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