Happy Holidays!

From the whole Ward Melville Companion Team...

Happy Holidays!

We do, unfortunately, have homework...and quite a bit of it too... The various homework assignments will be covered in a series of 5 posts (including this one) or less, depending upon how the admins choose to organize things. I am instating this because I want to be easier for people to go directly to the information they need (and also, each post on this website does have its own individual page which you can directly link to), and I want it to be easier for the admins to edit posts with information relevant only to a specific topic. There will be no more than 5 posts, since thats the amount that show up on the WMC main page at any given time. Also, be sure to sometimes check back here over the break in case there are any updates or announcements.

NOW HIRING!!!
Ward Melville Companion is currently looking for people to become blog members who will be able to accurately, reguarly, and reliably post information for the following teachers: Inners (English), Aweh (German), Eaton (English), Schoen (Chem), Tam (Math). If you can fulfill those characteristics and can provide information for any one of those teachers, we want you, so leave a comment if you're interested. That will be all.

See KING KONG !!!!!!

Foreign Languages and Misc. Assignments

Spanish Prochilo - Watch tv or a dvd in spanish and find vocab words from it.
- Dwyer-Finish questions of "la carta de dios" #'s 12-21, and if you didnt in class, finisht the two sheets w/ the crossword puzzle
French Ransford - No HW. There might be an imparfait quiz or test sometime during the week we come back, perhaps including the passe compose from last week.

AP Art History - while it isnt due Monday, it is suggested to start reading Chp. 9 in DAH, as it is a long chapter and reading it over the break might lighten your load later on. Also, it would help to answer the questions as you read and follow that up with a detailed look at what you missed. As always, try to keep the names and imagery of some of the more famous works to use for class participation.

Latin A/III: Hayes-Doric Temple due Wednesday

Latin C: Hayes- No HW

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Science and Math Assignments

• Math O'Brien

• Homework that was technically due Friday: pg. 326 #34-62 evens, skip #48
• Data Collection Activity Project due at latest Wednesday, January 4th
  
• 30 MC logarithms review sheet

• Chem Brendel
• No new homework, but based on the way people felt about the quiz I would review the notes.
• Glazebrook - No HW, at all, unless you have missing work to make up

• InSTAR Brendel: Dupont Essay Outline and 10 sources (due the Thursday after we get back for the ACE class; BDF class-?)
  

(Admins, relevant tips or answeres to common questions for the assignments listed above should be put here, as well as updating with the other teachers)

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Here is the information sheet for the math project, if any of you lost it:

English Assignments and Information

English Oatis-Read Angela's Ashes (the ideal would be to finish it over break). Do as many journal entries as you can as per the sheet he handed out a few weeks ago outlines...also, keep in mind it would be preferable if you typed up these responses. You can react in any way to any passage in the book, no rules or regulations regarding what you say or how you say it. There is no set amount of entries, Oatis isnt looking to kill you with this assignment...if you put any thought into it at all you should get an A. The sheet he gave out a month ago recommends a minimum of 15 responses (thoughtful and well considered), with a minimum of 1/2 of a page for each. Again, I would say one column for the passage and the other for the actual relflection.



Failey- Because Mrs. Failey did not assign anything specific for the break, that does not mean that we have a free week. I strongly advise that you keep up at a normal rate at reading East of Eden and doing journal entries. Also, for those select few of you who have not handed in your ballads and sonnets, now would be a very good time to get those done.

Kaledioscope (since many of you are in it)
Publication date for this issue is January 20 and this one will be labeled for mailing like the last one. Since layout will be the last week before publication (Jan 17-20, 16th is MLK Day), I'm assuming the due date is Friday the 13th (bum, bum, bum). If you have more than one article and you have the resources and capability to finish it over the break, I suggest you do so.

