Activities for week seventeen 5/31 - 6/3 - 2011

Michael Johnson says, "Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best." We are in the final lap and you should now be sprinting to the finish line. Remember I am still here to help you anyway I can.

Tuesday 5/31
1. Read and discuss Scene 2 and 3, Act III
2. Start Vocabulary 27 – 28 (homework)
3. Read Act IV (homework)

Wednesday 6/1
1. Review Test and Packet
2. Act II and III Test
3. Finish Vocabulary 27 – 28 (homework)
4. Start Act IV Packet (homework)

Thursday 6/2
1. Review Vocabulary 27 -28
2. Review Act II & III Test
3. Read and Discuss Act IV
4. Act IV Packet (homework)

Friday 6/3
1. Set up Vocabulary Bingo
2. Read and Discuss Act IV
3. Act IV Packet Due Monday (homework)
4. Vocabulary Test Monday (Study for test)

Finish Strong!

Activities for week sixteen 5/23 - 27 - 2011

Larry Grant says, "there are three types of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, 'What happened?'" Which one are you? If you want to make something happen then you may answer the questions Thinking through the Literature page 759. (Typed MLA format, complete sentences - Due Thursday 5/26) You must do your Act III packet first. You may also make up reading points from the last reading period - please check Aeries. You have been fun, now let's finish strong so you can have fun in the sun.

Monday 5/23
1. Review Idiom Test
2. Finish Review of Act II Packet
3. Read and Discuss Act III
4. Start Vocabulary 25 - 26 (homework)
5. Work on Act III Packet (homework)

Tuesday 5/24
1. Act II Test
2. Read and Discuss Act III
3. Finish Vocabulary 25 – 26 (homework)
4. Work on Act III Packet (homework)

Wednesday 5/25
1. Review Vocabulary 25-26
2. See and Discuss Julius Caesar
3. Finish Act III Packet (homework)

Thursday 5/26
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Review Act III Packet
3. Read Act IV (homework)
4. Start Act IV Packet (homework)

Friday 5/27
Vocabulary 25 – 26 Test
Finish Review of Act III
Discuss Study Guide Acts I – III (should be done)
Work on Act IV Packet (homework)

Make it happen!

Activities for week fifteen 5/16 - 5/20 - 2011

As we finish the year I still have a few messages and opportunities for you. If you want to be successful and to maximize your efforts and talents as a good student you need to stop blaming others, take a good look in the mirror, and take responsibility for your own life and grades. Oprah Winfrey says, "My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." I hope that you will be in the place you want to be next year and this summer. You may see me for an extra credit opportunity.

This week be a "Star" as we will be taking the star test.

Tuesday 5/17 or Wednesday 5/18
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Read and Discuss Act II
3. Review All Idioms (homework)
4. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

Thursday 5/19
1. Idiom Weeks 17 – 21 Test
2. Review Act II Packet
3. Read Act III (homework)
4. Work on Act III Packet (homework)

Friday 5/20
1. Act II Test
2. Read and Discuss Act III, Scene 1
3. Finish Act III Packet (homework)

Go for it!

Activities for week fourteen 5/9 - 5/13 - 2011

Benjamin Disraeli said, "Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." As we finish this quarter, this semester, this year - finish strong; think of all you still can do this semester. "Excellence is the gradual result of always wanting to do better." stated Pat Riley. And if you want to do better you may make up any reading points from the last entry on Aeries.

Monday 5/9
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review The Tragic Hero
3. See Act I
4. Do Vocabulary 23 – 24

Tuesday 5/10
1. Review and Discuss Act I Packet
2. Read Act II / online 739
3. Start Act II Packet
4. Finish Vocabulary

Wednesday 5/11
1. Act I Test
2. Review Vocabulary 23 -24
3. Questions - Act II Packet
4. Read and Discuss Act II
5. Work on Act II Packet

Thursday 5/12
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Review Act I Test
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Read and Discuss Act II
5. Work on Act II Packet

Friday 5/13
1. Vocabulary 23 -24 Test
2. See and Discuss Act II
3. Finish Act II Packet

Please check Aeries and make sure
your grade is correct.