Activities for week one new semester 1/30 - 2/3, 2012

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." I hope you choose to work hard and work smart in our class. If you need help I will always be here. Remember when you are absent you need to make up your reading time and tests in the morning (7:25 am). Please let's get off to a great start.

Monday 1/30
1. Review Final
2. Review Poetry Journal
3. Common Usage Problems (homework)
4. Set Up New Notebook (homework)

Tuesday 1/31
1. Set up new S.S.R. Card
2. Review Usage Problems
3. Discuss Connotation and Denotation
4. Review for Benchmark Test

Wednesday 2/1
1. Discuss Active and Passive Voice
2. Common Usage Problems
3. Review for Benchmark Test
4. Read S.S.R. Book (15 pages) (homework)

Thursday 2/2
1. Second Quarter Benchmark Test
2. Review EDHS Dress Code
3. Study and Review All Idioms (homework)

Friday 2/3
1. Idiom Weeks 1 - 12 Test
2. Lecture: Studying Poetry
3. Read S.S.R. Book (30 pages) (homework)

Please come for help if you need it - I will be there.