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?