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?)