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 your own ending to this semester. What about S.S. Reading points - do you have them all? Again you have control.

Monday 6/13
1. Review Julius Caesar Final
2. Portfolio Due
3. Study for Final

Tuesday 6/14
1. Final for Period 1 (800 points)
2. Study for Final

Wednesday 6/15
1. Final (800 points)

*** Final Extra Credit ***
To receive any points you must follow these final directions.
1. Print this week's blog, and copy and paste from Aeries your homework, test, and total grade to the back of the blog, then have a parent write a legible note about what they think of your grade and effort. (Due Monday)
(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+

2. Add up all your extra credit points for the semester, then add up all your S.S.Reading points out of the total reading points.
(Due Monday)

It has been fun,
Now watch that sun.

Activities for week eighteen 2nd semester 6/6 - 6/ 10 - 2016

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. Do you know where you stand in this class? I am still here everyday at 7 am, and break to help you or answer any questions you may have. ***This Monday I will be in our classroom for you to make up Reading Points or Tests at 7:15 am. ***

Monday 6/6
1. Review Vocabulary 29-30 Test
2. Read and Discuss Act V
3. Do Act V Packet (162 points) (homework)
4. Study (homework)

Tuesday 6/7
1. Idiom 22 - Test (100 points)
2. Read and Discuss Act V
3. Finish Act V Packet (homework)
4. Study (homework)

Wednesday 6/8
1. Grade Act V Packet
2. Act IV and V Test (100 points)
3. Study for Finals Tests (homework)

Thursday 6/9
1. Review Act IV and V Test
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Study Synopsis of Julius Caesar (homework)
4. Study all our Vocabulary for your Final (homework)

Friday 6/10
1. Final for Julius Caesar (200 points)
2. Collect Literature Book
3. Put Together All Materials for Portfolios (homework)
4. Study for Finals (homework)

    *** Extra Credit ***
Act V Study Guide questions due Wednesday.

Activities for week seventeen 2nd semester 5/31 - 6/3 - 2016

Michael Johnson says, "Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best." We are in the final lap and you should now be sprinting to the finish line. Remember I am still here to help you anyway I can. Also you are running out of time to make up S.S.Reading points - how many points can you add to your grade? This week you will be doing class activities instead of S.S.R. come ready to work. Finally do you have your notes for Acts I through III in your notebook?


Tuesday 5/31
1. Review Tests
2. Read and Discuss Julius Caesar
3. Do Vocabulary 29-30 (homework)
4. Act IV and V Packet (homework)

Wednesday 6/1 (Senior Projects) 
1. Commas Worksheet
2. Read and Discuss Julius Caesar
3. Act IV And V Packet (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary 29-30 (homework)

Thursday 6/2
1. District Benchmark Test
2. Underlining and Quotation
3. Finish Act IV and V Packet (homework)

Friday 6/3
1. Vocabulary 29-30 Test
2. Grade Act IV and V Packet
3. Finish Julius Caesar (homework)


*** Please check Aeries ***
            Extra Credit
1. Answer the Blue Questions in Act IV in the notes section of your text book in MLA format. (5 points each for complete sentences with the right answer.) (Due Thursday)
2. Study Guide due Friday (Chapters 4)
3. Portfolio put together with all essays and handouts on writing for the whole year. (Due next week)
4. See me for a Dear Abby Project

Activities for week sixteen 2nd semester 5/23 - 5/27 - 2014

Larry Grant says, "There are three types of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, 'What happened?'" Which one are you? If you want to make something happen then you may make up reading points - please check Aeries. You have been fun, now let's finish strong so you can have fun in the sun.

Monday 5/23
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss Act III
3. Check and Finish Act III Packet (homework)
4. Review All Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 5/24
1. Vocabulary and Idiom Bee
2. Grade Act III Packet
3. Study for Tests (homework)
4. Read Ten Pages of S.S.R.Book (homework)

Wednesday 5/25
1. Idiom 1 - 22 Test (100 points)
2. Read and Discuss "Lesson in Leadership"
    "Trust Never Sleeps in Business or Life"
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Study All Vocabulary (Homework)

Thursday 5/26
1. Vocabulary 1 – 8, 27 - 28 Test (200 points)
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Study for Act II and III Test (homework)

Friday 5/27
1. Act II and III Test (100 points)
3. See Julius Caesar
4. Start Act IV Packet (172 points) (homework)

Make it happen!

Activities for week fifteen 2nd semester 5/16 - 5/20 - 2016

As we finish the year I still have a few messages and opportunities for you. If you want to be successful and to maximize your efforts and talents as a good student you need to stop blaming others, take a good look in the mirror, and take responsibility for your own life and grades. Oprah Winfrey says, "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." I hope that you will be in the place you want to be next year and this summer. See your extra credit opportunities and do them, plus make up Reading points. 

Monday 5/16
1. Review Shakespeare and Drama Terms Tests
2. Grade Act II Packet
3. Start Vocabulary 27 -28 (homework)

Tuesday 5/17
1. Act I and II Test (100 points)
2. Read and Discuss "Train Your Memory To Work for You"
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Start Act III Packet (241 points) (homework)
5. Finish Vocabulary 27 - 28 (homework)

Wednesday 5/18
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary
2. Review Act I and II Test
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Practice Parallel Structure in Class
5. Work on Act III Packet (homework)
6. Work on Act III Study Guide (homework)

Thursday 5/19
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Finish Act III Packet (homework)
4. Study For Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 5/20
1. Vocabulary 27 - 28 Test (100points)
2. Read and Discuss Julius Caesar Act III
3. Read S. S. Reading Book (30 pages) (homework)
4. Are You Done With Act III Packet? (241 points)

***EXTRA CREDIT***

1. Vocabulary Corrections due Tuesday.
2. Quizlet Vocabulary cards due Wednesday.
3. Act III Study Guide questions due Thursday.

           

 Finish Strong!