Vocabulary

Vocabulary Homework for Week of August 27, 2012

Unit One in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP: Level C

Definitions:

1. Write the vocabulary words on pages 21, 22, 23

2. Write the part of speech: (adj.) write the definitions and the brief phrase.

Completing the Sentence: (pages 24 and 25) (Be sure to write the correct subtitle for each section you are doing!) In each section, please be sure to write the title. This section is entitled: COMPLETING
THE SENTENCE:

1. Just write the word, not the entire sentence! (Sentences 1 – 20)

Example:

1. Laggards

SYNONYMS (page 25; 1 - 15) Please be sure to write the title for this section: SYNONYMS

1. Write the sentences! Underline the boldfaced word. Write the correct vocabulary word and underline it!

Example:

1. As the ad campaign slowly unfolded; evolved

ANTONYMS:  (pages 25 and 26; 16 - 20)

1. Write the sentence. Underline the boldfaced word. Write the correct vocabulary word and underline it. 

Example:

16. Surprised by the harmonious ending of the piece: discordant

Choosing the Right Word (page 26)

1. Just write the correct word!

Example:

1.Collaborated

Due on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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Monday, September 12, 2011
Assign Unit One in Vocabulary Workshop
Due Date: Friday, September 16th
Break into groups
Read assigned information on The Irish and British Conflict
Write a short scene dramatizing the conflict to present to the class

Tuesday, September 13th:
Shortened day
Continue working on reading, writing and rehearsing short scene dramatizing the Irish/British conflict



Wednesday, September 14th:
Present the individual scenes to class
Pass out vocabulary and irony packet to class
Due date for the packet is Monday, September 19th.

Thursday, September 15th:
Read "The Sniper"

Friday, September 16th:
Finish "The Sniper"
VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, Unit One is due today

Card Stacking:









Aliases:

One sidedness
Ignoring the Counter-Evidence

Examples of Propaganda Technique: Assertion

Assertion:

Assertion is frequently used in advertising and in modern propaganda. An assertion is an enthusiastic statement presented as fact without any supporting evidence - which is not to say that in advertising, the product is not good or the best, but no evidence is given to support the assertion. It is frequently implied that the statement requires no explanation or supporting evidence.

If  you say something often enough, people will come to believe it.

Assertions are easy to spot in advertising:
"Did you know that nine out of ten people need a new mattress?" - Leeds Mattress,
but can be dangerous for they frequently include half-truths or lies.

Ideas for Mythology Section

Ideas for Mythology Section:

Divide into groups of four

Hand out to each group a packet on one myth:

Included in the packet is a myth plus:

1. Background information about myth

2. Themes found in myth

3. Modern day application for myth

Students read and answer questions about their group’s myth.

1. Myths were used to explain natural occurrences:

a. What are the occurrences your myth explains?

b. What modern day remnant remains from myth?

l. Example: the word cereal from the goddess Ceres

2. Example: the psychiatric term Narcissistic Personality Disorder

They present the myth to the class.

They create a script which is modeled on the myth but updated to modern times.

Possible Myths to Be Used:

Narcissus and Echo

Psyche and Cupid

Chronos and Zeus

The Titans

Persephone, Demeter and Hades

Arachnid and Athene

Poseidon

MAY 30, 2011 - JUNE 3, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, May 30th:
No school!

Tuesday, May 31st:
Watch film of Act 3, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET
Go over Act 3, Scene 1
Pair up and analyze Scene 1 for comprehension
Act out the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt, and Romeo and Tybalt
For homework:
1. Work on the "Characters' Emotions Chart"
2. Go through the text we read in class today and find three quotations which deal with a character's emotional state or thoughts. Write down the quotations on the "Quotation" graphic organizer; then write in your own words what the character is saying. This will be due on Wednesday, June 1st.

Wednesday, June 1st:
Pass out Act 3 Vocabulary and Figurative Language Handout
Read Act 3, Scene 2
Pair up and analyze Scene 2 for meaning, characterization, plot, and figurative language
Share with class. Class discussion
For homework:
1. Work on the "Characters' Emotion Chart"
2. Go through the text we read in class today and find three quotations which deal with a character's emotional state or thoughts. Write down the quotations on the "Quotation" graphic organizer; then write in your own words what the character is saying. This will be due on Thursday, June 2nd.

Thursday, June 2nd:
Read Act 3, Scene 3
Pair up and analyze Scene 3 for meaning, characterization, plot and figurative language
Share with class. Class discussion
For homework: Read the above. It's the same.

