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5/27/2007

Week 17's Lessons 5/29 - 6/1 - 2007

I hope you have a great extra day with you families. I also hope you take advantage of the extra credit project. We are at the end of the school year, and we can all finish on a postive note. You are invited to see me with any questions about anything.

Tuesday 5/29
1. Review Unit 16 Vocabulary Test
2. Read and discuss Act II, Julius Caesar
3. Do Vocab Lab 4 and Unit 1-8 Review pages 180-187 (homework)
4. Work on Act III Packet (homework)

Wednesday 5/30
1. Julius Caesar Act II Test
2. Review Vocabulary (85 points)
3. See Julius Caesar
4. Finish Act III Packet (homework)

Thursday 5/31
1. Vocabulary Pretest
2. Grade Act III Packet
3. Study for Vocabulary Test

Friday 6/1
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Read and discuss Act III
3. Study for Act III Test (homework)

If you want to improve your grade do the extra credit and see me!

5/25/2007

EXTRA CREDIT May 25, 2007

This is an extra credit project that is due Tuesday May 29, 2007. You have Generation Y invades workplace, an article from the Register, that you need to read to a parent, then write a reaction to the article. How does this relate to you, what did you learn from the article, what does this tell you about your future, what changes do you think you need to work on? The points you earn will depend on the depth of your paper. Your paper must be signed by a parent stating that you read the article aloud to them, MLA style typed and due before class.
Go for it!

5/20/2007

Week 16 lesson's 5/21 - 5/25 - 2007

Now is the time for every student to do what they need to do to get the grade they want. See me before Wednesday.
Monday 5/21
1. Review Vocabulary 15 Test
2. Finish Reviewing Act I Packet
3. Act I Test (100 points)
4. Do all of Unit 16 Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 5/22
1. Review Act I Test
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Do Act II Packet (homework)

Wednesday 5/23
1. Review and grade Unit 16 Vocabulary (100 points)
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

Thursday 5/24
1. Pretest Vocabulary Unit 16
2. Review and grade Act II Packet
3. Read Act III (homework)

Friday 5/25
1. Unit 16 Vocabulary Test
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Start Act III Packet (homework)

You control your grade - see me.

5/13/2007

Week 15's lessons 5/14 - 5/18 - 2007

We are now in our last unit, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Make sure you do your reading. You should know your grade ; if it is not what you want you need to see me before Wednesday.

Monday 5/14
1. Review Antigone Final
2. Read and discuss Julius Caesar pages 689 – 706
3. Do all of Unit 15 Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 5/15
1. Review and grade Vocabulary (75 points)
2. Read and discuss Julius Caesar Act I
3. Shakespeare Handouts (homework)

Wednesday 5/16
1. Review Handouts
2. Do Act I packet (homework)
3. Finish Reading Act I (homework)

Thursday 5/17
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Vocabulary Pre-test
2. Grade and review Act I packet
3. Read Act II (homework)

Friday 5/18
1. Unit 15 Vocabulary Test
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Finish reading Act II (homework)

5/06/2007

STAR Testing 5/7 - 5/11 - 2007 14th week's lessons

Aloha, your research project is due tomorrow only - no matter if you are sick or not. I will not take it late! You have your final on Antigone Friday.

Monday 5/7
1. Research project due
2. See Antigone
3. Review all vocabulary and idioms

Tuesday 5/8
STAR Testing
Review Antigone

Wednesday 5/9
STAR Testing
Review Antigone

Thursday 5/10
1. See Antigone
2. Review Antigone
3. Vocabulary Bee and Idiom Bee

Friday 5/11
1. Antigone Final
2. See Shakespeare 6 o'clock News
3. Read The Tragedy of Juliues Caesar page 682 -689