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5/26/2008

Last Quarter week 17's lessons 5/27 - 5/30 - 2008

Please make sure you check you grade and it is right, everything you have done should be recorded including extra credit; if there is a problem see me. Start reviewing this year's idioms, vocabulary, literary terms for your final. As always if you have questions or problems please see me. For extra credit you may print your grade from Aeries and have your parents write me a note that they understand your grade - also signature and print their name (both or no credit). This is due Wednesday before the warning bell.

Tuesday 5/27
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Read and discuss Act IV
3. Finish Act IV Packet
4. Do Unit 16 Vocabulary

Wednesday 5/28
1.Review Act IV Packet
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Study for Test
4. Read Act V

Thursday 5/29
1. Act IV Test
2. Act V Packet
3. See Julius Caesar
4. Read Act V

Friday 5/30
1. Review Unit 16 Vocabulary
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Read Act V
4. Work On Act V Packet

"Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla.
You don't quit when you're tired - you
quit when the gorilla is tired."
-Robert Strauss-

5/17/2008

Closing! Week 16's Lessons 5/19 - 5/23 - 2008

We are now closing the school year; it is up to you to see me if you want something different than what you have. This week we will be doing something new?

Monday 5/19

1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Finish Act III
3. Do Unit 15 Vocabulary
4. Study for Act II-III Test

Tuesday 5/20
1. Act II and III Test
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Read Act IV
4. Answer and type Blue Questions (margin questions in book)

Wednesday 5/21
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Act IV Packet

Thursday 5/22
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Blue Questions Due Typed MLA style
3. Read and Discuss Act IV

Friday 5/23
1. Unit 15 Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss Act IV
3. See Julius Caesar

"Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose."
_Rich De Voss

5/11/2008

Fourth 1/4 - week 15's Lessons 5/12 - 5/16 - 2008

It is now or never - if you are not doing well let's work harder, and you need to see me - now. Please make sure you are reading Julius Caesar and you are reading the notes in the margins. Finish strong!

Monday 5/12

1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Act II Test
3. See Julius Caesar
4. Read Act III

Tuesday 5/13
1. Idiom Test
2. Read and discuss Act III
3. Act III Packet

Wednesday 5/14
1. Review Act II Test
2. Read and discuss Act III
3. Finish Act III Packet

Thursday 5/15
1. Review Idiom Test
2. Review Act III Packet
3. Study Unit 13 and 14 Vocabulary

Friday 5/16
1. Unit 13 and 14 Vocabulary Test
2. Re
ad and discuss Act III
3. Study for Act III Test

"Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla.
You don't quit when you're tired -
you quit when the gorilla is tired."
-Robert Strauss-

5/03/2008

4th quarter week 14's lessons 5/5 - 5/9 - 2008

This is the last quarter of school! I was very disappointed with your last homework assignment. You received you Act I packet April 18 and had till May 2 to do seven pages, and only a third of you did anything. I will not take it late, and there are no new extra credit assignments. Please make sure you do your Act II packet it is worth 210 points. Check your grade on Aeries and know where you are in this class. I am here if you have questions about your grade, packet, or Julius Caesar.

Monday 5/5

1. Review Tests
2. See Julius Caesar
3. Do Unit 14 Vocabulary
4. Act II Packet

Tuesday 5/6
1. Read and discuss Act II
2. Finish Vocabulary
3. Act II Packet

Wednesday 5/7
1. Review Vocabulary Unit 14
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Type “The Last Word” in Vocabulary Book
4. Finish Act II Packet

Thursday 5/8
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Share “The Last Word”
3. Review Act II Packet

Friday 5/9
1. Finish Review Act II Packet
2. Unit 14 Test and Act II Test
3. Read Act III

"Life is a ten-speed bike.
Most of us have gears we never use."
-Charles Schulz-