Etheridge-Write a journal entry about your first memory. It should be "nice".
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AP World History Assignments and Information

AP World Riggio Document Reader Assignments:

Stearns Document Reader Assignments

Due January 11, 2006

#1: An Age of Revolutions
Pages 279-288
# 1-8 on page 279
#2: The Opium War
Pages 289-299
# 1-6 on page 291
#3: The Emancipations and Their Consequences
Pages 300-314
# 1-4 on page 301
#4: Women and Education in the 19^th Century
Pages 315-329
# 1-8 on 317

Still under Riggio...19th Century People Project proposal due Wednesday, January 4th. The actual paper is due Wednesday, January 18th.

All hail Stearns! (except don't really)

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Rosequist:Hw #6 Due Friday after we get back from break, and there is a test on chapters 24,26, and 27 the day after we get back from break.

Homework for Thursday

Simmer down and prepare for the last daily homework update for more than a week. Tomorrow's update will be for the entire vacation.

Note to Admins: I want to have vacation assignments covered in a series of 5 or less (but no more!) posts, to make it easier for people to find the information they are looking for. Use your discretion tommorow to categorize posts effectively, I'll edit them/merge them as well.

Math O'Brien: pg. 326 #34-62 even, skip 48; Double-sided log sheet due after vacation'

Chem Glazebrook: Nothing unless you decided to take the test tomorrow. Check out Ethan's notes below this post.

AP World History Riggio: Read pg. 682-683; Stearn's Doc Assigments continue

English Oatis: Nothing unless you want to read Angela's Ashes

French Ransford: Buche du Noel demain

Spanish C: Dwyer-Do that sheet he gave us

German

Latin

Health

AP Art History Dietz: Nothing unless you have work to make up.

InSTAR Brendel: ACE Class-Dupont Essay outline and 10 sources due Thurs after we get back; BDF Class-?

PARTIES
Math O'Brien: Numbers show
Chem Glazebrook: Drudia party? Bring what you wrote down
English Oatis: Anything party
French Ransford: Buche du Noel
AP Art History Dietz: Gothic Cathedrals Video

WHITE CHRISTMAS PROBABILITY: 0%

Go see KING KONG The 8th wonder of the world

Wednesday's Homework

Math: O'Brien- Textbook: Page 326 ,# 27-45 odd, 49-63 odd, bring textbook tomorrow. WEA due Friday.

English: Failey- Test on vocabulary units 1-3 (50 questions)
Etheridge-Vocab quiz tomorrow unit 5

Chemistry H: Glazebrook: Test tomorrow, any work that you haven't completed must be handed in tomorrow. Here is a brief outline I (Ethan) typed up for you, it doesnt necessarily contain everything you need to know, but it has some things you should focus on if you dont know them (if any of you downloaded it before 7:15, make note there was a typo where I wrote "electronegativity" but meant "ionization energy" in the 2nd to last main bullet)

French Ransford: Bring in supplies for Buche de Noel party tommorow, read first page of Buche de Noel packet.

AP World: Riggio- WWI sheet due tomorrow (but will not be collected). Also, write about why the 20th century was periodized as it was, and reag pgs 675-682.
Rosequist-If you are not going to be in school on friday, hand in the history homework tomorrow, otherwise nothing.

Latin C: Hayes- Mark up all of Caput XXIIIa

Latin A/III: Hayes- Mark up and translate 9.4 (Lucius readings)

Spanish C: Dwyer: Nothing, although i'm sure we're all surprised to see him back.

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Homework for Tuesday

Math O'Brien: Properties of Logarithms sheet and indentify rules for Log b(m x n), Log b (m/n), and Log b m^x; Text pg. 318 #7, 25-30, 35, 37, 39, 53 by hand, WEA #10 due Friday

Chem Glazebrook: Review packet, 7.6-7.9 double-sided sheet with text questions numbered, Test Thursday

Latin A/III: No homework.

