1. PERMIT FOR MONDAY

• SEE BELOW FOR THE PERMIT IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORK ON MONDAY FOR THE YMSAT SMCT PROJECT
• Parents permit - a letter from your parent/s to school authorities allowing you to come to school to work on ____________ from ______(start time) to _________ (end time). Signed of course by your parents. This is necessary since Jan 23 is a legal holiday. Please inform me if you are coming so we can include you in the list.
• HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAAAAAAR!

· The critique should include an analysis of the scientific aspects of the film, in particular the application of DNA technology and the issue/s tackled.

· Since the venue (ASTB-AVR) has limited seating, you must arrive early for the movie of your choice. Only the first 80 students will be guaranteed a slot for the film showing (“first come, first served”).

· To help you in your selection, we've included the plot summaries for each film below:

MY SISTER’S KEEPER

What keeps a family together? Nick Cassavetes, the director of The Notebook and John Q, again demonstrates his sure hand with tales tales of deep human emotion in this inspiring fim about a loving family challenged - and united by a child's illness. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and others in an exceptional cast bring sensitivity to the story of 11-year old Anna Fitzgerald, conceived to be a donor for her leukemia-stricken sister, but who finally demands the right to control her own body. This act of free will may be the first step to triumphant realization of devotion, dignity and what means to be a family.

My Sister's Keeper (2009) is based on the novel by Jodi Picoult:

Can a parent love too much? Or is too much not enough?

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight that leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of pre-implanmtation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role she never challenged... until now. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her older sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister's Keeper is the story of one family's struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time.

JURASSIC PARK

One of the most successful films in worldwide box office history, Jurassic Park (1993) remains a most compelling and spectacular experience. This thrilling adventure features Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough.

Featuring incredible special effects and action-packed drama, Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.

This film is based on the novel by Michael Crichton:

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind’s most thrilling fantasies has come true. Creatures extinct for eons now roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery and all the world can visit them – for a price. Until something goes wrong.

GATTACA

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an “In-Valid” who assumes the identity of s member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent’s dreams steadily unravel.

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/gattaca/

3. BIO REPORTING!

• Files including your groupings, guide questions & rubrics/criteria are all in the"Documents"
• Your video report:
• should not exceed 15mins and should be able to answer all the guide questions. Be creative!
• should include a subtitle
• should be submitted a meeting or a day before your report in a CD or you can upload the video and email me the link.(jcalzate@pshs.edu.ph/jericca44@yahoo.com)
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• You are also required to prepare a motivational activity which may be included in the video or maybe presented in class.
• Pls bring your own laptop during reporting and prepare the OPF days before that. I can provide speakers.
• There will be a quiz after every report. Reporters will also take the quiz.
• Reports will start on Feb. 6 instead of the original schedule, Jan. 30.

• Filipino Book Report soon!
• English Read Les Mis
• Remind me to photocopy A Modest Proposal for everyone. :)) And also Filipino, and then after revision - the human diorama.
• Human Diorama to be posted soon!
• Chemistry - start reviewing for the cation determination test. Make your kodigos.
• AdProg - make the seatwork kung di pa tapos
• Math - just check the group every now and then :-j BTW, some emails from Ma'am Dinah.
• Btw, I'll upload the Valentine's Special Activity(VSA)selection sheet tomorrow in case you want to start looking for your partner within my 4 sections during your FREE TIME next week. When you find your partner, I can already give you the problem set (with track number) as soon as you write your names and assigned symbols on 1/4 IP per pair and submit it to me personally in the math unit. This is also a collection of the things I hope you got from your senior math class that you'll remember when you go to college. Wala na kasing achievement test...sigurado ng wala kasi nagastos na lahat ng pera sa K12 stuff.
• Aside from the Attendance Monitoring Card (AMC) that will be distributed by your class monitor/president on Tuesday, you have to sign the Math Intersection Finals Attendance Sheets thrice. The first one will be posted at the start of the contest (3PM) at the 4th floor audi. The two others will be posted during the contest. The time will be announced during the contest.
  Also, bring at least 2 whole IP during the contest because you will be asked to copy and answer the contest questions. This will be submitted to your monitor at 4:30PM right after the contest who will then submit it to me not later than 5PM. This will be recorded as a 20-point seatwork.
• Econ - read and read lang. Topic is banking parin ata.
• Physics - bawi tayo Tau. The long test results (I saw it) were asdtyktrfvjh,asdnlihuaefdu for most of us. Also, don't forget the ppt. :))
• STR! Check ko link later. Basta poster and start summarizing everything into your final paper people!