HONORS ENGLISH
DECEMBER 1st - DECEMBER 5th

Welcome back! I hope you had a restful, fun-filled Thanksgiving! And now, back to work!
Monday, December 1st:
Your “Too Soon a Woman”/”A Defenseless Creature” essay is due today. If you do not turn in the essay, you may be in danger of failing the class.
Today we will begin reading THE TROJAN WAR.

Tuesday, December 2nd:
SHORTENED DAY!
Please bring your vocabulary book today. Pages 31 - 39; exercises 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26, 27, 28, and 29 will be assigned today and will be due on Friday, December 5th.
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR.

Wednesday, December 3rd:
Warm-up: Write five original sentences with five words from pages 31 - 39 in the vocabulary book: two with adjective clauses, and three with adverbial clauses.
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR.

Thursday, December 4th:
Warm-up: Write five original sentences with five words from your vocabulary book (pages 31 - 39): two sentences with adjective clauses and three with adverbial clauses.
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP today: “Verbals and Verb Phrases”; pages 153-154; exercises 5 and 6 will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, December 9th.
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR.

Friday, December 5th:
Warm-up: Write five original sentences from your vocabulary book (pages 31 - 39): three sentences with participial phrases, one sentence with an adjective clause; and one sentence with an adverbial clause.
Wee test over THE TROJAN WAR.

November 24th - November 26th
9th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, November 24th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences from your vocabulary book, pages 18 - 27, using adjective clauses.
Go over essay format for “Too Soon A Woman” and “A Defenseless Creature”. You will be allowed to redo the compare and contrast essay on the two literary pieces (“Too Soon a Woman” and “A Defenseless Creature”). Please bring your essay and the “Short Constructed Response” paper. The redo is due on Wednesday, November 26th.
Begin reading THE TROJAN WAR in preparation for our odyssey!

Tuesday, November 25th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences from your vocabulary book, pages 18 - 27, using adjective clauses.
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR!

Wednesday, November 26th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences from your vocabulary book, pages 18 - 27, using adjective clauses.
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR!
Your rewrite of “Too Soon a Woman” and “A Defenseless Creature” is due today.

Happy Thanksgiving. See you on Monday, December 1st.

November 17th - November 21st
9th Grade Honors English

Monday, November 17th:
Brief review of the “Cask of Amontillado” packet and situational, dramatic and verbal irony.
Break into groups of four and construct a board game for “The Most Dangerous Game”. The game should be playable, should test the players’ knowledge of the plot, characters and vocabulary words. This will be due on Wednesday, November 19th.

Tuesday, November 18th:
Shortened day!
Continue working on the board game.
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. The next set of pages will be assigned to you today: pages 18 - 27; exercises 11,12,13,14,16,17,18,and 19. This will be due on Friday, November 21st.

Wednesday, November 19th:
Present your board games today.

1st Period:
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP today; pages 18-27; “Prepositional Phrases”; exercises 1 and 2. This will be due Friday, November 21st.

Thursday, November 20th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences using five of your new vocabulary words with adjective clauses.
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; pages 163 - 164; “Adjective Clauses”.
Watch the movie Troy!


Friday, November 21st:
Your vocabulary homework is due today.
Begin reading about the Trojan War in preparation for our odyssey!

November 10th - 14th
Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade Honors

Monday, November 10th:
Finish “The Most Dangerous Game”. Work on your reading log. The reading log should include a brief synopsis (summary) and vocabulary words (words that are unfamiliar to you) with definitions.
For example:
Setting: on a yacht in the middle of the Caribbean. There are two men, Whitney and Rainsford who are hunters. They are discussing hunting. Rainsford doesn’t think it’s important to care how the hunted feel - “The world is divided into two: the hunter and the huntee - and who cares how the hunted feel?” The yacht is passing by an island (named “Ship Trap Island) with a creepy reputation. Rainsford thinks he hears a gunshot and when he leans far out on the railing, he loses his balance, falls overboard and has to swim to - you guessed it - “Ship Trap Island”.
Vocabulary words:
palpable: able to be touched or seen.
“The Most Dangerous Game” packet will be passed out to you.

