Activities for week fifteen 1/3 - 1/7 - 2011

As we start a new year decide your purpose, set your goals. You need to do this - not your parents, not your friends, and not me.(I know you can do great things) This is your 2011. 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. You also have your second copy of your Tangerine essay due Monday please make sure you have all parts to this project. If you missed a test last week before vacation you need to make up it by Monday - please be here Monday by 8:15 am. Let's finish this semester strong!

Monday 1/3
1. Review Vacation
2. Review Stop the Bullying
3. Review Essay
4. Do Vocabulary 5 – 6 Packet (homework)

Tuesday 1/4
1. Final Edit and Revision of Tangerine Essay
2. Test on Tangerine
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 1/5
1. Essay Due - All Parts– Absolute Deadline! Only Time I will take it!
2. Grade and Review Vocabulary
3. Review Tangerine Test
4. Do Sequence of Events (homework)

Thursday 1/6
1. Pretest and Vocab Bingo
2. Test on Tangerine
3. Review Sequence of Events Worksheet
4. Study for Tests (homework)

Friday 1/7
1. Vocabulary 5 – 6 Test
2. Review Tangerine Test
3. Discuss and Review for Tangerine Final

For extra credit explain Jim Tressel's
quote with examples from you.
(MLA format - due Tuesday!)

We start poetry next week!

Activities for week fourteen 12/13 - 12/17 - 2010

As we move to Christmas - "do you know it is a party? It is a birthday party ... birthdays are meant to be celebrated. It's why we say 'Merry Christmas!'" stated Rick Warren. Let's work hard and enjoy this last week of school before vacation, then you can celebrate all the rest of this year. We will be working on our first full essay on Tangerine and it is worth 200 points.

Please check Aeries and know your grade in our class if you are not passing or have a 'D' you need to see me so we can find a way for you to improve. Finally, make sure your notebook is up to date.

Monday 12/13
1. Review Tests
2. Share Colleges
3. Work on Commentary Packet (homework)

Tuesday 12/14
1. Commentary Packet Due
2. Read and Discuss Tangerine Aloud
3. Stop the Bullying worksheet (homework)
4. Review Vocabulary 1 - 4 (homework)

Wednesday 12/15
1. Tangerine Test
2. Start Tangerine Essay
3. Bubble Cluster and Outline Due Tomorrow (homework)
4. Finish Stop the Bullying (homework)

Thursday 12/16
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Stop the Bullying Due
3. Work on Essay – Type First Copy (have book) and Discuss Conclusion handout (homework)

Friday 12/17
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Edit and Revise Essay
3. Type Second Copy of Essay (homework)

Merry Christmas!

Activities for week thirteen 12/6 - 12/10 - 2010

We are finishing Tangerine in the next two weeks, and Robert Strauss stated, "Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired." For you this means you need to put two good weeks in on Tangerine if you want success in this unit. Also please check your S.S.Reading Points, you have until Thursday to make up any Reading Points. (You should have read 550 pages of you pleasure reading books.)
I am still here in the mornings, at break, or lunch for help or questions.

Monday 12/6
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review all Idioms
3. Vocabulary 3 and 4 Packet (homework)
4. Finish Packets (Tangerine and Commentary) homework

Tuesday 12/7
1. Idiom Test
2. Review Worksheets and Discuss Tangerine
3. Read Tangerine and finish Vocabulary Packet (homework)

Wednesday 12/8
1. Grade and Discuss Vocabulary
2. Review Idiom Test
3. Share Collages
4. Read Tangerine and study (homework)

Thursday 12/9
1. Tangerine Quiz
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. Share Colleges
4. Read and Study (homework)

Friday 12/10
1. Vocabulary 3, 4 Test
2. Share Colleges
3. Discuss Commentary
4. Finish Reading Tangerine (homework)

"To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose

under the heaven."

ECCLESIASTES 3:1