September 18th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade English

Monday, September 18, 2006:

We are going to start with Six-Way Paragraph this morning.

Your Cat’s Eye packet will be due today.

We will then finish reading “The Sniper” by Liam Flaherty. (Don’t forget your reading logs!) Then we are going to break into groups with each group choosing a character and rewriting the story from that character’s point of view. We will present the rewrites on Wednesday.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006:

Today IS a shortened day!

We will have a small vocabulary test today over the words from pages 4 - 15 in your vocabulary book, Vocabulary for the High School Student.

Please bring your English Workshop book today.

For 1st Period: English Workshop: Third Course; pages 64 - 65: “Sentence Fragments”.

For 2nd and 3rd Periods: English Workshop: Fourth Course; “Phrasal Fragments”: pages 69 - 70.

The grammar homework will be due on Friday, September 22nd.

After the test you will break into groups and begin working on the rewrites.


Wednesday, September 20th, 2006:

We will start with Six-Way Paragraph.

Today we will break into groups and work on our rewrites of “The Sniper”.


Thursday, September 21st, 2006:

We will begin presenting our rewrites today!


Friday, September 22nd, 2006:

Your grammar homework will be due today!

First Period: English Workshop; “Sentence Fragments”: pages 64 - 65.

2nd and 3rd Period: English Workshop: “Phrasal Fragments”; pages 69 - 70. We will start reading The Most Dangerous Game.