Activites for week nine 11/1 - 11/5 - 2010

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. There is still time that you may contribute to "The Boxes of Love" for extra credit - see me.

Monday 11/1
1. Review Tests
2. Discuss Tangerine
3. Do Cards for Roots Words 4 (homework)
4. Finish Worksheets (homework)

Tuesday 11/2
1. Idiom Test (weeks 1 and 2)
2. Grade Notebook
3. Review Vocabulary Cards
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 11/3
1. Review Tangerine worksheets
2. Start Pages 38 – 45 worksheet (homework)
3. Read Tangerine and Study root words (homework)

Thursday 11/4
Pretest and Vocab Bingo
Review and discuss Tangerine
Do pages 49 - 60 worksheet (homework)

Friday 11/5
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Review pages 38 – 45 worksheet
3. Finish pages 49-60 worksheet (homework)

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"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! ********************************************

Activites for week eight 10/25 - 10/29 - 2010

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 10/25
1. Review Roots Test
2. Read and discuss “Scarlet Ibis”
3. Review Thesis for Test
4. Make Card for Roots 3 (homework)
5. Read Tangerine (homework)

Tuesday 10/26
1. Thesis Quiz
2. Review “Scarlet Ibis” Packet
3. Review Essay Terms
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 10/27
1. Review Thesis Quiz
2. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
3. Journal: “That’s not fair”
4. Do Introduction worksheet (homework)

Thursday 10/28
1. Essay Terms Quiz
2. Practice Vocabulary Test and Bingo
3.Discuss Tangerine
4.Read Tangerine (homework)

Friday 10/29
1. Vocabulary Six, Roots 3 Test
2. Review “Introduction”
3. In Groups do pages 7 – 16 and 16 – 38 worksheets
4. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Talk is cheap!

Activities for week seven 10/18 - 10/22 - 2010

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. Have you bought Tangerine? (50 points) We start reading it on Friday. Have you bought something for the Boxes of Love? (25 points or ?)

Monday 10/18
1. Review Tests
2. Review Thesis and “Dangerous Game” Packet
3. Make cards for new Roots (homework)
4. Start "The Scarlet Ibis" Packet

Tuesday 10/19
1. Essay Terms Lecture
2. Start Idioms
3. Write a Journal “Connect to Your Life” page 592
4. Read “The Scarlet Ibis” Pages 592 - 607 (homework)

Wednesday 10/20
1. Review Root Words
2. Finish Essay Lecture
3. Read and discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
4. Work on "The Scarlet Ibis" Packet

Thursday 10/21
1. Review Homework Questions
2. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
3. Read and discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
4. Study for Vocabulary Test and Finish "Ibis" Packet (homework)

Friday 10/22
1. Vocabulary Roots Test
2. “The Scarlet Ibis” Packet Due
3. Start reading Tangerine (homework)

Are you reaching your potential?

Activities for week six 10/11 - 10/15 - 2010

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 10/11
1. Review Tests
2. Study Root words
3. Read and discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
4. Finish Worksheets (homework)

Tuesday 10/12
1. Read and Discuss “Dangerous Game”
2. Review Parts of Speech
3. Read pages 1190 – 1193 Do Grammar Practices pages 1192 and 1193 (Type and MLA format) (homework)

Wednesday 10/13
1. Finish “Most Dangerous Game” and Review Packet
2. Reading Test
3. Questions on Homework
4. Study and Review for Test (homework)

Thursday 10/14
1. Grammar Homework Due
2. Parts of Speech Test
3. Lecture: Essay Terms
4. Thesis Worksheet (homework)

Friday 10/15
1. Finish Lecture: Essay Terms
2. Review Reading Test and Homework
3. Study all Vocabulary - Test Monday (homework)

Is it better to give or receive?

Week five activities 10/4 - 10/8 - 2010

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
Do not forget Tangerine is worth 50 points extra credit.

Monday 10/4
1. Review Tests
2. Read and discuss “The Necklace”
3. Retype “Work Cited” (homework)
4. Study Prefixes & Suffixes (homework)

Tuesday 10/5
1. Suffix Cards and Work Cited due
2. Grade “The Necklace” Packet
3. “The Necklace” Test
4. Read “The Most Dangerous Game” Pages 38 - 51 (homework)

Wednesday 10/6
1. Prefix Review Test
2. Review “Necklace” Test
3. Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
4. Work on “The Most Dangerous” Packet (homework)

Thursday 10/7
1. Study Suffixes class and homework
2. Work on Parts of Speech class and homework
3. Finish “The Most Dangerous Game” Packet (homework)

Friday 10/8
Suffix Test
Review Prefix Test
Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
Make Cards - Word Roots (homework)

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