NOTEBOOK ORGANIZATION
FOR 9TH GRADE SPRING SEMESTER
DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006

1. Title page with name, period and date
2. Syllabus
3. Table of Contents

4. Vocabulary for the High School Student
a. Vocabulary homework pages 30 - 33
b. Vocabulary test over pages 30 - 33
c. Vocabulary test corrections
d. Vocabulary homework pages 35 - 39
e. Vocabulary homework pages 61 - 68
f. Vocabulary journals

5. GRAMMAR
a. English Workshop; pages 107 - 108
b. English Workshop; pages 109 - 110; Verb phrases
c. Daily work; Misplaced Modifiers
d. English Workshop; pages 141 - 142; Prepositional phrases
e. English Workshop; pages 115 - 116; Prepositions
f. English Workshop; pages 143 - 144; Adjective/Adverbial phrases
g. English Workshop; pages 147 - 148; Participial phrases
h. English Workshop; pages 149 - 150; Gerunds
i. English Workshop; pages 150 - 151; Gerund phrases
j. English Workshop; pages 157 - 158; Appositives
k. English Workshop; pages 161 - 162; Clauses
l. English Workshop; pages 163 - 164; Adjective clauses
m. English Workshop; pages 165 - 166; Adverbial clauses










6. Essays
a. Vacation
b. Memory Essay
c. Bullying Essay
d. A Defenseless Creature and “A Woman Too Soon”
e. Romeo and Juliet essay
f. Essay writing handouts:
1. Format for Writing a Five Paragraph Essay
2. Graphic organizers


7. Literature
a. “Paula” by Isabel Allende handout
b. “Tips on Reading Difficult Poetry”
c. “How to Find the Theme”

8. ROMEO AND JULIET
a. 1-9 Shakespeare Handout; “Words from Shakespeare”
b. 1-10 Shakespeare Handout; “Phrases from Shakespeare”
c. Shakespearean Insults
d. Oxymoron Handout
e. “Queen Mab” Handout
f. “Love Connections”
g. Iambic pentameter Handout
h. Acts 1 - 5 Packets
i. Acts 1 - 5 Tests plus corrections
j. Reading logs for Romeo and Juliet
k. Notes

9. ENDER’S GAME
a. Vocabulary handouts
b. Chapters 1 - 15 Questions
c. Character/Conflict/Theme handouts from Ender’s Game
d. “Summaries, Vocabulary, Questions, and Character Packets
e. Reading logs
f. Demosthenes and Locke handouts

10. MISCELLANEOUS
a. Cool stuff you want to put in your notebook to show who you are!