




~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Reminders- February 27, 2014

Social Studies- Test on Tuesday
Math- Quiz tomorrow (Area and circumference)
Spanish- Quiz tomorrow- Vocabulary only(no plurals) May include conjugation.
ELA- Junior Scholastic- Read "Road Trip" and "Harlem Renaissance" - Write a 1 page summary/reaction for each due 3/5. Fiction Response due 3/12.

Homework- February 27, 2014

Science- p 309 Answer questions 7-16 (Blue Textbook)

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Would You Rather Wednesday

Reminders- February 26, 2014

Career Day on Friday 2/28
Social Studies- Test on Tuesday 3/4 [Topics you must know: President Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise, President Jackson, and the Erie Canal]
Math- Quiz on Friday 2/28 (Area and circumference)
Spanish- Quiz on Friday 2/28- Vocabulary only, no plurals. (May include conjugation.)

Homework- February 26, 2014

Math- Worksheet
Tarea #15- Textbook pagina 107. Actividades 9 y 10. Pregunta y repuesta. (Question and answer.)
ELA- Do pages 65- 68 in Unit 5 Vocabulary Book due tomorrow.
Science- Page 308 Answer questions 1-6. Write the questions. (Blue Textbook)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Trickster Tuesday


^Set fire to the ocean.^


^What do you see?^


^The monsters in this drawing are the same size.^


^The classic optical illusion!^




~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Reminders- February 25, 2014

ELA- Bring #2 pencils tomorrow. Fiction response due 3/12. Do pgs 65-68 in Unit 5 Vocabulary Book due Thursday 2/27.
Math- Quiz on Friday 2/28.
Social Studies- Test on Tuesday 3/4.

Homework- February 25, 2014

ELA- 3 I-Ready lessons due tomorrow. Junior Scholastic- Read "Road Trip" and "Harlem Renaissance" and write a one page summary/reaction for each due 3/5.
Social Studies- page 335 #1+2
Math- Worksheet (Round answers to nearest tenth.)
Tarea #14- Write 8 sentences in Spanish. All plurals.
Science-page 307- Answer questions 19-29 (Blue Textbook)

Monday, February 24, 2014

Nature Monday


^Mother Nature is a great artist.^


^The rock structures are placed in a naturally beautiful fashion.^


^This is in Colorado. Cool or what?^


^This is also in Colorado. I really want to live there now.^



~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Reminders- February 24, 2014

Math- Quiz on Friday 2/28.
Social Studies- Test on Monday or Tuesday.

Homework- February 24, 2014

Math-  Mid-winter break packet. Show work on looseleaf for Multiple Choice.
ELA- Do pages 65-68 Unit 5 Vocabulary Book due Thursday 2/27
Nonfiction response due tomorrow (Link to document on the bottom.)
3 lessons on I-Ready due Wednesday
In a short constructive response- How does the song "Man in the Mirror" reflect our school's RFA initiative. Use a minimum of 2 details from your response due tomorrow.
Science- 8th Grade Textbook pg 306 #1-18. Write questions and answer.
Tarea # 13- Write 10 sentences with your new vocabulary words. Include a switcheroo. Do not include the location vocabulary words. Do not include plurals.

Nonfiction Response Link

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Stupid Jokes Sunday

This is going to be a new feature from now on, as the majority of votes wanted.


So there was this slightly introverted high school student who had never asked a girl to a dance. It’s his senior year and he feels that he should go to prom. So he musters up the courage and asks one of his friends. She says yes. Now he has to prepare for the dance. The next day, he goes to buy his tickets, and there is a huge line. So he waits, and waits, and waits, then he finally gets the tickets. The next day, he goes with his date to go get a dress. When they get to the store, there is a huge line going out the door. So the wait, they wait, and they wait. Finally, they get to the front and buy a dress. After this, they go to men’s warehouse to get him a suit for the dance, and there is a huge line going out the door. So they wait, wait, and wait. Finally they get in and buy a nice suit. The next day, he remembers that he needs to order a corsage. So he goes to the local store and there is a huge line. So he waits, waits, and waits until he gets his order in. Now it’s the day before prom and he wakes up and realizes that he forgot to order a limo, so he calls up the limo rental place. All the lines are busy so he decides to go into the place. When he gets there, he sees the line stretching out the door and around the corner. So he waits, and waits, and waits, until finally he was lucky enough to get the very last limo. So now it’s the night of the dance and when they get to the prom, the school is doing mandatory drug testing, so there is a huge line getting into the prom. So the wait, wait, and wait. Finally they get to the front and they both pass their drug tests. Now the dance was going pretty good for about a half an hour, until he really, really had to go to the bathroom. So he takes off to go, and he sees this huge line going out of the bathroom. He waits, waits, and waits until he finally takes care of his business. When he comes out of the bathroom, he notices that a crowd has formed around his date. She had just randomly passed out. Someone says to him, “hey, you’re her date, go get her some punch.” So he goes over to the punch table and thank god, there is no punch line.




