Activities for week nine 3/31 - 4/4 - 2014

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 3/31
1. Act III Test
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Finish Act IV Packet (homework)
4. Review and Study Vocabulary 17 - 20 (homework)

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

Wednesday 4/2
1. See Discuss of Romeo and Juliet
2. Read and Discuss Romeo and Juliet
3. Study for Tests (homework)

Thursday 4/3
1. Review and Grade Act IV Packet
2. Act IV Test (100 points)
3. Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 4/4
1. Vocabulary 17 - 20 Test (120 points)
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Act V Packet

*** Extra Credit ***
Vocabulary Corrections due Tuesday

Activities for week eight 3/24 - 3/28 - 2014

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 Friday 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. Idiom 11 - 14 Test
2. Read and Discuss Romeo and Juliet
3. Check Act III Packet (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary 19 -20 (homework)

 Wednesday 3/20

1. Grade Act III Packet
2. Read and Discuss Romeo and Juliet
3. Study Handouts (homework)

Thursday 3/21
1. Shakespeare and Drama Terms Test (100 points)
2. Grade Vocabulary 19 - 20 (70 points)
3. Study for Tests (homework) 

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

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

2. Vocabulary Test corrections due Tuesday.

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/17 - 3/21 - 2014

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

Tuesday 3/18
1. Registration in counseling2. Grade Act II Packet (Big points)
3. Finish Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
4. Read Act III (homework)

Wednesday 3/19
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Finish Grading Act II Packet
3. Finish Reading Act III (homework)

Thursday 3/20
1. Act II Test
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. Read Act III and Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 3/21
1. Vocabulary 17 – 18 Test (100 points)
2. See Romeo and Juliet 
3. Start Act III Packet (homework)

                *** Extra Credit ***

1. Test correction are due Tuesday.
2. Quizlet cards are due Wednesday.

Activities for week six 2nd semester 3/10 - 3/14 - 2014

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 3/10
1. Grade Act I Packet
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Review Vocabulary 11 - 16

Tuesday 3/11
1. Literal and Figurative Romeo and Juliet Cartoons
2. Read and Discuss Act I
3. Read Act II (homework)

Wednesday 3/12
1. Act I Test
2. Read and Discuss Romeo and Juliet
3. Read Act II (homework)

Thursday 3/13
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Start Act II Packet (homework)

Friday 3/14
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test
2. See Understanding Romeo and Juliet Act II
3. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

         *** Extra Credit ***
1. Quizlet Vocabulary cards 11-16 due Wednesday before class. (large size)
2. Memorize Martin Luther King's quote and tell it to me before school before Tuesday.
3. Test Corrections due Tuesday.
4. Print the blog and then your Aeries grade on the backside of the same sheet of paper. (Copy and paste just the bottom of your Aeries grade, and then feed it back into the printer - one page only of your grade and the blog with a note from a parent of what they think about your grade and effort in our class - on the side with your Aeries grade). Due Wednesday (You must follow the exact directions - points?)

Activities for week five 2nd semester 3/3 - 3/7 - 2014

Greek philosopher Aristotle observed, We become what we are as persons by the decisions that we ourselves make." Each time you make a responsible decision, you become a more responsible person. Even if your track record has not been good up to now, you can change. Oprah Winfrey stated, "My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Let's get the job done this week so that you will be ready for what is a head of you. Let's keep the ball rolling. You did a very nice job on the last review vocabulary test - many A's. Please check Aeries and if there is a problem or you don't like your grade see me before school.

Monday 3/3
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Hesperus Guided Essay
3. Read and Discuss pages 986 - 991
4. Do Vocabulary 15 - 16 (homework)

Tuesday 3/4
1. Review Idioms
2. See Understanding Shakespeare Discussion of “Act I”
3. Read pages 992 – 1000 Act I, scene 1 (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary 15 - 16 (homework)

Wednesday 3/5
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Read and Discuss Act I
3. Start Act I Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/6
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss Act I
3. Finish Reading Act I (homework)
4. Work on Act I Packet (homework)

Friday 3/7
1. Vocabulary 15 – 16 Test (100 points)
2. See Act I
3. Finish Act I Packet (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***
1. Test corrections due Tuesday

2. Quizlet cards due Wednesday
3. West Side Story