12th write an essay of 200 words on the topic “discuss how the Progressive era changed America”
11th same as above
10th AP write an essay of 200 words on the topic “discuss the causes and results of WW 1”
10th same as above
9th write an essay of 200 words on the topic “How did Japan change as a nation in the 1800’s and how did this lead to WW 2.Discuss also causes and results of WW 2 in Asia between Japan and America
7th answer the following questions 1)what happened during the Trojan War 2)What were the most 4 important Greek city states 3)why did the Greeks have the Olympics 4) Describe life in ancient Sparta 5)why was Sparta called a military state
Write a detailed review on the movie / play version of Death of a Salesman starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy and John Malkovich as Biff. Your review should discuss details of the play – what worked, what didn’t; the actors’ performance – did they bring out Arthur Miller’s characters the way you had imagined them when you read they play; the stage and the setting. Discuss specific scenes and specific lines. As part of your review, make sure to broach some of the themes of the play. 2 pages, double spaced, 12pt font.
12th grade : 1 paragraph on what is ironic about Crooks’s situation
9th grade Eng. Comp.: 1 or 2 paragraphs: how can the essay given in class be improved?
AP Psych: review notes
11th grade: reading must be up-to-date. Those who were unable to take the quiz today because the hw wasn’t done must submit the quiz handout as hw tomorrow. Chapters 30 and 31 must be read for Thursday 3/21-you will take your final test on TKAM on that day.
9th grade Eng. Lit.: “We need to be really bothered once in a while.” Guy says this on p. 52. What does he mean? Answer in a paragraph. Note to all: when hw is to be collected it should be on looseleaf or spiral notebook paper.
12th grade: finish handout. 9th grade Eng. Comp.: choose 1 recent event in the news (not sports, entertainment, fashion, or business) and write a commentary on it, following the elements of the rubric we have been composing. AP Psych: review notes. 11th grade: write 1 1/2 pp on your favorite and least favorite characters in TKAM. Read Chapter 28 for Mon. There will be a quiz Mon. on Chapters 27 and 28. 9th grade Eng. Lit.: only Jack and Joey have hw.
The thirteenth annual FIRST Robotics competition took place this weekend in the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate, and there was a bit of rescheduling as a result. The competition was a three day event, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The photos below are from Friday March 8, 2013.
The FIRST Robotics program is divided into three parts: LEGO Robotics Challenge for middle school students, FTC – FIRST Tech Challenge for beginner high school students, and FRC- FIRST Robotics Challenge for the more advanced high school teams.
There was plenty of team spirit and team colors at the event.
Tech Knights got creative with NYC metrocards. With the MTA starting to charge for metrocards, this costume is soon to become quite pricey.
Only one Jewish school was spotted at the competition – MTA high school – who participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge.
Originally the FTC (as well as many other exciting programs and competitions) was scheduled for Saturday which makes it impossible for Jewish orthodox schools to participate in these important events. As a result of some rescheduling, the FTC competition was moved to Friday giving their team a chance to compete against 78 other teams which turned out for this year’s event.
The team discussing some issues with Ruvein Levy, their mentor.
Unfortunately the MTA team had a few glitches and didn’t do that well but it’s the experience that is really valuable.
The team working fast to fix a problem with their robot.
At the same time the FIRST Robotics Challenge was taking place on the other side of the room. Only some six weeks earlier were the teams notified of the actual challenge for this year.