AP World History Riggio: Read pg. 662-669; Continue Stearn's Doc Reader Assignment
Rosequist: The homework due friday on chapter 28 **If you are leaving early for vacation, hand it in before you leave**

AP Art History 7.3-7.4 quiz tomorrow, notes on Blackboard; Self-Test due end of class tomorrow

English Oatis: Nothing; Antigone continues tomorrow; No Vocab this week
Failey: Ballad/sonnet assignment due tomorrow, vocab quiz on units 1-3 thursday
Etheridge: Section 5 of vocabulary

French Ransford: Interro demain, avec le passe compose: etre, avoir, et irregular (Ethan, add accents if you'd like to)

German

Spanish C: Dwyer: Sub today, no written work assigned

InSTAR Brendel: Read Dupont essays as necessary; continue researching topic; make up any unifinished work (i.e., your topic and sources)

Health: Kost-Test tomorrow on male/female anatomy

PARTIES
Chem Glazebrook: Bring what you wrote down on the list
French Ransford: Buche du Noel: Get a pound cake and any decorations for youe group of three to four for Thursday; Judging on Friday
English Oatis: Bring anything you want

Failey: CURRICULUM-RELATED FOOD DAY Period 4 students, bring food!

WHITE CHRISTMAS WATCH
O% Probability

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Homework for the Weekend

Chemistry: We had a sub on Friday, so its unclear whether you need to finish the worksheets and packet we got in class today, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to work on it; Quiz on Thursday night's sheet possible, so make sure it's done

French Ransford: Artist presentations due Monday; Exam on Wednesday for passe compose, imparfait, and knowing when to use each one.

English: Failey-The ballad assignment is due sometime this week

Math O'Brien: pg. 168 #66 B and C, interpret the slope and y-intercept, #67; WEA #11 due Fri

AP Art History: Chapter 8 and questions due Monday. Self-test due Wednesday. Gardner's ATtA (twelfth edition) is scanned in by Google Book Search, and can be searched for information here, if you have a Google account. *Tip* - using this book as a fully searchable resource can be very helpful for the self-test.

AP World History: The documents assignments are due the 11th, so you may want to start thinking about starting to get to work on them...
-Rosequist: Quiz Tuesday (Russia & Japan).

InSTAR: BDF: Have your essay topic and as many sources as you have by then, due next time we meet (Monday).

Latin: Hayes- Finish translating Caput XXIa and translate up to potuit alcius in Caput XXIb

Homework for Thursday

Yay! Google and Wikipedia join forces...to bring you Ward Melville Companion on Google! Finally, searching for "ward melville companion" on google will have the first result as the Ward Melville Wikipedia entry, which contains a link to this site. Search those terms in Google with quotes, and you get 3 more results, my Google Base submissions for this website and some weird poker website...O_o.

Chemistry Glazebrook: First side of worksheet (7.2 and 7.4).
-Brendel: Homework sheet questions 8.57, 8.63, 8.67, 8.58, 8.65. (period 2/3 have 8.74, 75, 76, 77, and 79)

French Ransford: Bring in your sources for information for artist project.

InSTAR: BDF: Have your essay topic and as many sources as you have by then, due next time we meet (Monday).

Spanish C: Dwyer-Finish sheet on "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" preterite vs. imperfect

AP World: Riggio - Research anything you might need for the continuation of the DBQ tommorow.
Rosequist - Homework #4 (Number two on the HW sheet) Chapter 27 quiz on Tuesday.

Math: Finish lab if you didnt in class, WEA due a week after Friday.

Latin: Hayes - Finish double-sided sheet with word forms.

Other admins, this post needs to be updated...more than it has been already.

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Wednesday's Homework

Math: O'Brien-Nothing. Tommorow we'll be finishing the lab and getting time to work on the new WEA.

Spanish C: Dwyer-Do sheet on preterite vs. imperfect tense

French Ransford: If you didnt finish last night's homework, do that. Otherwise, her instructions for the sub stated, "tell them to learn the irregulars (for passé composé) for tommorow." What this means could be anyone's guess.

AP World: Riggio- Stearns document reader journals due January 11th, 2006

Chemistry: Glazebrook- Finish sheet on section 7.1 (Open-book quiz tomorrow)

Latin C: Hayes- Finish translating Caput XIX (Being collected tomorrow)

English: Failey- Nothing

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Homework for Tuesday

Math O'Brien: finish the exploration sheet if you didnt in class
Tam:

Chem Glazebrook: finish the lab write-up, refer to notes below this post for tips.
Brendel:

AP World History Riggio: Chapter 27 Quiz tomorrow; bring your Stearn's Document Readers to work on after the quiz.
Rosequist

German Aweh H: p19, exercises 31 and 34. Odds/evens?