Tuesday, November 11th:
No school today in observance of Veterans’ Day.
Wednesday, November 12th:
Divide into groups of three and present one word each from “The Most Dangerous Game” vocabulary. Work on the packet: “Suspense” and “Adjectives”.
Go over the plot graph for the story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement.
Thursday, November 13th:
The class will be broken into groups of four and will be assigned one of the following from “The Most Dangerous Game”: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. Your group’s job will be to identify your element from the story’s plot and then present to the class.
Friday, November 14th:
Test over “The Most Dangerous Game”. The test will include vocabulary, comprehension and plot graph.
Break into groups of three and begin work on a board game based on the story. The board game should include the following:
Details about the plot
Details about the character
What part of the story is exposition?
What part of the story falls is rising action?
What is the climax of the story?
What part of the story is falling action?
What part of the is denouement?
Vocabulary words from “The Most Dangerous Game”?

November 3rd - November 7th
9th Grade Honors
Weekly Schedule

Monday, November 3rd:
1st and 4th Periods:
Brief review of “The Cask of the Amontillado” and then a wee test!
Your “Cask of Amontillado” packet is due today!

Tuesday, November 4th:
Shortened day!
Go over adjective clauses in your ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 163 - 164; exercises 2 and 3. This assignment will be due and payable on Thursday, November 6th.
Begin reading “The Most Dangerous Game”. Please keep a reading log for this story. It will be collected and graded.

Wednesday, November 5th:
Please bring your vocabulary book to class today.
Warm-ups! Write five sentences with adjective clauses using five of your vocabulary words. Share with the class on the “Elmo”.
Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Pass out “The Most Dangerous Game” vocabulary packet.

Thursday, November 6th:
Warm-up! Write five sentences with adjective clauses using five of your vocabulary words. Share with the class on the “Elmo”.
Your grammar homework from THE ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “Adjective Clauses”; pages 163-164; exercises 2 and 3. Share with the class on the “Elmo”.
Brief lecture on the plot diagram of “The Most Dangerous Game”.

Friday, November 7th:
Test over “The Most Dangerous Game”. Your “Most Dangerous Game” packet is due today.
Break into groups of three and create a board game illustrating the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. The game should include information about the plot (exposition, rising action, etc.), the characters, vocabulary and - yes! Adjective Clauses! If you get a wrong answer you might get eaten by a crocodile!

October 27th - October 31st
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade English


Monday, October 27th:

Read “The Cask Of Amontillado”


Tuesday, October 28th:

Shortened day!

Finish “The Cask of Amontillado”


Wednesday, October 29th:

Vocabulary and Irony Packet on “The Cask of Amontillado”

Break into groups of three and write three scenes. Each scene should show an example of one of the following types of irony: situational, verbal and dramatic. Each group will perform their scenes and then turn in their scripts for grades.


Thursday, October 30th:

Short test on “The Cask of Amontillado”.

Grammar; “Adjective clauses”; this homework will be due on Monday, November 3rd.

Using five of your vocabulary words please write five sentences with adjective clauses.

Friday, October 31st:

Read “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.

October 13th - 17th
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade Honors English


MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH:

First Period:

Your “Necklace” essay is due today.

Pass out the ENGLISH WORKSHOP grammar books today. The first assignment will be given based on the needs of the class.

Begin work on preparation for the assessment. Work on the reading comprehension and multiple choice questions.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH:

Shortened Day!

Continue working on the reading comprehension and multiple choice questions.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH:

Begin working on the short response form.
The short response form will be due at the beginning of the period.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH:

Minimum day! Open house tonight: 5:30 to 7:30

Begin working on the long extended response (code word for essay!).


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH:

Work on the essay. Please refer to page one and page 74 in the packet you were given yesterday as reference on how to do the introductory paragraph and the body paragraphs.
The essay will be due on Tuesday upon my return.

Heads up: a small quiz over the vocabulary words on pages 4 - 14 will be give next Wednesday, October 22nd.

OCTOBER 6TH - 10TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR 9TH ADVISORY

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH:

Break into groups of three or four to create a group name, a symbol and set of rules the group should follow.

