Tuesday, January 7

1. Tuesday, January 7 • Activities: • Syllabus and classroom expectations • Reading notes directions • Textbooks • Homework: • SSR tomorrow! • Chapter one reading notes due on Friday! • Parent signature on syllabus by Monday! • Warm-up #1: What is one of your academic goals for this semester?

2. Wednesday, January 8 • Activities: • Seating chart • 3rd period – report cards and class meeting • SSR • Work on reading notes. • Homework: • Chapter one reading notes due on Friday! • Parent signature on syllabus by Monday! • Warm-up #2: What do you think we will study in economics?

3. Thursday, January 9 • Activities: • Overview sheet • Basics interactive lecture • Homework: • Chapter one reading notes due tomorrow! • Parent signature on syllabus by Monday! • Warm-up #3: What did you give up in order to come to school today? How important is the thing that you gave up?

4. Friday, January 10 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes in the basket on my desk. Make sure your name is on your paper. • Basics interactive lecture • Homework: • Parent signature on syllabus by Monday! • Warm-up #4: Think about a school-appropriate decision you have made lately. Write a sentence describing that decision. In another sentence, explain the opportunity cost of that decision.

5. Monday, January 13 • Activities: • 3rd – turn in reading notes; continue basics lecture. • Other classes – go over PPC practice; continue basics interactive lecture; circular flow practice. • Homework: • Ch. 2 RN due on Thursday; we will work on them in class tomorrow! • Warm-up #5: List two examples of each of the types of resources used by a bookstore.

6. Tuesday, January 14 • Activities: • Work on Chapter 2 reading notes. • Read or work on something else quietly if you finish early. • Homework: • SSR tomorrow! • Ch. 2 RN due on Thursday! • Warm-up #6: In your own words, explain what economics is all about. Use 2-3 sentences.

7. Wednesday, January 15 • Activities: • SSR • Go over Current Events directions. • 3rd – finish notes. • Finish circular flow practice. • Homework: • Ch. 2 RN due tomorrow! • Meet here tomorrow! We will walk to the lab together. • Warm-up #7: Explain how a computer can be a capital good.

8. Thursday, January 16 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes. • Computer lab to work on Current Events. • Homework: • Quiz next Wednesday! • Chapters 3 and 5 reading notes due next Thursday! Focus on vocabulary in Ch. 5. • NO WARM-UP!

9. Friday, January 17 • Activities: • Computer lab to work on Current Events • Homework: • Quiz on Wednesday! • NO WARM-UP!

10. Tuesday, January 21 • Activities: • SSR • Basic Qs and Economic Systems interactive lecture • Homework: • Ch. 3&5 RN due on Thursday! • Quiz moved to Friday! • Unit One test next Tuesday! • Warm-up #8: Nation X experiences an increase in the number of college graduates. What will happen to the production possibilities curve for Nation X?

11. Wednesday, January 22 (sub) • Activities: • Work on reading notes. • Homework: • Chapters 3 and 5 RN due tomorrow! • Quiz on Friday! • Chapter 4 will be due next Thursday! • No warm-up.

12. Thursday, January 23 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes. • Discuss quiz. • Basics review activity – use your notes! • Homework: • QUIZ TOMORROW! • TEST ON TUESDAY! • Chapter 4 reading notes due Thursday! • Warm-up #9: How does a market economy answer the “who will receive it” question?

13. Friday, January 24 • Activities: • Basics quiz • Work on Ch. 4 reading notes. • Homework: • TEST ON TUESDAY! • Ch. 4 reading notes due on Thursday! • Warm-up #10 (turn in today): What is the role of an entrepreneur in a market economy?

14. Monday, January 27 • Activities: • Discuss test. • The New Recruits video • Homework: • TEST TOMORROW! 4th period – C lunch tomorrow! • Ch. 4 RN due on Thursday! • NO WARM-UP! You need a blank sheet of paper and something to write with.

15. Tuesday, January 28 • Activities: • TEST – you need a pencil and a blank piece of paper. • Work on Ch. 4 RN or something else QUIETLY! • Homework: • Ch. 4 RN due on Thursday! • NO WARM-UP!

16. Wednesday, January 29 • Activities: • Absent yesterday? Get ready for the test – pencil and a sheet of paper. • Unit One reassessment info • Finish video. • Finish and turn in reading notes. • SSR • Homework: • Ch. 4 RN due tomorrow! • No warm-up! Find your video sheet from Monday! • WATCH YOUR TARDIES! POUNCY HAS NOTICED AND IS PLANNING TO CANCEL SENIOR EVENTS/PRIVILEGES IF IT CONTINUES!

17. Unit One Reassessment • Remember: • You must have all notes and formative work completed and in your binder. See the overview sheet for specific information. • You must complete the re-teach. If you need help, come to tutorials. • You must attend a reassessment. You cannot be late! • Reassessment tutorial times: • Tuesday, February 4 – 7:30am • Wednesday, February 5 – 7:30am or 3:40pm (I will stay until 4:15).

18. Thursday, January 30 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes. • Supply interactive lecture • Homework: • Chapters 6 and 7 RN due next Thursday! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE FEBRUARY 13! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in! • Warm-up #1 (start a new sheet – Unit Two warm-ups): What is the producer’s ultimate goal? WATCH YOUR TARDIES! POUNCY HAS NOTICED AND IS PLANNING TO CANCEL SENIOR EVENTS/PRIVILEGES IF IT CONTINUES!