English Oatis: No vocab assignment this week.
Failey: Period 2 journals due Wednesday
Etheridge

French Ransford: Finsih up to #16 on the new sheet.

Spanish

AP Art History Dietz: Continue Self-Test; Chapter 8 possibly due Mon

InSTAR Brendel: ACE Class-nothing?; BDF class-???

Health Kost: HW assignment due tomorrow

Latin C Hayes: Mark up all of Caput XIX (being collected tomorrow!)

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Glazebrook "Burning the Nuts" Lab Requirements

In an unexpected move, Glazebrook actually wants a typed up lab for this assignment, though thankfully it doesnt require all the elements that a full-fledged lab report would require (haven't done one of those since Bio). This lab is due Tuesday. What you need:

• Purpose:
• There are two purposes to this lab she wants you to have written down, which have to do with the figuring the kcal/g requirements and the heat of solution requirements with the sodium hydroxide and ammonium chloride.
• Data Table:
• This should be self explanatory, just put all your data that you hopefully gathered in a nice pretty data table.
• Calculations:
• Glazebrook wants you to show all your calculations you needed to do for this lab, of which are are actually quite a few, so here's where it begins to get a bit more complicated if you want to copy from someone, you should know how to actually do the math.
• Conclusion:
• A short conclusion discussing what you found, etc. etc. blah blah, you should know the drill by now. Also, she wants you to find the % error for your results, and I'm not sure of all the actual values, but for the peanut I think you should have gotten something around 5.5 kJ/g.
  

Snow Day and Homework for Weekend

Important Notice: Snow days count as a letter day, so tommorow will be an ACE day.

Some more announcements:

Health H: Kost- Homework assignment due 12/14/05, test postponed until further notice

English Oatis: Vocabulary quiz will be Monday now.
Etheridge: She will be collecting journals for sure on Monday so be prepared to hand it in...if necessary we are alotted a clockstopper for the second quarter so it is possible to hand it in on Tuesday... once again if any journal assignments are needed please comment and request...

Chemistry Glazebrook: Difficult to say whether the test will be Tuesday or Monday now, it probably depends on what period you are and what Glazebrook feels like doing on Monday, but have all packets and worksheets done for Monday, and you should prepare as if the test is definitely Monday.
Brendel: 2/3 test was on Tuesday, and that MAY still be on, but we missed a double period, so I doubt it. 3/4 test, still Wednesday?

Math O'Brien: WEA due Monday, quiz will probably be Monday now as well.

AP Art History Dietz: 7.1-7.4 reading and questions due Monday

AP World Riggio: Bring in document readers on Monday, read pages 652-660.
Rosequist: Since we had a snow day, it's implied that the homework #3 is due on Monday instead of Friday.

Spanish C: Dwyer-Movie Composition due Monday

InSTAR: ACE; results, discussions, and conclusions assignment due Monday, BDF; this is due Tuesday.

Latin A/III: The notes on the Doric Temple (the three names and descriptions of each type)

Latin C: Finish marking up and translating the second half of Caput XVII

French Ransford: If you did not make the corrections on your 100 word composition, which was initially due Friday, make sure you have it done for Monday.

German Aweh (H): Aufsatz due Monday (instead of Friday), the rewrite.

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Homework for Thursday

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Northwestern Suffolk County from 1 AM to 5 PM Friday. Expect 3-6 inches out of this storm when all is said and done. ABC 7 predicts 3-6 and CBS puts us on the borderline between the 3-6 and 2-4 zone. NOAA (the feds) are suggseting near an inch during the dark followed by 2-4 during the day. Heavy snow will be present by the time buses are finishing their morning runs. It will continue into any of the other two possible runs--the delayed opening run and a early dismissal run. Additionally, let's not forget about the seniors. Whether they decide to take the bus or drive is greatly affected by the storm, as they will have to commute through the worst of the storm. That and the fact that all three morning runs will be affected by the heavy snow may convince the district to call for a snow day. AS it stands now, they may likely try to out run the snow for the 1st run but they ought to not forget about the senior commute. My prediction: 40% chance of snow day/10% chance of early dismissal/5% chance of delayed opening/45% chance of full school. This is WMC Senior Meteorologist Yang Li, signing off.