Once you are finished, reflect on the roles each student played in the group. Who was the decision maker? Were there any disagreements? How were they resolved?

Do you think people act differently in a group? Have you ever been in a group situation you felt uncomfortable in but for the sake of the group (fitting in), you followed along?

Groupthink is a term developed by a psychologist, Dr. Irving Janis. It describes a process that happens to groups that cause them to act violently, or make irrational decisions. In a “groupthink” situation members of the group conform their own ideas to create group consensus.

Discuss situations where you might have seen “groupthink” occur.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH:

Discuss the following and act out scenes where the following could occur:

Illusion of invulnerability

Unquestioned belief in the inherent morality of the group

Collective Rationalization of the group’s decision


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH:

DIscuss the following and act out scenes where the following could occur:

Shared stereotypes of other groups

Self-censorship

Illusion of unanimity


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH:

NO SCHOOL TODAY IN OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR




FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH:

Discuss and present scenes where the following occur:

Pressure on members to confirm to group’s behavior

Self-appointed mindguards protect the group from negative information

OCTOBER 6TH - 10TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH:

1st and 4th Periods:

Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT every day to class. Assign exercises 6 - 9; pages 9 - 15, This assignment will be due on Wednesday, October 8th.

Break into groups of three and using your Necklace packet, analyze Madame Loisel’s character development, the use of irony and point of view in the story.
Gather together in socratic circle and discuss “The Necklace.”

4th Period:

Final presentations of “Continuing the Story: The Necklace.”


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH:

1st and 4th Periods:

Your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT is due and payable today: pages 4 - 14; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9.

Wee short quizzes over “The Sniper” and “The Necklace”.

An essay will be assigned today on “The Necklace”. The essay must be two pages long and have five paragraphs; The essay may be hand written, but must be neat and have a rough draft. You may also type it.

Discuss the use of irony and character in “The Necklace”. Compare the character of Madame Loisel at the beginning of the story with her character at the end of the story. Has she changed? Give evidence to show how she has or has not changed. What are the ironies in the story regarding Madame Loisel and how do they contribute to her character development or lack of development?

This essay will be due on Wednesday, October 8th.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH:

Warm-up: Choose ten words from pages 4 - 15 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT and make a pictionary of the words. One drawing per word. Write a grammatically correct sentence for each vocabulary word. show to your partner.

Work on your essay. The essay is due at the end of the period,


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH:

NO SCHOOL TODAY IN OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH:

Begin work on the periodic assessment.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
SEPTEMBER 29TH - OCTOBER 3RD


MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH:

1st Period:

Today we will be visited today by our guest artists/teachers, Ruth McKee, Marcos Najeros and Brent Blair who will work with us on irony in “The Necklace”.

4th Period:

Today we will be assigned our vocabulary books, VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. Pages 4 - 15; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 will be assigned today and the homework will be due on Friday, October 3rd. Please bring your vocabulary book every day to class this week.

“The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar and literary terms handout will be passed out today. We will play “pictionary” with the vocabulary words from “The Necklace.”

We will break into groups to demonstrate situational irony.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH:

NO SCHOOL TODAY IN OBSERVANCE OF ROSHANANA.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST:

1ST PERIOD:

Today we will be assigned our vocabulary books, VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. Pages 4 - 15; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 will be assigned today and the homework will be due on Friday, October 3rd. Please bring your vocabulary book every day to class this week.

“The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar and literary terms handout will be passed out today. We will play “pictionary” with the vocabulary words from “The Necklace.”

We will break into groups to demonstrate situational irony.

4th Period:

Break into groups and write a continuation of the story of “The Necklace” . The title of the assignment is “What Happens Next?” You will break into groups and continue the story after the last line of the short story. What happens after Mathilde finds out the truth? You will present these on Thursday, October 2nd.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND:

1ST PERIOD:

Today we will do pictionary using our ten of our vocabulary words from pages 4 - 15 in our VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

Continue working on our “The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar and literary terms packet.

Break into groups and write a short scene demonstrating situational irony.

4th PERIOD:

Present your group’s continuation of the story “The Necklace”. “What Happens Next?” when Mathilde learns the truth.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD:

1ST PERIOD:

Present your short scene demonstrating situational irony to the class.

