Activities for week nine 1st semester 10/26 - 10/30 - 2015

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 10/26

1. Review Tests

2. Discuss Fahrenheit 451

3. Make Root Word 4 Cards (homework)

4. Review Part II for Fahrenheit Test (homework)

Tuesday 10/27

1. Fahrenheit 451 Part Two Test

2. Grade Spiral Notebook

3. Do Part Three Reading Guide (homework)

Wednesday 10/28

1. Review and Grade Root Four Cards

2. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit FYI

3. Usage Problems Worksheet (homework)

Thursday 10/29
1. Practice Vocabulary Test 

2. Review Homework Worksheet

3. Fifty Common Usage Problems (homework)
4. Finish Reading Guide (homework)

Friday 10/30
1. Roots Words 4 Test
2. Put Together Portfolios 
3. Review Common Usage Problems
4. Finish Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

          ***Extra Credit***

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

You may do Idiom 1-4 Test corrections (Due Tuesday)
(word and definition ten times each in columns, one side of the paper only)

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/ 

This link should also help you understand Fahrenheit 451.

Activities for week eight 10/19 - 10/23 - 2015

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 10/19
1. Annotation of "A Value System Prepares You ..." Due

2. Review Tests

3. Finish Root 3 Word Cards and Study (homework)

4. Finish Part 2 Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide (homework)

Tuesday 10/20
1. Review and Grade Roots 3 Cards

2. Review and Discuss Capitalization

3. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit 451 

4. Review all Vocabulary and Idioms (homework)

Wednesday 10/21 

1. Idioms Weeks 1 - 4 Test

2. Read and Discuss Fahrenheit 451

3.  Study and Read Either Fahrenheit  or S.S.R. Book (homework)

Thursday 10/22

1. Capitalization Test

2. Grade Part Two Study Guide

3. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 10/23

1. Root Words 3 Test

2. Journal: Integrity (write two paragraphs)

3. Finish Reading Fahrenheit 451 (homework)
***Part Two Test Monday***
***Grade Notebook Next Week***

          *** Extra Credit ***

Test Corrections for Root Word 2 - Due Tuesday 

Activities for week seven 10/12 - 10/16 -2015

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. Please check Aeries and make your grade is correct, and make sure you have all your S.S. Reading points. 

Monday 10/12

1.    Grade Word Roots 2 Cards

2.    Review Roots 1 Test

3.    Discuss Fahrenheit 451
4.  Type Full Essay (homework)

Tuesday 10/13

1.    Narrative Essay Due and Final Edit

2.    Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

3.  Type Final Copy of Essay (homework)

Wednesday 10/14

1.  All Parts of Essay Due (200 points)
2.  Root Words Pretest

3.    Discuss Fahrenheit 451
4.  Start Part 2 Reading Guide (homework)

Thursday 10/15

1.    Vocabulary and Word Roots Test

2.    Capitalization Worksheet

3.    Finish Reading Guide 2 (homework)
4.  Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Friday 10/16

1.    Capitalization Worksheet

2.    Lecture: How to Mark a Book
3.  Read Lessons in Leadership "A Value System Prepares You for Anything" (highlight and comment on the article) (homework)

4. Make Word Root 3 Cards (homework)

Extra Credit

Vocabulary Test Corrections (Due Tuesday)

Activities for week six first semester 10/5 - 10/9 - 2015

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 10/5
1. Word Root # 1 Cards Due
2. Study Idioms Weeks 1 and 2  for Test

3. Edit and Revise Narrative Body Paragraphs

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

Tuesday 10/6
1. Idioms Week 1 and 2 Test

2. Read and Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451

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

Wednesday 10/7
1. Practice Word Roots #1 Test
2. Edit and Revise Conclusion
3. Quiz and Discuss Fahrenheit 451

4. Finish Part One Worksheet (homework)

Thursday 10/8
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 10/9
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part One Test

2. Journal: Struggle (two paragraphs)

3. Read Part Two of Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

4. Finish Putting Whole Essay Together (homework)

          *** Extra Credit *** 

1. Vocabulary Corrections due Monday

2. Have Body Paragraphs Typed and in Class Monday

3. Have Conclusion Typed and in Class Wednesday