Sunday, April 08, 2007

APRIL 9, 2007th
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH

MONDAY, APRIL 9TH:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Go over ROMEO and JULIET Act One Test.

1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Periods:

Go over essay writing techniques. Rewrites for the “Junk Food” essay will be due on Wednesday, April 11th.


TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Pass out Act Two vocabulary and characterization handouts for ROMEO and JULIET.
Read Act ll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET. Find three examples of metaphor, simile and personification in the “Balcony Scene”.

6th Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework will be due on Thursday, April 12th.
Work on character handout for ENDER’S GAME.
Read ENDER’S GAME.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11TH:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework assignment will be due on Friday, April 13th.
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET.

6TH Period:

Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 70 - 71 will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, April 17th.
Read ENDER’S GAME.




THURSDAY, APRIL 12th:

1st and 5th Periods:

Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 71 - 77 will be assigned. The vocabulary homework will be due on Wednesday, April 18th.

3rd Period:

Write five sentences with your Unit One Vocabulary words using compound sentence structure (sentences with semicolons).

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET.

6th Period:

Write a short story about Ender using five of your vocabulary words from pages 71 - 77 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Go over today’s homework assignment on linking verbs.
Continue reading ENDER’S GAME.


FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Your linking verb homework is due today. We will briefly go over it.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up! As soon as we finish reading Act ll there will be a wee, small test over comprehension, vocabulary and literary terms.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET.


6th Period:

Team up with a partner and create a crossword puzzle using the words from pages 71 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME.

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