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See below for current, core class posts. See to the left for a link for the Algebra 2 calendar and basic expectations.
Ms. Young
Important Dates
February 14, 2012 By
Hi Everyone- Students have been using a calendar, with the last four months of the school year, to keep track of their dates. Here is what is on the calendar so far (I’ll make updates to this when we have to change something in class): 2/9 rough draft ancient China essay 2/15 print ad for… [Read More...]
Recent Events in Class
February 13, 2012 By
We had a great day a couple weeks ago (already?) traveling to downtown Portland to supplement our studies on ancient China. We visited the Ancient Asian Art and European Art wing of the Portland Art Museum, had lunch at the Golden Horse Seafood Restaurant in Chinatown, took a docent-guided tour at the Classical Chinese Garden,… [Read More...]
Ancient China
January 26, 2012 By
Here is our new unit on ancient China. AncientChinaUnit All students have received a copy of this packet in class and we’ve gone over the expectations. Each student has picked a topic that they are going to focus on for the next eight weeks. We will culminate with school-wide ancient civilizations museum. All due dates… [Read More...]
Winter Break
December 14, 2011 By
Hi Everyone- Right now we are wrapping up our ancient Egypt studies. Overall students have had some great visuals and its been fun sharing the group projects. If students are caught up, they do not have any homework from their core class over the break. However, they should be sure to get any math lessons… [Read More...]
Letter About Literature
December 6, 2011 By
Students are required to select a fiction or nonfiction book that they have strong feelings for. Then they write a letter to the author expressing their thoughts about the book. This letter is not a summary of the book but how the book impacted the student. Students have brainstormed and started working on these in… [Read More...]
Ancient Egypt
November 14, 2011 By
Hi- We have started in on our next big project, Ancient Egypt. We have gone over the guidelines for this project as well as examples extensively in class. Students have been previewing topic ideas by watching a video as well as researching and taking notes each day in class. The link to a pdf copy… [Read More...]
Reminder: Storytelling Night At Corbett Middle
October 18, 2011 By
Friends, Family and Community: Come enjoy a night of storytelling from the students of the middle school. You’ll be entertained by the courageous acts, extraordinary accomplishments, solemn lessons, and hilarious events that have filled the lives of these young raconteurs. They spent six weeks learning the art of storytelling by planning, writing, practicing and perfecting… [Read More...]
Storytelling
October 4, 2011 By
We have been starting off the last four weeks with a story from the Moth Podcast. The themes we have covered have been lesson learned/accomplishment, adventure, humor, and trial/challenge. Students have been asked to write their own stories on each of the themes and try to share them with their class at the end of… [Read More...]
Cardinal 3
September 28, 2011 By
We went over Cardinal 3 requirements in class this week. Here is a basic overview of expectations that can be downloaded as a pdf document. All service projects need to be approved by Ms. Young before beginning the project. Cardinal 3 Requirements