May, Periods 2, 5, and 6

This week's homework 05/29/12

1. Station worksheet due Today.
2. Finish novel, final - Thursday/Friday
3. In class essay - Thursday/Friday
4. Packet- due by Monday (packet = notes, chapter questions, persona, 1 tone practice, vocabulary (back page).
5. Turn in journals - Monday
6. Movie worksheet - due end of class Monday
7. Return novel (and any other book/text) on Monday.
8.  Semester Final - next week, Tuesday (2nd per) Thursday (5th, 6th per). Use the questions at the bottom of your AoWs to study.
9. All quiz make ups by Wednesday.


This Week's in Class Schedule:
Tuesday - 5/29
1. turn in station worksheet
2. read
3. movie


Wednesday - 5/30
1. read
2. movie


Thursday/Friday 5/31, 6/1
1. Novel final
2. In-class essay


Monday 6/4
1. turn in packet
2. turn in journals
3. movie
4. turn in movie worksheet
5. turn in books at library



This week's homework 05/21/12

1. Final AoW 25 -choose 2 from "The New Heroes" - write a circles of reflection response, due next Friday, May 25th, typed.
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 17 -21, quiz Friday
3. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 17-21, due Friday. 


Friday May 25, 2012 - half day!
1. turn in AoW 25
2. finish everything! (stations, vocab, tone practice, packet)
3. Read


Wednesday/Thursday May 23/24, 2012
1. tone practice, finish packet
2. finish stations
3. read


Tuesday, May 22, 2012
1. station project
2. read


Monday, May 21, 2012
1. read/quiz/Turn in packets
2. station project

This week's homework 05/14/12

1. Final AoW 25 -choose 2 from "The New Heroes" - write a circles of reflection response, due next Friday, May 25th, typed.
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 13-16 Friday
3. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 13 - 16, due Friday. 
4. Quiz make ups - Tuesday and Thursday after school. 

Friday, May 18, 2012
1. Turn in packets
2. quiz
3. Latin roots vocab practice 


Thursday, May 17, 2012
1. Read chapters 13 -16
2. Work on AoW final 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
1. Read chapters 13 - 16
2. Work on AoW final

Monday/Tuesday, May 14/15, 2012
1. Read chapters 13 - 16
2. Journal: Think about people who have made a difference in society (Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Albert Einstein...) 
How do people really make a difference? 
What qualities do they share?
3. AoW 25 directions- Select Two from "Meet the Heroes"
This is your final AoW, you have two weeks to complete it.  Turn in prewriting worksheet and type your final draft, due Friday, May 25th.

This week's homework 05/07/12

1. AoW 24 - annotate, answer questions, SOAPStone- due Friday
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 10 -12 by Friday.
3. Quiz on Friday, AoW and Power of One 
4. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 10 -12. 


Friday, May 11, 2012
1. Quiz, chapters 10-12
2. Read
3. Collect SOAPStone, check questions
4. Review Persona - notes
5. Collect Packet

Wednesday/Thursday, May 9/10 (block)
1. Read/work on packet
2. Work on SOAPStone
3. Read "Hoodwinked" and fill out persona page in packet.


Monday/Tuesday, May 7/8 (block)
1. AoW 23 Quiz/collect
2. Read chapters 10 -12
3. AoW 24 "I Have a Dream"
4. Buddy annotate for rhetorical devices.
5. Begin SOAPStone

This week's homework 04/30/12

1. AoW 23 - fill in notes, annotate, answer questions, SOAPStone- due Friday
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 6-9 by Friday.
3. Quiz on Friday, AoW and Power of One 
4. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 6 - 9.
Friday, May 4, 2012
1. Quiz, chapter 6 - 9
2. Read chapters 1- 12
3. AoW quiz and assignment postponed until next week.


Wednesday/Thursday, May 2/3, 2012
1. Groups present their portion of the AoW, class marks what the groups present
2. SOAPStone and answer questions
3. Read The Power of One

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
1. Review Rhetorical Devices
2. Read Nelson Mandela's speech
3. Groups looks for rhetorical devices, theme, metaphors in speech
  a. everyone in group marks their own paper
  b. find 3 or 4 devices
  c. Mrs. Hrin picks who will present 
  d. everyone marks what the groups found on their own paper.
4. Read The Power of One

May, perios 3 and 4

Friday, May 25, 2012 - half day!
1. Work on marvel.com project

Wednesday/Thursday, May 23-24, 2012
1. Read
2. Annotate "DIY Biology...."
3. Answer questions at the end
4. Vocabulary Packet - greek and latin roots, "feelings"

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
1. anticipation guide
2. Article: Are we getting smarter?
3. Vocabulary

Monday, May 21, 2012
1. Work on project.

Friday, May 18, 2012
1. Work on project

Thursday, May 17, 2012
1. Work on marvel.com

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
1. Work on Marvel.com

Monday/Tuesday, May 14/15, 2012
1. Read
2. Rough draft for final project
3. Work on digital version: marvel.com

Friday, May 11, 2012
1. Introduce End of Year Project
2. Sample...

Wednesday/Thursday, May 9/10, 2012
1. Read
2. Annotate Article: Gang Member...
3. Anticipation Guide

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
CaHSEE test!

Monday, May 7, 2012
1. Study!!!

 Friday, May 4, 2012
1. Last day for some of you to study!!!!

Wednesday/Thursday, May 2/3, 2012 The test is coming!
1. study
2. read
3. study

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Test is next Tuesday!!

1. Read
2. Study for CaHSEE