Happy New Year

SENIORS:

Don't forget to have your copy of THE GLASS CASTLE for Monday, 1/5/09.

Week of 12/15

Accounting: The class will continue to work in their Working Papers books.

English 12: After a review, students will have a short test on Acts One and Two of Macbeth on Wednesday. This is a great opportunity for those who did not do well on their progress reports to bring up their grades.

English 10: Students will have a test on Acts One and Two of "Our Town" on Wednesday.

World History: Students will have an open book/open notebook test on Wednesday. This is a great time for students to pull up their grades. Students who have lost their textbooks are advised to find them for the test. There will be no sharing allowed. Students with lost books should also be aware that they will need to pay for any lost books at the end of the year or they will not be able to take final exams.

Homework/ English 12

After reading and listening today to a good portion of ACT 2 of Macbeth, what can you say is one of the THEMES of the play?

Theme: a dominant idea

For example, one of the themes in Beowulf is: bravery.

Your answer must be at least 3 sentences long and it must be free of spelling and grammatical errors.

12/11 World History homework

Please respond to the following question. It will count as a homework grade.

Name two ways that YOUR world would be different, if Christianity were never founded. If Jesus never came to live among us and had followers to preach his message, how would your life change?
Your answer need not be long, but it must be thoughtful and free of spelling and grammar errors.

ATTENTION SENIORS

ALL SENIORS MUST HAVE A COPY OF
"THE GLASS CASTLE" UPON RETURNING FROM CHRISTMAS VACATION.

YOU HAVE THREE WEEKS TO OBTAIN THIS BOOK. FAILURE TO HAVE IT IN CLASS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 5 WILL RESULT IN A PHONE CALL HOME.

Week of 12/8

Accounting: Our accounting class is planning on entering a contest sponsored by FDU/Madison. Winning students recieve cash prizes and will be invited to a luncheon at the campus in the spring. More details to follow.


English 12: We have completed ACT 1 of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students are getting familiar with the characters and the plot. REMINDER: any incomplete work MUST be handed in at class time on Monday or no credit will be given. No exceptions.

English 10: We are reading the play "Our Town" in class. Students will be making a huge map on Monday, following the description of the town given by the Stage Manager in Act 1.

World History: Students have been learning about ancient Rome and Caesar. This week we will be focusing on the birth of Christ and the beginning of Christianity.

English 10 Homework. Due 12/3

Two questions. Due tomorrow.

1. Is the Stage Manager like the other characters in the play? How is he different? What is his function?

2. What is Grover's Corner like? Use detail!

These questions were taken from the play "Our Town".

First Week of December

Accounting: Test this week!

English 12: We are starting Macbeth this week. Students will need their books EVERY DAY. No exceptions.

English 10: We are starting "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. Students were told THREE weeks ago to have the book by 12/1. Students will receive detention for each day they do not have the book AND they will get a phone call home.

World History: We are starting Chapter 6 this week, which deals with Ancient Rome and the beginning of Christianity.

November 24, 2008

Accounting: This week students will complete Chapter 4.

English 12: Mrs. Stanziano has caught the "Spirit of Thanksgiving" and all papers and projects will be due on Wednesday, and not Tuesday.

English 10: We are doing a short unit on the Short Story this week. Please keep all of your notes on the ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY as we will be referring back to them throughout the year.

World History: This week we are ending our unit on Greece...............many heartfelt thanks to Mr. Wronko, Mr. Hogan and Mrs. Mitchell who came to our class last week to help the students commemorate the 45th anniversary of the assassination of JFK.

ATTENTION SOPHOMORES

OUR TOWN BY THORNTON WILDER


YOU MUST HAVE A COPY OF THIS ON DECEMBER FIRST

ON 12/1, BRING YOUR COPY OF THE PLAY AND A NOTEBOOK TO CLASS. YOU WILL NEED THESE MATERIALS EVERYDAY UNTIL FURTHER INSTRUCTED.

Attention Seniors

The GREEN KNIGHT project is due on Tuesday.

Remember, you are to choose a knight of color (Red Knight, Black Knight, etc) and describe what an encounter between this knight and Gawain might be like. This will count as a test grade so be creative and imaginative. Along with a one page story (minimum), your project will be accompanied by a very CREATIVE visualization of you knight. See the example of the RED KNIGHT, above.

World History - Due Friday

November 22, 1963
The day that JFK was assassinated.
The country is remembering the 45th anniversary of this tragedy.

