Activities for week nine - 2nd semester 3/28-4/1-2011

Responsible people enjoy an increasingly better reputation. And that is one of the greatest assets of sustained responsibility. Others discover what they can expect from you, and they can depend on you. You're solid! If you want others to trust you, to give you greater opportunities and resources to develop and strengthen your talent, and to partner with you, then embrace responsibility and practice it faithfully in every area of your life.

Please check Aeries and make sure your grade is correct - do you have all your S.S.Reading points? Did you make up whatever I or Miss Schickling said you could make up?

Monday 3/28
1. Review Tests
2. See Act II
3. Finish Act III Packet (homework)
4. Do Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Tuesday 3/29
1. Act III Packet Due
2. See Act II and Test
3. See Discussion of Act III
4. Finish Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Wednesday 3/30
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Discuss and Start Dialectical Journals (homework)
3. Review Act III Packet

Thursday 3/31
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss Act III
3. Work on Dialectical Journals (homework)
4. Read Act IV (homework)

Friday 4/1
1. Vocabulary 19 – 20 Test
2. Review Act II Test
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Act IV Packet (homework)

Extra Credit:
If you have all your reading points and your Act III packet complete, then you can see me for Romeo and Juliet extra credit.

Activities for week eight - 2nd semester 3/21- 3/25 - 2011

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.

Soles for Souls is teaming up with Sport Chalet to donate gently worn shoes to the earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan. I will be collecting shoe this week for extra credit; by giving you have a chance to make a difference.

Monday 3/21
1. Review Tests
2. Do Vocabulary 17 – 18 (homework)
3. Finish Act II Packet (homework)
4. Study Handouts (homework)

Tuesday 3/22
1. Act II Packet Due
2. Visit Counselors
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
4. Study for Handout Test (homework)
5. Make sure Notebook is up to date and Review Idioms

Wednesday 3/23
1. Drama Handout Test
2. Review Vocabulary
3. See Discussion of Act III
4. Start Act III Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/24
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss Act II
3. Act III Packet (homework)
4. Update Notebook (homework)

Friday 3/25
1. Vocabulary 17 – 18 Test
2. Grade Notebook
3. See Act II
4. Review Act II for Test Monday

Shoes?

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/14 - 3/18 - 2011

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?" Listen for the extra in class.

Monday 3/14
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Discuss Act I
3. Finish Act I Packet (homework)
4. Read Act II (homework)

Tuesday 3/15
1. See and Discuss Act I
2. Review All Idioms
3. Review All Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read Act II (homework)

Wednesday 3/16
1. Idiom 11 – 14 Test
2. Review Act I Packet
3. Read Act II and Start Act II Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/17
1. Act I Test
2. Vocabulary Bee
3. Literal and Figurative Romeo and Juliet Cartoon
4. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

Friday 3/18
1. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Test
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Read Act III (homework)
4. Study - Test on Handouts (homework)

Do the little extra!

Activities for week six 2nd semester 3/7 - 3/11 - 2011

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 3/7
1. Research Project Due
2. Review “Hesperus” Packet
3. See Shakespeare on the 6 O'clock News
4. Vocabulary 15 - 16 (homework)

Tuesday 3/8
1. See Understanding Shakespeare
2. Discuss Anticipation Guide
3. See Glencoe Online
4. Read pages 982 - 989 (homework)
5. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 3/9
1. Review Vocabulary
2. See Shakespearean Video
3. Discuss and Read Shakespeare Handouts (homework)

Thursday 3/10
1. Set up Vocabulary Bingo
2.See Discussion of “Act I”
3. Read Act I Glencoe Online (homework)
4. Start Act I Packet (homework)

Friday 3/11
1. Vocabulary 15 - 16 Test
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Finish Act I Packet (homework)

Don't forget the extra credit.