Activites for week four 9/26 - 9/30 - 2011

Nothing is more important than relationships. As the school year moves on let us build our relationship. Andrew Carnegie once said, "There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." I hope you want to climb the ladder of success - your success. We have a very busy week with three tests, stay on top of things; remember I will always be here in the mornings, break, or come to the tennis courts after school if you need help or have questions. Also you can email me at jcyrus@pylusd.org.

Monday 9/26
1. Set Up Portfolios
2. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
3. Study Prefixes and Literary Terms (homework - tests this week)

Tuesday 9/27
1. “Harrison …” Reading Test
2. See and Discuss “2081”
3. Work on Capitalization (homework)
4. Study For Literary Terms Test (homework)

Wednesday 9/28
1. Literature Terms Test
2. Review Reading Test
3. Review and Discuss Capitalization
4. Start Reading “By The Waters of Babylon” pages 42-55 (homework)

Thursday 9/29
1. Prefix Test
2. See “Genre Fiction” and “Figurative Language”
3. See Planet of the Apes
4. Make Suffix Cards (homework)
5. Finish Reading “... Babylon” (homework)

Friday 9/30
1. Suffix Cards due
2. Review Tests
3. Read and Discuss “By The Waters of Babylon”
4. Start “Babylon” Packet (homework)

***Extra credit***
There will be test corrections for your prefix test -
the same as the last test. Did you do them last time?

Activities for week three 9/ 19 - 9/23 - 2011

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." I hope you choose to work hard and work smart in our class. If you need help I will always be here. Remember when you are absent you need to make up your reading time and tests in the morning (7:25 am). Aeries is up - please use it to know where you are in our class.

Monday 9/19
1. Prefix Practice Quiz
2. Review “Interlopers” Homework and Test
3. Read The Bill of Rights
4. Write Your Own Bill of Rights (homework)

Tuesday 9/20
1. Edit Your “Bill of Rights” and Retype Them
2. See “Harrison Bergeron”
3. Read “Harrison Bergeron” pages 17 – 29 (homework)
4. Study for Prefix Test (homework)

Wednesday 9/21
1. Prefix Test
2. Review Literary Terms
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
4. New Prefixes and Make Cards (homework)

Thursday 9/22
1. Prefix cards due
2. Your “Bill of Rights” Due
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
4. Study for “Harrison…” Test (homework)

Friday 9/23
1. Portfolio Exchange
2. “Harrison…” Quiz
3. Review Prefix Test
4. Practice CAHSEE Test
5. Read S.S.R. Book (should have read 110 pages by Monday)

Extra Credit 10 points

Print Aeries Print out and have your parents sign it, due Tuesday before class.

Activities for week two 9/12 - 9/16 - 2011

I am glad you are in my class, and I enjoyed our week together last week. This week we want to get going and start working on our reading, vocabulary, and writing. Do you have all your materials for class (SSR book, spiral notebook)? Charles Schulz stated "Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use." This year let's see if both you and I can use all our gears. Remember - I will always be here in the mornings.

Monday 9/12
1. Read and Discuss MLA Style
2. Edit and Retype Poems (homework)
3. Read “15 Study Tricks” (homework)
4. Get Spiral Notebook

Tuesday 9/13
1. Pass out Books
2. Setup Spiral Notebook
3. Review “15 Study Tricks”
4. Share Poems
5. Study Prefixes (homework)

Wednesday 9/14
1. Lecture: “Literary Terms”
2. Study Prefixes and Make Note Cards –Test 9/21
3. Read “The Interlopers” pages 8 - 13 (homework)

Thursday 9/15
1. Review Literary Terms
2. Read and Discuss “The Interlopers”
3. Do “The Interlopers” Worksheets (homework)

Friday 9/16
1. Review Worksheets
2. “The Interlopers” Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Study Prefixes (homework)

"The unexamined life is not worth living."
- Socrates -

Activities for week one 9/6 - 9/ 9 - 2011

Welcome back to El Dorado, I look forward to working with you this year and watching you develop over the next three years. In They Call Me Coach, John Wooden defines the elusive quality of success as: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." This is what I will be looking for all year - "Your Best" - that is not a grade. I will always be here every morning at 7:05 am - 7:45 am to help you or answer any questions you might have. I will also be here at break, the beginning of lunch, and on the tennis courts after school if we do not have an away match. Let's work together and let's have fun together.

This week you can earn 25 extra credit points by getting a college rule, three section only, spiral notebook by Friday.

Tuesday 9/6
1. Introductions and check phone numbers
2. Discuss “Guidelines” (have signed) and Reading List
3. Share your summer
4. Make a Name plate for your desk (homework)

Wednesday 9/7
1. Guidelines due
2. Powerpoint Overview
3. “Who are you?” worksheet
4. Read “Since I Have My Life Before Me” Brooke Bronkowski
5. Write Your Own Poem (homework)

Thursday 9/8
1. Read and Discuss “The Fence” and Lessons in Leadership – “Foster teamwork through respect”
2. Review “Who are you?” and Your Own Poems
3. Get SSR Book from list (homework)

Friday 9/9
1. Fill out Silent Sustain Reading card (SSR Book)
2. Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
3. Edit Poems
4. Discuss and Review MLA format

"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times."
- Johann von Schiller -