Activities for week nine 3/25 - 3/29 -2013

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, and check if you have all your S.S. Reading points.

Monday 3/25 (Registration)
1. Review Tests
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Review Vocabulary 17 – 20 (homework)

Tuesday 3/26
1. Idiom 11 - 14 Test
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Study Vocabulary 17 – 20 (homework)

Wednesday 3/27
1. Discuss TKM Vocabulary
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Review all of To Kill a Mockingbird for Test (homework)

Thursday 3/28
1. All To Kill a Mockingbird Packets Due
2. Test -To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Vocabulary Pretest
4. Study Vocabulary (homework)

Friday 3/29
1. Vocabulary 17 – 20 Test
2. Review To Kill a Mockingbird Test
   
***  Extra Credit  ***
Quizlet Cards Due Wednesday

Activities for 2nd semester week eight 3/18 - 3/22 - 2013

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.

Please check Aeries, you have up to Wednesday to make up any reading points from our last S.S.Reading period. Also, if you have everything done and can show it to me, up to chapter 20 in To Kill a Mockingbird you make see me at the beginning of lunch for an extra project for extra points.  Remember excellence is a habit not an accident.

Monday 3/18
1. Literary Terms and TKM Character Test (100 points)
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)
5. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/19
1. Usage Worksheet
2. Review Study Guide and Vocabulary Worksheets
3. Finish Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Wednesday 3/20
1. Idiom 13 – 14 Quiz (40 points)
2. Grade Vocabulary 19 – 20 (70 points)
3. See To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read and do Worksheets (homework)

Thursday 3/21
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Collaboration on Study Guide and Worksheets
3. Finish To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/22
1. Vocabulary 19 – 20 Test (100 points)
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Finish Worksheets and Study Guide (homework)

           *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet Cards - You Know The Drill

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/11 - 3/15 - 2013

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 3/11
1. Mockingbird Quiz
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. See To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
5. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/12   Take the CAHSEE Test
1. Work on Vocabulary 17-18 (homework)
2. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)

Wednesday 3/13  Take CAHSEE Test
1. Work on Vocabulary 17-18 (homework)
2. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Thursday 3/14
1. Grade Vocabulary 17-18 (70 points)
2. Discuss Worksheets
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Work on Worksheets (homework)

Friday 3/15
1. Vocabulary 17 - 18 Test (100 points)
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Work on Worksheets (homework)

           *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet cards due before class Thursday.

Activities for week six second semester 3/4 - 3/8 - 2013

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?

Monday 3/4
1. Idiom 1 -12 Test
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Review 11 – 16 Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/5
1. CAHSEE Practice Test
2. Discuss To Kill Mockingbird
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 3/6
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Review Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 3/7
1. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Bee
2. CAHSEE Practice Test
3. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/8
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

         *** Extra Credit ***
Quizlet Vocabulary cards 11-16 due Wednesday before class. (large size)