Math O'Brien: Quiz tomorrow

Chem Glazebrook: Test Mon; Practice sheets (double-sided) due tomorrow. Basically, everything is due tommorow, including outline.

AP World History Riggio: bring Stearn's Document Readers tomorrow

English Oatis: Vocab Unit #5 Quiz tomorrow

Spanish C: Dwyer: Composition on movie due Monday (make sure you take some time to do it well)

French Ransford: Make corrections on 100 word compostion.

AP Art History: Read 7.1 and 7.2 for tomorrow, questions for 7.1-7.4 due Mon

InSTAR: think about a Dupont essay topic; Results and Conclusion questions due Mon

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Wednesday's Homework

To see the homework, go past the weather update

WINTER WEATHER UPDATE (WED EVENING)
Channel 2 CBS is calling for 6+ inches, channel 4 NBC is predicting 4-8 inches, and channel 7 ABC states that we'll get 3-6 inches. This is most definetely a good chance for a snow day and this time, the track seems to stay more towards the coast, giving us a significant snowfall. One meterologist has a snowstorm scale--nuisance, plowable, and biblical. Biblical is like that blizzard last winter. This one is plowable, and another meterologist puts this at major, which is anywhere from 6 to 12 inches. That was CBS 2 with its 6+ prediction. The upper limit for start times is midnight (CBS 2) and the lower limit is 7 AM (Accuweather). ABC 7 has bewteen 4 and 6 AM. I'll take a time near the average, perhaps 4 AM. End time is Friday afternoon. Senior Meterologist Yang Li, signing off.

WINTER WEATHER UPDATE
WMC Senior Meterologist Yang Li here. It seems that mother nature is acting up again, this time forming the basis for a new snowstorm. It's currently forming between low pressure systems, one in the great plains and the other in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas is getting snowed on right now. In the next two days, it'll make its way up to the Northeast. The current forecast calls for 3-6 inches from dawn Friday sometime in the afternoon Friday. It's good for another delayed opening or an early dismissal for that matter. 1010 WINS predicts it beginning very late Thursday while Accuweather says 7 AM, so I'm averagining that out to a dawn start. Of course, it could go either way. Any deviations in the track would greatly change the outcome, but since we're in the center of the 3-6 zone along the eastern seaboard, we're the most likely to stay as forecasted. I'm leaning towards an early dismissal, which is at 10 AM. Look for more updates tonight, tomorrow afternoon, and tomorrow night. Signing off...


Math: O'Brien-Period 1-Finish review sheet, For all: WEA due Monday, test on friday. Other periods - finish review sheet if you didnt in class.

Health H: Kost-HW assignment due 12/14/05, test may be later than the originally scheduled 12/15/05

English:

• Oatis - Vocabulary due tommorow, quiz Friday.
• Etheridge - Be ready to present tomorrow, and have the packet finished with your chapter's questions. Journal is now due Monday, and Test is also probably Monday.
  

AP World:

• Riggio - Reading pg. 649-652, you'll need your document readers for Friday.
• Rosequist - Homework #3 on Chapter 26 is due on Friday.

Chemistry:

• Glazebrook - Test on Friday for period 4/5, Monday for period 8/9, period 1/2 Friday
• Brendel - Review questions: 7.112, 7.116, 7.118, 7.120*, 7.122* (the last two are only in the book, not the packet). 2/3 Test: Tuesday, 3/4 Test: ?

German C: Aweh - Test Tomorrow on vocabulary, and the story we read about the birthday gift, and probably other things.

AP Art History: Dietz - Read 7.1 and 7.2 with questions answered for Friday

InSTAR: Brendel-Clinoptilolite Quiz postponed until further notice for BDF class / ACE-???

