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.

1/28/2007

New Semester - Week 1's Lessons

New quarter, new semester, new start; let's take advantage of it. If you have a Fahrenheit 451 book by Friday 2/2 it is 50 points extra credit. You may also do vocabulary cards every week for extra credit (10 points - must be done neatly and correctly).

Monday 1/29
1. Review grade and final (homework is printout of your grade signed and returned)
2. Do Vocab Lab 2 pages 91 to 99 (homework) 60 points

Tuesday 1/30
1. Review Vocab Lab 2
2. Do Unit 9 Vocabulary and crossword puzzle (homework) 85 points
3. You may do EXTRA CREDIT CARDS - they are due Thursday this week

Wednesday 1/31
1. Review and grade Unit 9
2. Read and discuss "The Pedestrian" page 95-101 (homework)

Thursday 2/1
1. Pretest and Vocabulary Bingo
2. Finish "The Pedestrian" and discuss questions on page 101
3. Study for vocabulary test

Friday 2/2
1. Unit 9 Vocabulary Test
2. Check Fahrenheit 451 books (EXTRA CREDIT) 50 points
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
Let's rock and roll this semester!

1/21/2007

FINALS 1/22 - 1/25

Finals are here, and so is the end of the first semester. I will still be here at 7 am if you have questions or problems.

Language Arts II Final
Part A - 50 Vocabulary words from Units 1 - 3
Part B - 50 Vocabulary words and 13 sentence completion from Units 5-7
Part C - 25 Spelling words
Part D - 25 Idioms
Part E - 20 Literature terms
Part F - 60 To Kill a Mockingbird questions
*********** Each questions is worth 3 points each. The total for your
final is 729 points. 29 of those points are extra credit.

If you think you will need extra time you may start your final early. Period three you may start at Break, and Period four you may start at 7:40 am.
Good luck!

1/15/2007

Final week - 18th week's lessons 1/16 - 1/19

This is it final are coming. Good luck. Remember luck favors the prepared. If you are not passing and you have not come in to see me in the morning we have a problem, and time is running out.

Tuesday 1/16
1. Notes Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Review for final

Wednesday 1/17
1. Grade Notebooks
2. Review for final

Thursday 1/18
1. Review Notes Test
2. Vocabulary Review Test
3. Study for final

Friday 1/19
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Portfolio review – writing handouts
3. Practice CAHSEE Test

There is no try in do.

1/05/2007

2007 week 17 lessons 1/8 - 1/12

Welcome to 2007 and the end of the first semester. I was hoping to read journals from all of you over vacation, but many of you did not do them or complete them. Make sure you do well on what is left for the semester. Good luck, I am pulling for you.

Monday 1/8
1. Review Journals
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Edit essay
4. Do Unit 8 Vocabulary pages 83 – 90 (100 pts) homework

Tuesday 1/9
1. Review Unit 8 Vocab
2. Review Novel
3. Type final Essay (homework)

Wednesday 1/10
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Test
2. Lecture – Themes
3. Review Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 1/11
1. Essay due
2. Vocabulary 8 Test
3. Lecture – Themes
4. Review all Idioms (homework)

Friday 1/12
1. Idiom Test
2. Review TKM Test
3. Review Unit 8 Test
4. Review all Notes (homework) Test on Notes Tuesday

This is it, is your notebook in order?