Google classroom

goid morning! I have posted a slide show to google classroom for 10th grade U.Ss. History to view. Formulate any questions you may have about them for class on Tuesday. See you soon!

September 7

U. S. History 10 students need to check Google classroom for their next set of notes, today's Africa links assignment, and the Africa quiz. Also, if you missed class you need to get guided reading 1-3 from the absentee bulletin board.

U. S. History 11 students who missed class need to get the notes from the wiki entitled "Conflict with Native Americans".

September 1

Psychology students took notes entitled "Research Strategies, part 2" and read a case study on Genie.  We also did a Research Methods graphic organizer. The notes are on the wiki.  You will have to see me for the graphic organizer.

U. S. History 11 took a re-test on geography skills.  If you missed class you will need to make an appointment with me to take your re-test. We also did guided reading 13-1.  This is on the absentee bulletin board. For homework, please copy the notes from the wiki entitled "Life on the Great Plains".

August 30

Psychology classes had a test on chapter 1 and completed chapter 2 vocabulary matching activity.  If you missed class today you will need to see me to schedule a time to make up your test.  Remember that you must send the link to your prezi by Friday.

U. S. History 11 students your geography skills re-test will be Friday. You need to copy your notes at home.  We will not have time to copy notes in class. Class time is for working with concepts, enrichment and expansion.  Over the next few days we will have reading assignments about the gold rush and watch a documentary on westward expansion.  You will also have 13-1 guided reading activity.

August 29

10th grade classes took a geography skills test.  We also did chapter one vocabulary and the set of notes entitled "Early Civilizations".  The vocabulary and notes are online on the class wiki. If you did not complete your notes in class you need to complete them for homework. I assigned textbooks today.  If you were not present at school you need to see me to get a textbook.

August 28

10th grade U. S. History will have a test tomorrow on Geography Skills. Please have a wooden pencil or blue or black ink pen.  Mechanical pencils will be taken up and not returned.

11th grade History students had a test today. Please turn in your chapter 13 vocabulary by Wednesday.  You also need to copy the lecture notes on the wiki entitled "Miners and Ranchers".

Psychology students will have a test on chapter 1 on Wednesday.

Don't forget to remind your parents about Open House tomorrow at 6.

August 24, 25

History classes did a bellringer entitled World Map.  They also did a lesson on resource maps from Building Skills in Geography.  Also, students had a homework assignment on resource maps. Both of those assignments are on the absentee bulletin board. We also did a partner activity using Alabama road maps. Your test on geography skills will be next week.  Make sure you have your notes for class next week, as we will have a lesson and a major grade assignment on the Five Themes of Geography.

August 22, 23

U. S. History 10 & U. S. History 11
If you missed class, you will need to get the following assignments from the absentee bulletin board:
"Locating Places Using Latitude and Longitude" and "Locating Places Using a Grid".  Also we did a bellringer about time zone maps.  You will have to see me for the bellringer.

Psychology class took notes about the six perspectives of psychology.  These notes can be found on the class wiki.  Just log onto the wiki and click the psychology link.  Students also started work on the "Outrageous Celebrity" project.

August 17, 18

If you missed class today we did our first bellringer, entitled "Japanese Car Sales". We also did notebook assignments #1 "Direction and Distance" and #2 "Locating Continents and Oceans." You will need to get these from the absentee bulletin board.  And please don't forget to copy the notes on the wiki called "The Five Themes of Geography". You will need those in class next week.

August 15, 2017

Homework for tonight:
All classes need to go to the wiki (www.apricechs210.wikispaces.com) and click their class link. Under the geography skills section, copy the notes called "The Five Themes of Geography".  We will discuss and use these five themes in class tomorrow.

Welcome to Class

Good morning Wolverines, and welcome to class.  My name is Alyxandra Price and I will be your instructor this year.  I have high expectations for all of you, and I am certain that you will rise to meet the challenges that will be set before you this school year. I believe that all students can learn and that needs to be your belief as well. Please feel free to contact me at any time through the email address that is listed on your class syllabus or message me through the Remind app.  Let's have a  wonderful Wolverine year!

TEWWG chs 18-20

The seminal event Of the book occurs in chapter 18 when a hurricane hits the Everglades. What do Janie and Tea Cake decide to do in the face of the hurricane initially? Who is with them? What eventually changes their minds regarding their previous actions? Later Janie nearly drowns in flood waters and Tea Cake has to save her from a vicious dog who is standing on the back of a cow. Tea Cake kills the dog, but not before he gets bit.  The event that happens in chapter 19 was foreshadowed by something in chapter 14. What was that? What is the significance of 3 empty chambers? Janie is forced to go to court on the same day that Tea Cake dies. Explain the meaning of the following statement from chapter 19 -- ”a tongue storm-struck the Negroes like wind among the palm trees”.  Who is it that turns on Janie in court?  Look at the very last line of chapter 19 which states “she was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief”  and compare it to Janie's emotions in chapter 9 at Joe's funeral.  What is the truth finally come to realize about love in chapter 20? Please phrase your responses in complete sentences, and remember that spelling counts.

TEWWG chs 13-15

In chapter 13, Janie leaves Eatonville to go meet Tea Cake in Jacksonville, where they are married and begin their life together. Janie almost immediately becomes suspicious of Tea Cake's motives when the money she brought with her disappears along with him. When he finally does return the next day he has quite a story to tell about a party he threw with her money. Janie’s reaction is to chastise him for having such a good time without her. My reaction probably would have been a lot different. What would you have done had such a scenario arisen in your romantic life? How does Tea Cake win Janie’s money back? Tea Cake then decides to move his new family down on the “muck” which is the locals’ nickname for the Florida Everglades, a large swampy area of Florida. Tea Cake and Janie move to the edge of Lake Okechobee. Early in chapter 14, there are a couple of instances of foreshadowing: One when Hurston describes the area where they live as only being separated from the lake by the dyke (dam), and the other when Tea Cake spends countless hours teaching Janie how to shoot a rifle. Both of these will be important to the story later on. Chapters 14 and 15 both give us insight into life on the “muck” as well as introducing us to a number of new “characters”. How would you describe Tea Cake and Janie’s life on the lake? Also, please give me your impressions of Chapter 15, which is the shortest chapter, but quite revealing about the relationship between Janie and Tea Cake. Please make sure you answer all questions and phrase your response in complete sentences. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

TEWWG chs 8-10

In chapter 8, Joe and Janie essentially start living separate lives after the argument in the store. Joe is sick-- a fact Janie notices, but he won't allow her to take care of him. In fact, he starts taking advice from other people, some of whom don't have his best interests at heart. On Joe's deathbed, Janie expresses to him everything she had been holding in. What is the first thing Janie does after Joe dies? What does this symbolize to her? During Joe's funeral, Janie shows all of the outward signs of being a grieving widow. "The funeral was going on outside...Inside the black expensive folds were resurrection and life." How is Joe's death, in a way, a rebirth for her? Explain what she means by this statement: "To my thinkin', mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n grief." She also comes to realize at this time in her life how much she resents her grandmother for trying to get her to conform to a certain station in life, instead of allowing her true self to shine. She terms this "mislove".   In chapter 10 we meet a new character, Tea Cake. Janie is immediately attracted to his vibrant energy. She also loves that he doesn't treat her with "kid gloves", but as an actual thinking, feeling human being. To receive full credit for posting you must respond to the post in complete sentences, and respond to one of your classmates' comments as well. Spelling and grammar count.