This blog is your lifeline this semester. I hope that it will help you to come to class prepared and actively participate in your learning.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Activities for new semester - week 1, 2/1 - 2/5 - 2010
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). Please let's get off to a great start.
Monday 2/1 1. Review Final 2. Read and have signed Class Guidelines, (25 points) 3. Read “The Wreck of the Hesperus” pages 124 - 130 (homework)
Tuesday 2/2 1. Guidelines due 2. Set up new S.S.R. book cards 3. Read and Discuss Guidelines for Studying Poetry 4. Start “Hesperus” Packet (homework)
Wednesday 2/3 1. Read and Discuss “The Wreck of the Hesperus” pages 124-130 2. Work on “The Wreck of the Hesperus” Packet (homework)
Thursday 2/4 1. See “The Last Lecture” and take notes 2. Finish “The Wreck of the Hesperus” Packet 3. Read S.S.R. Book (20 pages) (homework)
Friday 2/5 1. Read and Discuss “The Wreck of the Hesperus” 2. Start “Hesperus” Essay (homework) 3. Packet Due Monday
This is the end, all we have left is your final. If you have S.S.Reading points to make up you can do that Monday and Tuesday morning. Good luck on your final.
Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
30 vocabulary words
20 literature terms
25 parts of speech
20 idioms
This is the finish of the first semester. I hope you learned somethings and had some fun. Moliere said, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only their deeds that they differ." Please check Aeries to make sure your deeds for this class were recorded correctly. For extra credit (25 points) you may print your grade from Aeries and have your parents write me a note on the back of the printout about what they think of your grade and your effort in this class. (Your essay for Tangerine is still being graded and can change your grade, because it, as you know, is worth 200 points.) (Please have their signature and print their name also, so I can read who the note it from.) Tuesday 1/19 1. Poetry Journal Due 2. Idiom Test (weeks 1 – 11) 3. Read and Discuss “O What Is That Sound” pages 138 – 145 4. Review: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots (homework for final)
Wednesday 1/20 1. Review Idiom Test and Vocabulary Test 2. Read and Discuss Frost’s and Whitman’s Road poems – pages 288 – 292 3. Review Parts of Speech (homework for final)
Thursday 1/21 1.Idiom Test (1-12) 2. Grade Spiral Notebook 3. Study for Final and Read S.S.R. Book (literary terms?)
Friday 1/22 1. Review for Final 2. Study for Final 3. Read S.S.R. Book
Extra - Extra - Extra Credit
If you would like you may bring items from the list to support the food Pantry for PYLUSD McKinney Vento. All items are due by Wednesday. (Points will vary)
Food Pantry for PYLUSD McKinney Vento Families
The Assessment Center has a food pantry that we are filling with just the basics. The food is distributed to needy families, with students in our schools, who have been identified as McKinney Vento eligible. To be in the program a student must lack fixed, regular, or adequate housing due to economic hardship. We would love it if you would think of us the next time you are in the Costco or Sam’s. However, due to limited space and health considerations, we are accepting donations for the following food staples only: • dried beans, rice in bags • cooking oil • oatmeal • pasta (spaghetti, macaroni) • tomato sauce • garbanzo beans and lentils • canned vegetable soup • boxed cereals (healthy only) • canned mixed vegetables • sugar • baby food in jars, and formula • crackers (Saltines, Ritz) • canned tuna • small bags of flour We are located at 3232 Topaz Lane next door to Topaz Elementary School in the bungalows on Sapphire Street on the corner of Topaz Lane and Sapphire. Our phone number is 714-986-7028. We distribute food all year long, so if you would, keep us in mind throughout the year! Your donations help families who have lost their income due to job loss during these tough economic times. A bag of groceries can keep several kids fed for a few days which is often all that it takes for a family who is desperate and in transition. Our families truly appreciate the help that we give them. We are not a “crutch” or a social service, just a helping hand during a crisis. Any donations at all are greatly appreciated! As always, food gift cards from local grocery stores are welcome donations! Send them through district mail to Jon Matson at the Assessment Center.
In his book My Personal Best, John Wooden writes, "There is a choice you have to make in everything you do, so keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make makes you." As we finish the first semester you can still raise your grade by doing well on your remaining assignments and making the choice to excel.
Monday 1/11 1. Idiom 1 – 9 Test 2. Review Vocabulary Test 3. Review and edit poems 4. Write Mock Serious and Haiku poems (homework) 5. Do Vocabulary 7 and 8 (homework)
Tuesday 1/12 1. Review Poems 2. Write: Description and I do not Understand poems (homework) 3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
Wednesday 1/13 1. Review Idiom’s Test 2. Review Poems 3. Write: Children’s and Nonsense poems (homework) 4. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
Thursday 1/14 1. Review Vocabulary (70 points) 2. Review Poems 3. Write Your Own Pattern poem (homework)
Friday 1/15 1. Vocabulary Test 2. Review Poems 3. Write Original poem (homework) 4. Finish Poetry Journal (homework)
If your choice is to increase your points in this class you may go to glencoe.com and: enter your state and subject and click on student, browse the menu to the right for state and other general info, click to open the online learning center, select the online student edition, enter student and f81e73ce51, then open content and print page 440 and 448. On page 440, click on the filmstrip and watch the video and be able to tell me what is is about. This is due Wednesday or before (40 points Tuesday, 30 points Wednesday).
As we start a new year and a new decade decide your purpose, set your goals. You need to do this - not your parents, not your friends, and not me. This is your 2010. Remember if you do the things you need to do, when you need to do them, someday you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them!
Jim Tressel, the Ohio State football coach says, "The first step in creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.
.Vision will ignite the fire of passion, which fuels our commitment to
do whatever it takes to achieve excellence.
.Vision allows us to transform dreams of greatness into reality of
achievement through human action.
.Vision has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our vision is what
we become in life."
Now for the business of class - please check Aeries so you know where you are grade wise in this class. We have three more weeks then finals, and you will have one in this class. You should probably have a new SSR book. If you missed Friday you have a test to make up - please be here Monday by 7:30 am. I have also attached part of your poetry project to this blog - the project should be fun.
Monday 1/4 1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Edit and revise essay (homework)
3. Do Vocabulary 5 and 6 (homework)
Tuesday 1/5 1. Review Tangerine Final
2. Work on and revise essay (homework)
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
I believe in individual ownership of responsibility. "If it is to be, it is up to me." However, teams can do more, and you and I are a team.
I also coach both Men's and Women's Tennis Teams here at El Dorado - come and watch a match after school.
Tutor time and make up work time is from 7:10 am - 7:45 am.
You may contact me at jcyrus@pylusd.org ,or you may call(714)986-7580 ext 11204. I look forward to hearing from you.
