Activities for new semester - week 1, 2/1 - 2/5 - 2010

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). Please let's get off to a great start.

Monday 2/1
1. Review Final
2. Read and have Class Guidelines, 25 points (homework)
3. Read “from The Other America" (homework)

Tuesday 2/2
1. Practice CAHSEE Test (Reading/Literature)
2. Quick-Write," Walk in someone else’s shoes"
3. Rosa Parks video clip
4. Read "Montgomery Boycott" pages 124 - 133 (homework)

Wednesday 2/3
1. Set up S.S.R. Book Card
2. Video of Martin Luther King and Timeline of events
3. Read and Discuss "Montgomery Boycott"
4. Read S.S.R. Book (20 pages) (homework)

Thursday 2/4
1. U. S. Constitution Test, and The Bill of Rights
2. Type (MLA format) and do “Vocabulary in Action” “Grammar in Context” pages 134-135 and “Assessment Practice pg. 143 (homework)

Friday 2/5
1. Finish discussing "Montgomery Boycott"
2. See and Discuss “The Last Lecture” Randy Pausch
3. African American Cross Word (homework)

This is it!
Let's Go!

Finals 1/25 - 1/28 - 2010

This is the end, all we have left is your final. If you have S.S.Reading points to make up you can do that Monday and Tuesday morning. Good luck on your final.

Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
20 vocabulary words
50 Antigone questions
20 literature terms
20 idioms

Monday January 25th
Review for final

Tuesday, January 26th

Period 1 7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:12 9

Period 2 10:19 – 10:39 20

Period 3 10:46 – 11:06 20

Period 4 11:13 – 11:33 20

Period 5 11:40 – 12:00 20

Lunch 12:00 – 12:30 30

Period 6 12:37 – 2:45 128 minutes

Wednesday, January 27th

Period 2

7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:11

Period 3

10:18 – 12:26 128 minutes

Thursday, January 28th

Period 4

7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:11

Period 5

10:18 – 12:26 128 minutes

Friday, January 29^th

Non-Student Day

Activities for week eighteen 1/19 - 1/22 - 2010

This is the finish of the first semester. I hope you learned somethings and had some fun. Moliere said, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only their deeds that they differ." Please check Aeries to make sure your deeds for this class were recorded correctly. For extra credit (25 points) you may print your grade from Aeries and have your parents write me a note on the back of the printout about what they think of your grade and your effort in this class. (Please have their signature and print their name also, so I can read who the note it from.)

Tuesday 1/19
1. Lecture: Drama and Structure of Tragedy
2. Finish Antigone Packet (homework)
3. Idiom Test - Weeks 1 – 11
4. Study all suffixes, prefixes, and roots (homework)

Wednesday 1/20
1. Review Tests and Packet
2. Discuss Antigone
3. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 1/21
1. Idiom Test (1 – 12)
2. Grade Second Quarter Spiral Notebook
3. Review Antigone (homework)

Friday 1/22
1. Antigone Test
2. Review Idiom Test
3. Review Antigone
4. Study for final (homework)

Extra - Extra - Extra Credit

If you would like you may bring items from the list to support the food Pantry for PYLUSD McKinney Vento. All items are due by Wednesday.
(Points will vary)

Food Pantry
for PYLUSD McKinney Vento
Families

The Assessment Center has a food pantry that we are filling with just the
basics. The food is distributed to needy families, with students in our schools,
who have been identified as McKinney Vento eligible. To be in the program a
student must lack fixed, regular, or adequate housing due to economic
hardship. We would love it if you would think of us the next time you are in the
Costco or Sam’s. However, due to limited space and health considerations, we
are accepting donations for the following food staples only:
• dried beans, rice in bags
• cooking oil
• oatmeal
• pasta (spaghetti, macaroni)
• tomato sauce
• garbanzo beans and lentils
• canned vegetable soup
• boxed cereals (healthy only)
• canned mixed vegetables
• sugar
• baby food in jars, and formula
• crackers (Saltines, Ritz)
• canned tuna
• small bags of flour
We are located at 3232 Topaz Lane next door to Topaz Elementary School in the bungalows on Sapphire Street
on the corner of Topaz Lane and Sapphire. Our phone number is 714-986-7028. We distribute food all year
long, so if you would, keep us in mind throughout the year! Your donations help families who have lost their
income due to job loss during these tough economic times. A bag of groceries can keep several kids fed for a
few days which is often all that it takes for a family who is desperate and in transition. Our families truly appreciate
the help that we give them. We are not a “crutch” or a social service, just a helping hand during a crisis.
Any donations at all are greatly appreciated! As always, food gift cards from local grocery stores are welcome
donations! Send them through district mail to Jon Matson at the Assessment Center.

Activities for week seventeen 1/11 - 1/15 - 2010

In his book My Personal Best, John Wooden writes, "There is a choice you have to make in everything you do, so keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make makes you." As we finish the first semester you can still raise your grade by doing well on your remaining assignments and making the choice to excel. For EXTRA CREDIT if you complete your vocabulary and final Antigone packet, then you may answer the questions on page 1061. They are due Tuesday 1/19 - MLA format with the question in the answer for reference and complete sentences well developed and typed.

Monday 1/11
1. Idiom 1 – 9 Test
2. Review Quizzes
3. Presentation
4. Do Vocabulary 7 and 8 (homework)

Tuesday 1/12
1. Review Tests
2. Antigone Presentations
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 1/13
1. Lecture: Drama and Structure of Tragedy
2. Presentations
3. Finish Reading Antigone

Thursday 1/14
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Presentations
3. Antigone Final Packet (homework)

Friday 1/15
1. Vocabulary 7 and 8 Test
2. Presentations
3. Finish Antigone Packet (homework)

If your choice is to increase your points in this class you may go to glencoe.com and: enter your state and subject and click on student, Browse the menu to the right for state and other general info, click to open the online learning center, select the online student edition, enter student and b931082076, then open content and print page 665. This is due Wednesday or before (30 points Tuesday, 20 points Wednesday).

Activities for week sixteen 1/4 - 1/8 - 2010

As we start a new year and a new decade decide your purpose, set your goals. You need to do this - not your parents, not your friends, and not me. This is your 2010. Remember if you do the things you need to do, when you need to do them, someday you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them!

Jim Tressel, the Ohio State football coach says, "The first step in creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.

.Vision will ignite the fire of passion, which fuels our commitment to
do whatever it takes to achieve excellence.

.Vision allows us to transform dreams of greatness into reality of
achievement through human action.

.Vision has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our vision is what
we become in life."

Now for the business of class - please check Aeries so you know where you are grade wise in this class. We have three more weeks then finals, and you will have one in this class. You should probably have a new SSR book. If you missed Friday you have a test to make up - please be here Monday by 7:30 am.

Monday 1/4
1. Review Tests
2. Do Vocabulary 5 and 6 (homework)
3. Antigone Packet (homework)
4. Practice dialogue

Tuesday 1/5
1. Read Antigone and quiz
2. Practice dialogue
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
4. Work on Antigone Packet (homework)

Wednesday 1/6
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Practice dialogue
3. Read and discuss Antigone and quiz
4. Finish Antigone Packet (homework)

Thursday 1/7
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Test - Antigone
3. Review Antigone Packet
4. Practice for Presentation (homework)

Friday 1/8
1. Vocabulary Test (100 points)
2. Finish Reviewing Packet
3. Read and discuss Antigone
4. Practice dialogue

Finish Strong!