1ST AND 4TH PERIODS:

Today our vocabulary homework is due: VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; pages 4 - 15; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9.

Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.

We will begin working on an essay comparing and contrasting irony in the two short stories we have read, “The Sniper” and “The Necklace”. This essay will be due on Tuesday, October 7th.

September 22nd - 26th
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, September 22nd:

Work on “THE SNIPER” handouts: “Situatonal Irony”; “Verbs”; “Revising Paragraphs’. Finish for homework tonight. Will be due on Tuesday.

Break into groups and rewrite “The Sniper” from the point of view of the following characters: the other sniper, the soldier in the tank, the old woman and the driver of the tank and finally, from the omniscient point of view.

Tuesday, September 23rd:

Shortened day!

You will have some time to work on your projects.

Wednesday, September 24th:

1st Period:

We will have guest artists today who will work with us on “The Sniper” and with point of view.

4th Period:

We will work at the beginning of the period on rehearsing our rewrites and then we will begin performing our scenes.


Thursday, September 25th:

1st Period:

We will work at the beginning of the period on rehearsing our rewrites and then we will begin performing our scenes.

4th Period:

Finish our presentations.


Friday, September 26th:

First Period:

Today we will be visited by our guest artists again where we will continue working on point of view and “The Sniper”.


4th Period:

Our vocabulary books will be assigned today (finally!). Pages 4 - 15; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 will be assigned and will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. We will break into groups of two, choose two words to present to the class by either pantomime, charades or by a skit.

Begin reading “The Necklace”.

September 15th - 19th
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade English


Monday, September 15th:

Read excerpt from Isabel Allende’s Paula.

“Memory Log”: Step backwards in time and create a memory bank of your experiences. Write about an accident you experienced, a trip you took, your first______________; a secret, a special place you know of or you go to, a family story everyone shares around the dinner table or at family gatherings.

Story descriptions: Go through the excerpt again, circle and write about three very strong descriptive phrases. Write about the feelings, the image, the thoughts the descriptions arouse in you as you read.

Sensory description chart: Write down three or four more phrases and write the effect the phrases have on the meaning of the passage.


Tuesday, September 16th:

Shortened Day:

If we receive our books today, then pages 4 - 15, exercises 1 - 4 and exercises 6 - 9 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT will be assigned today. The homework will be due Tuesday, September 23rd.

Write a memoir about an event in your life. This memoir will be due on Thursday, September 18th. The memoir should be two pages long, typed or neatly written and is about an important or memorable moment in your life.


Wednesday, September 17th:

Read “The Sniper”

Work on “The Sniper” vocabulary and grammar packet.


Thursday, September 18th:

Discussion of point of view and irony.

Irony exercise: Three improvs showcasing the different types of irony: situational, verbal, dramatic.

Point of view exercise: Share with a partner a conflict you had with another; then write about the incident - BUT THIS TIME FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE OTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.


Friday, September 19th:

Break into groups and rewrite the story from the point of view one of the following characters: the old woman, the other sniper, the driver of the tank, the soldier in the tank who speaks to the old woman, omniscient.

Weekly Syllabus
for
9th Grade
September 8th - 12th

Monday, September 8th:

Continue reading Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye.


Tuesday, September 9th:

Shortened day!

Continue reading Cat’s Eye. Work on “Points of View” packet.


Wednesday, September 10th:

Finish Cat’s Eye and Cat’s Eye packet.


Thursday, September 11th:

Begin reading isabel Allende’s Paula.


Friday, September 12th:

Finish reading Isabel Allende’s Paula, and begin working on MEMORY essay. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, September 16th.

