Friday, February 27, 2015

Friday/Monday, 02/27/15-03/02/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-Ankle, knee, and hip warm-up before kickball

Activity

-None -- just getting our papers back and putting them in our binders.

Sports
-Kickball!

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
-Choose a new exercise on your "focus muscle" area and add it to your log sheet
-Start new hypertrophy log sheets with additional set columns
Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Leg day:
Squat 3x8
Deadlift 3x8
Weighted Lunge 3x8
Wall Sit Leg Extension 3x10+
Calf Raises 3x10
Abs of your choice
Focus muscle exercise of your choice

English 9
1. Mythology essay. Click here for the rubric and here for the essay organizer packet. Finish getting & copying CDs.
2. Work on that response poem! Do the 'Dear Speaker' writing exercise in which you write a poem letter to the speaker of your classic poem. Then write at least 10 more lines of possible response poetry! We need to have a full and completed draft of our response poems by the end of next week.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Wednesday/Thursday, 2/25-26/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-Shoulder warm-up
-4 slide-under-the-net runs from court end to court end

Activity

-Calculating how many calories we need a day to provide us with energy using the calculator found here.

Sports
-Last volleyball championship game today!

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
-Choose a new exercise on your "focus muscle" area and add it to your log sheet

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Upper body pull day:
Pull-up 3x8
Barbell row 3x8
Shrug 3x10
Dumbbell curls 3x10
Lateral dumbbell raises 3x15
Bent-over dumbbell raises 3x15
Abs of your choice
Extra exercise of your choice!
English 9
1. Mythology essay. Click here for the rubric and here for the essay organizer packet.
2. Finish memorizing your poem, and continue writing your response poem!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Thursday/Friday, 02/19-20/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-10 sit-ups, 10 supermans - repeat 3x
-4 half-suicides
Activity

-Calculating how many calories we need a day to provide us with energy using the calculator found here.

Sports
-Prisoner

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
Match our daily exercise movement to the muscle it works

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Leg day:
Squat 3x8
Deadlift 3x8
Weighted Lunge 3x8
Wall Sit Leg Extension 3x10+
Calf Raises 3x10
Abs of your choice

English 9
1. Finish your mythology packet - it is due next class period.
2. Finish the "Knowing My Poem...Better" slip

Friday, February 13, 2015

Friday, 02/13/15 - Wednesday 02/18/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-none, just a warm-up

Activity

-Carl's Jr menu choices and the resulting calories, trans fat, sodium, and sugar

Sports
-Prisoner

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
Come up with a new exercise that uses the muscle of that you were randomly assigned

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Upper body pull day:
Pull-up 3x8
Barbell row 3x8
Shrug 3x10
Dumbbell curls 3x10
Lateral dumbbell raises 3x15
Bent-over dumbbell raises 3x15
Abs of your choice

English 9
1. Finish memorizing your classic poem!
2. Work on finishing your mythology packet - it is due Monday February 23rd.


Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Wednesday/Thursday, 02/11-12/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-20 Mountain climbers, 4 wall-to-wall runs under the volleyball net

Activity

-Calorie notes on the stuff we brought in to class (we used www.caloriecount.com)

Sports
-Volleyball: The Set

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
Muscles coloring book page and hypertrophy goals sheet

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Upper body push day:
Weighted push-up 3x8
Dumbbell fly 3x10
Handstand/elevated/pike push-up 3x8
Dumbbell alternating press 3x8
Tricep dumbbell extensions 3x10
Bench dips 3x10

English 9
1. Choose your next story from the myth readings packet and fill it in. Also finish "How The World and Mankind Were Created."
3. Memorize 15 lines from your Get Lit poem and fill in the "Getting to Know My Poem" sheet.

Resources~
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

Monday, February 9, 2015

Monday/Tuesday, 02/09-10/15

Physical Education
1. Bring one item of food to class.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-Burpees to make up calories eaten in class

Activity

-Calorie notes and discussion

Sports
-Volleyball: The Serve

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
-Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Tibialis Anterior, Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique, Serratus Anterior
-Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid, Posterior Deltoid, Forearm Flexor, Forearm Extensor
-Muscle movements open-note quiz

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Leg day:
Squat 3x8
Deadlift 3x8
Weighted Lunge 3x8
Wall Sit Leg Extension 3x10+
Calf Raises 3x10
Abs of your choice

English 9
1. Mythology-The Game! cards - due next class
2. Choose your next story from the myth readings packet and fill it in.
3. Memorize 10 lines from your Get Lit poem and fill in the "Getting to Know My Poem" sheet.

Resources~
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Thursday/Friday, 02/05-06/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-Inchworm across the gym floor

Activity

-Notes on the three types of carbs: complex, simple, and fiber

Sports
-Volleyball: The Bump

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
-Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Tibialis Anterior, Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique, Serratus Anterior
-Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid, Posterior Deltoid, Forearm Flexor, Forearm Extensor
-Muscle movements open-note quiz

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Upper body pull day:
Pull-up 3x8
Barbell row 3x8
Shrug 3x10
Dumbbell curls 3x10
Lateral dumbbell raises 3x15
Bent-over dumbbell raises 3x15
Abs of your choice

English 9
1. Mythology-The Game! cards - due at the beginning of next week.
2. Choose your next story from the myth readings packet and fill it in.4. Memorize more lines from your Get Lit poem.

Resources~
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Tuesday/Wednesday 02/03-04/15

Physical Education
1. No homework.

Today's activity
Buy-in
-20 jumping jacks, 20 kangaroo hops, 20 jumping jacks, 20 bench push-ups, 20 jumping jacks

Activity

-Superbowl party

Sports
-Class Superbowl final competition!

Strength & Conditioning
1. Drink plenty of water and eat protein-rich foods to aid in your hypertrophy.

Today's activity
Notes
-Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Tibialis Anterior, Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique, Serratus Anterior
-Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid, Posterior Deltoid, Forearm Flexor, Forearm Extensor

Strength
-Bodybuilding/hypertrophy training: Upper body push day:
Weighted push-up 3x8
Dumbbell fly 3x10
Handstand/elevated/pike push-up 3x8
Dumbbell alternating press 3x8
Tricep dumbbell extensions 3x10
Bench dips 3x10

English 9
1. Study VL9 words from our Mythology books and be ready for the test.
2. Continue our Cornell notes on the Mythological Beings from chapter 1 of Mythology (up to the Lesser Gods of Earth). You can find a list of all the beings that should be included here. These are due Thursday next class.
3. Mythology-The Game! cards - due at the beginning of next week.
4. Memorize five lines from your Get Lit poem and be ready to share your personal connection to the poem.

Resources~
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card