February 14, 2011 – February 18, 2011
Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, February 14th
Watch The Odyssey

Tuesday, February 15th:
Go over format for rewriting the Exposition essay
Go over questions 18, 19 and 20 on multiple choice section for Exposition Unit for District Assessment




Wednesday, February 16th:

Assign:
Vocabulary Unit 5
This will be due on Tuesday, February 22nd.

Directions for Vocabulary Unit 5:

Definitions:
Write the word; write the part of speech; write the definition; write the small phrase

COMPLETING THE SENTENCE
(pages 37 – 38)
Just write the correct vocabulary word

SYNONYMS:
(pages 38 – 39)
Write all the synonyms; write and underline the correct vocabulary word:
1. gloomy, sullen, morbid, doleful: morose

ANTONYMS:
(page 39)
Write all the antonyms; write and underline the correct vocabulary word:
1. transparent, clear, bright, perceptive: opaque

CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD:
(page 40)
Just choose the right word.
Due on Tuesday, February 22nd.

Assign:
Holt’s Handbook
Pages 432 – 433; Parts A, B, and C
This will be due on Thursday, February 17th.

In class:
Pair up with a buddy; look at Part A and identify whether the exercises 1 through 10 are sentence fragments or sentences. Write down if they are fragments or complete sentences.

1. To begin on page 10 and read the rest of the chapter. Sentence Fragment.
Needs a subject!
2. Because we did not have any other homework over the weekend. Sentence fragment. Does not express a complete thought.
3. Learning to speak a second language is one of my goals. Sentence
4. If you will be allowed to leave class early next Tuesday afternoon.
Sentence fragment. (Subordinate Clause. It needs a independent for it to make sense.)
5. Irritable from the lack of sleep, the child began to whine.
Sentence
6. Sentence fragment
7. Sentence
8. Sentence fragment
9. Sentence
10. Sentence Fragment

Assign for Friday, February 18th:
B. Revising Sentence Fragments:
Do numbers 11 – 15; rewrite the sentence fragments so that they are complete sentences.

C. Identifying and Revising Run-On Sentences
16 -25; identify the correct sentence; identify the run-on and then correct it.
Holt’s Handbook; B and C; pages 432 – 433; due on Friday, February 18th.

Thursday, February 17th:
Using five words from your Unit 5 vocabulary, write five complete sentences correctly using the words.
Your rewrite of your exposition essay is due today.
Watch THE ODYSSEY

Friday, February 18th:
Using five words form your Unit 5 vocabulary, write five complete sentences correctly using the words.
Go over grammar homework in class; "Identifying Run-on"; Parts B and C; pages 432 - 433.
Watch THE ODYSSEY