Activities for week nine 11/2 - 11/6 - 2009

As we finish the First Quarter most of you have done a nice job. So, finish this quarter strong understanding this truth: spectacular achievement comes from unspectacular preparation. There are no standing ovations for studying or doing homework, just self-respect, and higher scores. Finally please make sure you check your grade on Aeries, and if you are not sure about something please see me.

Monday 11/2
1. Review Tests
2. Grade Notebooks (absolute deadline)
3. Finish Reading Guides (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Tuesday 11/3
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary Cards
2. Discuss Reading Guides in Groups
3. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)
4. Study

Wednesday 11/4
1. Review and Grade Reading Guides
2. Setting, Inference, Conflict Worksheets (homework)
3. Review and Study

Thursday 11/5
1. Fahrenheit 451 Test
2. Vocabulary Pretest and Bingo
3. Work on Setting, Inference, Conflict worksheets (homework)

Friday 11/6
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Finish Worksheets (homework)

"Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ."

Who said this, what does it mean, and where are you in your deeds? In MLA format type the answers to these questions in a well written paragraph blending your answers into a cohesive paper. Extra Credit *** Due by Tuesday!

Activities for week eight 10/26 - 10/30 - 2009

Discipline means doing what you have to do when you need to do it, whether you want to or not. Self-discipline - the only kind that lasts - is action oriented. It doesn't procrastinate, and it doesn't makes excuses. "Setting a goal is not the main thing," said Tom Landry, who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "It's deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. The key is discipline." As we move to the end of the first quarter I hope you are disciplined and have your notebook current, all your vocabulary cards, and are caught up with your reading. What grade do you want from this class? Are you doing the things that will produce that grade? Remember I am here to help you reach your goal.

Monday 10/26
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: "How to Mark a Book" Adler's Strategies
3. Work on Worksheets
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Tuesday 10/27
1. Review all Vocabulary
2. Review Worksheets
3. Read and discuss Fahrenheit 451
4. Part One Reading Guide (homework)

Wednesday 10/28
1. Fahrenheit 451 quiz
2. Lecture: Genre and The Novel
3. Read “The Sieve and the Sand”

Thursday 10/29
1. Practice Vocabulary Test and Bingo
2. Lecture: Science Fiction
3. Part Two Reading Guide Worksheet (homework)

Friday 10/30
1. Vocabulary Six Test
2. Finish Lecture
3. Finish Reading Guide (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

***Check your S.S.Reading points - do you have them all?***

Week Seven's Activities 10/19 - 23 - 2009

Having the right expectations going into anything is half the battle. John C. Norcross, a clinical psychologist, has studied people and their goals, and he has found a characteristic that distinguishes those who reach their goals from those who do not:EXPECTATIONS. I hope you expect to pass this class; if you are not passing right now you need to see me to find out what you can do to raise your grade.

Monday 10/19
1. Review in Groups: Spiral Notebooks, Idioms,and Vocabulary
2. Read Part I Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Tuesday 10/20
1. Read and discuss Fahrenheit 451
2. Review all vocabulary, idioms, and Parts of Speech (homework)
3. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 10/21
1. Idioms Weeks 1 – 4 Test
2. See The Veldt
3. Glossary and Censor worksheets for Fahrenheit 451
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Thursday 10/22
1. Pretest Vocabulary and Word Roots Bingo
2. Groups - work on packets
3. Building Background worksheets (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 10/23
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Review Idioms Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***
I still have the Canning Hunger's
Boxes of Love

Activites for the 6th week 10/12 - 10/16 - 2009

Have you known people who should have risen to the top but didn't? They had all the talent they should ever need, but they still didn't succeed. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to a new power as a benefactor." I hope you are enjoying our class and are working to fully develop yourself to be your best and help our world to be its as well.

For extra credit you can bring something off the list for "Box of Love".
It is a Canning Hunger project to provide holiday dinners to needy families throughout the Los Angeles area during the holiday season.
See me and I will explain the project, and how you can make a difference.

Monday 10/12
1. Review Reading Test
2. Review Grade
3. Take Notes on “Attitude”
4. Read S.S.R. Book (20 pages) (homework)

Tuesday 10/13
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2.Read and discuss “Introduction” handout (essay)
3.Type an introduction – use “Connect to Your Life” page 86 (homework)

Wednesday 10/14
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss “The Pedestrian”
3. Word Roots # 2 – Make vocabulary cards (homework)

Thursday 10/15
1. Collective Learning Groups
2. Edit and Revise Introduction Paragraph
3.Read and Discuss “The Pedestrian”
4. Type New Introduction Paragraph

Friday 10/16
1. Introduction Paragraph due
2. Vocabulary Bee
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Start reading Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

*** extra credit ***
See me if you have a low grade. (Have your tests with you.)

Activities for week five 10/5 - 10/9 - 2009

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, that also includes S.S.R. Reading 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 10/5
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Review “Babylon” Packet
3. Read “Interview with Ray Bradbury” and “There will come Soft Rains”
Pages 84 - 93 (homework)

Tuesday 10/6
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss Homework
3. Make Cards for Word Roots # 1 (Test 10/14) (homework)

Wednesday 10/7
1. Idioms Test
2. Read and Discuss Story
3. S.S.R. Reading (homework - 20 pages)
4. Study Essay Terms (homework)

Thursday 10/8
1. Essay Terms Test
2. Quick Write in Notebook: “Struggle”
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Type Grammar in Context: Action Verbs – page 94 (homework - MLA format)

Friday 10/9
1. “There Will Come Soft Rains” Test
2. Review Tests
3. Read “The Pedestrian” pages 95 - 101 (homework)

Do not forget Fahrenheit 451 is worth 50 extra credit points.