9th Grade October 29th Weekly Agenda

October 29th - November 2nd
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade

Monday, October 29th:

Your final draft of your district assessment persuasive essay is due today.
As a class, we will make a rubric for grading the essay; then, we will break into groups, read and correct each other’s papers.

You will then rewrite your essay with the corrections and turn it into me on Tuesday, October 30th.


Tuesday, October 30th:

Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. Pages 23 - 33; exercises 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 will be assigned. This assignment will be due on Monday, November 5.

Please bring your grammar book today.

1st Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Linking Verbs"; pages 115-116; exercises 14-15. Due Friday, November 2nd.

2nd Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Linking Verbs"; pages 107 - 108; exercises 13 - 14. Due Friday, November 2nd.


Wednesday, October 31st:

Today is Halloween and in celebration we will read some more Edgar Allan Poe. We’ll read “The Raven” and if we have time, “The Tell-Tale Heart” - always scary! Plus some fun little writing exercises.


Thursday, November 1st:

Your grammar homework is due today.

Journal:

Depending on the culture, “The Day of the Dead” is celebrated on
November 1st or the 3rd. Does your family observe this occasion? If your family does, how is it observed?

We are going to read Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace”.
The vocabulary and grammar packet for “The Necklace” will be passed out.


Friday, November 2nd:

Go over the vocabulary and grammar packet together in class.

Writing assignment: What happens next in the story, “The Necklace”? You and a partner will write what happens after the story ends. We will present our scenes on Monday, November the 5th.