Notebook Organization
for
2nd Period 9th Grade

Title Page with name and period
Table of Contents

ROMEO AND JULIET SECTION:
ROMEO and JULIET Essay; rough draft and rewrite
Acts 1 - 5 Vocabulary and Grammar Packets
Acts 1 - 5 Tests and Corrections
ROMEO and JULIET Reading logs
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 1, Scene 4 and Act 2, Scene 2 classwork
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 3, Scene 2 classwork
Queen Mab Illustrations
ROMEO and JULIET Rewrites
ROMEO and JULIET Handouts:
Shakespeare’s Phrases
Shakespeare’s Words
Oxymorons
The Plague

VOCABULARY:

Pages 53 - 60; exercises 1 - 7
Pages 61- 68; exercises 9 - 15
Pages 30 - 39; exercises 21 - 29
Pages 30 - 39 Test

GRAMMAR:

Unscrambling Absolute Phrases Packets
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbs; pages 105-106
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Appositives; pages 157 - 158
Gerunds Handout
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Gerunds; pages 149 - 150
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Participial Phrases; pages 147 - 148
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbals; pages 145 - 146
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Adjective Phrases; pages 143

ESSAYS:

“Marigolds” and “Forgive My Guilt”
“Marigolds” summary

MISCELLANEOUS:

Your own personal creative stuff you wish to put in: poems, drawings, etc.

5th Period Notebook:

Exactly like the 2nd Period class' notebook but your vocabulary is Units 1, 2 and 3 from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP:level C.

Notebook Organization
for
9th Grade Honors

Title Page with name and period
Table of Contents

ROMEO AND JULIET SECTION:
ROMEO and JULIET Essay; rough draft and rewrite
Acts 1 - 5 Vocabulary and Grammar Packets
Acts 1 - 5 Tests and Corrections
ROMEO and JULIET Reading logs
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 1, Scene 4 and Act 2, Scene 2 classwork
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 3, Scene 2 classwork
Queen Mab Illustrations
ROMEO and JULIET Rewrites
ROMEO and JULIET Handouts:
Shakespeare’s Phrases
Shakespeare’s Words
Oxymorons
The Plague

VOCABULARY:

Pages 53 - 60; exercises 1 - 7
Pages 61- 68; exercises 9 - 15
Pages 30 - 39; exercises 21 - 29
Pages 30 - 39 Test

GRAMMAR:

Unscrambling Absolute Phrases Packets
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbs; pages 113-114
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Appositives; pages 163-164
Gerunds Handout
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Gerunds; pages 157-158
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Participial Phrases; pages 155
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbals; pages 153-154
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Adjective Phrases; pages 151-152

ESSAYS:

“Marigolds” and “Forgive My Guilt”

MISCELLANEOUS:

Your own personal creative stuff you wish to put in: poems, drawings, etc.

The Home Stretch!
June 16th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade

Monday, June 16th - Friday, June 20th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Each day this week we will read the perks of being a wallflower and write a reflection - which must be at least one half page in length. Choose one or more events in the section we have read and comment on it. The comment may be positive or negative, personal or not; however, the opinions must be well written, in appropriate language and supported by what you have read in the book. You should also write in the reflection any words which you are not familiar. I am predicting we will be finished by Friday which means that you will turn in your perks of being a wallflower on that date.


Friday, June 20th:

Your notebook and your perks of being a wallflower are due today.

The notebook is due at the beginning of the class; please do not plan to use Friday to put your notebook together. Do that during the evenings prior to Friday.

As soon as we finish the novel - I hope by Friday - we will begin working on the final assessment of the semester which is literary analysis. The assessment will include reading two selections - one is a short story, the other a play - and writing a well constructed five paragraph essay on the theme of the selections.

We will then take a multiple choice test which will cover grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Friday (June 20th) and Monday (June 23rd) will be devoted to the assessment. The final will be used to finish up the essay.

June 9th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, June 9th:

1st Period:

Present your vocabulary project (VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7).

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the book.

2nd Period:

Journal:

Write five sentences using five vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7. Share your best sentence with class by writing it on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the book.

5th Period:

Unit Three in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP:level C will be assigned today. You must write out the word, the definition, the synonym and the antonym on pages 35-37; the correct vocabulary words in "Completing the Sentence" (#1 -#20) on pages 38-39; the complete synonyms (#1 - #15) and antonyms (#16 - #20) on page 39; and the correct vocabulary word in "Choosing the Correct Word" (#1 - # 20) on page 40. This will be due on Friday, June 13th.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do reflections on the book.


Tuesday, June 10th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods

Journal:

Write five sentences using five vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7. Write on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the board.