Tuesday's Homework

Math:O'Brien: All odds on the exponential functions review sheet (for periods that had math today). Quiz/test on Friday.

Health H: Kost: Homework due 12/14/05

Spanish C: Dwyer: Complete the first 3 questions on the sheet he gave us (The questions on the movie)

AP World: Riggio: Work on Stears Document Reader (Due in January). Reading - pages 641-649, covering information of Russian reforms. If you didnt have history today, you have a chapter 26 quiz tommorow, notes can be found in a previous post.
Rosequist: Quiz tomorrow on the second half of Chapter 24. Homework for Chapter 26 due Friday.

Chemistry: Glazebrook: Test postponed until Thursday, study by working on sheets. Have everything completed and ready to hand in the day of the test.

English Oatis: Vocab due Thursday now, quiz Friday. Continue reading Angela's Ashes, I guess, and you should start getting to work on those reflections.

French Ransford: Mona Lisa or "Jaconde" extra credit assignment due tommorow.

German (H) Aweh: Test on Thursday; and bring in a shoe for candy tomorrow.

InSTAR: BDF: Quiz tommorow on pig/Pb article. ACE:??

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Homework for Monday and Yang's Winter Weather Warning

To see weather update, go past the list of homework

Math O'Brien: Ditto #59, 61, 62A, 63, 68; WEA #10 due Fri; Test on Exponential Functions Thursday or Friday (if snow day tomorrow) NOTE: If delayed opening, O'Brien will decide and inform us.

Chem Glazebrook: Test Wednesday or Thursday (if snow day); all work due with test
Brendel: 7.96, 100, 101, 102, 106, 108, 110. (p2/3, not sure about 3/4)

English Oatis: Vocab Unit 5 due tommorow (this is definite for period 3), quiz Wed, this schedule would be pushed back one day in the event of a cancellation.
Etheridge: Work on your individual 'chapter' analysis packet. You still have to do all the questions, but you're "specialized" in one of them. Presentations are on Wed.

French Ransford: Crossword puzzle and Gingerbread Man self-portrait; Extra-Credit: find out why "Mona Lisa" became "La Jaconde" (check Wikipedia)

German Aweh: Bring a shoe. Not a smelly one.

AP World History Riggio: Quiz tomorrow or Wed (if snow day); Stearn's document questions due Jan 11; questions on double-sided Chinese response documents sheet are thinking, or as some might like to say "pondering" questions, which you should know the answers to but do not nescessarily write them down.
Rosequist: Quiz Wed, even (gasp) if there is a snow day! On the latter half of Chapter 24 and class notes, etc.

AP Art History Dietz: Essay portion of test tomorrow or Wed (if snow day or delayed opening); Study Greek sculptures & time periods (some sculptures on slides will be unfamiliar, so study properties of sculptures), Roman architecture, and things that have to do with Assyria. Studying other stuff wouldn't hurt.

InSTAR Brendel: ACE class-nothing; BDF class: Quiz on lead retention article Wednesday, you can use notes and the article itself, 10-15 MC questions.

NOTE: Logically, assignments will likely be shifted if a snow day occurs. If any test time conditions (i.e. O'Brien, Glazebrook, and Riggio) are different for other classes, please add them as necessary.
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Radar image shows snow over our area, but that only means that clouds are letting loose a very small amount of snow that's generally evaporating before it's hitting the ground. The bulk of the storm will arrive after 7 PM.

WMC Senior Meterologist Yang Li here. It appears that the chance for a snow day has increase since yesterday, but it is still not definete. A delayed opening is guaranteed due to 3-6 inches of snow as predicted by News 12. NBC 4 predicts a higher 5-7 inches. 7 inches is good enough to get us a snow day, especially if the heavy and steady snow continues into the morning. However, look for a more likely 5 inches, which in my opinion gives us a 50-50 chance. Right now, the track takes the center of low pressure east into the Atlantic. If the track were to shift to the north, look for 6-8 inches of snow, which is a highly likely snow day. For now, finish all your homework and study for any quizzes or tests. You just can't be totally sure. Stayed tuned for more updates.

