Great Short Answers and Great Inspiration
Friday, January 13, 2012 GSA: Click on "Docs to Download" under the Writing Resources title in the sidebar. Scroll down and select the DBQ folder. You'll read and respond to the Xmas article and the Weird Name article :)
And now for some inspiration....
Color Poem - Step 1 (from class)
Monday, December 12, 2011 Pick a color!
Brainstorm and show me...
what comes to mind when you think of that color?
-objects
-memories
-people
-places
-flavors
-emotions
-events
-smells
-sounds
What does that color look like? (shiny, hard, crunchy, etc.)
What does it feel like? (....textures...)
How does it make you feel?
What experiences/ideas seem like that color?
Important High School Dates!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Straight from Mr. Safine at Saratoga High School...
Jan 30th- 6:45 p.m. – Preview of Electives Night at SHS
February 15th – Incoming 9th Grade Parent Night
February 16th – Brian Safine presents to 8th grade core classes (RMS Library)
March 9th – SHS guidance dept to Redwood P.E. to pick up course requests (during PE classes)
Registration Info will come home this week. Saratoga High has changed their registration process this year, and students need to do the preliminary paperwork online before they are cleared to ask for classes next spring.
Students do NOT hand in the forms to teachers.
Complete the online portion, then bring documents to the office no later than Thursday, January 12, but if you get them in before December you won't have to worry about them over the holiday break.
Also, if you are planning on applying to private schools, please see Mrs. Kolb ASAP!
Comics!! ...and Challenges of Foreign Affairs
Thursday, December 1, 2011 Below are links to the two sites mentioned in class that will help with the Challenges of Foreign Affairs Dilemmas, as well as examples of what you can make in each.
Remember that you do not need to register or enter any personal info if you use either site, but you will need to if you want to save your comics in the online portfolio for Strip Generator. You can only save your comics made on Make Beliefs Comix by following the instructions on the site to save the strips to your computer.
Article on Redistricting
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Remember that conversation we had yesterday about reps in the HofR being chosen by congressional districts in each state? Here's an article from the news today about some big problems being discussed in Arizon and Texas about redistricting in those states.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/02/141916779/court-to-decide-if-texas-voting-maps-discriminate
Constitution Exam Poll Results
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 The votes were close...and some people tried to vote more than once!
However, the winning exam date is FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18.
Because of this, the Unit Packet and Enrichment will be due on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
Your exam review sheet will be handed out in class (and available online) before Veterans Day.