December 11, 2015

So care an ounce or two, and will your wishes to come true for the new year...

Once again, congratulations to the groups about to duel for supremacy in our evolving Model Assembly simulation.  Now that there is an even political playing field and an equal fighting chance allotted to each group (or groupS as is the case with College Affordability in North House), may the odds be ever in your favor.

As we officially wrap this week into a tightly knit present and set it under the freshly cut tree in honor of our many trials and tribulations this year:

HOMEWORK (third rotation)

• Ortega: do a Goodreads assignment if you wish to recieve an AE for your SSR grades this month (treat it as necessary extra credit); complete exercises one and two on pages 14-15 (summing up pages 1-15) and argue/agree with three of the statements, using templates covered in chapter one, from exercise one on page 29 (in review of pages 19-29) in "They Say, I Say" and make sure you are read up to page 29 thus far 
• There shall be a quick notebook check next Tuesday

Pages 1-15 (intro)

Pages 19-29 (chapter 1)

• Piggott: none!

• Rivas: none for the majority of seniors!

• Holt: keep up to date with the material with textbook reading (pages 10-27 so far) as we review a week's worth of material; our video lessons shall be due next week FIRST ROTATION - MAKE THEM SNAPPY!

• Hab due the 16th (2nd rotation)

• Senior Project: none now

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (third rotation)

- Ortega: As usual, we started with 20 minutes of SSR. Then we were further introduced to the book "They Say, I Say" by reading and filling out the chart we setup last rotation for the first chapter (pages 19-29), and responding as a class to 3 of statements in exercise one for the reading (as part of the aforementioned homework for the class).

- Piggott: We corrected this week's quizzes for an adjacent house, and received our graded quizzes back.  We then passed the rest of our time in class by as we listened to a Pandora Christmas-themed playlist (the music was groovy and very jazzy at certain moments in case you were trying to put a name to the tune).

- Rivas: With the hammering of a gavel (the last sound of its kind to be heard from Model Assembly henceforth), we watched a final committee's presentation of their bill.  We then voted for the bill we thought our house should represent going into the next stage of this law-crowning process.  For many groups, Model Assembly has officially been wrapped up.  For four groups, bills will be presented and debated once more in the MPR (before a select panel of LACOE officials).

- Holt: We started the construction of the rover and were then given time to finish any pending labs or worksheets that you haven't finished yet (= the tennis ball lab, the '2 of 3' worksheet).

--> key to the '2 of 3' worksheet:

- Senior Project: we are finished with research checks for this year (round of epic applause)

Some ASB Announcements...
--> Keep checking your emails for updates!
--> HOPE club shall be selling waffle next Thursday
--> There shall be a fundraiser throughout NEXT WEEK of blankets/plush toys as a house to house competition hosted by HOPE CLUB...bring in your items and donate to the box sitting in each house!
 - goods will be delivered to the homeless for their Christmas gifts during this year's finale...

- Lone Wolf (howling for the last time this year at those remaining lunar passings ticking pass the time)