2nd Semester 7th week's lessons 3/9 - 3/14 - 2009

Doing the right thing doesn't come naturally to any of us. As George Washington said, "Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder." Yet that is what we must do to develop the kind of character that will sustain us.

It's not easy to do the right thing when the wrong thing is expedient. Moliere commented, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. The difference in their deeds is simple: People of character do what is right regardless of the situation." It's not easy to do the right thing when no one but you will know. But it's in those moments that a person's character becomes strong. Martin Luther King Jr. asserted this:

"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?
Consensus asks the question: Is it Popular?
Character asks: Is it right?"

That is the bottom line. Are you going to do what's right? Will I see your homework done with effort and care? Will you do your reading and study for your test?

For extra credit you may print out your Aeries grade and have a parent print their name and sign it for fifteen points; for an extra ten points they need to read this week's blog and write a note telling you and me what they think of your progress so far. This is due Monday before the warning bell.

Monday 3/9
1. Review Tests
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Act II packet due
4. Vocabulary - Do Lessons 15-16, exercises 2-3 pages 59-66 (homework)

Tuesday 3/10
1. Review Vocabulary (60 points)
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Write two dialectical journals for Act I (homework)

Wednesday 3/11
1. Review Journals
2. Discuss Analogies Lesson 8, page 133
3. Read and discuss Act II
4. Write journals for Act II, scene 2 and 5 or 6 (homework)

Thursday 3/12
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Review Act II Packet
3. Study for Tests (homework)
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)

Friday 3/13
1. Vocabulary 15 - 16 Test
2. Act II Test
3. See Romeo and Juliet
4. Read Act III (homework)
5. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)

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