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.