Second Semester week one activities 1/26 - 1/30 - 2015

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), and also have a readmit. Please let's get off to a great start. All of you have an "A" and over a fourth of you earned an "A" last semester.

Monday 1/26
1. Review First Semester Final
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Review Vocabulary 1 - 10 (homework)


Tuesday 1/27
1. Review Antigone Essay
2. List S.S.R. Books on Portfolio
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Review Idioms 1 - 12 (homework)

Wednesday 1/28
1. Vocabulary 1 - 10 Test (100 points)
2. Punctuation Worksheets
3. Read S.S.R. Book (homework) 20 minutes/20 pages

Thursday 1/29
1. Idioms 1 - 12 Test (100 points)
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Practice CAHSEE Test
4. Punctuation Worksheet (homework)

Friday 1/30
1. Vocabulary 1 - 10 Test (100 points)
2. Review and Grade homework
3. Review Idiom Test
4. Read S.S.R. Book (homework)
********** Extra Credit ***********
1. See me for a project on renting an apartment.
2.You may get your own copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to annotate.

First semester final 1/20 - 1/22 - 2015

In one of his notebooks Leonardo da Vinci wrote, "Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." That distaste for inaction drove da Vinci's intellectual curiosity his entire life. His love for learning never stopped. I hope you have learned to love learning and love the feeling of accomplishment for a job well done. Many of you have done an awesome job, and I appreciate your efforts, and I have enjoyed you being in our class. Please check Aeries and make sure your grade is recorded correctly. If there are any problems please see me Tuesday.

Final (730 points)
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
20 vocabulary words
50 Antigone Questions
20 literature terms
20 idioms

Monday January 19th
Review for Final 

Tuesday, January 20 

Period 1    7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break        10:03 – 10:12    9
Period 2    10:19 – 10:39    20
Period 3    10:46 – 11:06    20
Period 4    11:13 – 11:33    20
Period 5    11:40 – 12:00    20
Lunch       12:00 – 12:30     30
Period 6    12:37 – 2:45      128 minutes

Wednesday, January 21

Period 2   7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break      10:03 – 10:11
Period 3  10:18 – 12:26    128 minutes

Thursday, January 22

Period 4  7:55 – 10:03      128 minutes
Break      10:03 – 10:11
Period 5  10:18 – 12:26    128 minutes

Friday, January 23
Non-Student Day
***You can still make up a Test Tuesday Morning at 7:15. ******You can still make up Reading Points up to Wednesday.***

Activities for week eighteen 1/12 - 1/16, 2015

American statesman Henry Clay stated, "The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer." As we finish the first semester that is the same question that is being asked of you.  What have you done this first semester in Language Arts II? A good job on last week's vocabulary test, and I saw some good performances of Antigone. Make sure you do every step of your essay and do you have all your reading points? Finally, please study for your final.

Your Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
20 vocabulary words
50 Antigone Questions 
20 literature terms 
20 idioms 

Monday 1/12
1. Review Tests
2. Antigone Study Guide Due
3. Antigone Presentations
4. Do Vocabulary 9 - 10 (homework)

Tuesday 1/13
1. Edit and Revise Essay
2. Antigone Presentations
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
4. Type Conclusion (homework)

Wednesday 1/14 
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Antigone Presentations
3. Edit and Revise Conclusion
4. Type Full Essay (homework)

Thursday 1/15
1. Idiom Test 1 - 11 (100 points)
2. Antigone Presentations
3. Final Peer Edit of Essay
4. Type Final Copy of Essay (homework - 200 points)

Friday 1/16
1. All Parts of Essay Due 
2. Vocabulary 9 - 10 Test (100 points)
3. Final Presentations
4. Study for Finals (homework)

   ***EXTRA CREDIT***
1. Vocabulary Test corrections due Tuesday.
2. Quizlet Cards due Wednesday.

Activities for week seventeen 1/5 - 1/9, 2015

Moliere said, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only their deeds that they differ." We still have  a presentation of Antigone to complete before the semester comes to a close. Please make sure your deeds match the grade you promised yourself. Also please check Aeries to make sure your deeds for this class were recorded correctly. We will now start our Antigone essay - you have the rubric for this project - make sure you do every step and get each part stamped.

Monday 1/5
1. Read and Discuss Antigone
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Practice Presentations
4. Do Vocabulary 7 - 8 (homework)

Tuesday 1/6
1. Lecture: Drama and Structure of Tragedy
2. See Antigone
3. Finish Vocabulary 7 - 8 (homework)
4. Practice CAHSEE Test (homework)

 
Wednesday 1/7
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Review CAHSEE Test

3. Write Thesis and do Bubble Cluster (homework)

Thursday 1/8
1. Antigone Test (100 points)
2. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
3. Bubble Cluster Due
4. Write Outline and Type Introduction (homework)

Friday 1/9
1. Vocabulary 7 - 8 Test
2. Edit and Revise Introduction
3. Type Revised Introduction and Body Paragraphs (homework)

                 *** Extra Credit ***
You can do Quizlet vocabulary cards - due Wednesday.