Activities for week twelve 4/26 - 4/30 - 2010

We are very close to finishing your second year at El Dorado and you becoming a junior. President Abrahm Lincoln said, "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." Practicing responsibility will do great things for you. It will strengthen your talent, advance your skills, and increase your opportunities. We are now going to studying The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar. If you want 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 718.(You have a handout on this as well.) This is due Thursday for 25 points.

***** Remember you are a "Star" and Tuesday through Thursday we will be testing to see how bright you shine - be prepared! *****

Monday 4/26
1. Collect Research Project
2. See Mr. Shakespeare (video)
3. Read and Review Shakespeare and Drama Handouts
4. Read The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I, Scene 1 and 2 (homework)

Thursday 4/29
1. Read and Discuss Act I
2. Act I Packet (homework)
3. Julius Caesar Study Guide (homework)
4. Study and Review for Test on Handouts

Friday 4/30
1. Shakespeare and Drama Test
2. Read and Discuss Act I
3. Finish Reading Act I (homework)
4. Finish Act I Packet (homework)

You may make up reading points this week.
After this week you may not make up points for the third quarter.

Activities for week eleven 4/19 - 4/23 - 2010

Novelist Charles Wilson says, "No matter the size of the bottle, the cream always rises to the top." Talent gives you a head start on others, but the advantage it gives lasts only a short time. Songwriter Irving Berlin understood this truth when he said, "The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent." As we finish the school year keep working your best. Please if you are having problems you need to see me. This week I will be gone Thursday and Friday to Ojai for a tennis tournament, so you need to see me before that.
Please check Aeries so you know where you are in this class.

This week we will be in the library from Monday through Thursday working on your research project. Your project is your homework as well this week.

Friday 4/23
1. Edit project
2. Read pages 682 - 691 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (homework)
3. Research Project due Monday

Activities for week ten 4/13 - 4/16 - 2010

British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli observed, The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own." That is really the essence of positive relationships that influence people to rise up and reach their potential. They see the best in you and encourage you to strive for it. Author William Allen Ward remarked, "A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities." As we finish the school year let's lift each other up and influence each other in positive ways. If you are struggling in this class you need to see me this week, so we can set up a plan for you to succeed.

Tuesday 4/13
1. Review S.S. Reading Card (Are you where you need to be?)
(Have you earned all your reading points this quarter?)
2. Review Mockingbird Final
3. Listen to and Discuss Music for To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 4/14
1. Vocabulary and Idiom Bee
2. See “Shakespeare 6 O’clock News
3. Read and Highlight Shakespeare Handouts (Test on this Material)

Thursday 4/15
1. Vocabulary 17 – 18 Review Test
2. See and Discuss Elizabethan Theater, Actors, and the Globe
3. Read Research Handouts (homework) Have questions for tomorrow

Friday 4/16
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Pick person for research
3. Explain Project / Questions
4. Explain Note and Bib Cards (bring 3" x 5" index cards)
5. Find a Book on your person not from the El Dorado library (homework - Due Monday 25 points)

Don't forget about the Orange County National College Fair
Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
See me for a flier