This blog is your lifeline this semester. I hope that it will help you to come to class prepared and actively participate in your learning.

Sunday, June 09, 2013

The Final Lap 6/10 - 6/13 - 2013

In The Muppet Movie they say, "Life's like a movie, write your own ending." As we finish the school year you have a chance to write your own ending. First study hard for your final, that is in your own hands. Your final will be just vocabulary. The parts of your final will be just like the vocabulary packets you have used all year: critical reading, sentence completion, and analogies. You will have 200 questions worth 800 points, and you will need a number two pencil. Write you own ending to this semester. What about S.S. Reading points - do you have them all? Again you have control.

Monday 6/10
1. Review The Odyssey Final
2. See The Odyssey

3. Study For Final – 800 pts

Tuesday 6/11
1. First Period Final
2. Second Period Study For Final Wednesday

      *** Final Extra Credit ***
To receive any points you must follow these final directions.
1. Print this week's blog.
2. Copy and paste from Aeries your homework, test, and total grade to the back of the blog.
3. Have a parent write a legible note about what they think of your grade and effort.


(This is an example and an actual student's grade)
Homework and classwork 50 % 3668.00 3480 105.40 A+
Tests and Quizzes 50 % 3932.00 4000 98.30 A+
Total** 101.85 A+

It has been fun,
Now watch that sun.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Activities for week eighteen 6/3 - 6/7 - 2013

Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." This is the last week before finals please make sure you are reviewing all your vocabulary, idioms, literary terms and The Odyssey. Do you know where you stand in this class? I am still here everyday at 7 am, break, and the beginning of lunch to help you or answer any questions you may have.

Monday 6/3
1. Review Book 9 – 12 Test
2. Vocabulary Bee
3. Read and Discuss Book 21
4. Finish Book 21 Study Guide (homework)

Tuesday 6/4
1. Idiom 17 – 21 Test
2. Parts of Speech
3. Read and Discuss Book 21
4. Study, Study, Study

Wednesday 6/5
1. Review Book 21 Study Guide
2. Book 21 Test
3. Review Idiom Test
4. See The Odyssey
5. Study, Study, Study

Thursday 6/6
1. Idiom 1 -22 Test
2. Review Book 21 Test
3. Get Portfolio Together
4. Study, Study, Study!

Friday 6/7
1. Final for The Odyssey
2. Portfolio Due
3. Study for Finals

      *** Extra Credit ***
Monday at the beginning of lunch
take an idiom test (first 5 minutes).