Friday, June 3rd:
Read Act 3, Scene 4 and Scene 5
Pair up and analyze Scenes 4 and 5 for meaning, characterization, plot and figurative language
Share with class. Class discussion.
For homework: Read the instructions for Tuesday and Wednesday. It's the same.

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR MAY 23, 2011 - MAY 27, 2011

9th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, May 23rd:

Review for test on Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET

Please bring your notes, your Act 2 Vocabulary and Characterization Handout

Tuesday, May 24th:

Test over Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET

Wednesday, May 25th:

Read Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET

Pair up; read for comprehension, vocabulary and figurative language

Thursday, May 26th:

Read Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET

Pair up; read for comprehension, vocabulary and figurative language

Friday, May 27th:

Finish Act 3

Act out the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt

Review for test over Act 3

May 16, 2011 - May 20, 2011 9B Honors English

MAY 16, 2011 - MAY 20, 2011

CST TESTING

9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, May 16th:

Review packet for CST

Capitalization

Colons

Placement of Modifiers

Active and Passive Voice

Revising for Parallelism

Consistency of Tense

Manuscript Form

Combining Sentences Using Subordinate Clauses

Run-On Sentences

Semi-Colons

Commas with Interrupters

Tuesday, May 17th:

No class today: CST Testing

Wednesday, May 18th:

No class today: CST Testing

Thursday, May 19th:

Collected CST packet today

Paired up; read Act 2, Scene 4 from Mercutio's "Old Hare Hoar" to end of scene

Went over for comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language.

Read Act 2, Scene 5 up to Nurse's entrance

For homework: Reread Juliet's soliloquy; write down and identify all metaphors, similes, personifications and allusions.

Friday, May 20th:

Go over last night's homework

Read Act 2, Scenes 5 and 6; pair up and go over for comprehension, vocabulary, and figurative language.

Pass out ROMEO and JULIET Act 2 Vocabulary and Characterization Handout; the Characterization Handout and the Quoting the Text Handout.

MAY 9, 2011 - MAY 13, 2011

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, May 9th:

Read Act 2, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet

Pass out handout for Act 2: Vocabulary and Characterization

For homework tonight:

Go through Act 1 and discover two examples of Romeo using figurative language to express his moods.

Go through Act 2 and discover two examples of Romeo using figurative language to express his moods.

Have Romeo's mood changed? If so, how have they changed?

Tuesday, May 10th:

Read Act 2, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet

Pass out "Quoting the Text"

Pass out "Characters' Boxes of Emotions"

Holt Handbook homework will be due today: Holt, pages 105 - 108; exercise 5 and Review A: "Identifying Subordinate Clauses".

Wednesday, May 11th:

Read Act 2, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet

Go over figurative language

Thursday, May 12th:

Romeo and Juliet test

Friday, May 13th:

Read Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet

MAY 2, 2011 - MAY 6, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, May 2nd:
ROMEO and JULIET Act 1 Test
Correct in class

Tuesday, May 3rd:
Go over the Noun Clause Handout
Begin reading Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET
For homework tonight, find as many metaphors, similes, personifications, allusions and alliterations as possible in Act 2, Scene 2. This wil be due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 4th:
Please bring the Holt Handout book; pages 109 - 111; exercise 6 will be assigned and
will be due on Friday, May 6th
Go over last night's homework: the figurative language found in Act 2, Scene 2 of ROMEO and JULIET
Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET

Thurday, May 5th:
Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET
Find examples of figurative language in the Friar's speech in Act 2, Scene 3: metaphor, simile, personification, inversion, paradox.

Friday, May 6th:
Go over grammar homework
Break into groups and find examples of figurative language in Act 2, Scene 4.
Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET

Grammar

Exercise 7 on page 91 Handout on NOUN CLAUSES.

This is due on Wednesday, April 27^th.

A predicate is everything that is not the subject. The verb is in the predicate.

Bob knows who broke the window.

BOB IS THE SUBJECT

KNOWS IS THE VERB

PREDICATE: KNOWS WHO BROKE THE WINDOW

RELATIVE PRONOUN: WHO (introduces the noun clause)

The VERB in the NOUN CLAUSE is broke

Predicate Nominative: Window

ANSWER TO NUMBER 1! The noun clause is: WHO BROKE THE WINDOW!!!!!!!

The NOUN CLAUSE is being used as a direct object. (It receives the action of the verb.)

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition.

Anna is sitting in the chair.

APRIL 25, 2011 - APRIL 29, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, April 25th:
Pass out Noun Clause Handout; go over; this will be due on Wednesday, April 17th.
Break into groups, and prepare selection of your group’s part of Act 1, Scene 5 to present to class.

