Activities for week nine 3/25 - 3/29 - 2013

Responsible people enjoy an increasingly better reputation. And that is one of the greatest assets of sustained responsibility. Others discover what they can expect from you, and they can depend on you. You're solid! If you want others to trust you, to give you greater opportunities and resources to develop and strengthen your talent, and to partner with you, then embrace responsibility and practice it faithfully in every area of your life. Please check Aeries and make sure your grade is correct, and check if you have all your S.S. Reading points.

Monday 3/25
1. Idiom 1 - 14 Test
2. Review Tests
3. Read and Discuss Act IV
4. Finish Act IV Packet (homework)
5. Review and Study Vocabulary 17 - 20 (homework)

Tuesday 3/26
1. Punctuation Worksheet
2. Read and Discuss Act IV
3. Finish Act IV Packet (homework)
4. Read Act V (homework)

Wednesday 3/27
1. Review and Grade Act IV Packet
2. See Act IV
3. Study for Tests (homework)

Thursday 3/28
1. Act IV Test (100 points)
2. Punctuation Worksheet
3. See Discuss of Act V
4. Study for Vocabulary Tes

Friday 3/29
1. Vocabulary 17 - 20 Test (150 points)
2. Review Act IV Test
3. Punctuation Worksheet
4. Act V Packet

*** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet cards due Wednesday
MLA format, copy and cite passage to correct Act III Test of missed questions. (Due Tuesday if Act IV packet is complete.)

Activities for week eight 2nd semester 3/18 - 3/22 - 2013

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." As you move through school are you earning the trust of your parents? Many of you have earned my trust and I hope you will continue to work hard.

Please check Aeries, you have up to Wednesday to make up any reading points from our last S.S.Reading period. Also were you listening Friday and know that you have 50 extra points in your Act III Packet if you do an excellent job on it. Remember excellence is a habit not an accident.

Monday 3/18
1. Review Tests
2. Finish Act III Packet (homework)
3. Vocabulary 19 – 20 (homework)
4. Study Idioms 11 - 14 (homework)

Tuesday 3/19
1. Grade Act III Packet (174 points)
2. See Act III
3. Read Act IV (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary 19 -20 (homework)
5. Study for Idiom Test (homework)

 Wednesday 3/20
1. Idiom 13 – 14 Quiz (40 points)
2. Grade Vocabulary 19 - 20 (70 points)
3. See Discussion of Act III
4. Study Handouts (homework)

Thursday 3/21
1. Shakespeare and Drama Terms Test (100 points)
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. See Act III 
4. Study for Tests (homework)

Friday 3/22
1. Vocabulary 19 – 20 Test (100 points)
2. Act III Test (100 points)
3. See Romeo and Juliet
4. Act IV Packet (homework)

            *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet cards due Wednesday before class.

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/11 - 3/15 - 2013

As a coach I say this all the time, "You play at the level at which you practice." Consistently good practice leads to consistently good play. It sharpens your talent. Successful people understands this. They value practice (homework) and develop the discipline to do it. If you want to sum up what lifts most successful individuals above the crowd, you could do it with four little words: a little bit more. Successful people pay their dues and do all that is expected of them-plus a little bit more. The question for you is this, "are you doing that little bit more?" Listen in class this week for the little extra.

Monday 3/11
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss Act II
3. Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
4. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/12
1. Grade Act II Packet (100 plus points)
2. Read and Discuss Act II
3. Finish Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
4. Read Act III (homework)

Wednesday 3/13
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary (70 points)
2. See Act II
3. Finish Reading Act III (homework)

Thursday 3/14
1. Act II Test
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. Read Act III and Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 3/15
1. Vocabulary 17 – 18 Test (100 points)
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Start Act III Packet (homework)

                *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet due Wednesday and listen in class.

Activities for week six second semester 3/4 - 3/8 - 2013

Doing the right thing doesn't come naturally to any of us. As George Washington said, "Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder." Yet that is what we must do to develop the kind of character that will sustain us. It's not easy to do the right thing when the wrong thing is expedient. Moliere commented, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. The difference in their deeds is simple: People of character do what is right regardless of the situation." It's not easy to do the right thing when no one but you will know. But it's in those moments that a person's character becomes strong. Martin Luther King Jr. asserted this:
"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?
Consensus asks the question: Is it Popular?
Character asks: Is it right?"
That is the bottom line. Are you going to do what's right? Will I see your homework done with effort and care? Will you do your reading and study for your test?

Monday 3/4
1. Idiom Test Week 1 - 12
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Read and Discuss Act I
4. Finish Act I Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/5
1. Literal and Figurative Romeo and Juliet Cartoon
2. Review Vocabulary 11 - 16
3. Read and Discuss Act I
4. Read Act II (homework)

Wednesday 3/6
1. Review and Grade Act I Packet
2. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Bee
3. Review Act I for Test (homework)
4. Read Act II (homework)

Thursday 3/7
1. Act I Test
2. See Act I
3. Start Act II Packet (homework)

Friday 3/8
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test
2. See Understanding Romeo and Juliet Act II
3. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

             *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet 11 - 16 due Wednesday before class.