Notebook Organization for 9th Grade Honors

Organization for 9th Grade Notebooks


The notebook is an important part of your final grade and should contain all your work from the semester. The reason for the notebook is to help me accurately and fairly assess your grade. I will be able to look through your notebook and tell at a glance the quality and quantity of your work. I will also be able to check your grades in my roster with your actual work to make sure that all grades were accurately recorded. This also gives you the opportunity to do make-up work which will be considered in the overall assessment of the notebook grade; however, the late work will not be graded for an individual grade - there’s no time.

The second period notebook is very similar to the first period with the exception of the grammar assignments. The grammar assignments for second period is as follows:

English Workshop; Subordinate Clause; pages 161-162
English Workshop; Adjective Clause; pages 52-59
English Workshop; Adjective Clause; pages 163-164
English Workshop; Adverbial Clause; page 173
English Workshop; Adverbial Clause; pages 165-166
English Workshop; Prepositional Phrases; pages 141-142
English Workshop; Linking Verbs; page 108

Here is the order I would like the notebook to be in:

First page with first and last name, period and date.
This paper which can act as a table of contents.
The syllabus to this class.

Vocabulary:

The vocabulary from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
Pages 4 - 14
Pages 23 - 33

Grammar:

Grammar homework from ENGLISH WORKSHOP
Adjective Clause, pages 171-172
Subordinate Clause; page 169
Adverbial Clauses; pages 165
Adverbial Clauses; pages 173
Unscrambling Adverbial Clauses
Prepositional Phrases; pages 149
Run-Ons; pages 73-74; ex. 6
Comma Splice Handout

Literature:

CAT’S EYE Literary Packet
“The Sniper” Rewrites
“The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary, Grammar and Literature Packet
“The Most Dangerous Game” Synopsis
“The Most Dangerous Game” test
“Isn’t It Ironic?” scenes
“The Cask of Amontillado” Packet
“The Necklace” Vocabulary, Grammar and Literature Packet
“The Necklace” What Happens Next?
The Trojan War Quiz
THE ODYSSEY Reading logs
THE ODYSSEY Time Line
Calypso’s Island
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Reading Logs

Essays:

The Autobiographical Essay
The Memory Essay
The Persuasive Letter
The Persuasive Essay

Handouts:

The Trojan War Packet
The Odyssey Handouts:
Books 1 - 4: A Son Seeks a Father
Book 5: Calypso’s Island
Book 7: Princess Nausicaa
Book: Odysseus Meets His Mother in the Underworld
Why the Seasons Change: The Story of Persephone, Demeter and Hades.

Extra Credit Work or Miscellaneous:

Let the notebook reflect who you are by posting some of your art, your poetry, photos or just things you like and that you feel express who you are. A little creativity will certainly give a bump to your grade.