Activities for week nine 3/29 - 4/1 - 2010

Hello, we are finishing the third quarter, please do not miss anything this week. Every thing this week is an absolute deadline. For extra credit you may go back and find one of my opening addresses to you from this quarter and explain it and tell me how you can use it in your life. Also you may only make up the last two weeks S.S.Reading points.

Monday 3/29
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Benchmark Test
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Review Mockingbird Essay (homework)

Tuesday 3/30
1. Mockingbird Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Rework Essay (homework)

Wednesday 3/31
1. Review Mockingbird Test
2. See end of Mockingbird
3. Type final copy of essay (homework)

Thursday 4/1
1. Mockingbird essay due
2. To Kill a Mockingbird Final
3. Review Benchmark Test
4. Read 100 pages S.S.R. Book (homework)

Happy Easter!

Activities for week eight, 3/22 - 3/ 26 - 2010

As a coach I say this all the time, "You play at the level at which you practice." Consistently good practice leads to consistently good play. It sharpens your talent. Successful people understands this. They value practice (homework) and develop the discipline to do it. If you want to sum up what lifts most successful individuals above the crowd, you could do it with four little words: a little bit more. Successful people pay their dues and do all that is expected of them-plus a little bit more. The question for you is this, "are you doing that little bit more?"

Monday 3/22
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Do Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)

Tuesday 3/23
1. Review all Idioms
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 3/24
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Write Introduction for TKM Essay (homework)

Thursday 3/25
1. Idiom 13 – 17 Test (100 points)
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. Edit Introduction (25 points)
4. Write Body Paragraphs (homework)

Friday 3/26
1. Vocabulary Test (100 points)
2. Edit Body Paragraphs (75 points)
3. See To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Write Conclusion (homework)

Extra credit
If all your work is turned in on time this week,
then see me for a little bit more.

Activities for week 7, 3/15 - 3/ 19 - 2010

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." As you move through school are you earning the trust of your parents? Many of you have earned my trust and I hope you will continue to work hard. Do you understand the things Attitus is trying to instill in Jem and Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird?

This week you will be taking the CAHSEE Test, and I know you will do well. Make sure you get a good night sleep before the test and have a good breakfast, as well. (15 points extra credit for everyone who passes.)

Monday 3/15
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Tests
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/16
1. Take CAHSEE Test
2. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
3. Review all Vocabulary

Wednesday 3/17
1. Review all Vocabulary (homework)
2. Finish Reading Novel (homework)

Thursday 3/18
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Read and finish To Kill a Mockingbird (Homework)

Friday 3/19
1. Review Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test (180 points)
2. Review and Discuss Chapters 9 – 22 Packet
3. Review all Idioms (homework)

Extra Credit
See me Monday before school or at the beginning of break only!

Activites for week six 3/8 - 3/12 2010

Doing the right thing doesn't come naturally to any of us. As George Washington said, "Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder." Yet that is what we must do to develop the kind of character that will sustain us.

It's not easy to do the right thing when the wrong thing is expedient. Moliere commented, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. The difference in their deeds is simple: People of character do what is right regardless of the situation." It's not easy to do the right thing when no one but you will know. But it's in those moments that a person's character becomes strong. Martin Luther King Jr. asserted this:

"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?
Consensus asks the question: Is it Popular?
Character asks: Is it right?"

That is the bottom line. Are you going to do what's right? Will I see your homework done with effort and care? Will you do your reading and study for your test?

Ten points extra credit if you come and tell me what Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote says and ten more points if you can explain it to me and give me a personal example.

Monday 3/8
1. Review Tests
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Do Vocabulary Lessons 15-16 (homework)
5. Work on Chapters 9 - 22 packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/9
1. Chapters 13 – 16 TKM Quiz (80 points)
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. See To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read Mockingbird and work on Chapters 9-22 Packet (homework)

Wednesday 3/10
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Read T0 Kill a Mockingbird and Finish Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/11
1. Chapters 9-22 Packet Due (116 points)
2. Chapters 17 – 22 Quiz (60 points)
3. Vocabulary Bingo and Vocabulary Pretest
4. Review Reading Quiz
5. Study and Read (homework)

Friday 3/12
1. Meet with Counselors (have your registration form with you)
2. Vocabulary 15-16 Test (100 points)
3. Finish CAHSEE Packet (homework)
4. Read, Read, Read (homework)

Extra credit
Find the correct answer in your book for chapters
4 - 10 quiz. Type (MLA) the page and the quote that proves
what the right answer should be to each question you have wrong.
This is due when your chapters 9 - 22 packet is due, only
if you have a complete well done packet. (3 points each)
I will not take it if your packet is not well done and neat.