Ethan's Winter Weather Update

Ethan’s Winter Weather Update

Special Update

WM Companion Senior Meterologist Yang Li here. Channel 7 Eyewitness News has inrecased their prediction to 3-7 inches for our area, the East End, Nassau County, most of the city, and parts of New Jersey. Snow will begin around 8-10 PM Monday evening and continue into Tuesday morning. 7 inches definetely increases the chance of a snow day, but models are uncertain, leading to such a greater range for predictions. Still, even 5-7 inches won't necessarily give us a snow day, as it is only early December. If it were to increase to 4-8 or higher, I would put a likely sign up. Only 8+ inches would dictate a definete snow day. Guaranteed delayed opening in my opinion though. Signing off...

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While not strictly educational related, for these special circumstances I invite all website contributors to post things they think may be relevant to possible school delays/closings. Here is a forecast for tomorrow night into Tuesday morning (Yang, edit this as you see fit):

Accuweather.com has updated its snow forecast for our area and puts us withing a possible snowfall range of 3-6 inches over Monday night and into Tuesday morning. This is due to a jet stream that is dipping further south, meaning that more moisture will be headed to our area, as well as colder temperatures, meaning more snow and less rain/freezing rain. A snowfall of 3-6 inches continuing well into Tuesday morning means a much greater likelihood of a delayed opening, but still not enough for the district to fork over a snow day this early in the year.

WM Companion Senior Meterologist Yang Li's Forecast (see above for more recent information)
Perhaps it's best to begin with last night's bit of snowfall. Perhaps some of you think this is the first storm of the season. For those of you away during Thanksgiving, that day was in fact, the first snowfall of the year. Whatever's left of today's 2 inches should be melting as you read. A sprinkle of rain during the day will only help to eliminate the snow pack. If anyone woke up early and looked at the snow in progress, you can see what a mere two inches can do. That's worth one good delayed opening and we all know how much we'd like to wake up later on a weekday.

Right now we're looking for the low pressure system in the Midwest to swing down to southeast and then follow the jet stream into the Atlantic Ocean, moving south of us. As some of you may remember from Earth Science, much of the precipitation from such a system is carried along the pressure gradient bands that focus into central depression of low pressure. Therefore, the north wing of the storm will move right over us. The intensity that we're going to see depends entirely on the track of the center of low pressure. It's simply matter of how far it is from us, which a direct relationship between pressure and intensity.

News 12 LI predicted 3-5 inches at most last night. Channel 7 Eyewitness News said 2-4 inches. At this time of year, that's not enough for a snow day. I remember such amounts giving us snow days years ago during January, February, or March. However, the district won't do that now because it needs to reserve snow days for the heart of the season. Look for a delayed opening, which they're free to deal out as much as they want. The only chance of a snow day is if computer models intensify the low pressure system sometime between now and Monday night. That has happened before when a 3-5 or 3-6 prediction went to 5-7 at 10 PM, right before the storm came in. That was three years ago. Let's have it happen now. This is WM Companion Senior Meterologist Yang Li, signing off.

Ethan, edit this as necessary

Math Pyramid Investment Plan Extra Credit

The pictures here are the extra credit assignment for O'Brien, due Monday, for any of you who may have "temporarily misplaced" it (Abby). The questions on the back are not required to be completed, but are suggested to help guide you to the answer. What you will actually submit is a paragraph explaining why the Pyramid investment plan is flawed. Click each of the pictures for a larger view, you will have to rotate the image yourself (which windows can easily do for you)

Chapter 26 Class Notes Part I and II

Sorry, Yang. I had to hijack your post.

This is Ethan here, Yang has typed up his class notes for chapter 26, covering up to Westernization of Egypt, and had posted them here on the site. I saved them to a file, and uploaded them so you can download the document. They can be downloaded from this link (click "download," then "download this file now"):

Civilizations in Crisis Notes #1

Rise and Fall of the Qing Notes Parts One and Two

For those of you who don't like to download something, the notes can be found directly online at this address, hosted by Google Base. Base does not currently support text formatting, though, so the bullets are all forced to be flush with the margin, and it might be hard to tell which are supposed to be main points and which are supposed to be sub notes (filled vs. hollow bullets).

