Activities for week nine 3/29 - 4/1 - 2010

Hello, we are finishing the third quarter, please do not miss anything this week. Everything this week is an absolute deadline. For extra credit you may go back and find one of my opening addresses to you from this quarter and explain it and tell me how you can use it in your life. Also you may only make up the last two weeks S.S.Reading.

Monday 3/29
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Benchmark Test
3. Read and Discuss Act IV
4. Read S.S.R. Book (30 min) (homework)

Tuesday 3/30
1. Review Act IV Packet
2. See Act IV
3. Read S.S.R. Book (30 min) (homework)

Wednesday 3/31
1. Act IV Test
2. Review Benchmark Test
3. Discuss Dialectical Journals
4. Act V Packet

Thursday 4/1
1. See Discussion of Act V
2. Work on Dialectical Journals
3. Finish Act V Packet

Happy Easter!

Activities for week eight, 3/22 - 3/ 26 - 2010

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." As you move through school are you earning the trust of your parents? Many of you have earned my trust and I hope you will continue to work hard.

If you are not doing well in class you need to see me this week before Wednesday.

Monday 3/22
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. See Act III and discuss it
3. Do Vocabulary 17 – 18 (homework)
4. Read Act IV and Start Act IV Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/23
1. Review Act III Packet
2. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
3. Make sure Notebook is up to date and Review Idioms
4. Work on Act IV Packet (homework)

Wednesday 3/24
1. Act III Test (100 points)
2. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
3. Finish Act IV Packet (homework)
4. Review Idioms 13 - 17

Thursday 3/25
1. Act IV Packet Due
2. Idiom 13 – 17 Test (100 points)
3. Grade Notebook
4. Read and Discuss Act IV

Friday 3/26
1. Vocabulary 17 – 18 Test (100 points)
2. Review Act III Test
3. Read and discuss Act IV
4. Read Act V (homework)

Finish Strong!

Activities for week seven, 3/15 - 3/ 19 - 2010

As a coach I say this all the time, "You play at the level at which you practice." Consistently good practice leads to consistently good play. It sharpens your talent. Successful people understands this. They value practice (homework) and develop the discipline to do it. If you want to sum up what lifts most successful individuals above the crowd, you could do it with four little words: a little bit more. Successful people pay their dues and do all that is expected of them-plus a little bit more. The question for you is this, "are you doing that little bit more?"

Monday 3/15
1. Review Tests
2. Review Act II Packet
3. Study all Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read Act III (homework)

Tuesday 3/16
1. Act II Test (100 points)
2. See Discussion of Act III
3. Start Act III Packet (homework)
4. Review All Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 3/17
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Read and Discuss Act III
3. Work on Act III Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/18
1. Act III Packet Due
2. Vocabulary Bee
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)

Friday 3/13
1. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Test
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Read Act IV (homework)

Extra Credit
If you want to do that little bit more - see me.

Activites for week six 3/8 - 3/12 2010

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?

Ten points extra credit if you come and tell me what Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote says and ten more points if you can explain it to me and give me a personal example.

Monday 3/8
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Cartoon
3. See the end of Act I
4. Do Vocabulary 15 - 16 (homework)
5. Work on Act II Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/9
1. See Discussion of Act II
2. Read and Discuss Act II
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
4. Work on Act II Packet (homework)

Wednesday 3/10
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Finish Act II Packet (homework)
4. Study for Shakespeare Background Test (homework)

Thursday 3/11
1. Act II Packet Due (143 points)
2. Drama Terms and Background Test (100 points)
3. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
4. Read and discuss Act II
5. Read Act III (homework)

Friday 3/12
1. Vocabulary 15 - 16 Test (100 points)
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Study for Act II Test (homework)
4. Read Act III (homework)

Extra Credit
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Quote