Activities for week nine 10/29 - 11/2 - 2012

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.

Monday 10/29
1. Review Tests
2. Review Essay Terms
3. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
4. Do Cards for Roots Words 4 (homework)

Tuesday 10/30
1. Review Parts of Speech
2. Read and Discuss Tangerine (Before You Read) Writing
3. Review Vocabulary Cards
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 10/31
1. Essay Terms Test
2. Root Cards Due
3. In Groups do pages 7 – 16 and 16 – 38 worksheets
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Thursday 11/1
1. Pretest and Vocabulary Bingo
2. Review and Discuss Worksheets
3. Do Tangerine Worksheets Pages 38 - 45
4. Read and Study (homework)

Friday 11/2
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Parts of Speech Packet (groups)
3. Do pages 49-60 worksheet (homework)
4. Be Ready for Monday

*** Extra Credit ***

Test corrections if all reading points are made up (Vocabulary 6 Test - Due Wednesday before class).

Also, print the blog and on the back print your Aeries grade for this class, and have a parent sign that they have read both. (20 points + 5 points for parent comment.) Due Monday before class.

Activities for week eight 10/22 - 10/26 - 2012

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 10/22
1. Review Roots Test
2. Read and discuss “Scarlet Ibis”
3. Thesis Worksheet (homework)
4. Make Card for Roots 3 (homework)
5. Read Tangerine (homework)


Tuesday 10/23
1. Review Thesis
2. Read and Discuss “Scarlet Ibis”
3. “Scarlet Ibis” Packet (homework)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Wednesday 10/24
1. Thesis Quiz
2. Finish “Scarlet Ibis”
3. Writing Workshop
4. Read and Study (homework)

Thursday 10/25
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Practice Test
2. Review “Scarlet Ibis” Packet
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

Friday 10/26
1. Vocabulary Six, Roots 3 Test
2. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
3. Discuss Tangerine
4. Read S.S.R. Book

*** Extra Credit ***

               Test corrections if all reading points are made up.

Due Wednesday before class.

Activities for week seven 10/15 - 10/19 - 2012

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)

Monday 10/15
1. Review Tests
2. Parts of Speech (verbs)
3. Make cards for new Roots (homework)

Tuesday 10/16
1. Essay Terms Lecture
2. Write a Journal “Connect to Your Life” page 592(two paragraphs)
3. Read “The Scarlet Ibis” Pages 592 - 607 (homework)

Wednesday 10/17
1. Finish Essay Lecture
2. Parts of Speech Packet
3. Finish Reading “The Scarlet Ibis” (homework)
4. Study, Study, Study (homework)

Thursday 10/18
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
3. Finish Parts of Speech Packet (homework)

Friday 10/19
1. Vocabulary Roots Test
2. Review Parts of Speech
3. Read and Discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”
4. Start reading Tangerine (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***

You may do test corrections for Roots 1 Test

if you have all your reading points. (Due Tuesday)

Activities for week six 10/8 - 10/12 - 2012

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 best as well.

Do you have all your S.S.R. reading points? If you do then you can do test corrections for your last suffix test.

Monday 10/8
1. Library Orientation
2. Study Prefixes & Suffixes, Roots and Idioms (homework)

Tuesday 10/9
1. Meet in Library
2. Finish Library Project
3. Study Idioms (homework)

Wednesday 10/10
1. Meet in Library and Finish Library Project
2. Idioms Test
3. Study for Tests (homework)
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)

Thursday 10/11
1. Root Words Test # 1
2. Edit Work Cited
3. Grade “The Most Dangerous Game” Packet
4. New Root Words (homework)

Friday 10/12
1. “The … Game” Test
2. Review Tests
3. Make Cards - Word Roots (homework)
4. Read

                  ***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)