Second Nine Weeks here we go!

Dear students,
Now that the first nine weeks has come to an end there are some comments I need to make...
1. SAT Questions of the Day are a weekly requirement. You have been turning in these questions for the past eight weeks and should be used to doing them by now. It is your responsibility to either email it, print it out, or write it on a sheet of paper. If you are absent or on a fieldtrip or there is a substitute you are still responsible for getting a Question of the Day to me each Friday. Many of you suffered the consequences of not getting the points you needed for the grade you wanted as a result. I am not asking for a lot -- one simple question every week to prepare you for the SAT, which most of you should be planning to take anyway for college.
2. Reading Plus is also a requirement. Many of you, for whatever reason, do not complete your two sessions for the week. You can complete two sessions a day. However, for each session to count you must complete a PAVE, Guided Reading (must get 70% comprehension or higher) and a Vocabulary Exercise. These are points you do not want to be missing at the end of the nine weeks.
3. Make sure you are keeping your notebooks up to date. If I decide to do a surprise check or ask you to show me your agendas you should have them up to date.

With that said, this first week we accomplished the following:
1. Started the next set of SAT words I & J.
2. Took notes on the American Romantic Movement.
3. Took a Practice SAT Test.
4. Read together "Self-Reliance" by Emerson.
5. Began the Emerson Essay Partner Assignment. Remember you are creating a collage with your partner using your five quotes and images related to your essay topic. If you want to bring in your pictures and supplies to work on your collage in class you are welcome to do so. The collage is due on Wednesday (Periods 1,3,5) or Thursday (Periods 2,4,6).

Here is a youtube video I found that connects with the "Simple Life" that we learned about with the Transcendentalists (including Emerson). It is titled "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.