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!