Due on Friday, November 21:

1. Find someone that you know who remembers where they were when the President was killed. How did they feel, what were they thinking, how were people around them reacting.....................?
2. Write a one page, double spaced report on your findings.

We will have guest speakers that day to share their memories with the class.

Week of 11/17

ACCOUNTING: WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CAMPUS STORE OPENING THIS WEEK. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF OUR BUSINESS VENTURE WILL ACTUALLY TURN A PROFIT.......STAY TUNED FOR AN UPDATE.

ENGLISH 12: THIS WEEK WE ARE FINISHING OUR READING/DISCUSSION OF "SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT". IN LIEU OF A TEST FOR THIS SELECTION, STUDENTS WILL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER IN THE WEEK.

ENGLISH 10: STUDENTS MUST HAVE A COPY OF THE PLAY "OUR TOWN" BY THORNTON WILDER BY MONDAY DECEMBER FIRST. NO EXCEPTIONS. THE BOOK CAN BE FOUND AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, ORDERED FROM BCCLS, PURCHASED ONLINE (I HAVE SEEN USED COPIES FOR 1 CENT!), OR PURCHASED FROM BARNES AND NOBLE. STUDENTS WERE INFORMED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK SO NO EXCUSES WILL TOLERATED IF THE BOOK IS NOT IN CLASS ON 12/1. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED EVERY DAY THAT THE BOOK IS NOT IN CLASS. AS ALWAYS, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO CLASS PREPARED, EVERY DAY.

WORLD HISTORY: SOME STUDENTS REALLY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THEIR MYTHOLOGY PROJECTS. GREAT WORK! WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF ANCIENT GREECE THIS WEEK...........................

Peer Editing

English 10 students:

Bring your classmates paragraphs home tonight to edit.

Remember:
If they did not underline their thesis statement, do it for them.

Give them one compliment, one suggestion, and correct any mistakes that your peer has made.

Please take this assignment seriously. It is due tomorrow. (11/12)

The week of 11/10

Please thank a Veteran on Tuesday, which is Veteran's Day.




Accounting: This week we will be planning for the Grand Opening of the Campus store. Our class will be featured on the school website.

English 12: We have begun reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". There will be quizzes every once or twice a week to check student's understanding of the story.

English 10: We will be taking a two week break from reading and we will be focusing on writing essays. Our first essay which is due on Wednesday deals with improvements that can be made to our school. After the essays are grades, students will compose a letter to Mr. Corso which will discuss some of these improvements.

World History: Much of this week will be spent on students presenting their projects on Greek Mythology. Students will be graded on creativity, visual aids, and effort among other things.


I hope everyone has a great week! Look back to the blog for upcoming homework assignments that will be posted later on in the week.

Week of November 3rd

Accounting: We are all so excited. Our students have just taken charge of the campus store. We are busy taking inventory and determining prices. After some more instruction on basic accounting principles, we'll be off to a great start. Everyone in the class has had some really creative ideas.

English 12: We will be having a test on the "Tale of the Wife of Bath" on Wednesday. Next week we will start the story of "Gawain and the Green Knight". After that its on to Macbeth.......

English 10: We are finally done with "The Crucible". Students were tested on it today and everyone did great. There will be another review on Wednesday and students will be tested on the remainder of the information on Thursday.

World History: We are having some heated discussions about the Presidential candidates over the past few days. On Thursday, however, we will be going back to the Chapter on Ancient Greece that we have been studying. ALL PROJECTS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY. LATE PROJECTS WILL HAVE 20 POINTS DEDUCTED FOR EVERY DAY THEY ARE LATE! IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO ASK IT.

For the week of Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Accounting: This week we will continue learning about good debt and bad debt and how it affects our business. Look out for a special Halloween "treat" on Friday.
Happy Birthday this week to Taylor Casale. Gee, I wonder how we all know it's your birthday this week!

English 12: This week we will be completing (hopefully!) the tale of The Wife of Bath. Look for a test on Thursday and.................look out for something scary on Friday. Just a reminder, that HOMEWORK does ACTUALLY count toward your final grade, and with the marking period coming to a close, I would suggest that EVERYONE take your homework more seriously.

English 10: This class will continue its reading of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". I wonder what's going to happen to Abigail Williams and the Proctors.........................................

World History: We will be going over our Chapter 3 tests on Monday and will dive right into the next chapter. Look for detail about a project which will be due next week............