5th Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today; “Verbs”; pages 105 - 106; exercises 10, 11 and 12 will be assigned today. This will be due on Thursday, June 12th.






Wednesday, June 11th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Journal:

Write five words using your vocabulary words in five sentences. Share with class by writing your best sentence on board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

1st and 2nd Periods

Pass out “Unscrambling Absolute Phrases” handouts. This assignment will be due on Friday, June 13th.



Thursday, June 12th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Journal:

Write five words using your vocabulary words in five sentences. Share with class by writing your best sentence on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

5th Period:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “Verbs”; pages 105-106; exercises 10, 11 and 12.


Friday, June 13th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Vocabulary jeopardy!

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your “Unscrambling Absolute Phrases” handout is due today.

5th Period:

Your Vocabulary homework, Unit 3 in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; level C, is due today.

June 2nd Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade English

Monday, June 2nd:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. Pages 53 - 60, exercises 1 through 7 will be assigned; this assignment will be due on Friday, June 6th,

Today we will continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

2nd Period:

Don’t forget to bring your vocabulary book today. Please read the above assignment for Period 1; it also pertains to you.

Today we will work on our essay for ROMEO and JULIET. The essay topic was passed out to you on Friday and we went over the topics in class. The topics are also posted on this web log; scroll down to find them. The essay will be due on Wednesday, June 4th.

5th Period:

Today we will have the Act V test over ROMEO and JULIET. Remember that the ROMEO and JULIET Act V packet will also be due.


Tuesday, June 3rd:

1st Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. “Verbs”; pages 113 - 114; exercises 11 and 12 will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Thursday, June 5th.

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.


2nd Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. “Verbs”; pages 105 - 106; exercises 10 and 11 will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Thursday, June 6th.

Continue working on your essay.





5th Period:

Today we will go over the essay topics for ROMEO and JULIET, which are also posted on last week’s web log. (Scroll down to last week’s web log to see the posted topics.) The five paragraph essay, which must be typed with a rough draft, will be due on Thursday, June 5th.


Wednesday, June 4th:

1st Period:

Read and discuss THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.


2nd Period:

Your ROMEO and JULIET essay is due today, along with your rough draft and your reading logs.

We will begin reading PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER today. I think you’ll like this book.

5th Period:

Work on your ROMEO and JULIET essay today.


Thursday, June 5th:

1st Period:

Your English Workshop homework is due today: “Verbs”; pages 113 and 114; exercises 11 and 12.

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

2nd Period:

Your English Workshop homework is due today: “Verbs”; pages 105 and 106; exercises 10 and 11.

Begin reading THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

5TH Period:

Your ROMEO and JULIET essay along with your reading logs are due today.
We will begin reading and discussing a book I think you will like - THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER. It’s about being a 9th grade boy in high school. I think you’ll be able to relate to a great deal in the book.




Friday, June 6th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your vocabulary homework is due today.
Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

5th Period:

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

Please bring your vocabulary book to class on Monday, June 9th. Pages 52 - 60, exercises 1 - 7 will be assigned on Monday and will be due on Friday, June 13th.

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class on Tuesday, June 10th. “Verbs”, pages 105 - 106; exercises 10 and 11 will be assigned and will be due on Thursday, June 12th.

ESSAY TOPICS FOR ROMEO and JULIET

Choose one of the following topics and write a well-organized and well-crafted five paragraph essay.

1. Is Mercutio a foil to Romeo? A foil is a character whose personality or traits are the opposite of those of the the lead character; these differences point out and highlight the personality of the lead character. You should find quotations and examples from the play to support your thesis. You may want to use your Act 2 vocabulary packet to help you on this one.

2. Examine Shakespeare’s use of light and dark in literary tropes to illustrate Romeo’s mood in the play. For example, in the beginning of the play Romeo frequently refers to darkness and heaviness; it is when he meets Juliet that he begins to speak of lightness (“It is with love’s light wings did I o’er perch these walls...”) You must find examples to support your thesis.

3. Examine Shakespeare’s use of irony to enhance the suspense in the play. One might examine the dramatic irony in Act 4, Scene 2 in which Juliet’s mother informs her of her impending marriage to Paris. There are many examples of situational and dramatic irony, as well as some verbal irony, in ROMEO and JULIET. Give at least three examples of irony (one of each: situational, verbal, and dramatic) in the play.

