NOTEBOOK ORGANIZATION
FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS
SPRING 2006

1. Title page with name, date and period
2. Syllabus
3. Notebook Organization Guide for Table of Contents
4. VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT homework
a. pages 30 - 37
b. pages 35 - 39
c. pages 61 - 68
d. vocabulary test
e. vocabulary corrections
f. vocabulary journals.

5. ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework

a. pages 139 - 140; complements
b. pages 149 - 150; prepositional phrases
d. pages 151 - 152; adjective phrase
e. pages 153; verbals
f. pages 155 - 156; participial phrases
g. pages 157 - 158; gerunds
h. pages 159 - 160; gerund phrases
i. pages 165 - 166; appositives
j. pages 169; clauses
k. pages 171 - 172; adjective clauses
l. pages 173 - 174; adverbial clauses
m. Any other grammar handout

6. ESSAYS

a. Memory
b. Vacation
c. Bullying Essay
d. Literary Analysis: “A Woman Too Soon” and A DEFENSELESS WOMAN
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
b. “We Bad”
c. “Tips on Reading Difficult Poetry”
d. “How to Find the Theme”





8. ROMEO AND JULIET

a. Shakespeare Handout 1- 9; “Words from Shakespeare”
b. Shakespeare Handout 1- 10; “Phrases from Shakespeare”
c. Shakespearean Insults
d. Oxymoron Handout
e. “Queen Mab” Handout
f. “Love Connections”
g. Acts 1 - 5 Packets
h. Acts 1 - 5 Tests plus corrections
i. Reading logs for ROMEO AND JULIET
j. Notes or any other extraneous thing I forgot to list which you have
found buried in your notebook or laundry hamper that pertains to
ROMEO AND JULIET



9. MISCELLANEOUS

a. Cool stuff you would like to show or things I have forgotten to put in but you have found and would like to put it in
your notebook to make it look fatter than it really is so you can get that "A".

Your notebooks are due on Friday, June 23rd.

Your packets for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD or your outside reading will be due on Monday, June 26th.

Your essay and your reading log for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD or your outside reading will be due on the day of the final, Wednesday, June 28th.
You will not be given time in class to work on the essay; it must be com-
pleted before the final. You will be working with your group on your
project which will be presented during the second
hour of the final.