4 December

Life is a song - sing it. 

Life is a game - play it. 

Life is a challenge - meet it. 

Life is a dream - realize it. 

Life is a sacrifice - offer it. 

Life is love - enjoy it.

~Sai Baba

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? How can love protect your from age?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing
• You will use the information on the form above to complete a Venn diagram here.
1. Select 2-Circle
2. Type your name and number where it says [type your name here].
3. Give the diagram the title Comparing Two People where it says [Title/Notes].
4. Rename [factor 1] as the name of your first person and [factor 2] as the name of your second person.
5. Put the information about just the first person in the first person's circle (on the left).
6. Put the information about just second in the second person's circle (on the right).
7. Put the information about both the first and second people in the middle.
8. Send this to me.
1. click on the "Embed into blog/ webpage" button (it looks like a silver flower).
2. On the next screen, you will have a URL that starts with http://. Copy the whole thing and send this to me as an email (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).

Mission 4

• Accuplacer Practice Day 4

3 December

Age does not protect you from love. 

But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

~ Jeanne Moreau

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? How can love protect your from age?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing
• You will use the information on the form above to complete a Venn diagram here.
1. Select 2-Circle
2. Type your name and number where it says [type your name here].
3. Give the diagram the title Sydney and James where it says [Title/Notes].
4. Rename [factor 1] as Sydney and [factor 2] as James.
5. Put the information about just Sydney in the Sydney circle (on the left).
6. Put the information about just James in the James circle (on the right).
7. Put the information about both Sydney and James in the middle.
8. Send this to me.
1. click on the "Embed into blog/ webpage" button (it looks like a silver flower).
2. On the next screen, you will have a URL that starts with http://. Copy the whole thing and send this to me as an email (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling

Mission 6

• Accuplacer Practice Day 3

Mission 7

• Cornell Notes - Modeling - "The Mystery of Motion Sickness."

Mission 8

• Cornell Notes - Practice - "How Sugar Affects the Brain."

Mission 9

• Answer the FPU reading test practice questions in your Course Book (pp. 464-465).

Mission 10

• Answer the comprehension questions for "How Sugar Affects the Brain."

2 December

You are always a student, never a master. 

You have to keep moving forward.

~ Conrad Hall

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? How can you always be a student? How does this idea make you feel?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Complete Signal Words II Mastery 6.

Mission 5

• Complete Inferences Mastery 6.

Mission 6

• Lesson on Cornell Notes
• How to Spot a Liar
• Questions

Mission 7

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 8

• Spelling Lesson

Mission 9

• Accuplacer Practice Day 2

1 December

Memory awakens hope.

~Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Seek That Which is Above, 1986

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Has there been a time when a memory has given you hope? Tell me about it.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling

Mission 6

• Complete Capitalization Practice 3.

Mission 7

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement Test 1.

Mission 8

• Complete Accuplacer Practice Day 1.

30 November

Mission 1

• Complete Combined Skills Test 4.

Mission 2

• Read "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton, Langan pp. 395-397.
• Answer the Vocabulary Questions, Langan pp. 398-399 in your book.
• Answer the Reading Comprehension Questions, Langan pp. 400-402 in your book.
• Complete the Summary, Langan pp. 402-403, Langan pp. 402-403 in your book.
• Complete the writing tasks here.

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling
• Dictation
• Lesson

27 November

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mission 1

• Daily Language Practice

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson

Mission 5

• Complete Capital Letters Practice 2.

Mission 6

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement Practice 2.

Mission 7

• Practice Presentations

Mission 8

• Revise your essay.
• Make sure: 
• ALL words are spelled correctly.
• ONLY words that need to be capitalized are capitalized.
• ALL verbs are in present tense.
• ALL subjects and verbs agree with each other.
• Make sure your WHOLE paper, including your header and heading (yes, you need these), is in Times New Roman 12pt font.
• See our post from 18 November if you don't know how to make a header or heading and/or if you don't know how to change your font.
• ALL ESSAYS will be graded based on what is completed by 11:59 p.m. today!

26 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling

Mission 5

• Complete Capital Letters 1.

Mission 6

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement 1.

Mission 7

• Make a reference page for your essay.
• This must include the book, the movie, the page for the theme you chose, and the imdb page for the cast and crew.
• Here's how.