1. Welcome to Chemistry!
Please Pick up from the front
bookshelf
1) Assignment Log #1
2)Welcome to 8th
Grade Science
3)Class Brochure
4)1- 3x5 card
You may sit where ever you like. No
more than 4 or less than 3 to a table.
Please get out a Pencil or Pen..

2. 1. Get UP! Please push in
your stools.
2. “Four Corners”
A) Birthday
B) Sibling Rank
C) Favorite Season
D) Favorite Dessert

3. 1. Who can share with us what redacting
means?
• selecting from or adapting (as by obscuring
or removing sensitive information) a
document prior to publication or release
• "conceal from unauthorized view; censor but
do not destroy”

4. Austin Kleon
Mr. Kleon is a
1.writer and artist living in Austin, Texas.
2.author of two bestselling books: Steal Like
an Artist, a manifesto for creativity in the
digital age, and Newspaper Blackout, a
collection of poetry made by redacting
newspaper articles with a permanent
marker.
3.speaker about creativity for organizations
such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and
The Economist.
Visit him online at www.austinkleon.com.

5. Experimental Artists
Have been creating blackout art long
before Mr. Kleon, but it’s a fun way to
“speak out” about an event in the world,
controversy, issue or make a
statement.

6. Your Task
Instead of starting with a blank page and
worrying about what in the world you
should write, you are simply going to
eliminate words you don’t need!
Only rule: May not use an already
completed sentence in the document.

7. Jobs
1. Give each person in the group a # (1,2,3 or 4)
2. #4 – Pick up the table number bag of markers
for your group and give one marker to each
person
3. #2 – Pick up a stack of articles for your group
4. #1 – Pass out the articles
5. #3 – Set timer to 18 minutes. (Hyperlink on
Desktop)

8. To Complete
1. Create a sentence about yourself from the words in
the newspaper article
2. With your marker, “blackout” all the words you
don’t need to write that sentence.
3. On a 3x5 card:
1. Creatively write your first name and last initial
2. Write your sentence using the unmarked words
from your article
4. You will be sharing your sentence with the class
tomorrow.
5. The article and 3x5 card are due tomorrow

9. You will be tested on concepts
in Chemistry, Physics and
Astronomy
MVMS tested the highest in
Science among all PUSD
Middle Schools 4 years in a
ROW!!!!
CA STAR Testing

10. 1)Mrs. Julie Mori
2) Recommended Supplies for Student
Success– (1 – 1 ½” 3 ring notebook, 2 Pencils, 8
Colored Pencils, Basic Calculator, 3 dividers(AVID –
Section in Large Binder)
3)Lab Supply Donation = Average donation has
been $5.00 (Checks made out to MVMS)
4)Tutorial Times: M-F except WED. 7:45-8:25 or M-F
4th
period lunch w/a pass
5)Contacting Me: Will respond until 7:00pm each
evening- via E-MAIL jmori for Julie
6)Web Page: My Plan or Learning Point

11. My PLAN

14. Learning Point

19. Need Adobe Reader
for pdf files of class
docs

23. Quarter System This Year
4 Report Cards
Progress Notes sent out about every
THREE weeks in science for
SIGNATURE
7) Grades: 70% Labs &
Assignments, 20% Quizzes & Tests,
10% Journals (checked every 2-3
weeks)

24. Usually, is whatever you have not
finished during class
Tutorials – Nine offered each week
– M-F except WED,: 7:35-8:20am
– M-F: 4th
period lunch with a PASS
Late work IS accepted with 10%
deducted for each day late.
Homework

25. Check
Off
Date
Given
Date
Due
Name of Assignment Possible
Pts.
Earned
Pts.
8/21 8/22 Newspaper Blackout
-Redacting
50
8/21 8/23 Signed Brochure 35
8/21 8/28 E-Mail Me (Name-first & last,
period of science this term,
favorite lab or science experience
K-7th)
40

26. Paper Towels
Ream of Paper
Pencils(sharpened)
Large & Quart size FREEZER
zip lock bags
Volunteer to Run off Papers,
set up labs, guest speaker
Wish List of Supplies

27. 1. Share GREEN BROCHURE with
parents and get signed
2. Collect Supplies for Success
3. Lab Supply Donation– $5.00 Checks
to MVMS
4. E-mail Me:
1. Your Name – First and Last
2. Period of science this semester
3. Favorite lab or science experience
K-7th
grade and why?

28. Due Thur: Tomorrow:
– Newspaper Blackout
Due Friday:
– Signed Brochure
Due Next Wednesday:
– E-mail Me
Best by 9/6:
 Lab Supply Donation –– Check to MVMS