Activities for week nine 10/31 - 11/4 - 2011

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 10/31
1. Review Tests
2. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
3. Do Cards for Roots Words 4 (homework)
4. Finish Worksheets (homework)

Tuesday 11/1
1. Grade Notebook
2. Review Vocabulary Cards
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

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

Thursday 11/3
1. Pretest and Vocab Bingo
2. Review and discuss Tangerine
3. Do pages 49 - 60 worksheet (homework)

Friday 11/4
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Review pages 38 – 45 worksheet
3. Finish pages 49-60 worksheet (homework)

Please see me if you want to raise your grade!

Activities for week eight 10/24 - 10/28 - 2011

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 10/24
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 10/25
1. Thesis Quiz
2. Review “Scarlet Ibis” Packet
3. Lecture: Essay Terms
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 10/26
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 10/27
1. Idioms Weeks 1 - 4 Test
2. Practice Vocabulary Test and Bingo
3. Discuss Tangerine
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Friday 10/28
1. Vocabulary Six, Roots 3 Test
2. Review “Introduction”
3. In Groups do pages 7 – 16 and 16 – 38 worksheets
4. Read either Tangerine or your S.S.Reading Book (homework)

Please check Aeries - what could you do to raise your grade?
Have you taken advantage of extra credit?
S.S.Reading points - do you have all of them?

Activites for week seven 10/17 - 10/21 - 2011

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 and excel; if you are not meeting your expectations right now you need to see me to find out what you can do to raise your grade. Have you bought Tangerine? (50 points) Have you bought something for the Boxes of Love? (20 points or ?) Finally do you have an Aeries printout of your grade and parent's note and signature? "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

Monday 10/17
1. Review Tests and Thesis
2. Review Parts of Speech
3. Make cards for new Roots (homework)
4. Read “The Scarlet Ibis” Pages 592 - 607 (homework)

Tuesday 10/18
1. Essay Terms Lecture
2. Write a Journal “Connect to Your Life” page 592(two paragraphs)
3. Read and Review “The Scarlet Ibis” Pages 592 - 607 (homework)
4. Study all Vocabulary (homework - ten minutes)

Wednesday 10/19
1. Finish Essay Lecture
2. Parts of Speech Packet
3. Read and discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
4. Work on “The Scarlet Ibis” Packet and Study (homework)

Thursday 10/20
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
3. Study and Finish “Ibis” Packet (homework)

Friday 10/21
1. Vocabulary Roots Test
2. Review and Grade “The Scarlet Ibis” Packet
3. Start reading Tangerine (homework)

***Extra Credit***

Set up an interview of you with me.

(fifteen points for ten minutes)

Activities for week six 10/10 - 10/14 - 2011

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

Tuesday 10/11
1. Read “The Most Dangerous Game”
2. Do Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions Packet (homework)
3. Study Root Words (homework)

Wednesday 10/12
1. Finish “The Most Dangerous Game” and Review Packet
2. Reading Test - "The Most Dangerous Game"
3. Question on Homework
4. Study and Review for Test (homework)

Thursday 10/13
1. Review and Grade Parts of Speech Packet
2. Lecture: Essay Terms
3. Thesis Worksheet (homework)

Friday 10/14
1. Root Words One Test
2. Finish Lecture: Essay Terms
3. Review Reading Test and Thesis Worksheet

***Extra Credit***
Do not forget you can get Tangerine by Edward Bloor.
I will be teaching how you can annotate your own copy.
(50 points)

Activities for week five 10/3 - 10/7 - 2011

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
You can get Tangerine which is worth 50 points extra credit. It is our first novel we will read together.

Monday 10/3
1. Library Orientation
2. Read “The Most Dangerous Game” Pages 38 - 51 (homework)
3. Study Prefixes & Suffixes, and Idioms (homework)

Tuesday 10/4
1. Meet in Library
2. Finish Library Project
3. Start “The Most …” Packet (homework)
4. Study Idioms (homework)

Wednesday 10/5
1. Meet in Library and Finish
2. Idiom Week 1 and 2 Test
3. Work on “Dangerous” Packet (homework)
4. Review Parts of Speech for Test (homework)

Thursday 10/6
1. Parts of Speech Test
2. Edit Work Cited from Library Project
3. Read and Discuss “…Game”
4. Finish “The Most Dangerous Game” Packet and Study (homework)

Friday 10/7
1. Suffix Test
2. Review Tests
3. Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
4. Make Cards - Word Roots (homework)

Please see me if you are not doing well in class!