10/23 World History

Pretend you are Moses. You are chosen by God to lead your people out of Egypt. You are the only one that God speaks to. Everyone looks up to you for all of the answers. What is your biggest concern, as you lead hundreds or thousands of freed slaves into the desert?

This is due on Monday. Failure to submit will result in a zero.

If you do not have access to a computer, the library is available before school and at lunch.

10/22 English 12 homework

The Canterbury Tales. Wow.

The knight finds out from the old woman the secret of "what women desire most". The knight reports back to the queen and tells her that what women desire most is "self-same sovereignty".

If you don't remember what this means, see the side note in your book on page 160.


Do you think that the knight is on target with this answer? Explain.

Once again, failure to post homework results in a ZERO.

Mr. Iorio, do not forget to come to detention.

10/22 English 10 Homework

If this is not done by class time tomorrow, you will receive a zero as your homework grade. Homework is not an OPTION, it is a requirement. Everyone learned how to create an account so that you can post. You are in 10th grade. Take responsibility. Homework is checked and graded every time it is submitted.

Mary Warren if forced by John Proctor to go to the court to tell them that Abigail and all the other girls are lying. After listening to the text being read in class, and after seeing the excerpt from the film, what did you notice about the change in the way John Proctor is treating Mary Warren? Or, to rephrase the question..............When we see Mary Warren at the Proctor's and when we see her at the courthouse, she is being treated much differently. How?

Accounting 10/22 Homework

You own a business. You are hesitant to sell your goods (lemonade, mittens, pizza, coats) on credit since you don't believe that people are honest and will pay you back.


What is one BENEFIT of selling your goods on credit?

What is one DOWNFALL of selling your goods on credit?

If you decide to sell your goods on credit, what part of the balance sheet would you enter this information?

hint: It is two words.


Failure to submit homework will result in a zero for your homework grade.

10/21 English homework Grade 10

In "The Crucible", John Proctor says "Do that which is good and no harm comes to thee".

Do you think this is a true statement?

Give an example from your life (or someone you know) to support your answer.


Answers posted AFTER class begins on Wednesday will receive no credit.

10/21 English 12 Homework

In the tale of the Wife of Bath, the queen asks the knight to go out into the world and to find out what women most desire. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOMEN MOST DESIRE?

Accounting Homework 10/20

Please answer the following question for homework:

Why do you think it is important for a business, large or small, to have accurate accounting methods? Please list at least three (3) reasons. Enjoy your day.

Week of 10/20

Accounting: Our class just completed a test on Chapters 1-3 which will be returned on Monday.

English 12: Much to everyone's dismay, we will continue our reading of The Canterbury Tales. We just completed "The Pardoner's Tale" and students should expect a short test on this tale on Tuesday.
After a quick review, we will be reading the tale of The Wife of Bath.

English 10: We are having a great time reading The Crucible together and everyone seems to be enjoying watching the movie which closely corresponds with what we are reading in class.

World History: Our class is learning about the beginnings of Judaism and we are watching parts of the classic film: "The Ten Commandments".


FOR STUDENTS WHO STILL HAVE NOT MADE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT, YOU MUST DO SO SINCE MANY OF THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WHICH WILL BE GIVEN ARE ON THIS BLOG. NO WRITTEN WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED IF THE ASSIGNMENTS SPECIFIES TO REPLY TO THIS BLOG. IF STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AT HOME, THE LIBRARY IS OPEN BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND THERE ARE ALWAYS COMPUTERS AVAILABLE. STUDENTS MAY ALSO VISIT THE LIBRARY DURING THEIR LUNCH PERIOD. FAILURE TO SUBMIT HOMEWORK IN THE CORRECT MANNER WILL RESULT IN A ZERO FOR THAT ASSIGNMENT.

English 12 homework/ due 10/16

If you were one of the characters in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", how would the narrator describe you?

Your answer must be at LEAST TEN (10) lines and it has to RHYME! HA HA HA

The week of 10/13

Happy Columbus Day!

Good luck to all sophomores and juniors taking the PSAT's on Wednesday!

Accounting: We will continue our discussion of the lemonade stand.................there will be a test on Friday. We all hope Nick is feeling better..................

English 12: We will continue reading "The Canterbury Tales" this week and completing homework assignments via this blog. Mrs. Mitchell was kind enough to order the DVD that re-tells Chaucer's tale and we are anxiously waiting to see it! If there is anyone who needs to make up work, please see me after class.