~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Friday, February 21, 2014

Music Mania Friday

This first song is in a soundcheck, but I think that it's better than the studio version, so just listen.

Song: Believe in Me by Demi Lovato

The next song is going to be a love song, so bear with me.

Song: Fallin' For You by Colbie Caillat

This song is from a Nickelodeon movie, but it's good all the same.

Song: Someday by Max Schneider(from the movie "Rags")




~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Ask The War Hawks Thursday

[DISCLAIMER: Not actual good advice. Do not follow. Merely for entertainment. Also, the problems are made up.]




Anon: I received a secret admirer letter and I need to know who wrote it. Sadly, it's typed up and in Spanish, so I can't tell who it might be.



War Hawk Advisor: Let's see... it seems as if plenty of people have this problem. Well, the first logical step is to figure out whom all of your friends wrote to. Run them over with horses in disguise as unicorns if need be. Once you are positive it isn't one of your friends, corner anyone who gives you as much as a second look. Threaten to run them over with unicorns, even if you don't have any. Your best bet, however, is to find a suspicious looking person and pretending you know, when you don't. If they trip up, you have the person. If they don't trip up, keep on trying.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Trickster Tuesday


^It took me a while to realize that she was holding a mirror..^


^Squint your eyes and open them wide again. Repeat.^


^How many faces do you see?^


^Is it just me or does this look like it's beating?^



-Bella Lin, Official Admin

Monday, February 17, 2014

Nature Monday


^The sheer beauty of this amazes me.^


^This was taken underwater. Cool, eh?^


^Sunset curving up a wave, no biggie.^


^If this doesn't amaze you, I'm at a loss for what will.^



~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Friday, February 14, 2014

Vacation Homework- February 14, 2014


ELA- Test Ready Book p3-18. Nonfiction Response due 2/24. I-Ready Next 3 lessons.
Science- Complete questions you are able to answer on the 8th Grade State Test-2010. Also, Read pages 282-301. Additionally assignments to follow.
Social Studies- p324 #1-3 p331 #1+2
Math- Vacation Packet
Tarea #12- Due 1st day back from break. Write two paragraphs about yourself: what do you like, what you do, what you are like. Second paragraph is about a friend. You must include at least 10 "ar" verbs conjugated your likes have to be about your schedule and your classes. Include all of the above. It must be typed and at least one page long (not double spaced).


For Code G: Draw: You are at a party with the President. (Any president in any time period. Be creative)

Happy Valentine's Day!

You, yes you. If you're reading this, I wish you a happy(or at least decent) Valentine's Day. I don't really care if you are with someone this day or if you're home alone or just alone in general. You can go ahead and try to make a random tradition with your other lonely friends this year, because why not? Better with friends than being alone, right? Well whatever you do, be content with it. If you aren't, that's a moment you could've used for something that would've made you smile. That's a moment closer to sleeping for the very last time. After all, you control this very moment. Make it a moment that you can look back to, or at least a good memory. Do SOMETHING this Valentine's Day. Or at least try. Here's a love song(don't listen if you don't like these) just for this occasion. I actually find it catchy.

Song: Song to You by Leon Thomas III feat. Victoria Justice

Music Mania Friday

One of the first songs I'm going to choose is a rather sad song, so listen if you wish!

Song: Nothing by Ron Pope

Second song is a slower song as well, again, if you don't like my choices, go suggest some of your own.

Song: You Are Perfect by P!nk

This is somewhat a faster paced song, but again, feel free to leave suggestions!

Song: Grenade by Bruno Mars



~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Homework- February 13, 2014

Science- Read in your textbook pages 399- 407. Answer questions #1-7


That's all.

Ask The War Hawks Thursday

[DISCLAIMER: Not actual good advice. Do not follow. Merely for entertainment. Also, the problems are made up.]




Anon: I've been having this problem with a friend of mine. We don't get along as well as we used to, and I don't know what to repair our friendship. They found new friends and I'm just stuck here alone, and at a loss for what to do.



War Hawk Advisor: Well you see, you should probably go up to one of your friend's NEW friend and tell them to back off. If they don't, well then you should probably whine for at least an hour so that they will be annoyed enough to leave. Then, get your friend over and say that his/her new friends just ditched them. Rekindle your friendship. If they don't want to, flip your hair and walk away. If they do, hug them really hard. If your friend tries to push you off, hug even harder. Release them right before they push you off really hard so that they basically fall onto the ground. Because why not? I mean, this friend is your friend, so they shouldn't get mad. And if they do get mad, run them over with a truck for being a bad friend.



