Activities for week nine - 2nd semester 3/28-4/1-2011

Responsible people enjoy an increasingly better reputation. And that is one of the greatest assets of sustained responsibility. Others discover what they can expect from you, and they can depend on you. You're solid! If you want others to trust you, to give you greater opportunities and resources to develop and strengthen your talent, and to partner with you, then embrace responsibility and practice it faithfully in every area of your life.

Please check Aeries and make sure your grade is correct - do you have all your S.S.Reading points? Did you make up whatever I or Miss Schickling said you could make up?

Monday 3/28
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review TKM Vocabulary
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Do Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Tuesday 3/29
1. Review TKM Vocabulary
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Discuss TKM Essay (do Bubble Cluster)
4. Finish Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Wednesday 3/30
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Review Bubble Cluster
3. Discuss Introduction (Type one)
4. Finish Chapter 9 - 22 (homework)

Thursday 3/31
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Test TKM and Literary Terms
3. Edit Introduction
4. Discuss Study Guide
5. Study and Finish Packet (homework)

Friday 4/1
1. Vocabulary 19 – 20 Test
2. Discuss Body Paragraphs
3. Review Chapters 9 – 22 Packet
4. Write Body Paragraphs (homework)

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You may see me for extra credit if all your work is complete.

Activities for week eight - 2nd semester 3/21- 3/25 - 2011

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.

Soles for Souls is teaming up with Sport Chalet to donate gently worn shoes to the earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan. I will be collecting shoe this week for extra credit; by giving you have a chance to make a difference.

Monday 3/21
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Vocabulary 17 – 18 (homework)
4. Finish Chapter 1-8 Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/22
1. Quiz TKM
2. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
3. Read Chapters 9 - 22 (homework)

Wednesday 3/23
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Review TKM 1 – 8 Packet
3. Read Chapters 9 - 22 (homework)

Thursday 3/24
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Review TKM Packet
3. Start TKM Packet, Chapters 9 - 22 (homework)

Friday 3/25
1. Vocabulary Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Finish 9 – 22 Packet (homework)

Shoes?

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/14 - 3/18 - 2011

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?" Listen in class this week for the little extra.

Monday 3/14
1. Counselor Visit
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Finish The Real Cause (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/15
1. TKM Vocabulary
2. Review The Real Cause
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 3/16
1. Idiom 11 – 14 Test
2. Chapter 1 – 8 Packet
3. Read TKM (homework)
4. Review all Vocabulary

Thursday 3/17
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. TKM Vocabulary Packets
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/18
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test
2. Review and Discuss Chapters 1 - 8
3. Read TKM (homework)
4. Finish Chapters 1-8 Packet (homework)

You can give that little extra!

Activities for week six - 2nd semester 3/7 - 3/11 - 2011

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 3/7
1. Research Project Due
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Do Vocabulary Lessons 15 - 16 (homework)

Tuesday 3/8
1. CAHSEE Test in the Gym
2. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 3/9
1. CAHSEE Test in the Gym
2. Read To Kill a Mockingbird

Thursday 3/10
1. Review and Grade Vocab
2. See The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird, Fearful Symmetry
3. Start The Real Cause Packet (homework)

Friday 3/11
1. Vocabulary 15 - 16 Test
2. Lecture: Author – Nelle Harper Lee
3. Discuss TKM
4. The Real Cause Packet (homework)

Extra Credit?