Thursday

Bell Work: Think back to last August. 

1. Has your interest in the career you thought you wanted changed?
2. Has your career choice changed?
3. Have you given any thought to a different career?
4. Have you found you have skills that might better apply to a different career?
5. What has changed for you over these last eight months?

Have you finished you google test? If so, we will be working on the scavenger hunt on AzCIS.

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Thursday Morning First Period

Bell Work: Think back to last August. 

1. Has your interest in the career you thought you wanted changed?
2. Has your career choice changed?
3. Have you given any thought to a different career?
4. Have you found you have skills that might better apply to a different career?
5. What has changed for you over these last eight months?

Today, take the Google test

After that humiliating experience, go to AzCIS, and answer the scavenger hunt questions from the hand out.

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Wednesday, 4th & 6th periods

Bell Work: Research: What did people do to get information before Google?

So you think you know how to use Google? Take this quiz.

Today, we will be doing internet searching, in which we try to get the fewest number of  'hits.'


Go here.
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First Period Only Wednesday

Awesome Students, I hope you enjoyed Romeo & Juliet yesterday.

Bell Work: Write one paragraph on your experience attending R & J. One paragraph = 7 sentences. 1 into sentence, 3 sentences of facts, 2 sentences of opinion, 1 conclusion sentence.

Today is the final day to turn in your m&ms project. 250 points, must include:

1. spreadsheet with data and charts, percentages
2. survey with other students' opinions on changing flavors and/or colors.
3. MS Word letter to Mars Company suggesting to them ways they could possibly improve their product based on your surveys.
4. a PowerPoint presentation that will coincide with your letter and include graphs and survey results.
5. All sections of the "Explore Further" questions answered.

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Tuesday at BMHS

Bell Work: Write a summary of the Shakesperian play you saw today. (7 sentences, 1 intoduction sentence, 3 sentences of facts, 2 sentences of opinion, and 1 sentence of conclusion.)

Today, you should finish the m&ms project. You should have 1 spreadsheet with charts, 1 survey, 1 MS Word document, and 1 PowerPoint presentation. You should also have answered the Three sets of questions in Explore Further in your handout.

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Monday 28 March

The days seem to pass slowly, while the weeks fly by. We have just completed our 28th week of school. 

Bell Work: Choose three more questions from Friday's Scavenger Hunt. Answer them and send the information to me.

Your assignment,  worth 250 points, needs to be finished by the end of class Tuesday, (Wednesday for Period 1 students):

1. Count the data and record and chart it in an excel spreadsheet
2. Explore further: five questions that should be answered either in an e-mail or in Word
3. Create a Survey, print five copies for each team member
4. Tally the Survey Results: each team member creates his own excel spreadsheet.
5. Explore further: three questions
6. Write a letter to Mars: Personal Business letter with suggestions on how to make their product better.
7. Create a Presentation: PowerPoint, with clip art, slide transitions, proper template, animation, etc. (five-10 slides)
8. Explore further: three questions

Wednesday Work

Today, we will be working in teams of Three (3). Students will be compiling and analyzing the data from bags of m&ms. Make sure all the data are collected before anyone eats the candy. Handouts are "Gather The Data." This is a one-week project that will require research, excel worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, and a Personal business letter typed in MS Word.

I will be available for help. Your grade will be based upon the work that the group presents as well as each student's contribution to the team's effort.

Bell Work: Finish one of these sentences:

I do not like working in a team because... OR

I like working in a team because....

Mr. Burd 

Career Help

Five on-line Communities to Help launch your career.

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Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Wednesday Morning in Sedona. Our daughter's house is on the 3rd hole of the Oak Creek Golf Course. We often sit on the back deck and watch the golfers as they hit their second shots on this dog-leg par five hole.

Spring Break

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Friday Finishes

Friday, The eve of Spring Break.

Awesome Students, it looks as though about half of the class has not finished the PowerPoint section of the CRT. We''ll take about 20 minutes of the class today to finish, OK?

Those who have already finished your CRTs and all other assignments can work in whispered voices on your other subjects, or put finishing touches on the PowerPoint CRT.

Did you use animation, automatic slide transition, 3-D auto shape, hyperlink, picture in auto shape? If not, let me show you how.
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Thursday and CRT

No Bell Work today.

CRT will be handed out at the beginning of class. When you are finished, see your teacher for PowerPoint portion, please.
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Wednesday, Time to look back

Wednesday, two days before Spring Break. You're a freshman in high school. You have dreams and goals. Look back over these past 27 weeks. Have you done what you wanted? Are you on target to reach your long term goals? If not, what can you do to change that?

Bell Work: List the 7 Habits IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Wednesday, we will be reviewing the 7 Habits for your CRT on Thursday.--
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Tuesday at BMHS

Bell Work:  Be Proactive! List three things you could do this week to prepare for one of the CRTs you will be taking. (For example: Tonight I could review my past math quizzes.)

Note: The CRT that we will be doing in this class on Thursday will count toward your grade. The project you are working on today is worth 100 points. Do it individually--no groups.

Today, Tuesday, in preparation for our CRT on Thursday, your assignment is: 

1. Create a New Design PowerPoint Presentation
2. Five Slides
3. Animation on Every Slide
4. Auto Shapes with pictures or clip art inside the auto shape with 3-D
5. Slide Transitions with auto timings on each slide
6. Rule of Six
7. Hyperlink

 Your topic is: Arsenic and Old Lace (The play that our drama club is doing in April. Information about times, dates, location, and cast were sent in a previous e-mail.) Or, you could check the post from Monday (Davina's Program).

Thank you,

Mr. Burd

Arsenic and Old Lace by Davina S.

The cover and  inside pages of a program designed by Davina, Period 4

Thanks, D. Nice work.

"If your not part of the solution then your part of the problem ." -Eldredge Cleaver.

Quotes:)

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

-Gandhi

Mo Pics

As usual, Austin is the last into class.

Julie works on her Fractal Geometry project.

Nathan, checking the latest Nook release.

Students at Work?

Jen works on PowerPoint. Nick reads 7 Habits

BMHS spring play

Kalie proactively reads 7 Habits

I think someone messed with my paper clips

Kayla & Maria get ready to type

Dazed and confused

Kylie keeps three copies of 7 Habits nearby

Nick, get off the games!!!

Maria checks day's assignment in e-mail

Marlee works on PowerPoint

Tuesday Morning at BMHS

AIMS.

Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards

What standards? Standards that the AZ Dept of Ed believes every student should have a grasp of before they graduate from high school. In fact, unless you pass AIMS in reading, writing, and mathematics, you cannot graduate in Arizona. Most other states have similar "exit" exams. 

Arizona is working on having exit exams for every course you take, including science, Career & Technical, culinary arts, etc. Will you be ready? 

Or, as Captain Hook asked Jack: "When the time comes, will you want to be saved?" Don't answer now. No. No. No. Think about it. You have a year. It will go quickly. Are you doing the things now that will prepare you for success later? 

Or, will you wake up a year from now and say, as the preacher's son said many years ago: "Oh, why didn't I listen to my teachers? Why didn't I pay attention to those who gave me instruction? I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace."

DO HARD THINGS!

Peace.