Activities for week nine 11/2 - 11/6 - 2009

As we finish the First Quarter most of you have done a nice job. So, finish this quarter strong understanding this truth: spectacular achievement comes from unspectacular preparation. There are no standing ovations for studying or doing homework, just self-respect, and higher scores. Finally please make sure you check your grade on Aeries, and if you are not sure about something please see me.

Monday 11/2
1. Grade Notebooks
2. Review Vocabulary (homework)
3. Finish Worksheets (homework)

Tuesday 11/3
1. Review Tests
2. Review and Grade Vocabulary Cards
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 11/4
1. Review Tangerine worksheets
2. Read Tangerine (homework)
3. Review Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 11/5
1. Pretest and Vocab Bingo
2. Review and discuss Tangerine
3. Do pages 49 - 60 worksheet (homework)

Friday 11/6
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Review Tangerine
3. Work on pages 49-60 worksheet (homework)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

"Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ."

Who said this, what does it mean, and where are you in your deeds? In MLA format type the answers to these questions in a well written paragraph blending your answers into a cohesive paper. Extra Credit *** Due by Tuesday!

Activities for week eight 10/26 - 10/30 - 2009

Discipline means doing what you have to do when you need to do it, whether you want to or not. Self-discipline - the only kind that lasts - is action oriented. It doesn't procrastinate, and it doesn't makes excuses. "Setting a goal is not the main thing," said Tom Landry, who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "It's deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. The key is discipline." As we move to the end of the first quarter I hope you are disciplined and have your notebook current, all your vocabulary cards, and are caught up with your reading. What grade do you want from this class? Are you doing the things that will produce that grade? Remember I am here to help you reach your goal.

Monday 10/26
1. Review Tests
2. Review Introduction worksheet
3. Review all Vocabulary - You should have six sets of cards.
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Tuesday 10/27
1. Thesis Quiz
2. Review pages 7 – 16 worksheet
3. In Groups do pages 16 - 38 worksheets (and homework)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 10/28
1. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
2. Start “Sibling Rivalry” worksheet
3. Finish pages 16 – 38 worksheet and Study (homework)

Thursday 10/29
1. Essay Terms Quiz
2. Practice Vocabulary Test and Bingo
3. Discuss and Review Worksheets
4. Read Tangerine and Study (homework)

Friday 10/30
1. Vocabulary Six Test
2. Finish Review of Worksheets
3. Sibling Rivalry Worksheet
4. Do Pages 38 – 45 Worksheet (homework)

***Do you have all of your S.S.Reading Points?***

Week Seven's Activities 10/19 - 10/23 - 2009

Having the right expectations going into anything is half the battle. John C. Norcross, a clinical psychologist, has studied people and their goals, and he has found a characteristic that distinguishes those who reach their goals from those who do not:EXPECTATIONS. I hope you expect to pass this class; if you are not passing right now you need to see me to find out what you can do to raise your grade.

Monday 10/19
1. Review Parts of Speech Test
2. Finish Essay Lecture
3. Review Thesis worksheets
4. Study Idioms and Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 10/20
1. Take the Healthy Kid Survey
2. Study Idioms and Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 10/21
1. Idioms Test (weeks 1-4)
2. Journal: ”That’s not fair” (write two paragraphs - situation and why)
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

Thursday 10/22
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Collective Learning Groups
3. Do “Introduction Worksheet” (homework)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Friday 10/23
1. Vocabulary Roots Test
2. In Groups Do pages "7 – 16 Worksheet"
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***
Boxes of Love
For Canning Hunger
See me

Activites for the 6th week 10/12 - 10/16 - 2009

Have you known people who should have risen to the top but didn't? They had all the talent they should ever need, but they still didn't succeed. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to a new power as a benefactor." I hope you are enjoying our class and are working to fully develop yourself to be your best and help our world to be its as well.

For extra credit you can bring something off the list for "Box of Love".
It is a Canning Hunger project to provide holiday dinners to needy families throughout the Los Angeles area during the holiday season.
See me and I will explain the project, and how you can make a difference.

Monday 10/12
1. Review Tests and Grades
2. Read and discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Study and Read S.S.R Book (20 pages) (homework)

Tuesday 10/13
1. “Dangerous Game” Test
2. Review Parts of Speech
3. Read pages 1190 – 1193 Do Grammar Practices pages 1192 and 1193 (Typed and MLA format) (homework)

Wednesday 10/14
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Review Homework and Test
3. Study for Vocabulary Test and Parts of Speech Test (homework)

Thursday 10/15
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: Essay Terms
3. Thesis Worksheet (homework)
4. Word Roots # 2 (make cards)

Friday 10/16
1. Parts of Speech Test
2. Review Thesis homework
3. Finish Lecture: Essay Terms
4. Read S.S.R. Book (20 pages) (homework)
5. Study all Vocabulary

***If you have a low grade see me with all your test.***

Activities for week five 10/5 - 10/9 - 2009

It is one thing to believe that you possess remarkable potential. It is another thing to have enough faith in yourself that you think you can fulfill it. Let's keep working together to tap into all you can be. I have seen good things from you and I hope to see much more. Please check our past blogs and see if there is something you can still do to earn points, that also includes S.S.R. Reading points.
Remember "Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man,
But soon or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can."
anonymous

Monday 10/5
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Finish “Dangerous” Packet (homework)

Tuesday 10/6
1. Meet in Library
2. Packet Due
3. Library Orientation
4. Parts of Speech Packet (homework)

Wednesday 10/7
1. Meet in Library
2. Finish Library Orientation
3. Work on Parts of Speech (homework)
4. Study Vocabulary and Idioms (homework)

Thursday 10/8
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Read and discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Make Cards for Word Roots # 1 (Test 10/15) (homework)

Friday 10/9
1. Idiom Weeks 1 and 2 Test
2. Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
3. Review “Dangerous” Packet and Parts of Speech
4. Read 20 pages in S.S.R. Book (homework)

Do not forget Tangerine is worth 50 extra credit points.