Activities for week nine 10/27 - 10/31 - 2014

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 make 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 I am here to help you reach your goal.

Monday 10/27

1. Review Tests

2. Discuss Fahrenheit 451

3. Make Root Word Cards (homework)

4. Finish Reading Part III (homework)

Tuesday 10/28

1. Review Reading Guide Three

2. Usage Problems Worksheet

3. Review all Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 10/29

1. Review and Grade Root Four Cards

2. Grade Spiral Notebook

3. Fifty Common Usage Problems (homework)

Thursday 10/30
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Practice Vocabulary Test 

2. Grade Homework Worksheet

3. Read Lessons in Leadership "A Value System Prepares You for Anything (highlight and comment on article) (homework)

Friday 10/31
1. Roots Words 4 Test
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. See Fahrenheit 451 

          ***Extra Credit***

You may do test corrections for Roots Three (Due Tuesday)

Also you can turn in all your vocabulary cards if they are rubber banded in stacks for each separate week. (Due Monday 11/3 in class) Finally have you turned in you PSAT workbook? Monday last day

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/ 

This link should also help you understand Fahrenheit 451.

Activities for week eight 10/20 - 10/24 - 2014

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. Do you have all your S.S.R. points?

Monday 10/20

1. Review Tests

2. Grade Part 2 Reading Guide

3. Make Root 3 Word Cards (homework)

4. Should be in Part 3 in Fahrenheit 451

Tuesday 10/21

1. Idiom Weeks 1 - 4 Test

2. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit FYI 

3. Review all Vocabulary and Study (homework)

Wednesday 10/22

1. Review and Grade Root 3 Cards 

2. Part Two Fahrenheit 451 Test

3. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit FYI 

4. Do Part Three Reading Guide (homework)

Thursday 10/23

1. Capitalization Test

2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest Root 3

3. Discuss Fahrenheit 451

4. Do Part Three Reading Guide (homework)

Friday 10/24

1. Root Words 3 Test

2. Practice CAHSEE Test

3. Finish Part Three Reading Guide (homework)

4. Finish Reading Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

          *** Extra Credit ***

Test Corrections for Root Word 2 - Due Tuesday 

Activities for week seven 10/13 - 10/17 - 2014

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. 

Monday 10/13

1.    Grade Word Roots 2 Cards

2.    Review Roots 1 Test

3.    Discuss Part 2 Fahrenheit 451

4.    Do Part 2 Reading Guide (homework)

Tuesday 10/14  Meet in Computer Lab

1.    Type Narrative Essay

2.    Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

3.    Capitalization Worksheet (homework)

Wednesday 10/15

1.    Root Words Pretest

2.    Review Capitalization Homework

3.    Discuss Fahrenheit 451

4.    Capitalization Worksheets (homework)

Thursday 10/16

1.    Vocabulary and Word Roots Test

2.    Review Homework

3.    Capitalization Worksheet

4.    Finish Reading Guide 2 (homework)

Friday 10/17

1.    Capitalization Quiz and CAHSEE Practice Test

2.    Grade Part 2 Reading Guide

3.    Read Part 3 Fahrenheit 451 (homework)
4. Make Word Root 3 Cards (homework)

Extra Credit

Vocabulary Test Corrections (Due Tuesday)

Activities for week six 10/6 - 10/10 - 2014

Society's landscape is strewn with people who could have been great - those who show amazing promise but never reach their full potential.  And then there are others like Douglas, Churchill, Bono, Oprah, and Bradbury, who went to the next level by multiplying and maximizing their talent and improved the world around them in the process. I am asking you to be in that special group of people who make the world a better place, by coming prepared to class and actively participating to make the class more fun, because of the exchange of ideas. You are doing a good job, but let's be great!  Please check Aeries, and see me if there are any problems with your grade. 

Monday 10/6
1. Idiom Weeks 1 and 2 Test

2. Edit and Revise Narrative Body Paragraphs

3. Finish Reading "The Hearth and the Salamander" (homework)

Tuesday 10/7
1. Grade Word Root Cards

2. Read and Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451

3. Discuss and Type Conclusion for the Narrative (homework)

Wednesday 10/8
1. Practice Word Roots #1 Test
2. Edit and Revise Conclusion
3. Practice CAHSEE Test

4. Finish Part One Worksheet (homework)

Thursday 10/9
1. Word Roots Test # 1
2. Review and Grade Part One Worksheet

3. Put Whole Narrative Essay Together (homework)

4. Make Cards for Word Roots #2 (homework)

Friday 10/10
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part One Test

2. Practice CAHSEE Test

3. Read Part Two of Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

4. Finish Putting Whole Essay Together (homework)

*** Extra Credit *** 

 Vocabulary Corrections due Monday