19. Friday, January 31 • Activities: • Continue supply interactive lecture. • Practice • Homework: • Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 RN due next Thursday! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE FEBRUARY 13! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in! • Warm-up #2: When a firm produces zero units, total cost is $150. What is this firm’s fixed cost?

20. Monday, February 3 (sub) • Activities: • Internet video • Homework: • Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 RN due Thursday! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE FEBRUARY 13! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in!

21. Tuesday, February 4 • Activities: • Continue supply interactive lecture. • Practice (if time) • Homework: • SSR tomorrow! • Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 RN due Thursday! • QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE FEBRUARY 13! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in! • Warm-up #3: P of each unit = $4 What is the marginal revenue of the 2nd unit?

22. Wednesday, February 5 • Activities: • SSR • Finish supply practice. • Work on reading notes. • Homework: • Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 RN due tomorrow! • QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE FEBRUARY 13! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in! • Warm-up #4: What is the only thing that can cause a change in quantity supplied?

23. Thursday, February 6 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes. • Go over supply practice and discuss quiz. • Newspaper Heist reading and questions • Homework: • QUIZ TOMORROW! • CURRENT EVENTS DUE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in! • Warm-up #5: The cost of steel (used in the production of widgets) increases by $100. Draw a correctly-labeled graph showing what will happen to the supply of widgets.

24. Friday, February 7 (sub – GISD closed) • Activities: • Finish Newspaper Heist reading and questions. • Pg. 198 #3-6; pg. 203 #2 • Read or working on something else quietly when you are finished. • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS DUE NEXT THURSDAY! If you finish before then, go ahead and turn them in!

25. Monday, February 10 • Activities: • Supply quiz • Catch-up or SSR: • Newspaper Heist Q’s • Pg. 198 #3-6; pg. 203 #2 • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS DUE ON THURSDAY! If you skip my class, I will notice. • Warm-up #6: If the government increases regulations on car producers, what will happen to the supply of cars?

26. Tuesday, February 11 • Activities: • 1st period – new seating chart • Current events reminders • Demand interactive lecture • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS DUE ON THURSDAY! If you skip my class, I will notice! • Warm-up #7: If the price of good X increases, then the quantity supplied will __.

27. Wed., February 12 (early release) • Activities: • Do your warm-up! • SSR • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS DUE TOMORROW! • Warm-up #8: There is an increase in the price of gasoline. Relate to income effect.

28. Thursday, February 13 • Activities: • HOLD on to your Current Events. I will call you up to turn them in. • RIPEM activity • Homework: • None! • Warm-up #9: Which way does the demand curve shift if there is an increase in demand?

29. Friday, February 14 • Activities: • Finish RIPEM activity. • Demand practice • Homework: • Demand quiz on Tuesday! • Chapter 13 reading notes due next Thursday! • Warm-up #10: Which way does the demand curve slope?

30. Monday, February 17 • Activities: • Demand quiz review • Finish and turn in demand practice. • Supply and demand review • Homework: • Ch. 13 reading notes due on Thursday! • TEST over supply, demand and equilibrium will be next Tuesday! • Warm-up #11: If the price of hot dog buns increases, what will happen to the demand for hot dogs?

31. This week – BEHAVE! • Tomorrow (substitute) – demand quiz and then finish work from today or work on Ch. 13 RN. • Wednesday (substitute) – demand essay; bring a dark blue or black pen and paper; follow all directions; you MUST turn in your essay to the sub by the end of the period; 4thperiod will take C lunch. • This week’s tutorials: • Today – PM • Thurs – AM and PM • Fri - AM

32. Tuesday, February 18 • Activities: • Quiz • Work on reading notes and/or supply and demand review. • Homework: • Ch. 13 RN due Thursday. • TEST over supply, demand and equilibrium on Tuesday!

33. Wednesday, February 19 • Activities: • Demand essay • SSR and/or supply and demand review • Homework: • Ch. 13 reading notes due tomorrow! • TEST over supply, demand and equilibrium on Tuesday!

34. Thursday, February 20 • Activities: • Turn in reading notes. • Return graded Current Events/reassessment info • Go over supply and demand review. • Market equilibrium interactive lecture • Practice • Homework: • TEST over supply, demand and equilibrium on Tuesday! • Warm-up #12 (turn in today): What are the non-price determinants of supply? What are the non-price determinants of demand?

35. Current Events Reassessment • Remember: • You must have turned in your Current Events. • You will do a new Current Events project (hand-written). • You must bring your old graded Current Events and two NEW articles to tutorials to complete the reassessment. • You must attend regular tutorials until you have completed the project. • The deadline to complete the reassessment is by 4:00pm on Wednesday, March 5. • Tutorials: • Monday through Wednesday mornings starting at 7:40am and afternoons until 4:00pm unless I have a school-related activity.

36. Friday, February 21 • Activities: • Makeup work for people who have been absent • Disequilibrium notes • Finish practice from yesterday. • Homework: • TEST ON TUESDAY! STUDY SUPPLY, DEMAND AND EQUILIBRIUM! • NO WARM-UP!

37. Monday, February 24 • Activities: • Makeup work for people who were absent • Finish practice. • Chapter 8 Questions • Homework: • Test MOVED TO WEDNESDAY!!! Study supply, demand and equilibrium! • Another required essay on Thursday! • No warm-up!

38. Tuesday, February 25 • Activities: • Go over practice. • Finish and turn in Ch. 8 questions. • Homework: • TEST TOMORROW! Bring a pencil! • Essay on Thursday! Bring pen and paper! • No warm-up.