Activities for week eight 2nd semester 3/21 - 3/25 - 2016

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." As you move through school are you earning the trust of your parents? Many of you have earned my trust and I hope you will continue to work hard. Please check Aeries and make up reading points.

Monday 3/21
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 9-10 Quiz (60 points)
2. Review Vocabulary 17-18 Test and Idioms 13-17
3. Do Vocabulary 19-20 Packet (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (should be on chapter 15)(homework)

Tuesday 3/22  
1. Idiom 13-17 Test (100 points)
2. Review TKM Chapters 9-10 Quiz
3. See the Beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Do To Kill a Mockingbird worksheets (homework)

Wednesday 3/23 
1. Chapters 4-10 TKM Review Test (100 points)
2. Review and Grade Vocabulary 19-20 (70 points)

3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Thursday 3/24

1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest

2. Review Tests and Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Read and Work on Worksheets (homework)

Friday 3/25

1. Vocabulary 19-20 Test (100 points)
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Finish Reading To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

4. Finish Worksheets and Study Guide (homework)

           *** Extra Credit ***
1. Vocabulary Test Corrections due Tuesday

 2.     See me before Wednesday

Activities for week seven 2nd semester 3/14 - 3/18 - 2016

As a coach I say this all the time, "You play at the level at which you practice." Consistently good practice leads to consistently good play. It sharpens your talent. Successful people understands this. They value practice (homework) and develop the discipline to do it. If you want to sum up what lifts most successful individuals above the crowd, you could do it with four little words: a little bit more. Successful people pay their dues and do all that is expected of them-plus a little bit more. The question for you is this, "are you doing that little bit more?" Listen in class this week for the little extra.

Monday 3/14
1. TKM Chapters 4-8 Quiz
2. Review Tests

3. Review "Powerful Argument" Worksheet
4. Vocabulary 17 - 18 (homework)
5. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/15   
1. Start District Essay (DPT)
2. Finish Vocabulary 17-18 (homework)
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)


Wednesday 3/16  ***Vocabulary Due***
1. Continue Working on District Essay
2. Work on TKM Worksheets
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Thursday 3/17
1. Finish District Essay
2. Vocabulary Pretest
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Read and Annotate: Lessons in Leadership "The Power and Possibility of Charisma" (homework - due tomorrow)

Friday 3/18
1. Vocabulary 17 - 18 Test (100 points)

2. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Work on Worksheets (homework)

           *** Extra Credit ***
 Quizlet cards due before class Wednesday.

Activities for week six 2nd semester 3/7 - 3/11 - 2016

Doing the right thing doesn't come naturally to any of us. As George Washington said, "Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder." Yet that is what we must do to develop the kind of character that will sustain us. It's not easy to do the right thing when the wrong thing is expedient. Moliere commented, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. The difference in their deeds is simple: People of character do what is right regardless of the situation." It's not easy to do the right thing when no one but you will know. But it's in those moments that a person's character becomes strong. Martin Luther King Jr. asserted this:
"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?
Consensus asks the question: Is it Popular?
Character asks: Is it right?"
That is the bottom line. Are you going to do what's right? Will I see your homework done with effort and care? Will you do your reading and study for your test?

Monday 3/7
1. Quick Write Due
2. Review Vocabulary 15-16 Test
3. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Review 11–16 Vocabulary and Idioms (homework)
5. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Tuesday 3/8 ***Have Signatures - Registration***
1. Read and Discuss "Now-Persuasive Writing:Take a Stand"
2. Discuss To Kill Mockingbird
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 3/9
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Test (Chapters 1-5)
2. Lecture and Discussion "Expanding Your Position Paper:Counter-Argument"
3. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)
4. Review Vocabulary (homework)

Thursday 3/10
1. Idiom 11 - 16 Test (100 points)
2. Vocabulary 11 – 16 Bee
3. Work on "Writing Powerful Arguments" Worksheets in Groups
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Friday 3/11
1. Vocabulary 11 - 16 Test (100 points)
2. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

         *** Extra Credit ***
1. Quizlet Vocabulary cards 11-16 due Wednesday before class. 
2. Memorize Martin Luther King's quote and tell it to me before school before Tuesday.
3. Test Corrections due Tuesday.

4. Print the blog and then your Aeries grade on the backside of the same sheet of paper. (Copy and paste just the bottom of your Aeries grade, and then feed it back into the printer - one page only of your grade and the blog with a note from a parent of what they think about your grade and effort in our class - on the side with your Aeries grade). Due Wednesday (You must follow the exact directions - points?)