Tuesday, April 26th:
Unit 7 Vocabulary will be due today.
Make masks for the party scene!
Learn a simple dance for the scene.

Wednesday, April 27th:
Noun clause handout is due today.
Perform scenes

Thursday, April 28th:
Act 1 test over ROMEO and JULIET

Friday, April 29th:
Begin reading Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET
HOLT HANDBOOK, pages 109 - 111; exercise 6 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, May 3rd.

APRIL 11, 2011 - APRIL 15, 2011
9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH AGENDA





Monday, April 11th:
Go over Act 1 handout on vocabulary, blank verse and iambic pentameter
Watch Act 1 of ROMEO and JULIET

Tuesday, April 12th:
Shortened day!
You will be broken into groups and given a selection of Act 1, Scene 5 to act out.
Unit 7 Vocabulary will be assigned today. This will be due on Monday, April 25th.

Wednesday, April 13th
The Noun Clause Handout will be given to you today. This will be due on Tuesday, April 26th.
Make masks and learn a dance for ROMEO and JULIET!

Thursday, April 14th:
Please bring your HOLT HANDBOOK to class today; pages 109 – 111, exercise 6 will be assigned. This will be due on Wednesday, April 27th.
Perform your scenes today!

Friday, April 15th:
Test over Act 1
Your Act 1 vocabulary, blank verse and iambic pentameter handout will be due today.

April 4, 2011 - April 8, 2011 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

APRIL 4, 2011 – APRIL 8, 2011

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9^TH GRADE ENGLISH

Monday, April 4^th

Unit 6 Vocabulary Jeopardy!

Read and act out Act 1, scene 3 of ROMEO and JULIET

Tuesday, April 5^th:

Regular Schedule!

Iambic Pentameter/Prose and Poetry Handouts

Read and act out Act 1, scene 4 of ROMEO and JULIET

Analyze “Queen Mab” speech by Mercutio; divide into groups of three and choose one scene from the speech to act out.

For homework tonight: Select four scenes from the speech to illustrate; then write the lines underneath as captions. This will be due on Thursday, April 7^th.

Wednesday, April 6^th:

Please bring your HOLT HANDBOOK:

Pages 106, 107, 108; exercise 5 and Review A will be assigned today and will be due on Monday, April 11^th.

Read and act out Act 1, Scene 5 of ROMEO and JULIET

Break into groups of five and select a portion of Scene 5 which you will perform in front of the class.

We will learn a dance and perform it to music as part of the performance of Act 1, Scene 5

Thursday, April 7^th:

Perform Act 1, Scene 5 of ROMEO and JULIET

Friday, April 8^th:

Review for Act 1 test over ROMEO and JULIET

Test

For the Week of March 28, 2011:

How to do the vocabulary homework:

Unit 6 Vocabulary
Write the word; the part of speech; the definition and the short example
Completing the Sentence:
Just write the word
Synonyms:
Write the entire list of words and then write and underline the vocabulary words.
Antonyms:
Same as synonyms!
Choosing the Right Word:
Just write the right word.

Grammer:

HOLT HANDBOOK; adverbial clauses; pages 104 - 106; exercise 4

On the grammar homework:
Write the entire sentence
Underline the adverbial
Circle the subordinate conjunction
Tell how the adverbial phrase is being used.
Whenever we climb Mount Shasta, we are thrilled by the view.
Adverbial clause describes the verb
An adverbial clause is introduced by something called a subordinate coordinating conjunction:
As
As if
As long as
Although
Before
Since
When
The words which follow the subordinate coordinate conjunction are part of the adverbial clause.
The adverbial clause answers the following questions:
When something was done
How it was done
Under what condition
Why it was done
To what extent something was done

1. If you look through newspapers from the first half of the twentieth century, you will see many pictures of Gandhi. (Under what circumstance do you find a picture of Gandhi – if you look through the newspapers!)

This man led India to Independence from Britain, and he took his spinning wheel wherever he went. (The adverbial clauses answers where? Where he would take his spinning wheel? Wherever he went!)

MARCH 28, 2011 - MARCH 30, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, March 28th:
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET

Tuesday, March 29th:
Grammar homework is due today; HOLT HANDBOOK; adverbial clauses; pages 104 - 106; exercise 4.
Oxymoron handout
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 2 of ROMEO and JULIET

Wednesday, March 30th:
Unit 6 Vocabulary is due today.
Act One Vocabulary and Iambic Pentameter handout
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 3 of ROMEO and JULIET

Thursday, March 31st:
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet
Analyze Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech. Divide into groups of three; choose one scene from Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech and act it out.
For homework tonight:
Choose four scenes from Mercutio's speech; illustrate the four scenes and then write the lines underneath as captions. This will be due on Tuesday, April 5th.

