Fourth week's Activities 9/28 - 10/2 - 2009

Nothing is more important than relationships. As the school year moves on let us build our relationship. Wednesday night is back to school night and I would love to meet your parents and start a relationship with them. You can earn 25 extra credit points if they sign in Wednesday night during your period. Andrew Carnegie once said, "There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." I hope you want to climb the ladder of success - your success. Remember I will always be here in the mornings, break, and the beginning of lunch, or come to the tennis courts after school.

Monday 9/28
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest (prefixes and suffixes)
2. Review Part of Speech Test
3. Read and Discuss “The Necklace”
4. Finish “The Necklace” Packet (homework)

Tuesday 9/30
1. Prefix and Suffix Test
2. Finish “The Necklace”
3. Review “Necklace” Packet (it should be done)
4. Make Suffix Cards (homework)

Wednesday 10/1
1. “The Necklace” Reading Test
2. Finish Reviewing Packet
3. Read “The Most Dangerous Game” pages 38 - 51 (homework)

Thursday 10/1
1. Journal: Quick write – “Struggle” write two paragraphs
2. Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Work on “Dangerous” Packet (homework)

Friday 10/2
1. Review Prefix and Suffix Test and Reading Test
2. Read and discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Finish “Dangerous” Packet (homework)

***Extra Credit***
See me before school or at break Monday for a ten point Aeries assignment.

Activities for 3rd week 9/21 - 9/25 - 2009

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." I hope you choose to work hard and work smart in our class. If you need help I will always be here. Remember when you are absent you need to make up your reading time and tests in the morning (7:25 am). Aeries should be set up by the end of the week - please use it to know where you are in our class.

This is the Bell Game Week and the Aloha Dance on Saturday. Enjoy and don't forget, high school is only once.

Monday 9/21
1. Prefix cards and set up Portfolio, and set up Notebook
2. Read and discuss “Plainswoman”
3. Start Idioms (you will four idioms a week to learn and be tested on)
4. Read SSR book for 20 minutes (homework)

Tuesday 9/22
1. Prefix Test
2. Read and Discuss “Plainswoman”
3. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives worksheets (homework)
4. New Prefixes (Test 9/29)

Wednesday 9/23
1. Review worksheets
2. Journal: “This year in school ________” (what do you want to accomplish?)
3. Make Prefix cards (homework)

Thursday 9/24
1. Parts of Speech Test
2. Review Prefix Test
3. See “The Necklace”
4. Read “The Necklace” pages 26 - 35 (homework)

Friday 9/25
1. Read and Discuss “The Necklace” pages 26 – 35
2. “The Necklace” Packet (Due 9/29) (homework)

Extra Credit
Find the first two idioms on the internet and print them.
They are due Friday before the warning bell to class.

Week Two's Activities 9/14 - 9/18 - 2009

I am glad you are in my class, and I enjoyed our week together last week. This week we want to get going and start working on our reading, vocabulary, and writing. Do you have all your materials for class (SSR book, spiral notebook)? Charles Schulz stated "Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use." This year let's see if both you and I can use all our gears. Remember - I will always be here in the mornings.

Monday 9/14
1. Edit and Review “The Race” Paragraphs
2. Read and discuss “15 Study Tricks”
3. Type final copy of “The Race” Paragraphs (homework)

Tuesday 9/15
1. Paragraphs due
2. Pretest Literary Terms
3. Lecture: Literary Terms
4. Read “Plainswoman” pages 8-19 (homework)

Wednesday 9/16
1. Finish lecture
2. Read and discuss “Plainswoman” Pages 8 – 19
3. Study Prefixes –-- quiz 9/22 (homework)

Thursday 9/17
1. Read and discuss story
2. Study Prefixes and make note cards (homework)
3. Make and set up Portfolio (homework)

Friday 9/18
1. Read and discuss “Plainswoman”
2. Portfolio due
3. Read and discuss “Test Taking Tips” (homework)

**extra credit this week**

Thursday night have a parent give you a practice quiz on the prefixes. Have your parent sign the quiz and turn it in for ten points on Friday.

Welcome to El Dorado week 1's lessons 9/8 - 11 - 09

Welcome to El Dorado, I look forward to working with you this year and watching you develop over the next four years. In They Call Me Coach, John Wooden defines the elusive quality of success as: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." This is what I will be looking for all year - "Your Best" - that is not a grade. I will always be here every morning at 7 am - 7:45 am to help you or answer any questions you might have. I will also be here at break, the beginning of lunch, and on the tennis courts after school if we do not have an away match. Let's work together and let's have fun together.

This week you can earn 25 extra credit points by getting a college rule, three section only, spiral notebook by Friday.

Tuesday 9/8
1. Introductions and check phone numbers
2. Discuss “Guidelines” (have signed) and Reading List (homework)
3. Share your summer
4. Make a Name plate for your desk (homework)

Wednesday 9/9
1. Guidelines due (25 points)
2. PowerPoint Overview
3. Poems: “I Can” and ”Risk”
4. Discuss MLA Format
5. Rewrite “Risk” from your point of view (homework)

Thursday 9/10
1. Review your poems (20 points)
2. Read and discuss “The Race”
3. Type two paragraphs describing a personal situation that was similar to “The Race”. Use:The Five W's who, what, when, where, and why. What did you learn or how did you grow? (homework)

Friday 9/11
Fill out Silent Sustain Reading card (SSR Book)
Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
Edit and review homework (20 points)
Retype paper (MLA format) (homework)

Go Hawks!