Activities for week nine 10/28 - 11/1 - 2013

Discipline means doing what you have to do when you need to do it, whether you want to or not. Self-discipline - the only kind that lasts - is action oriented. It doesn't procrastinate, and it doesn't makes excuses. "Setting a goal is not the main thing," said Tom Landry, who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "It's deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. The key is discipline." As we move to the end of the first quarter I hope you are disciplined and have your notebook current, all your vocabulary cards, and are caught up with your reading. What grade do you want from this class? Are you doing the things that will produce that grade? Remember Ms. Davilla is here to help you reach your goal.

Monday 10/28
1. Review Roots 3 Test
2. Review Part Two Reading Guide
3. Make Root Word Cards (homework)
4. Read Part III, "Burning Bright" Pages 115 - 147 (homework)

Tuesday 10/29
1. Part II Reading Test 
2. See and Discuss Socratic Seminar
3. Review all Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 10/30
1. Review Root Four Cards
2. Discuss Fahrenheit 451
3. Study Glossary Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read pages 147 - 167 (homework)

Thursday 10/31
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Practice Vocabulary Test 
2. Capitalization Worksheet
3. Do Part Three Reading Guide (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 11/1
1. Roots Words 4 Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Finish Part Three Study Guide
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

          ***Extra Credit***
You may do test corrections for Roots Three (Due Wednesday)
Also you can turn in all your vocabulary cards if they are rubber banded in stacks for each separate week. (Due Monday 11/4 in class)

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/ 
This link should also help you understand Fahrenheit 451.

Activities for week eight 10/21 - 10/25 - 2013

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 Ms Davilla to find out what you can do to raise your grade. Do you have all your S.S.R. points?

Monday 10/21
1. Review Tests
2. Discuss and Read Fahrenheit 451
3. Make Root 3 word Cards (homework)
4. Should be on page 94 in Fahrenheit 451

Tuesday 10/22
1. Lecture: "How to Mark a Book" Adler's strategies
2. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit FYI 
3. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 10/23
1. Review Root 3 Cards 
2. Do Capitalization Worksheet
3. Study Glossary Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read Pages 94 - 112 (The end of "The Sieve and the Sand) (homework)

Thursday 10/24
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest Root 3
2. Discuss Fahrenheit 451
3. Do Part Two Reading Guide (homework)

Friday 10/25
1. Root Words 3 Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Finish Part Two Reading Guide (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

          *** Extra Credit ***
Test Corrections for Root Word 2 - Due Tuesday 

Activities for week seven 10/14 - 10/18 - 2013

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 root words test. (Copy word and definition 10 times each - handwritten)

Monday 10/14

1. Introduction Final - Due
2. Review Roots 1 Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Make Root Words 2 Cards (homework)
5. Study Essay Terms (homework)

Tuesday 10/15

1. See The Veldt and Discuss Relationship to 451
2. Read Fahrenheit 451, pages 45 - 72 (homework)
3. Do Part 1  Worksheet (homework)

Wednesday 10/16

1. Review Root Word Cards
2. Essay Terms Test
3. Glossary Worksheet (homework)
4. Finish Part 1 Worksheet (homework)

Thursday 10/17

1. Pretest Vocabulary and Word Roots Bingo
2. Pop Quiz
3. Grade Part 1 Worksheet
4. Study for Test (homework)

Friday 10/18

1. Vocabulary Test
2. Part One Test
3. FYI Fahrenheit 451
4. Read Fahrenheit 451, pages 73 - 94 (homework)

• ***Extra Credit ***
• MLA format Type and tell me about Emerson (due Tuesday)

Activities for week six 10/7 - 10/11 - 2013

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. Ms Davilla has seen good things from you and I hope to see much more. Please check your Aeries account 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 10/7
1. “There Will Come Soft Rain" Review Test
 2. Check out Fahrenheit 451
 3. Thesis Packet (homework)
 4. Study Root Words and Idioms for Test (homework)

 Tuesday 10/8
1. Idiom Weeks 1 and 2 Test
2. Grade Thesis Packet
3. Lecture: Essay Terms
 4. Study for Tests (homework)

Wednesday 10/9
1. Thesis Test
2. Review Essay Terms
3. Take notes on “Attitude”
4. Read 451, pages 7 - 25 (homework)

Thursday 10/10
1. Root Words Test # 1
2. Discuss “Introduction” (handouts)
3. Type an introduction – use “Connect to Your Life” page 86 in your literature book. (Use Introduction and Thesis handouts) (Absolute deadline *Due Friday - no make up for first copy, 25 points (homework - Typed MLA format)

Friday 10/11
1. Introduction Paragraph due
2. Edit and Revise Paragraph
3. Review Tests
4. Read Fahrenheit 451, pages 25 - 45 (homework)

*** Extra credit ***
 You can still buy your own copy of Fahrenheit 451 to annotate. (50 points)
Due by Thursday