update for week of 26 January + week of 2 February

Hi everyone,
  I was very vague about due dates and process this week when we met for our one day!  Sorry about that, I got really thrown off by the snow days.  Anyway, here is an updated view of what next week will look like, when things are due etc...

  I have put the cell parts unit guide (unit 6) into your folder.  Most of this you've already done and tested on on the midterm, but I wanted to make sure you had it.  There are no reading questions for this unit b/c of the midterm.  I also put in the unit guide for unit 7 (cell cycle + cancer) and the reading questions for that unit in your folder.  We'll be starting this material next week.

  During the week of 2 February, we are now doing this:

Tuesday A = cell lab  -- please note new due date is Weds 11 Feb
    • you will have work time in class on Monday 9 Feb if you need it for the cell lab, plus 2 AFTs this week, study halls, after school, AFT next Weds

Thursday Ax = notes on mitosis and cell cycle (and potentially cancer, though I doubt we'll get there)
    NOTE: Watching the animations before class on Thursday will really help you!


 Depending on time, I may need to just provide the notes on cancer to you as a handout depending on how time goes.  If that happens, please use Mrs. Harder as a resource to help you understand the material  You'll also be getting the non-fiction reading for this quarter, an excerpt from the book Emperor of All Maladies which is about cancer.  That assignment (if you choose to do it) will be due by the time you leave for vacation so you don't have homework over the vacation.  If you get really stuck on the reading and want to wait to talk to me, I will take the assignment on Tuesday 24 February, so you can talk to me that Monday.

  I'm laying out all the deadlines into early March.  If this is overwhelming to you, just take it one step at a time.  I want to do this as I will not update the blog when I am in Guatemala!

  As always, see me if you need help!   Ms. L

DUE DATES:
• Cell lab - Weds 11 February
• Cell Type & Function activity - Wednesday 11 Feb
• Unit 7 reading questions - Friday 13 Feb
• Emperor of All Maladies reading + unit 7 questions quiz - (NOT optional) - Friday 13 Feb
• Emperor of All Maladies reading assignment (OPTIONAL non-fiction #1) - by the end of the day Friday 13 Feb (or Tuesday 24 February, see above)
• I - N word root definitions - Monday 23 Feb
• I - N word root quiz - Weds 4 March