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.