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Here is an extra credit opportunity for all classes. Make yourself very familiar with this format before you go see the movie & do the write up! The movie you are to review is revealed at the end of this post. How to Write a Movie Review: A Template Five Parts (Paragraphs) of a Movie Review Opening: Catch the Reader's Attention Think about how advertisements sell movies: "trailers" show you a few seconds of the movie to get you interested. When you begin your movie review, make your own "trailer." If you liked the movie, then your trailer should make people want to see it; but if you didn't like it, the trailer should be something that shows why you didn't like it. Don't explain why you liked it or didn't like it; make the reader like or not like the movie by what you describe. Begin your review by retelling an incident or moment from the movie, which you think, captures the spirit of the movie, as you understood it. Alternative: Begin your...

Well here we are! Our last week of school for 2007. There will be a post at the end of the week with an extra credit assignment that all students have the opportunity to do over the break. In the mean time, here's what is going on this week: US= Chapter 6 & 7 Homework Packets are due this week (Wednesday for 6th period & Thursday for 1st, 3rd, & 5th periods). Don't forget that your test is that day also! PacRim/IR= We are moving on this week & will be starting our mini-unit on Disease. This week's topics are TB & Malaria. There may be a worksheet due on Wednesday (it depends on how much we get done in class on Monday).

Not much time left before break... US= You have an extra credit opportunity this week...a Jazz Age Journal Assignment was given out in class (it is due Friday 12/14 for 1st, 3rd, & 5 th periods and Monday 12/17 for 6 th period). Don't forget...your Chapter 6 & 7 Homework Packet is due next week! PacRim /IR= You will have a Quest on Hunger & Poverty this Thursday!

PEER COURT is this Tuesday...Extra Credit for attending & doing the write-up as described in the previous post. US= New Homework Packet assignements will be handed out this week for Chapters 6 & 7...they are due on 12/19 & 12/20. PacRim/IR= You have 2 itmes due Monday...your map of North Africa & the Middle East and the UN Agencies worksheet. You will have you North Africa & Middle East Map Test on Friday (12/7).

Welcome back...hope you all enjoyed the break! I am slowly getting caught up on grading & on-line grades will be updated by this coming weekend. FOR ALL CLASSES: You all have an extra credit opportunity next week (Tuesday, December 4th) by attending Peer Court after school in portable #9 from 3:15-5:15. To earn the extra credit (and even some community service hours) you must be there the entire time! To get the extra credit answer the following questions about each case (there will be a maximum of 4 cases): a- What was the case about? (i.e. what are they in trouble for doing?), b- What was the jury's decision & did the judge change anything?, and c- Did you agree or disagree with the outcome? Why? Additionally some of you will have the opportunity to be jurors and ask questions (if you end up being chosen for that please answer the above questions for your case only AND write about what the jury experience was like...hard, easy, confusing, etc.) This write up on Peer Co...

We have a very short week, but here's what we have going on: US= A chapter 4 quiz this week before the break. Don't forget to be working on your tribal cube and Chapter 4&5 Homework Packet; both are due after the break (see the previous post for actual due dates). PacRim/IR= There will be a Human Rights Quest (shorter than a test, but longer than a quiz) on Tuesday before the break. Be sure to read through your notes & handouts! Athletics= Congratulations to our successful fall sports on a great weekend of athletic action! The football team beat Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks last Friday; they will be playing Long Beach Poly at home (again...who guessed Long Beach Poly would be at NHHS twice in one year?!?) for the 2nd round of CIF play this Friday. Come watch the local football action. The Boys Cross Country team was CIF Division 2 Runner-up at Mt. SAC this past Saturday & will be headed to Fresno for the CIF State Meet this coming Saturday (for the first time sin...

US= Some people have powerpoints due this week (check the board to see if your name is there & yours is due). We will have a quiz on Chapter 4 next week before Thanksgiving break...make sure you have read through the whole chapter!!! Your Tribal Cube is due Monday, November 26th (for 1st, 3rd, & 5th periods) and Tuesday, November 27th (for 6th period). Also that week your Chapter 4 &5 Homework Packet is due on Wednesday (11/28) & Thursday (11/29). PacRim/IR= Don't forget that your new grade checks are due this Friday (11/16)!!! We will be looking at Apartheid this week & winding down our unit on Human Rights....that means a test is on the way soon! (More details will be posted later this week!)