Activities for week nine 3/31 - 4/4 - 2014

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. Thursday you had a in class study day and Friday you had an extra credit test over what you should have reviewed on Thursday - how did you do?

Monday 3/31
1. Review Tests
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. Review Vocabulary 17 – 20 (homework)

Tuesday 4/1
1. Literary Terms and Characters Test
2. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
3. Read "Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last"4. Study Vocabulary 17 – 20 (homework) 

Wednesday 4/2
1. Discuss TKM Vocabulary
2. See 42
3. Brainstorm for Essay (homework)

Thursday 4/3
1. See 42
2. Work on Essay

Friday 4/4
1. Vocabulary 17 – 20 Test (120 points)
2. See 42
3. Bubble Cluster and Outline due Monday

              ***  Extra Credit  ***
Vocabulary Test Corrections due Tuesday

Activities for week eight 3/24 - 3/28 - 2014

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 Friday to make up any reading points from our last S.S.Reading period. 

Monday 3/24
1. Review Vocabulary Test and TKM Quiz
2. Discuss Study Guide 
3. Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (should be on chapter 15)(homework)

Tuesday 3/25
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 4 - 10 Quiz
2. Review Study Guide and Vocabulary Worksheets
3. Finish Vocabulary 19 - 20 (homework)

Wednesday 3/26
1. Review Idiom Quiz
2. Grade Vocabulary 19 – 20 (70 points)
3. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read and do Worksheets (homework)

Thursday 3/27
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Collaboration on Study Guide and Worksheets
3. Finish To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/28
1. Vocabulary 19 – 20 Test (100 points)
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Finish Worksheets and Study Guide (homework)

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

2. Quiz Corrections listen in class.

3. Idiom Corrections due Thursday.

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/17 - 3/21 - 2014

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 3/17
1. Idiom 11 - 14 Test

2. Review Tests and for CAHSEE Test
3. Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

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

Wednesday 3/19  Take CAHSEE Test
1. Work on Vocabulary 17-18 (homework)
2. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Thursday 3/20
1. Grade Vocabulary 17-18 (70 points)
2. Discuss Worksheets
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Work on Worksheets (homework)

Friday 3/21
1. Vocabulary 17 - 18 Test (100 points)

2. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Work on Worksheets (homework)

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

2. Test corrections due Wednesday before the CAHSEE Test.

Activities for week six 2nd semester 3/10 - 3/14 - 2014

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 3/10
1. Registration in Counseling
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Review 11 – 16 Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/11
1. CAHSEE Practice Test
2. Discuss To Kill Mockingbird
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 3/12
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Test
2. CAHSEE Practice Test
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Review Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 3/13
1. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Bee
2. CAHSEE Practice Test
3. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/14
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test
2. CAHSEE Practice Test
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

         *** Extra Credit ***
1. Quizlet Vocabulary cards 11-16 due Wednesday before class. (large size)
2. Memorize Martin Luther King's quote and tell it to me before school before Tuesday.
3. Test Corrections due Tuesday.
4. Print the blog and then your Aeries grade on the backside of the same sheet of paper. (Copy and paste just the bottom of your Aeries grade, and then feed it back into the printer - one page only of your grade and the blog with a note from a parent of what they think about your grade and effort in our class - on the side with your Aeries grade). Due Wednesday (You must follow the exact directions - points?)

Activities for week five 2nd semester 3/3 - 3/7 - 2014

Greek philosopher Aristotle observed, We become what we are as persons by the decisions that we ourselves make." Each time you make a responsible decision, you become a more responsible person. Even if your track record has not been good up to now, you can change. Oprah Winfrey stated, "My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Let's get the job done this week so that you will be ready for what is a head of you. Let's keep the ball rolling. You did a very nice job on the last review vocabulary test - many A's. Please check Aeries and if there is a problem or you don't like your grade see me before school. 

Monday 3/3
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review CAHSEE Test
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Do Vocabulary 15 - 16 (homework)

Tuesday 3/4
1. TKM Quiz
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Review Chapters 1 - 3
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 3/5
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary
2. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read TKM (homework)

Thursday 3/6
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Discuss TKM Worksheets
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/7
1. Vocabulary 15 -16 Test
2. Lecture: Author – Nelle Harper Lee
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (chapter 8) (homework)
4. Have Worksheets done as well (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***
1. Test corrections due Tuesday

2. Quizlet cards due Wednesday

3. You still can get To Kill a Mockingbird this week.