Check back to this post to find the notes on the other sections of the chapter, done by either Yang or myself, or possibly both of our notes combined to form some kind of super-mega-ultimate-uber conglomeration of historical data. The quiz for chapter 26 is Tuesday, we will finish discussing it Monday.

(Post heavily altered by Ethan at 11:27 AM, 12/3/05)

Homework for the Weekend

"It's never too early to do your homework. Never"
-Yang

Chem Glazebrook: Test moved to Wed; Practice problem sheets; finish lab the packet (outline) is not really due until the test on wednesday so just be sure to finish it by then (unless she specified to classes other than 8th period that they had to do certain sections). To be safe, have up to 6.8 done.

AP World History Riggio: Quiz Tues on Chp. 26; Continue Stearn's Doc. Reader; Double-sided document sheet--questions not due Mon but reading should be

Math O'Brien: Start WEA #10; Pg 308 #'s 63,65,67,69

English Oatis: Presentations to hopefully wrap-up Mon; Continue Angela's Ashes--minimum of 15 reflections due after Chirstmas Vacation; Finish Vocab Unit #5
Etheridge: Look over chapter quotations based on classwork on Friday. Bring in materials for work on Monday and Tuesday. Be sure to catch up on journal assignments because we are long overdue for a journal check...(post a comment if anyone is missing the journal assignment sheets and I (Kalyan) will post the assignment for any specific day.

InSTAR Brendel: Nothing

Spanish C:Dwyer: Complete take-home test on preterite tense
Prochilo: Write scentences for presentation on flash cards (one per card)

French Ransford: Finish 100 word composition and type it up for Monday.

AP Art History Dietz: Test Mon (40 MC) and Tues (Essays); Study from Review packet, notes, Blackboard; Gardner's; and DOA

Health: Kost: None

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Homework for Thursday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YANG!!!!!

Math O'Brien: Text pg. 307 #1-9 odd, 24, 26, 41, 43

Chem Glazebrook: Problems in packet up to section 6.8; finish lab? (tell me Ethan). As expected with Glazebrook, her homework assignments are soaked in ambiguity regarding due dates, however for period 8 she did not mention the lab is due tommorow. Also, for period 8, work on the worksheet of specific heat and temperature changes she handed out.
Brendel- HW Provlems #s 7.37, 7.39, 7.40, 7.46, 7.47

English Oatis: Continue Angela's Ashes; anyone who hasn't done their presentation should be ready to do so tomorrow; no Vocab quiz. Bring in vocab books and Angela's ashes tommorow.
Failey: Unit 3 Vocab Quiz tomorrow

AP World History Riggio: Read pg. 629-639 if you haven't yet; start working on Stearn's Document Reader questions (The Opium War)
Rosequist- Homework sheet (#2), you also might want to plan your essay

AP Art History Dietz: study for the test on Mon (multiple choice) and Tuesday (essay)

French Ransford: Quiz tomorrow on Art, multiple choice/matching, très facile (on pages 139-141, or around those)! Finish writing topic sentences for each of the paragraphs in the "Matisse au Maroc," and write a detail for each paragraph (en francais, bien-sur). Also, the 100 word composition is due Monday.

Spanish Prochilo- Because Soojin (Hi Soojin!) wanted me to type the project sheet up, here it is:
Choose something fun that you can teach to the class! Demontrate something that interests you. December 2nd bring in a rough draft and plans. Say exactly what you plan to do, the materials you need to bring to class, a list of vocabulary, step by step what you are going to do from your demonstration. (All in Spanish) You have to use the commands in the tu positive and negative forms. Use 20 new vocabulary words (more or less). Prepare well the thing you are doing and remeber the rubric. You will need to give her a copy of the final draft so she can make a copy for the class.

InSTAR
Brendel- You might want to read through the conclusion and discussion of the paper so you know what you're talking about

Health: Kost: nothing

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