Activities for week nine 10/29 - 11/2 - 2012

As we finish the First Quarter most of you have done a nice job. So, finish this quarter strong understanding this truth: spectacular achievement comes from unspectacular preparation. There are no standing ovations for studying or doing homework, just self-respect, and higher scores. Finally please make sure you check your grade on Aeries, and if you are not sure about something please see me.

Monday 10/29
1. Review Tests
2. Edit Body Paragraphs (revise - Homework)
3. Do Root Words 4 Cards (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Tuesday 10/30
1. Review Vocabulary Cards
2. Review Part I Guide
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 10/31
1. Lecture: “How to Mark a Book” Adler’s strategies
2. Revised Body Paragraphs (homework)
3. “Setting, Inference, Conflict” Worksheets (homework)

Thursday 11/1
1. Fahrenheit 451 Test
2. Vocab Pretest and Bingo
3. Work on Setting, Inference, Conflict worksheets (homework)

Friday 11/2
1. Vocabulary Seven Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Discuss and Type Conclusion (homework)
4. Finish Worksheets (homework)

                    *** Extra Credit ***
Test corrections if all reading points are made up (Vocabulary 6 Test - Due Wednesday before class).
Also, print the blog and on the back print your Aeries grade for this class, and have a parent sign that they have read both. (20 points + 5 points for parent comment.) Due Monday before class.

Activities for week seven 10/15 - 10/19 - 2012

Having the right expectations going into anything is half the battle. John C. Norcross, a clinical psychologist, has studied people and their goals, and he has found a characteristic that distinguishes those who reach their goals from those who do not:EXPECTATIONS. I hope you expect to pass this class and excel; if you are not meeting your expectations right now you need to see me to find out what you can do to raise your grade. Have you bought Fahrenheit 451? (50 points)

Monday 10/15
1. Review Roots 1 Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Do “Building Background” (homework)
4. Study Essay Terms (homework)

Tuesday 10/16
1. See The Veldt
2. Organize Collective Groups
3. Review Capitalization
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 10/17
1. Review “… Background”
2. Quick Write about “Struggle” Two Paragraphs
3. Glossary Worksheet
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Thursday 10/18
1. Pretest Vocabulary and Word Roots Bingo
2. Pop Quiz
3. Part 1 Reading Guide (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 10/19
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. FYI Fahrenheit 451
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)
5. "Part One Reading Guide" (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***

If you have all your reading points,

then you can do Root 1 Test corrections (due Tuesday)

Activities for week six 10/8 - 10/12 - 2012

Have you known people who should have risen to the top but didn't? They had all the talent they should ever need, but they still didn't succeed. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to a new power as a benefactor." I hope you are enjoying our class and are working to fully develop yourself to be your best and help our world to be its best as well.

Do you have all your S.S.R. reading points? If you do then you can do test corrections for your last suffix test.

Monday 10/8
1. Check out Fahrenheit 451
2. Review Essay Terms Lecture and Reading Test
3. Study Root Words, Idioms, and Thesis for Tests (homework)

Tuesday 10/9
1. Thesis Test
2. Take notes on “Attitude”
3. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit 451 (homework ,also)
4. Study for Tests (homework)

Wednesday 10/10
1. Idioms Weeks 1 and 2 Test
2. Discuss “Introduction”
3. Type an introduction – use “Connect to Your Life” page 86 (Introduction and Thesis handouts) (homework)

Thursday 10/11
1. Root Words # 1 Test
2. Edit and Revise Introductory paragraph
3. Type New Introduction (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 10/12
1. Introduction Paragraph due
2. Essay Terms Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Do you have your own copy of Fahrenheit 451?