This is last year's blog...

Attention:

If you are reading this--and I know you are... :-) -- you are looking at my blog from 2008-09.
This year's blog (2009-10) is located at < mrordovensky.edublogs.org > , no "www." needed.
I'm sorry for any confusion.

See you next year

End of Quarter Assessment~Turn in Books

The end of quarter assessment is tomorrow, Tuesday, June 9.

Asian country cultrue projects are due Wednesday, June 10.
They will be presented on Wed, Thurs and Fri (if necessary).
Additionally, I am now collecting text books. The number of the book that you turn in must match the book number that I assigned to you at the beginning of the year

Important ~ Period 2 & period 6

Period 2 and Period 6-

In addition to the open map quiz on Monday, 6/1, you will have a portion of the quiz which is "closed map". For this you will need to know the location of the following countries/physical features:
Country-
China
North Korea
South Korea
Philippines
Vietnam
Laos
Indonesia
Thailand
Cambodia
Japan
Physical features-
Plateau of Tibet
Gobi Desert
Mekong River
Gulf of Tonkin
Hong Kong
Himalayas
Indian Ocean
Huang He River
Java Sea
Honshu

I'll select 5 from each column for you to identify on a blank map.

All classes HW due Monday, 6/1

All classes have a 3 map packet which is due on Monday, 6/1.
We will also be having an open map quiz on Monday, so students MUST bring their maps if they hope to do well.
ALL classes--4th quarter Asia projects are due on June 10th--they will be presented on June 10,11,12.

End of quarter assessment is on Tuesday, June 9. We will be reviewing in class, and students should pay particular attention to the *starred* drills.

Vocabulary due Monday--5/18 (as well as "Gandhi"--see below)

All classes got started with vocabulary today.
All words are in the new text (the book at home), but some are not in the glossary or index.
Check pages 600, 656, 683 and 703.

Homework due Monday, May 18

All classes are completing an organizer about Mohandas Gandhi, based on pages 611-613 in the textbook.
Additionally, most students have questions to answer based on Gandhi's quotes.
This is due Monday, May 18.