MARCH 21, 2011 - MARCH 25, 2011

Weekly AGEND FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, March 21st:

If you haven't already begun work on the essay portion of the CAHSEE DIAGNOSTIC, please begin on it today.

Assign Vocabulary Unit 6; this will be due on Friday, March 25th

Tuesday, March 22nd:

Finish the essay portion of the CAHSEE DIAGNOSTIC

Please bring your vocabulary book and HOLT HANDBOOK (grammar)

Adverbial Clauses; pages 104 - 106, exercise 4 will be assigned today; this will be due on Thursday, March 24th.

Wednesday, March 23rd:

Begin working on ROMEO and JULIET

Shakespearean Insults

Thursday, March 24th:

"Words from Shakespeare"

ROMEO and JULIET

Friday, March 25th:

"Phrases from Shakespeare"

ROMEO and JULIET

March 14, 2011 - March 18, 2011 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English; The Odyssey, Death in the Palace, Odysseus and Penelope

MARCH 14, 2011 - MARCH 18, 2011
Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English






Monday, March 14th:
Finish reading "Death in the Palace"
Reading logs: comprehension, vocabulary, literary devices
Read Odysseus and Penelope
Reading logs: comprehension, vocabulary, literary devices
Pass out "Book 12, Developing Vocabulary";go over vocabulary words

Tuesday, March 15th:
Pass out the "Epic Handout"
Pass out "Books 16 and 17, Developing Vocabulary"; go over vocabulary words
Review the story

Wednesday, March 16th:
THE ODYSSEY test

Thursday, March 17th:
Go over THE ODYSSEY test

Friday, March 18th:
Begin ROMEO and JULIET
Shakespearean Insults

MARCH 7, 2011 - MARCH 11, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS

Monday, March 7th:
Vocabulary Walk Around: Pair up and write the correct vocabulary word and a correct sentence using the vocabulary word from Unit 5 under the definition which will be posted on the wall.
Read "The Beggar and the Nurse"
Reading Log
Read "The Beggar and the Bow"
Reading Log

Tuesday, March 8th:
Vocabulary Walk Around: Pair up and write the correct vocabulary word and a correct sentence using the vocabulary word from Unit 5 under the definition which will be posted on the wall.
Read "Death in the Hall"
Reading log
Review Conflict: External and Internal

Wednesday, March 9th:
Write five sentences with adjective clauses using words from Unit 5
Read "Odysseus and Penelope"
Reading log
Review figurative language: metaphors, similes, personification

Thursday, March 10th:
Go over vocabulary and literary terms handouts
Essay will be assigned today.
Go over structure and tips for good essay writing.

Friday, March 11th:
Begin working on ROMEO and JULIET
Shakespearean Insults!
Begin reading and acting out Act 1, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET

February 28, 2011 - March 4, 2011
Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, February 28th:
Break into groups and work on scenes for “The Sirens”, “Scylla” and “Charybdis”


Tuesday, March 1st:
Read “The Sirens”, “Scylla”, “Charybdis”

Do a reading log for each book, which should include a brief summary; at least three vocabulary words plus their definitions; and any examples of figurative language you might encounter.

Break into groups and work on scenes

Assign handout on adjective clauses; this will be due on Thursday, March 3rd


Wednesday, March 2nd:
Present scenes from THE ODYSSEY

Vocabulary Walk Around: Definitions will be posted on the wall; pair up and write the correct Vocabulary Unit 5 word next to the definition.


Thursday, March 3rd:
Adjective Clause handout is due today; go over in class

Vocabulary Walk Around: Vocabulary words will be posted on the wall; pair up and write a sentence using the vocabulary word from Unit 5. You must do at least three sentences.

Read THE ODYSSEY; “The Trip Home to Ithaca” and “The Father and Son Reunion”

Do the reading log for each book which should include a brief summary; at least three vocabulary words plus their definitions; and any examples of figurative language you might encounter.


Friday, March 4th:
Write five sentences with an adjective clause using your Unit 5 vocabulary.

Read “The Beggar and the Faithful Dog” and “The Beggar”.
Do a reading log for each book, which should include a brief summary; at least three vocabulary words plus their definitions; and any examples of figurative language you might encounter.