Activities for week one 9/4 - 9/7 - 2012

Welcome to El Dorado, I look forward to working with you this year and watching you develop over the next four years. In They Call Me Coach, John Wooden defines the elusive quality of success as: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." This is what I will be looking for all year - "Your Best" - that is not a grade. I will always be here every morning at 7:05 am - 7:45 am to help you or answer any questions you might have. I will also be here at break, the beginning of lunch, and on the tennis courts after school if we do not have an away match. Let's work together and let's have fun together.

This week you can earn 25 extra credit points by getting a college rule, three section only, spiral notebook by Friday.

Tuesday 9/4
1. Introductions and check phone numbers
2. Discuss “Guidelines” (have signed) and Reading List
3. Share your summer
4. Make a Name plate for your desk (homework)

Wednesday 9/5
1. Guidelines due
2. Overview of Class and Read about CAHSEE
3. “Who are you?” Worksheet
4. Get a Reading Book  off my list (SSR) (homework)

Thursday 9/6
1. Share “Who are you?”
2. Read and Discuss “The Fence” and “Since I Have…”
3. Write Your Own Poem about What You Expect From Life. (homework)

Friday 9/7
1. Fill out Silent Sustain Reading card (SSR Book)
2. Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
3. Edit Poems and Share Poems

*** Please see me if you have any questions or problems. ***