First Semester Finals 1/27 - 1/30 - 2014

In one of his notebooks Leonardo da Vinci wrote, "Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." That distaste for inaction drove da Vinci's intellectual curiosity his entire life. His love for learning never stopped. I hope you have learned to love learning and love the feeling of accomplishment for a job well done.

Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
30 vocabulary words
20 literature terms
25 parts of speech
20 idioms

Monday, January 27th
Review for Final
 
Tuesday, January 28th

Period 1    7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break       10:03 – 10:12     9
Period 2    10:19 – 10:39    20
Period 3    10:46 – 11:06    20
Period 4    11:13 – 11:33    20
Period 5    11:40 – 12:00    20
Lunch        12:00 – 12:30    30
Period 6    12:37 – 2:45      128 minutes

Wednesday, January 29th

Period 2     7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break         10:03 – 10:11
Period 3     10:18 – 12:26    128 minutes

Thursday, January 30th

Period 4     7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break         10:03 – 10:11
Period 5     10:18 – 12:26    128 minutes

Friday, January 31st
Non-Student Day

You can still make up Reading Points Wednesday and Thursday.

Activities for week eighteen 1/21 - 1/24 - 2014

American statesman Henry Clay stated, "The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer." As we finish the first semester that is the same question that is being asked of you.  What have you done this first semester in Language Arts I? Are you missing something that you can make up, and do you have all your reading points? Please study for your final.

Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
30 vocabulary words
20 literature terms
25 parts of speech
20 idioms

Tuesday 1/21
1. Poetry Journal Due
2. Review Tests
3. Study Idioms 1 - 9

Wednesday 1/22
1. Grade Semester Notebook
2. Idiom 1 - 9 Test
3. Review all Vocabulary

Thursday 1/23
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Read and Discuss "She Sweeps With Many-Colored Brooms"
3. Review and Study for Final

Friday 1/24
1. Vocabulary 1 - 10 Test
2. Copy Reading Card in Portfolio
3. Read S.S.R. Book
4. Study for Finals 

Activities for week seventeen 1/13 - 1/17 - 2014

Moliere said, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only their deeds that they differ." We still have a Poetry Journal to complete before the semester comes to a close. Please make sure your deeds match the grade you promised yourself. Also please check Aeries to make sure your deeds for this class were recorded correctly. You may still make up S.S.Reading points in the morning or break, also you can see me about after school reading, if you have read 750 pages in the last sixteen weeks.

Monday 1/13
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Poems
3. Write Children’s Poem (homework)
4. Do Vocabulary 9 - 10 (homework)

Tuesday 1/14
1. Review Poems
2. Read and Discuss “O What is That Sound” 
3. Write Nonsense Poem (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 1/15
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Parts of Speech Review
3. Write, Write Your Own Pattern Poem (homework)

4. Work on Poetry Journal (homework)

Thursday 1/16
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Parts of Speech Review
3. Read “Song of the Open Road” and “The Road Not Taken”
4. Review Poems
5. Review for finals (homework)

Friday 1/17
1. Vocabulary 9 – 10 Test (100 points)
2. Edit all Poems and Explanations
3. Write Original Poem (homework)
5. Put Poetry Journal Together (Due Tuesday)

                  *** Extra Credit ***
1. If you have all your vocabulary cards from the first quarter they are due Wednesday in a Ziploc bag.
2. Also you can do Quizlet also due Wednesday.
3. Vocabulary Test corrections are due Tuesday. 

Activities for week sixteen 1/6 - 1/10 - 2014

In his book, My Personal Best, John Wooden writes, "There is a choice you have to make in everything you do, so keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make makes you." As we finish the first semester you can still raise your grade by doing well on your remaining assignments and making the choice to excel.

Please check Aeries and know your grade; if you are not at 100% in your reading points all you have to do is come in and read (10 points for ten minutes) (before school, break, or after school -see me for after school-).

Monday 1/6
1. Review Tests
2. Lecture: Objective of the Poetry Unit 
3. Write Reminiscence Poem and Explanation (homework)
4. Do Vocabulary Lessons 7 - 8 (homework)

Tuesday 1/7
1. Read and Discuss “Reading Poetry”
2. Review Reminiscence Poem
3. Write Name Poem and Explanation (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary Lessons 7 - 8 (homework)

Wednesday 1/8
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Review Poems and Explanations
3. Write Mock Serious Poem and Explanation (homework)
4. Write Haiku Poem and Write Explanation (homework)

Thursday 1/9
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Review Haiku and Mock Serious poems
3. Review Tangerine Essay and all writing handouts
4. Write Description Poem and Explanation (homework)

Friday 1/10
1. Vocabulary 7 and 8 Test
2. Review All Poems
3. Write I do not Understand Poem and Explanation (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***

1. Show me your notebook totally complete.

It must be neat with everything developed fully.

I must see it by Thursday.
Before class will not be enough time.
2. Vocabulary Corrections due Tuesday.
3. Quizlet cards due Wednesday.