Activities for week one second semester 2/1 - 2/5 - 2016

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 2/1
1. Review First Semester Final
2. Read and Discuss "Doing Justice to Antigone"
3. Review Vocabulary 1 - 10 (homework)


Tuesday 2/2
1. Review Antigone Essay
2. List S.S.R. Books on Portfolio
3. Vocabulary Bee
4. Punctuation Worksheets
5. Review Idioms 1 - 12 (homework)

Wednesday 2/3
1. Vocabulary 1 - 10 Test (100 points)
2. Punctuation Worksheets
3. Set up New S.S.R. Book Reading Card
4. Read and Annotate "Question your way to success"(homework)

Thursday 2/4
1. Homework due (Annotated Reading)2. District Benchmark Test (Chrome Book Test)
3. Study Idioms 1 - 12 For Test (homework)

Friday 2/5
1. Idiom 1 - 12 Test (100 points)
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Review Freshman Part of Senior Project
4. Read and Discuss "At $1,882, O.C. rent at record high"

********** 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.

Activities for finals week 1/25 - 1/28 - 2016

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 (660 points)
20 vocabulary words
50 Antigone Questions
20 literature terms
20 idioms

Monday January 25th
Review for Final 

Tuesday, January 26 

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 27

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

Thursday, January 28

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

Friday, January 29
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.***

***EXTRA CREDIT***

Tests Corrections due Tuesday

Activities for week eighteen 1st semester 1/19 - 1/22 - 2016

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?  I have seen 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.

Tuesday 1/19 Antigone Study Guide Due (Absolute Deadline)
1. Review Antigone Test 
2. Edit and Revise Essay
3. Antigone Presentations
4. Do Vocabulary 9 - 10 (homework)
5. Type Conclusion (homework)

Wednesday 1/20
1. Edit and Revise Conclusion
2. Antigone Presentations
3. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
4. Type Full Essay (homework)

Thursday 1/21 
1. Idiom 1 - 11 Test (100 points)
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Edit and Revise Full Essay 
3. Type Final Copy of Essay  (homework)

Friday 1/22
1. All Parts of Essay Due (200 points)
2. Vocabulary 9 - 10 Test (100 points)
3. See Antigone
4. Study for Finals (homework)

   ***EXTRA CREDIT***
 Quizlet Cards due Wednesday.

Activities for week seventeen 1st semester 1/11 - 1/15 - 2016

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 1/11
1. Review Tests
2. Write Thesis and do Bubble Cluster (homework)
3. Practice Presentations
4. Work on Study Guide (homework)

Tuesday 1/12
1. Presentations
2.  Finish Bubble Cluster (homework)
3.  Work on Study Guide (homework)

 
Wednesday 1/13
1. Presentations
2. Review Bubble Cluster

3. Type Outline and Type Introduction (homework)

Thursday 1/14
1. Antigone Test (100 points)
2. Presentations
3. Edit and Revise Introduction
4. Type Revised Introduction and Body Paragraphs (homework)

Friday 1/15
1. Presentations
2. Discuss Essay
3. Finish Typing Revised Introduction and Body Paragraphs (homework)
4. Finish Study Guide (due Tuesday)

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

Activities for week sixteen 1st semester 1/4 - 1/8 - 2016

In his book, My Personal Best, John Wooden writes, "There is a choice you have to make in everything you do, so keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make makes you." As we finish the first semester you can still raise your grade by doing well on your remaining assignments and making the choice to excel.

Please check Aeries and know your grade; if you are not at 100% in your  reading points all you have to do is come in and read (10 points for ten minutes). Also this Monday I don't have meetings, so if you missed tests before vacation you need to make them up Monday morning, even if you have zero period, because I will be here before zero period starts. I will be ready for make up at 7:05 am.

Monday 1/4
1. Review  Tests
2. Read and Discuss "Opportunity arises to set a fresh course"
3. Do Vocabulary 7-8 (homework)
4. Read Antigone (homework)
5. Practice dialogue (homework)

Tuesday 1/5
1. Read and Discuss "Are people better today than yesterday?"
2. Read and discuss Antigone 
3. Work on Study Guide (neat and complete sentences)(homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary 7-8 (homework)

Wednesday 1/6
1. Grade and Review Vocabulary 7-8
2. Practice for Presentation
3. Read and Discuss Antigone
4. Annotate "How to get ahead, from the horses' mouths ..." Lessons In Leadership (homework)

Thursday 1/7
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss "Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy"
3. Practice dialogue (homework)
4. Read Antigone (homework)

Friday 1/8
1. Vocabulary 7-8 Test
2. See and Discuss Antigone
3. Work on Antigone Study Guide (homework)
4. Practice Presentation ( be ready)

*** Extra Credit ***

1. Vocabulary Test Corrections due Tuesday

2. Quizlet Vocabulary Cards due Wednesday
3. "Remind" Extra Credit due Monday