English 10: We will continue reading "The Crucible". I think everyone is a little surprised at how steamy the Puritans can get. We will also continue to view excerpts of the movie by the same name starring Winona Ryder. All the people that have had speaking parts so far have been doing a great job!

World History: This week we will complete Chapter 3 and there will be a test at the end of the week. Don't forget to submit your homework to this blog.........it's due on Tuesday. Again, if you don't have access to a computer the library is open before and after school and you can also get a pass to go to the library from lunch.

I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THEIR LONG WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Sean Connelly for getting all of those Presidential trivia questions right!

World History/ Thursday Night Homework

If you have to choose between being a Hindu or a Buddhist, which would you choose and WHY?

Please remember to put your name on your response so that you receive credit for this assignment.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

English 10/Homework/October 9

We have started reading "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller.

Based on what we have read thus far, which character do you feel most sympathetic towards? Why?

This answer is due tomorrow before class begins. Failure to reply will result in a 0.

Week of 10/6

Accounting: This week our class will be working on "The Accounting Game". Look for a quiz on this by the end of the week.

English 12: I'd like to welcome our new student, Joanna, to our class. We are beginning "The Canterbury Tales" this week and we have been going around the room telling about OUR life stories, much like the characters in Chaucer's poem. So far we have heard some very interesting things about our classmates! We will be learning this week about the historical background of this selection......and then off we go...............

English 10: We will be finishing "The Devil and Tom Walker" this week. We will be discussing "tall tales" and learning about some more examples of that genre of literature. There will be a test by the end of the week.......next week we will be starting "The Crucible".......just in time for Halloween.

World History: Chapter Two test today.........then off to Chapter Three where we will be discussing People and Ideas on the Move. We will cover such topics as: Indo-European Migrations, Hinduism and Buddhism, and the beginnings of Judaism. It should be a very interesting week!

World History

Due to the shortened period on Friday, as I stated in class, we will be having our Chapter Two test on Monday. Everyone should have brought their study guides and textbooks home this weekend to study.

Enjoy your weekend!

October 3rd

Just a reminder that World History is having a Chapter Test on Friday 10/3. A study guide will be given out today in class.

Accounting is finishing their project on the Wall Street bailout tomorrow. It will count as a test grade.

English 12 is almost done with all of tests on Beowulf. So far everyone has done very well. Next week starts the Canterbury Tales..................

English 10 has just begun "The Devil and Tom Walker".....since the language is difficult, we are reading it in class........so far, so good.

I hope everyone enjoys the half day tomorrow and the upcoming weekend.

Don't forget to bring in food tomorrow for "Dress Down Day" if you already haven't.

Mrs. S.

update

Just a reminder:

Tomorrow (Wednesday) students in English 12 will be taking the Beowulf exam

Students in World History will be taking the Chapter Two test on Friday!

Week of 9/29

Accounting: This week in Accounting, students will finish their projects about the US bank bailouts. We will also continue working on Chapter Two and practicing using T-accounts. We all hope Eric gets better soon!

English 12: There will be a major test on Beowulf on Tuesday. After the test, students will begin "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer.

English 10: Students took major tests on Friday and they will be returned on Monday. This week we will be reading "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. This is a great selection that will get students in the right frame of mind for Halloween!

World History: This week we will be learning about "Planned Cities on the Indus" and "River Dynasties in China". We will review Chapter 2 on Wednesday and there is a test planned for Thursday. On Friday we will be discussing the Presidential campaign and the news related to that.

Week of 9/22

Accounting: In accounting this week, our class took a test on Chapter one. We have just started Chapter Two and are learning about t-accounts. We will be starting to play "The Stock Market Game" soon to give the students some real-world experience.

English 12: Our class just finished reading the epic poem "Beowulf". Friday is movie day and we will be watching a film version of the poem. On Monday we will be reviewing and there will be a MAJOR test on Tuesday.

English 10: We just finished reading a selection from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" and an excerpt from "Poor Richard's Almanack". On Friday (9.26) students will be tested on these two selections. Students who did not take the summer reading exam on "Fahrenheit 451" will also be taking that test tomorrow.

World History: We are in the middle of Chapter Two and have been learning about the ancient Sumerians and the Ancient Egyptians. For the remainder of the week, students will be reviewing and watching a DVD on ancient Egypt and how the pyramids were created. They are also learning about mummies and other aspects of Egyptian culture. Look for a test on this material sometime next week.