Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). You will be assigned a writing prompt. Please complete this prompt using your best writing.

In the News. Find a newspaper article, online article, or newscast, and complete a 10% summary (pay particular attention to the START sentence).

Click to log in to Khan Academy. If you do not already have an account please create one (and keep your login somewhere safe). You will be using this resource throughout high school and will later attach it to your College Board account for a personalized experience. Your Khan Academy experience today will be focused on Reading and Writing.

In Khan Academy click on COURSES, click on SAT, click on PRACTICE, click on Reading and Writing, and choose three different practices in the Grammar and Effective Language Use Section. (Please note that if this is your first time using Khan Academy, you’ll be required to complete a handful of diagnostic tests. If that is the case for you, please complete your diagnostics over your three days of learning this week.)

Click and complete a close read of Spate of New Research Supports Wearing Masks to Control Coronavirus Spread. Follow the directions at the top of the page. (Mark your confusion, show evidence of a close read, and write a one page reflection. You will find prompts at the end of the article.)

Click to log in to Khan Academy. Your Khan Academy experience today will be focused on Math. Click on COURSES, click on SAT, click on PRACTICE, click on Math, and choose three different practices in the Math Section (focusing on the area of math that you could use some additional help with).

Click here for a writing assignment on the poem, “Still I Rise.”

Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). Your writing prompt is located here.

Consider how you responded to the writing prompt. Take your words, feelings, and thoughts, and try to mimic Maya Angelou’s poetry style and write a poem in response to what is going on in the world around us..

FreeRice is an online game in which you answer questions to fill up your bowl of rice; every correct question answered actually provides rice to someone in need. FreeRice has an English grammar mode that is very useful; you’ll pick the grammatically correct sentence and move through progressively harder levels as you keep choosing the right answer. This is good practice for your wrong-answer elimination skills on the Writing portion of the SAT! Click here to fill your bowl!

Click here for some math drills that may help you on the SAT. This site has a variety of easy, educational flash games for pre-K through 12th grade. The math page has games for probability, algebra, geometry, and several other topics that appear on the SAT. This is a dependable resource if you find yourself getting stuck on a particular concept in math, and you need to drill recall in a non-boring way.

Click here for a Water Park activity. Once you open the document please make a copy for yourself. This project is designed to assess your proficiency with linear equations. You must design a water park on a coordinate plane, identify points, calculate slope, write equations, solve for midpoint, and use the distance formula. As an added bonus you can explain your results in a reflection paper (if you’d like).

Write a response to a news article, a social media post, a text message, or a comment you’ve heard, read, or seen about the recent protests. Do you agree with it or disagree with it, and why? What questions do you have? What emotions or thoughts does it bring up for you?

Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). Your writing prompt is located here.

Write a letter to a local authority figure—your school principal, your mayor, your local police chief—expressing your thoughts and feelings about police violence and the recent protests and suggesting how that person can use their power to make positive changes in your community..

Click here to access Sheppard Software: Fun free online learning games and activities for kids. This site has a variety of easy, educational flash games for pre-K through 12th grade. There are also word games in the Language Arts section that test your skill with punctuation and parts of speech. This is a solid resource if you find yourself getting stuck on a particular concept in language arts, and you just need to drill recall in a non-boring way.

Copy the following opening and ending to a creative write about how you would change Summit Academy North High School. Remember, this is an original writing assignment, where you should explore the various concepts of your day and how you could make a change (it’s okay to think outrageously).

Copy the following opening: When my school day ends, I sometimes think about how things should be—if I was in control of the school. How would it be different? How would it be better? How would it revolutionize the nation? These thoughts always keep coming back. In other words: (Insert your own high school)

Copy the following ending: It’s a different concept of education that can only be described as (Insert your school name).

Click here to access Quizlet: Learning tools & flashcards. With a free account on Quizlet, you can access thousands of flashcard sets that others have uploaded to the site, including a variety of SAT prep sets. Of course, you’ll want to check out a set before you use it to study to make sure it actually has useful (and correct) information. What’s even better is that you can make a set yourself with the things you really need to drill down on. Once you make or choose a set, you can play with it in two game modes. There’s a matching game and a game where you prevent asteroids from hitting the planet by typing the correct answer.

Everyone has a racial identity. How would you describe your race or ethnicity? How does this identity shape who you are and the role you have to play in the fight against racism in this country today? What should others in your community do to fight racism?

Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). Your writing prompt is located here.

World Creation- You will be creating your own WORLD! This world is your own to mold, shape and show off! Think Star Wars! Think Lord of the Rings! Planet of the Apes! Think Mad Max! When Creating Your Own World There are THOUSANDS of Questions to Answer- What is the layout of your world? Is it made up of almost all ocean? Is it covered in fire from years of volcanoes erupting? Is it a wasteland, covered in sand? Who are the inhabitants of your world? Are there a variety of species? What are the names of these different races and people? What languages are spoken? Are they hostile? What kind of foods do they eat? Etc. Etc. Etc!

Click here for the steps to your world creation!.

Click here to access PrepScholar. Spend some time learning the best way to read the passage in SAT reading. Don’t be afraid to click on the various links to learn more about how the College Board will test your reading comprehension skills.

Click to log in to Khan Academy. In Khan Academy click on COURSES, click on SAT, click on PRACTICE, click on Reading and Writing, and choose three different practices in the Grammar and Effective Language Use Section.

Click here to learn more about Algebra by applying skills to this crossword puzzle.

After you complete the crossword puzzle, click here to read the article Is “Algebra Necessary.” Once you understand the material– explore all of the ways to use Algebra (click the links in the section), and finally write an argumentative essay answering the questions Is Algebra Necessary. Be sure to defend your answer.

Click here to read “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.In his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” How do Dr. King’s words relate to the recent protests?

Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). Your writing prompt is located here.

Being able to find the most important concrete details (facts) to prove your claim is a crucial skill. Today, you will be writing a paragraph (after watching the Ted Talk below) on what it means to show grit! Write down 1 interesting FACT per minute related to defining the many sides of what it means to have the attribute of grit. Here is the first sentence of your response: A person who demonstrates grit is a person who…

Click here to complete the Grit Reflection Activity Slide.

Click to go to No Red Ink. Join the Summer Learning Opportunity (use code: funny tiger 94). Spend 30-75 minutes learning how to properly embed evidence into your writing.

Watch this video about how in 2017, football player JJ Watt raised over 27 MILLION dollars for Hurricane Harvey. Watch the video and collect evidence as to why his efforts were a success. Note: As Watt mentions, “this is humanity.” Please understand the occasion and treat your response with the proper temperament.

Click here to create an account at Everfi (it’s FREE) and complete lesson one.

Journal question- In your own words explain how financial institutions work, how to use them, the different products they offer, and how to manage your own account portfolio.