~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Homework- February 12, 2014

Social Studies- p311 #1 a,b 4b
Math- Workbook p196-199 If you didn't finish in class. Worksheet.
Tarea # 12- Due 1st day back from break. Write two paragraphs about yourself: what do you like, what you do, what you are like. Second paragraph is about a friend. You must include at least 10 "ar" verbs conjugated your likes have to be about your schedule and your classes. Include all of the above. It must be typed and at least one page long (not double spaced).
Science- Draw a picture of the parts of a chicken and label its parts. Have one person in your group to transfer all of today's lab chart onto looseleaf and hand in.
ELA- What helped you most in writing the essay (that we worked on during the planning periods)? What strategies will you use when you write an extended response on the ELA test?
Vacation HW for ELA- Test Ready book p3-18 due 2/24. Nonfiction response due 2/25

Would You Rather Wednesday

Would You Rather?

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Remember:

Be respectful and appropriate. Refrain from spamming, and try to include your name somewhere in your "chat name", unless it is obvious that it is you. If you are under Anonymous, do not write anything that can be considered questionable/inappropriate. Remember to refer back to the Rules tab if necessary. Honestly, if incidents where people are getting into some sort of "issue" because of their language become continuous, I will take off the chat box. This is meant for educational/slightly entertaining purposes, so please try to keep it nice and simple for me to administrate. 


~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Trickster Tuesday


^This is actually a really cool painting.^


^Not exactly an illusion, but cool nonetheless.^


^I have mixed emotions about this one. Get it?^


^It makes my head spin round.^


^This hurts your eyes if you stare at it for too long.^


~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Reminders- February 11, 2014

Tree Notebook due March 3rd
Bully blues day tomorrow, wear blue.
Bring money if you want to buy brownies during lunch tomorrow because it was sold out today.($1 for each brownie)

Homework- February 11, 2014

Social Studies- p305 #1+2 (do all the letters)
ELA- Ms. Printz said that she'll tell us when to do the homework.
Math- Worksheet

Monday, February 10, 2014

The Two Options For ELA

Prompt: Compare and contrast how the main character of "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" and the speaker of "Home" feels initially and how each one's feelings change over time.
In your response, be sure to include the following:

  • describe how the character in "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" feels at the beginning of his journey and how his feelings change
  • describe how the speaker in "Home" feels upon returning home and how the speaker's feelings change
  • describe similarities and/or differences in the change of feelings experienced in both passages
  • use details from both passages for your response


First Option

Paragraph 1- Intro- Names of the passages, brief background info -claim/thesis -restatement of the prompt -enticing intro sentence

Paragraph 2- Describe how they initially feel -compare/contrast

Paragraph 3- Describe how they both felt in the middle -compare/contrast -show signs of change

Paragraph 4- Describe how they both felt at the end -compare/contrast on how they changed from beginning to end

Paragraph 5- Conclusion -restate claim and sum up -important points and end with thought-provoking question/statement


Second Option

Paragraph 1- Intro

Paragraph 2- Describe change in character in "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" from beginning to middle to end.

Paragraph 3- Describe change in character in "Home" from beginning to middle to end.

Paragraph 4- Compare/contrast the change in characters from beginning to middle to end.

Paragraph 5- Conclusion

Reminders- February 10, 2014

Nonfiction response due 2/24

Tree notebook due March 3rd

*Tomorrow- Do nice things for others (and maybe you'll get caught doing it!)

Homework- February 10, 2014

ELA- Finish gathering evidence and organizing essay- due tomorrow

Social Studies- pg 301 #3a, c political cartoon

Science- Textbook p394-398 on page 398 Answer #1-5

Nature Monday

Just look at these nature pictures!

^Somewhere in Hawaii, it's this beautiful.^


^I believe that this cub is quite sleepy.^


^I feel bad for the photographer.^


^Aren't the best hide-and-seek players, huh?^


~Bella Lin, Official Admin

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Reminders- February 7, 2014


Science- Quiz on Monday 2/10/14. Graphic Organizer #5 due Monday 2/10/14

Homework- February 7, 2014


ELA- SCR for “Home” due Mon. Use RACES strategy. How does the speaker’s changing perception of the setting affect the way the speaker feels over the course of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your answer.
Tarea #11- Textbook read pgs 102-103 ¿Comprendes? Question & answer.
Science- Textbook pg 389-393. On pg 393 #1-6
Social Studies- Analyze MLK quote(or other quotes) and how does it relate to RFA. 1 page, double spaced, typed(preferably).
Math- Workbook pg 164-167

723 New Website


So this is a new website for 723. As of now, I am the only admin. Until I can regulate things and make sure everything’s okay, I will remain the only one. I am aware that 722 has their own website, but we are not, I repeat, NOT in any competition with them. Enjoy this courtesy of the website, for I am taking out my personal time to work on it. Have fun!
~Bella Lin, Official Admin