Activities for week one 9/3 - 9/6 - 2013

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 9/3
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

Wednesday 9/4
1. Guidelines due
2. Class and CAHSEE Overview
3. “Who are you?” Worksheet
4. Read and Discuss MLA Format
5. “The Little Big Things”

Thursday 9/5
1. Read and Discuss “Coach Holtz’s Philosophies …”
2. Review “Who are you?”
3. Get SSR Book from list

Friday 9/6
1. Fill out Silent Sustain Reading Card (SSR Book)
2. Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
3. See “CNN News on Education”
4. “Choosing Success Every Day

Let's have fun this year.