Activties for week five 10/1 - 10/5 - 2012

It is one thing to believe that you possess remarkable potential. It is another thing to have enough faith in yourself that you think you can fulfill it. Let's keep working together to tap into all you can be. I have seen good things from you and I hope to see much more. Please check our past blogs and see if there is something you can still do to earn points, that also includes S.S.R. Reading points. Remember "Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, But soon or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can." anonymous
 
Monday 10/1 
1. Practice CAHSEE Test
2. Review “By the Waters of Babylon” Packet
3. Do “Thesis” Worksheet (homework)
4. Study for Reading Test (homework)
 
Tuesday 10/2
1. “… Babylon” Reading Test
2. Review Thesis worksheet
3. Read SSR Book and Study for Suffix Test (homework)

Wednesday 10/3
1. Suffix Test
2. Writing Workshop
3. Read “Interview with Ray Bradbury” and “There will come Soft Rains” pages 84-93 (homework)

Thursday 10/4
1. Lecture: Multi-paragraph Terms
2. Read and Discuss “There Come Soft Rains”
3. Make Cards for Word Roots # 1 (homework)
4. Study for Reading Test (homework)

Friday 10/5
1. “There Will Come Soft Rains” Reading Test
2. Review Tests
3. Finish Lecture: Multi-paragraph Terms
4. Start Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

                *** Extra Credit***
Did you read the board?  You may also buy you own copy of Fahrenheit 451 for 50 points.

Activities for week four 9/24 - 9/28 - 2012

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 9/24
1. Study Prefixes and Literary Terms
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Capitalization Worksheet (homework)
4. Read Power Process “Detach” “Disarm Test” (homework)

Tuesday 9/25
1. Review Capitalization
2. Writing Workshop
3. See Planet of the Apes
4. Read “By The Waters of Babylon” pages 42 - 55 (homework)

Wednesday 9/26
1. Literature Terms Test
2. See “Genre Fiction” and “Figurative Language”
3. Read and Discuss “By The Waters of Babylon”
4. Study for Test (homework)

Thursday 9/27
1. Prefix Test
2. Read and Discuss “Babylon”
3. Start “Babylon” Packet (homework)
4. Make Suffix Cards (homework)

Friday 9/28
1. Suffix Cards due
2. Review Tests
3. Finish Reading and Discuss “Babylon”
4. Finish “Babylon” Packet  (homework - Due Monday)

***Extra Credit ***

Prefix corrections due before class Monday. Write prefix and definition each 10x's of all missed questions.
Plus Quizlet for new prefixes and suffixes due Wednesday.

Activities for week three 9/17 - 9/21 - 2012

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)(Mondays at 8:15). Aeries is up - please use it to know where you are in our class.

Monday 9/17
1. Review “Interlopers” Homework
2. Read The Bill of Rights
3. Read and Study Test Taking Tips (homework) 
4. Read “Harrison Bergeron” pages 17 – 29 (homework)

Tuesday 9/18
1. Practice Prefix Test
2. See “Harrison Bergeron”
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron” pages 17 – 29
4. Study for Prefix Test (homework)

Wednesday 9/19
1. Prefix Test
2. Review Literary Terms
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
4. New Prefixes and Make Cards (homework)

Thursday 9/20
1. Prefix cards due
2. “Harrison…” Reading Test
3. Writing Workshop
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)

Friday 9/21
1. Portfolio Due and Pre-writing Assessment
2. Review Tests
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Study for Literary Terms Test

***Listen in class for extra credit this week.***

Activities for week two 9/10 - 9/14 - 2012

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 9/10
1. Review Grammar Quiz
2. Discuss MLA Style
3. Read “15 Study Tricks” (homework)
4. Get Spiral Notebook (homework)

Tuesday 9/11
1. Pass out Books
2. Setup Spiral Notebook
3. Review “15 Study Tricks”
4. Study Prefixes (homework)

Wednesday 9/12
1. Lecture: “Literary Terms”
2. Study Prefixes and Make Note Cards (homework)
3. Read “The Interlopers” pages 8 - 13 (homework)
5. Five Free Websites That Are Helpful

Thursday 9/13
1. Review Literary Terms
2. Read and Discuss “The Interlopers”
3. Do “The Interlopers” Worksheets (homework)

Friday 9/14
1. Review Worksheets
2. “The Interlopers” Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Study Prefixes (homework)

                         *** Extra Credit ***

   Use Quizlet.Com to make flashcards for prefixes
Due Thursday before class only!



Activities for week one 9/4 - 9/7 - 2012

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

Wednesday 9/5
1. Guidelines due
2. Class and CAHSEE Overview
3. “Who are you?” Worksheet (homework)
4. Read “Since I Have My Life Before Me” Brooke Bronkowski

Thursday 9/6
1. Read and Discuss “The Fence” and “ The Race”
2. Review “Who are you?”
3. Get SSR Book from list (homework)

Friday 9/7
1. Fill out Silent Sustain Reading Card (SSR Book)
2. Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
3. Discuss and Review MLA format

*** Please come and see me with any questions or problems. ***