4. Examine the role of women in the play: Juliet, the Nurse and Lady Capulet. Show how each responds to the crisis in her life: Juliet’s forced marriage to Paris; Lord Capulet’s abuse of the Nurse and Lady Capulet, and Juliet’s estrangement from the Nurse. You might also wish to consider Lady Capulet's life; in all probability she too was forced into an arranged marriage at the same age as Juliet. Notice in Act 4 Lady Capulet's response to Lord Capulet's sudden decision to change the wedding date. How much resistance does she offer? Does Lord Capulet even consider her objections? Consider too that this scene follows hard upon Act 4, Scene 2 in which Lord Capulet reacts violently to Juliet's refusal to bend to his will. Consider the Nurse's hard, realistic advice to Juliet. Did her life experiences teach her to be pragmatic and realistic?

5. Discuss the theme of the play, ROMEO and JULIET. Find examples to support what you believe is the theme of the play.

6. Throughout the play Romeo makes frequent references to the stars and to the prophetic power of dreams. However, is it the stars and dreams that lead to Romeo's and Juliet's deaths or is it just poor, rash judgment on his part that leads to tragedy? Be sure to use examples from the play to support your thesis.

7. Analyzing the text, find examples in which the characters' poor decisions lead to the tragedy. What better decisions could Lord and Lady Capulet, the Montagues, the Friar, the Nurse, Mercutio, Tybalt, and of course, Romeo and Juliet have made that would have averted tragedy? You might want to use your "consequences" paper to help you on this.

8. Compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet. How are they similar and how are they dissimilar?

9. Compare and contrast any two characters in the play. How is Benvolio a foil to Mercutio? Or how is Tybalt a foil to Mercutio? Or how is the Apothecary a foil to the Friar?

10. Discuss Shakespeare's use of literary language to enhance meaning in the play. Some of the literary language you may wish to consider are: personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, imagery, apostrophe and ironic devices. How does he use these devices to: reveal character or to enhance suspense or to reveal theme or to forward the plot.

You must include a rough draft along with your finished final draft.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH MAY 27TH, 2008

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MAY 27TH, 2008


TUESDAY, MAY 27th:

SHORTENED DAY!

Heads up to all classes: the third grading period closes on Thursday, May 29th. Anything turned in after Wednesday, May 28th will not be counted for this grading period.

1st Period:

Begin work on essay for ROMEO and JULIET. This will be due on Thursday, May 29th.

2nd Period:

Break into groups, finish working on the rewrites for ROMEO and JULIET, and begin presenting.

5th Period:

Quickly go over the answers to the Act 4 test of ROMEO and JULIET
Begin reading Act 5, the last and final act of ROMEO and JULIET.
The Act 5 vocabulary packet will be passed out to you today; this packet will be due at the time of the test.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Your extra credit collage is due today.

1st Period:

Continue working on your essay today. It will be due at the end of the period, along with your greatly anticipated reading logs for ROMEO and JULIET. Can’t wait to read ‘em!


2nd Period:

Finish presenting your group’s rewrites.

Begin working on your essays for ROMEO and JULIET.




5th PERIOD:

Continue reading Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET and of course, working on our fun reading logs.


THURSDAY, MAY 29th:

1st Period:

Begin reading THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER. I think you will enjoy this book.

2nd Period:

Your essay for ROMEO and JULIET is due today along with your GREATLY anticipated reading log - can’t wait to read ‘em.


5th Period:

We will probably be finished with the play today and will begin our review for the oh, so popular test. Remember, your Act V vocabulary packet will be due at the time of the test.


FRIDAY, MAY 30th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Today I think we could all use a break so I think we’re just going to read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. But next week, please bring your vocabulary book on Monday and your English Workshop on Tuesday; we are going to do a final push before you guys take off for sophomore land.

5th Period:

Today we will begin working on our ROMEO and JULIET essay which will be due on Tuesday, June 3rd. Please remember that your ROMEO and JULIET reading log will be due at the time you turn in your essay.