APRIL 2ND WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


Monday, April 2nd:

1st Period:

Perform Act One, Scene 5: “The Party Scene”. Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.

3rd Period:

District Literary Assessment: Read excerpt, answer questions over excerpt and write short constructed response.

5th Period:

Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.

6th Period:

Journal:

No person is a failure until s/he blames others for the failures. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Can you relate it to your own life or to another person’s life?
What lesson might be learned from this?

Sentence Combining; Unit 2; combine sentences together into paragraphs, then complete story.

Read Ender’s Game.


Tuesday, April 3rd:

Shortened day.

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

Literary assessment.



Wednesday, April 4th:

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

Finish literary assessment.




Thursday, April 5th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 152 and 153; exercises 11 and 12. This will be due on Tuesday, April 10th.

1st and 5th Periods:

Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.

3rd Period:

Journal: Using your Unit One words from your Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds.

English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 159-160; exercises 10 and 11. This will be d ue on Tuesday, April 10th.

Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.

6th Period:

Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68) please write five sentences with gerunds.

Work on “Character Chart” for Ender’s Game.

Read Ender’s Game.


Friday, April 6th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68), please write five sentences with gerunds.

1st and 5th Periods:

Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.

Read Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.

6th Period:

Work on “Sociogram” chart for Ender’s Game.

Read Ender’s Game.

3 rd Period:

Using your vocabulary words from Unit One of Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds

Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.

March 26, 2007th Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade

MONDAY, MARCH 26th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

Journal entry today.

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “prepositional phrases”; pages 141 and 142; exercises 1 and 2.

1st and 5th Periods:

Review Act 1, Scene 3 and then read Act 1, Scene 4. Go over Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech. “Queen Mab” assignment: Choose four short scenes from Mercutio’s speech, illustrate the scene and then write the passage (from one to four lines) underneath the illustrations. The illustrations should be on plain white paper or construction paper, drawn with pencils, or a collage from magazine photos or computer generated. This will be due on Thursday, March 29th.

3rd Period:

Go over vocabulary and iambic pentameter handout. Read and act out Act 1, Scene 5.

6th Period:

SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.

“Jeopardy Word Game” based on VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

Read ENDER’S GAME; page 73; “The End of the World”. ENDER’S GAME’S “Conflict Packet; Activity #14.”


TUESDAY, MARCH 27th:

1st, 5th, and 6th Periods:

Journal entry today.

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 149 - 150; exercises 9 and 10; “Gerunds”; this will be due on Friday, March 30th.

3rd Period:

Vocabulary homework due today; VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Unit One.


ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 157 - 158; exercises 8 and 9; this will be due on Friday, March 30th.

1st and 5th Periods:

Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act One, Scene 5.

Go over ROMEO and JULIET, Act One handout: vocabulary and iambic pentameter.

3rd Period:

Write short story using participial phrases and five of your Unit One vocabulary words.

Make masks for Act 1, Scene 5; “The Party Scene” in ROMEO and JULIET.


6th Period:

ENDER’S GAME; “Venn’ Diagram: Activity #15; Character Analysis”.

Read ENDER’S GAME.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Make masks for ROMEO and JULIET!


3rd Period:

Open book test on ROMEO and JULIET, Act One. Will be due on Monday, April 1st.

Your “Queen Mab” illustrations are due today!


6th Period:

ENDER’S GAME; “Sociogram: Activity #16; Character Analysis”.

Read ENDER’S GAME.





THURSDAY, MARCH 29th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH
1st and 5th Periods:

Your “Queen Mab” illustrations are due today.

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Work on presentation of ROMEO and JULIET, Act One, Scene 5; the “Party Scene”. Present the scene.

6th Period:

ENDER’S GAME; “Character Chart: Activity #17; Character Analysis”.

Read ENDER’S GAME.



FRIDAY, MARCH 30th:

1st, 5th and 6th Periods:

Journal entry.

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; pages 149 - 150; exercises 9 and 10; “Gerunds”.

3rd Period:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; pages 157 - 158; exercises 8 and 9; “Gerunds”.


1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act Two, Scene 1, “The Balcony Scene”.

6th Period:

Read ENDER’S GAME.