Activities for week thirteen 11/30 - 12/4 - 2009

We are finishing Fahrenheit 451 in the next two weeks, and Robert Strauss stated, "Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired." For you this means you need to put two good weeks in on Fahrenheit 451 if you want success in this unit. Most of you did not pick up extra credit last week, but for you that did all extra credit is due by next Thursday. Also please check your S.S.Reading Points, you have until Thursday to make up any Reading Points. (You should have read 660 pages of you pleasure reading books.)

Monday 11/30
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: Realism versus Romanticism
3. Vocabulary Packet 1 and 2 (homework)

Tuesday 12/1
1. Commentary Packet due
1. Discuss Fahrenheit 451 Essay
2. Lecture: Symbolism
3. Finish Vocabulary Packet (homework)

Wednesday 12/2
1. Discuss Conclusion Handout
2. Discuss questions on essay
3. Finish Symbolism Lecture
4. Review and study (homework)

Thursday 12/3
1. Fahrenheit 451 Test (200 points)
2. Review Vocabulary Packet
3. Work on Essay (homework)

Friday 12/4
1. Vocabulary 1 and 2 Test (100 points)
2. Review Brainstorm and Outline
3. Write First Draft (Due Tuesday)

Activities for week twelve 11/23 - 11/25 - 2009

This is a special time of the year as we move into the holiday season; I hope you have the ability to see real treasure and true value. Please check your grade on Aeries then you may see me for an extra credit reading for Thanksgiving vacation (you must know your grade). You must read aloud "A Thanksgiving Fable for You and Your Family" in a family situation and bring back a note from one of your parents. See me for the rest of the details. There is also a Fahrenheit 451 extra credit project for vacation. Please take advantage of your opportunities to bring your grade up during your time off from school.

Monday 11/23
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Review Fahrenheit 451 Test and Worksheets
3. Work on Notebook (is everything developed?)
4. Read, Read, Read, and finish anything not done (homework)

Tuesday 11/24
1. Lecture: Anticommunism and The McCarthy Era
2. Review Commentary Packet
3. Personal Commentary Packet (homework)

Wednesday 11/25
1. Read and discuss Thanksgiving Comics
2. Do Word Search
3. Finish all worksheets and finish Fahrenheit 451, and study Glossary Terms
(Come back ready to wrap up Fahrenheit 451 and take a Glossary Terms Test)

***Extra Credit***
See the beginning

Activities for week eleven 11/16 - 11/20 - 2009

My childhood idol Willie Mays said, "What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all." As we approach the holidays let's remember all we have and use all of our opportunities to get the most out of ourselves, and help those we can. If your grade is still not what you want you need to see me, so that I can help you earn what you want.

Monday 11/16
1. Review Commentary
2. Quick Write: “Integrity”
3. Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning (homework)

Tuesday 11/17
Idiom Test Weeks 1 - 6
1. Review Vocabulary Final
2. Lecture: Title
3. Setting, Inference, Conflict Worksheets due

Wednesday 11/18
1. Part Three Reading Guide (homework)
2. Fahrenheit 451 Test
3. Review Packet
4. Review Glossary Terms (homework)

Thursday 11/19
1. LA 2 Assessment Test
2. Review Unlocking Words
3. Lecture: Anticommunism and The McCarthy Era
4. Commentary Practice (homework)

Friday 11/20
1. Vocabulary Test
2. See Fahrenheit 451
3. Finish Commentary Packet (homework)

***Extra Credit***
Can Food Drive
Thursday Deadline

Activities for week ten 11/9 - 11/13 - 2009

One quarter down and three to go. We now start the second quarter and your grade continues until the end of the first semester. Many of you have a grade to be proud of, please continue with what you are doing. For those of you who want a better grade - work and work with me and you can improve your grade. Remember I will be here every morning to answer any questions and help you with anything you do not understand or want me to check over for you. Wayne Gretzky said, "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." So this quarter let's be prepared, so that your grade is a true reflection of who you really are.

Monday 11/9
1. Review Tests
2. Review Grade and clean backpacks
3. Finish Fahrenheit 451

Tuesday 11/10
1. Review Glossary Terms
2. Review and Discuss Fahrenheit 451
3. Work on Worksheet

Thursday 11/12
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Lecture: Commentary
3. Review Fahrenheit 451
4. Finish 451 Packet

Friday 11/13
1. Vocabulary Final (200 points)
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Read, Read, Read!

***extra credit***
1/2 point a can for the can food drive