Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Math

8A and 8B - Pythagorean Theorem Quiz on Friday. Remember 8A, you'll write yours during Social Studies class. The answers to the review sheet can be found in yesterday's entry on this blog (look below).

8C and 8D - No Homework.

ALL CLASSES: If you don't have a calculator of your own that has a Square Root button on, please get one by June 8th.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Math

8A - # 9 & 11 page 489
8B - # 8, 9 and 11 page 489
8C and 8D - Pythagorean Theorem Quiz tomorrow! See answers to review sheet below.
Geometry (8D) - Polygon Mini Quiz on Friday

Review Sheet Answers.
Part A:
1) 37 2) 36.5m 3) 130 dm 4) 63 5) 15m 6) 78km 7) 29m 8) 146cm 9) 112hm 10) 12m
11) 65 12) 8cm

Part B:
1 a) 50m b) 61cm 2 a) 6m b) 24 cm 3) 3.75m 4) 29m 5) 3 m 6) 60hm 7) 20 cm 8) 5 m

Monday, May 11, 2009

Math

8A - page 488/489 #3, 4, 6 and 7
8B - page 488 #6, 7 and 8
8C - page 489 # 11, page 492 # 19 and 20
8D - page 489 #11 and page 489 #18

ALL CLASSES - Remember: You MUST draw a diagram with all word problems!!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Math

8A - page 488 #3
8B - page 488 #3 and 4
8C and 8D - page 489 # 9 (be sure to draw a diagram)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Math

8C - page 488/489 # 7 and 8
8D - page 489 # 7

8A and 8B do not have any homework as they missed math class due to Festival in a Van.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Math

8A - page 483, #15 b using the Pythagorean Theorem FORMULA
8B - page 483, #15 b and c using the Pythagorean Theorem FORMULA
8C - page 488, #3, 4, and 6
8D - page 488, #3 and 4

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Language Arts

Grade 8ABCD
Mrs. Edwards/Miss Mitchell

Due: Wednesday, May 6th
LA Journal - 5/5 points
(This will be collected at the beginning of class.)

Warren Pryor

When every pencil meant a sacrifice
his parents boarded him at school in town,
slaving to free him from the stony fields,
the meagre acreage that bore them down.

They blushed with pride when, at his graduation,
they watched him picking up the slender scroll,
his passport from the years of brutal toil
and lonely patience in a barren hole.

When he went in the Bank their cups ran over.
They marvelled how he wore a milk-white shirt
work days and jeans on Sundays. He was saved
from their thistle-strewn farm and its red dirt.

And he said nothing. Hard and serious
like a young bear inside his teller's cage,
his axe-hewn hands upon the paper bills
aching with empty strength and throttled rage.

Assignment: Written Response
to Warren Pryor poem

1. How does this poem make you feel? Why?  
Refer to three thoughts or lines from the poem
to explain your response.

2. Warren has more money than his parents ever
did, does not have to do physical labour, get dirty, 
or worry about crop failures, so why isn't he happy now?
What do you think is missing from his life that is important?

3. How might Warren and his parents have better
communicated with each other and worked things out 
so that everyone could be happy?