1/2 way to the 1st quarter's lessons 9/29-10/3 - 2008

It is one thing to believe that you possess remarkable potential. It is another thing to have enough faith in yourself that you think you can fulfill it. Let's keep working together to tap into all you can be. I have seen good things from you and I hope to see much more. Please check our past blogs and see if there is something you can still do to earn points. Remember "Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man,
But soon or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can."
anonymous

Monday 9/29
1. Thesis Test
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Read and discuss “By the Waters of Babylon”
4. Word Roots Two (make cards) Homework

Tuesday 9/30
1. "In Teams" Review “Babylon” Packet
2. “Babylon” Reading Test
3. Read pages 84 - 94 Ray Bradbury and "There Will Come Soft Rains" (homework)

Wednesday 10/1
1. Idioms Test
2. Review Thesis Test
3. S.S. Reading (you may bring a snack)
4. Study Essay Terms (homework)

Thursday 10/2
1. Essay Terms Test
2. Pretest Word Roots
3. Read and discuss “There Will Come Soft Rains”
4. Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 10/3
1. Word Roots Two Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. "Team work": “There Will Come Soft Rains” Packet and Test
4. Read you pleasure reading book for 30 minutes or more (homework)

"Belief in your mission will enlarge you."

Lessons for the fourth week 9/22 - 9/26 - 2008

Nothing is more important than relationships. As the school year moves on let us build our relationship. Wednesday night is back to school night and I would love to meet your parents and start a relationship with them. You can earn 25 extra credit points if they sign in Wednesday night during your period. You also can earn ten extra credit points if you set up an appointment with me for ten minutes of conversation. This will help me to be a better teacher for you. Andrew Carnegie once said, "There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." I hope you want to climb the ladder of success - your success.

Monday 9/22
1. Review Tests
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Word roots and make vocabulary cards (homework)

Tuesday 9/23
1. Set up Study Teams
2. Lecture: Multi-paragraph Terms
3. Read “By The Waters of Babylon” pages 42-55 (homework)

Wednesday 9/24
1. Review Word Roots
2. Read aloud “Babylon”
3. Do Thesis worksheet (homework)
4. Study and pleasure read (homework)

Thursday 9/25
1. Pretest Word Roots
2. Review Thesis
3. Read and discuss story
4. Study and pleasure read (homework)

Friday 9/26
1. Word Roots Test
2. “Babylon” worksheets (homework)
3. Pleasure Read and Study (homework)

Next week you will have tests over: thesis, essay terms, and "Babylon"

3rd week's lessons 9/15 - 9/19 - 2008

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." I hope you choose to work hard and work smart in our class. If you need help I will always be here. Remember when you are absent you need to make up your reading time and tests in the morning (7:25 am).

Monday 9/15
1. Prefix Cards, Portfolios due and Prefix Test
2. Finish “Interlopers”
3. Usage and Mechanics worksheet (homework)
4. Write out Suffix Cards (homework)

Tuesday 9/16
1. Review Usage worksheet
2. Review Suffixes
3. See “Harrison Bergeron”
4. Read Pages 17 – 29 Fiction and “Harrison Bergeron” (homework)

Wednesday 9/17 Late Start Day
1. Literary Terms Quiz
2. Language Skill Builder (copy from board)
3. Read and discuss Story
4. Journals: use “Extend Interpretations” #6 and #7 page 27 write in second
section of your spiral notebook - develop paragraphs (homework)

Thursday 9/18
1. Finish Story and Reading Quiz "Harrison Bergeron"
2. Review Journals
3. Pretest Suffixes
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework thirty minutes)
5. Study for Suffix Test

Friday 9/19
1. Suffix Test and Suffix Cards due
2. Review Lit Terms Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Read twenty pages of your S.S.R. book (homework)

There will be a bonus once this week for your name plate being on your desk before the bell.

Second week's lessons 9/8 - 9/12 - 2008

I am glad you are in my class, and I enjoyed our week together last week. This week we want to get going and start working on our reading, vocabulary, and writing. Do you have all your materials for class (SSR book)? Remember I will always be here in the mornings to help you or answer any questions you may have.

Monday 9/8
1. Check out literature book and survey it
2. Read and discuss “15 Study Tricks”
3. Prefixes – make note cards and study (xv - xvi) (homework)

Tuesday 9/9
1. Read and edit “The Race” paper – Revise and type final draft (homework)
2. Lecture: “Literary Terms” ***notes go in spiral notebook***

Wednesday 9/10
1. "The Race" Paper due
2. Finish “Literary Terms” lecture
3. Read and discuss "Honesty Policy"
4. Read "The Interlopers" pages 8 - 13 (homework)

Thursday 9/11
1. Handout – Literary Terms (a quick reference for the year)
2. Review and discuss Reading
3. Study Prefixes --- quiz 9/15 (homework)

Friday 9/12
1. Portfolio Exchange and set up Portfolio
2. Pre-Writing Assessment
3. Read and discuss “Test Taking Tips”

***Don't forget you can get Fahrenheit 451 for extra credit.***