CAHSEE extra credit

In early February, we will be taking the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).
You received a copy of the math study guide on the last day before break. If you lost it or did not receive it, you can obtain a similar copy from the following link:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/documents/math08rtq.pdf

Complete the following and turn it into be by January 14th (the end of intersession). If you will be at school the first day of intersession, you can provide a handwritten version of your work. If not, then you will need to scan or type your responses to the following. You will not turn in the booklet but your responses on separate sheets of paper.

1) Complete the practice text and identify areas that your may need to practice. I need your answers and a reflection after your graded it about areas that need improvement. (NOTE: for the practice text only, I only want your answers (A, B, C, D) rather than your work)

2) Read through each of the six chapters and complete the sample questions at the end of each chapter. Provide your answers, your work to solve the problem (when applicable)and a reflection after you graded your answers for each problem.

For complete and thorough responses, you can receive 2 points for the practice text and reflection, and 1 point for each chapter resulting in a total of 8 possible extra credit points.

Make-up Group Meeting Leadership

For those of you whom I have talked to about making up your group meeting leadership responsibility, follow the below directions and send your response in an e-mail to Anne by January 4th. After that date, your grade for group meetings will not change.

Find a What's That STuff article and answer the following questions:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/
1) Write a 1/2 page 12 point font single spaced paragraph summarizing the article.
2) Provide a list of 5 questions that you could use to lead a discussion around the group meeting table.For each of your questions, provide your response/opinion.
3) Go beyond the article...do a Google search on one aspect of the article that you would like to know more about. Provide a description of the results of that search and what you learned beyond the What's That Stuff article that you chose.