Activities for week four 9/23 - 9/27 - 2013

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 stay on top of things. You will also have Ms DaVilla for the next couple of weeks, please follow her directions.  Also you can email me at jcyrus@pylusd.org.

Monday 9/23
1. Portfolios and Prefix Cards Due
2. Review Tests
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Capitalization Worksheet (homework)

Tuesday 9/24
1. Review Capitalization
2. Journal: Struggle (Two Paragraphs)
3. See Planet of the Apes
4. Read “By The Waters of Babylon” pages 42 - 55 (homework)

Wednesday 9/25
1. Literature Terms Review
2. See “Genre Fiction” and “Figurative Language”
3. Read and Discuss “By The Waters of Babylon”
4. Study for Test (homework)

Thursday 9/26
1. Prefix Test
2. Read and Discuss “Babylon”
3. Start “Babylon” Packet (homework)
4. Make Suffix Cards (homework)

Friday 9/27
1. Suffix Cards due
2. Review Tests
3. Finish Reading and Discuss “Babylon”
4. Finish “Babylon” Packet (homework)

     *** Extra Credit ***
MLA format type a paragraph about Andrew Carnegie and his significance. (Due Tuesday)

Activities for week three 9/16 - 9/20 - 2013

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 9/16 
1. Review “Interlopers” Test 
2. Grade Prefix Cards 
3. Read The Bill of Rights 
4. Read “Harrison Bergeron” pages 17 – 29 (homework)
 
Tuesday 9/17 
1. Practice Prefix Test 
2. See “Harrison Bergeron” 
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron” pages 17 – 29 
4. Study for Prefix Test (homework)
 
Wednesday 9/18 
1. Prefix Test 
2. Review Literary Terms (homework)
3. Read and Discuss “Harrison Bergeron” 
4. New Prefixes and Make Cards (homework)
 
Thursday 9/19 
1. Prefix cards due 
2. “Harrison…” Reading Test 
3. Writing Workshop 
4. Test Taking Tips (homework)
 
Friday 9/20 
1. Portfolio Due and Prewriting Assessment 
2. Review Tests 
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
 
*** Extra Credit *** 
Listen in class for extra credit.

Activities for week two 9/9 - 9/13 - 2013

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 9/9
1. Review Grammar Quiz
2. Read “15 Study Tricks” and “Choosing Success…”
3. Get Spiral Notebook

Tuesday 9/10
1. Pass out Books
2. Read “On Being Responsible
3. Setup Spiral Notebook
4. Study Prefixes and Make Note Cards

Wednesday 9/11
1. Lecture: “Literary Terms”
2. Study Prefixes
3. Read “The Interlopers” pages 8 - 13

Thursday 9/12
1. Review Literary Terms
2. Read and Discuss “The Interlopers”
3. Do “The Interlopers” Worksheets
 
Friday 9/13
1. Review Worksheets
2. “The Interlopers” Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Study Prefixes

Activities for week one 9/3 - 9/6 - 2013

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 9/3
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

Wednesday 9/4
1. Guidelines due
2. Class and CAHSEE Overview
3. “Who are you?” Worksheet
4. Read and Discuss MLA Format
5. “The Little Big Things”

Thursday 9/5
1. Read and Discuss “Coach Holtz’s Philosophies …”
2. Review “Who are you?”
3. Get SSR Book from list

Friday 9/6
1. Fill out Silent Sustain Reading Card (SSR Book)
2. Grammar quiz (Spell Checker)
3. See “CNN News on Education”
4. “Choosing Success Every Day