Week 9 lessons - End of first quarter

This is the last week of the first quarter. Please do not try to turn in anything late. You have had time and extra credit that you could have use to raise your grade to whatever you wanted it to be.

Monday 10/31
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: Science Fiction
3. Read Fahrenheit 451
4. Study and review all Vocabulary Units 1-5

Tuesday 11/1
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Setting, Inference, Conflict worksheets(work in groups)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451

Wednesday 11/2
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Lecture:Anticommunism and The McCarthy Era
3. Work on worksheets in groups

Thursday 11/3
1. Quarter Final Vocab Test
2. Grade Quarter Notebooks
3. Finish worksheets
4. Read Fahrenheit 451

Friday 11/4
1. Review Worksheets
2. Lecture: Realism versus Romanticism
3. Read Fahrenheit 451

Extra Credit 10/31

Make a poster of the Mechanical hound and include a quote from the novel describing the hound. The quote should be on the poster. The poster is due Thursday 11/3.

Week 8 lessons 10/24 - 10/28

Monday 10/24
1. Review Spelling Test
2. Take notes “Attitude” CD
3. Work on worksheets (Building Background and Censor)
4. Unit 5 vocabulary, Do Part A,B, and C (homework)
5. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Tuesday 10/25
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Idioms Test (weeks 1-6)
3. Lecture: Genre and The Novel
4. Finish worksheets (homework)
5. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 10/26 Late start day
1. Review worksheets
2. Reading Guide worksheet (homework)
3. Vocabulary 5, Do Part D and do The Last Word (homework)

Thursday 10/27
1. Vocabulary Bingo, Pre-test
2. Review Reading Guide
3. Discuss Fahrenheit 451
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)
5. Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 10/28
1. Unit 5 Vocabulary Test
2. Review Idiom Test
3. Lecture: Science Fiction
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 finish “The Sieve and the Sand" (homework)

EXTRA CREDIT

Extra Credit project:

See Good Night, and Good Luck.
After seeing the movie write a five paragraph essay relating the movie to Fahrenheit 451 and points Ray Bradbury makes in the novel. The value of this project varies from 0 - 100 points. Your essay must be typed following MLA format. You need to turn in an outline, rough copy, and final copy free of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence formation mistakes. This is due by the end of the novel and your final on Fahrenheit 451. You can always come in and discuss your ideas with me.

Lessons for week 7 10/17 - 10/21

Monday 10/17
1.Review Vocabulary Test
2.Fahrenheit 451 quiz
3.Discuss the novel
4.Spelling (Vocabulary Book) do exercises A,B,and ad exercises pages 192 - 195
homework

Tuesday 10/18
1.Review homework
2.Fahrenheit 451 quiz
3.Journal – Quick write – listen to CD write about a “Struggle” that made
you stronger
4.Spelling –Do com, ex, and in exercises pages 195 - 198 homework

Wednesday 10/19
1.Review homework
2.Review quizzes
3.Glossary for 451, Censor worksheet for Fahrenheit
4.Read Fahrenheit 451

Thursday 10/20
1.Rules and Expectations Assembly – take roll then go to the gym
2.Read Fahrenheit 451
3.Study spelling rules for test tomorrow (100pts)

Friday 10/21
1.Spelling Test
2.Groups work on Building Background worksheet and Censor worksheet
3.Read Fahrenheit 451


Please if you have questions on Fahrenheit come and let's talk!

Lessons for week six (progress report time)

I will only be at school in the mornings. I had achilles surgery and should be home with my leg up. I hope to be back in two to three weeks. Email problems

Monday 10/10
1.Review Vocabulary 3 Test
2.Take “There Will …Rains” Test
3.Read and Discuss Poem page 52 and questions 7 and 8 page 53
4.Write in class two ¶ Journal using #8 and introductions hand-out
5.Do Unit 4 Vocab Part A,B, and C

Tuesday 10/11
1.Review Unit 4 Vocabulary
2.Read “…Bradbury” page 84-85
3.Write note home on printout (What do you think about your grade? Explain why! Neat and developed)
4.Do Vocab Lab 1 and Analogies pages 48 – 51 (Vocab Book)

Wednesday 10/12
1.Printout due
2.Review and discuss Homework
3.Read and discuss “The Pedestrian” page 95 – 101
4.Review all Vocabulary

Thursday 10/13
1.Pass out Fahrenheit 451
2.Practice CAHSEE test
3.Practice Vocabulary test
4.Survey and read Fahrenheit 451

Friday 10/14
1.Unit 4 Review Vocab Test
2.Discuss questions 1-8 in literature book page 101, also “Literary Analysis”
3.Read Part One Fahrenheit 451

You are responsible for all assignments and we are moving to the end of the 1st quarter. Please make sure you check your grade printout every Monday and Friday. You only have 2 days to make up any missed assignment or test. Once again, if you have any questions, email me.
Mr. Cyrus

Fifth week's lessons 10/3 - 10/7

Monday 10/3
1.Review Vocabulary Test
2.Read “By The Waters of Babylon”
3.Do Unit 3 Vocab Part A&B (homework)

Tuesday 10/4
1.Review Vocabulary
2.Second Idioms Test
3.Groups work on Portfolio and Spiral Notebooks
4.Review “Babylon” Test
5.Do Vocabulary Part C & D (homework)

Wednesday 10/5
Meet in the computer Lab room 507
1.Type “This year in school” essay
2.Read “There Will Come Soft Rains” pages 84 - 93 (homework)

Thursday 10/6
1.Vocab Bingo and Pre-Test
2.Practice CAHSEE Test
3.Read and discuss “Soft Rains”
4.Answer questions 1-7 page 93 (homework)

Friday 10/7
1.Unit 3 Vocabulary Test
2.Finish reading "Soft Rains"
3.Review homework
4.Review story for Reading Test on Monday (homework)