Activities for week fourteen 12/1 - 12/5 - 2014

As we move to Christmas - "Do you know it is a party? It is a birthday party ... birthdays are meant to be celebrated. It's why we say 'Merry Christmas!'" stated Rick Warren. Let's work hard and enjoy the last weeks of school before vacation, then you can celebrate all the rest of this year. We will be working on Antigone - please make sure you start practicing your dialogue and working on all parts of this unit.

Monday 12/1
1. "Find 'happy' through others" Due
2. Review Thesis Packet
3. See and Discuss Greek Drama and Tragedy
4. Finish Vocabulary 3 and 4 (homework)

Tuesday 12/2
1. Lecture: Drama Goals and Objectives  
2. Open Book Reading Quiz 1015 - 1021 
3. Read Antigone pages 1022 - 1025 (homework)

Wednesday 12/3
1. Review and Grade Vocabulary 3 and 4 (70 points)
2. Do End Punctuation Worksheet
3. Read Antigone (homework) Be ready for pop quiz

Thursday 12/4
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Review all Idioms
3. Read and Discuss Antigone
4. Study for Vocabulary Test (homework)

Friday 12/5
1. Vocabulary 3 and 4 Test (100 points)
2. CAHSEE Practice Test
3. Sign up for Presentation
4. Read Drama Handouts (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***

1. Quizlet vocabulary due Monday 12/1.
2. Vocabulary Test Correction due Monday 12/1.
3. Vacation Extra Credit also due Monday 12/1.

Activities for week thirteen 11/24 - 11/25 - 2014

Robert Strauss stated, "Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired." For you this means you need to keep working for the whole semester. Next we will be working on writing an expository essay and we will be working on the Greek tragedy Antigone. You are off to an awesome start with our regular vocabulary program, we had a third of you with perfect scores. Have a great Thanksgiving break and come back full refreshed and ready to work. Remember you will only have two days the rest of the semester to make up late work and test.

Monday 11/24  Mr. Ledbetter 
1. Silent Sustain Reading (10 minutes)
2. Read, Write, and Discuss Thanksgiving Cartoons (20 minutes)
3. Thanksgiving Word Search (10 minutes)
4. Vocabulary Lessons 3 and 4 (homework)

Tuesday 11/25
1. Review Vocabulary 1 and 2 Test
2. Review Thesis Worksheet Packet
3. Highlight and Annotate,"Finding 'happy' through others" 
4. I am thankful for ________________?
5. Finish Vocabulary 3 and 4 (homework)

*** Extra Credit ***

1. Vocabulary Test Corrections (due Monday)

2. Quizlet Vocabulary Cards 3, 4 (due Monday)

3. See me Tuesday for a Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Project

*** Sorry this is up late, but I have been gone all weekend learning at a workshop. Let's keep learning.

Activities for week twelve 11/17 - 11/21 - 2014

The first step in teachability is learning to listen. Henry David Thoreau wrote, "It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and one to hear." Being a good listener helps us to know people better, to learn what they have learned, and to show them that we value them as individuals. I value you as a student - come and talk to me, so I can know you better and help you more. As the old saying goes, "There's a reason you have one mouth but two ears." Please come and help me to use my ears. If your grade is not what you want I would definitely see me. Once again please check Aeries - do you have all your S.S.R. points?

Monday 11/17
1. Idiom Weeks 1 - 6 Test
2. Review Tests
3. Vocabulary Lesson 1 and 2 (homework)
4. Quizlet (extra credit) 

Tuesday 11/18 
1. Journal: ”Integrity” What are you building? (2 paragraphs)
2. See the end of Fahrenheit 451
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 11/19 
1. Review  and Grade Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Practice CAHSEE Tests (Do three test and discuss)
3. Read "Interview with Ray Bradbury" and "There will come Soft Rains" pages 84 - 93 (homework)Thursday 11/20
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Vocabulary Pretest
2. Reading Test "There will come Soft Rains"
3. Read S.S.R. Book Twenty pages and study Vocabulary (homework)

Friday 11/21
1. Vocabulary 1 and 2 Test
2. Review Reading Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Thesis Worksheet Packet (homework) 
    
*** Extra Credit ***
1. Can Food Drive
2. Quizlet Vocabulary Cards (Due Thursday)

Activities for week eleven 11/12 - 11/14 - 2014

My childhood idol Willie Mays said, "What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all." As we approach the holidays let's remember all we have and use all of our opportunities to get the most out of ourselves, and help those we can. If your grade is still not what you want you need to see me, so that I can help you earn what you want. We also are in the school wide can food drive which is an extra credit opportunity for you.

Wednesday 11/12
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Put Essay in Portfolio
3. Review all Vocabulary
4. See Fahrenheit 451
5. Study for tests (homework)

Thursday 11/13
1. Final  for Fahrenheit 451
2. See Fahrenheit 451
3. Study all your Vocabulary (homework)
4. Read, Highlight, and Annotate "Success requires an end to excuses"

Friday 11/14
1. Vocabulary Final (prefixes, suffixes, roots, unlocking work meanings)
2. Review Reading Homework
3. See Fahrenheit 451
4. Highlight Week 1 and 2 Vocabulary (homework)

                *** Extra Credit ***
*** Food Drive *** Three cans = one point

Activities for week ten 11/3 - 11/7 - 2014

As we start the Second Quarter most of you have done a nice job. So, finish this semester strong understanding this truth: spectacular achievement comes from unspectacular preparation. There are no standing ovations for studying or doing homework, just self-respect, and higher scores. Finally please make sure you check your grade on Aeries, and if you are not sure about something please see me. You can still make something up Monday before school that you are missing.


Monday 11/3
1. Review "A Value System Prepares You for Anything"
2. See Fahrenheit 451
4. “Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning” (homework)

Tuesday 11/4
1. Review Tests
2. Review all Vocabulary
3. See Fahrenheit 451
4. Study, Study, Study (homework) 

Wednesday 11/5
1. Lecture: Ideas About the Novel
2. Review "Unlocking Word Meanings"
3. Study Idioms and Vocabulary (homework) 

Thursday 11/6
1. 50 Question Test on Fahrenheit 451
2. Vocabulary Practice Test
3. See Fahrenheit 451
4. Read S.S.R. Book (half an hour)(homework)Friday 11/7
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Review Fahrenheit 451 Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Study for Fahrenheit 451 Final (homework)

                *** Extra Credit ***
Bonus for having all the vocabulary cards in separate stacks rubber banded before class and label, plus your name. (Due Monday in class)
Test Corrections for Roots Four (Due Wednesday)

Life is what you make it. What are you making?