Friday, March 25, 2011



















For the Week of March 28, 2011:

How to do the vocabulary homework:

Unit 6 Vocabulary
Write the word; the part of speech; the definition and the short example
Completing the Sentence:
Just write the word
Synonyms:
Write the entire list of words and then write and underline the vocabulary words.
Antonyms:
Same as synonyms!
Choosing the Right Word:
Just write the right word.

Grammer:

HOLT HANDBOOK; adverbial clauses; pages 104 - 106; exercise 4

On the grammar homework:
Write the entire sentence
Underline the adverbial
Circle the subordinate conjunction
Tell how the adverbial phrase is being used.
Whenever we climb Mount Shasta, we are thrilled by the view.
Adverbial clause describes the verb
An adverbial clause is introduced by something called a subordinate coordinating conjunction:
As
As if
As long as
Although
Before
Since
When
The words which follow the subordinate coordinate conjunction are part of the adverbial clause.
The adverbial clause answers the following questions:
When something was done
How it was done
Under what condition
Why it was done
To what extent something was done

1. If you look through newspapers from the first half of the twentieth century, you will see many pictures of Gandhi. (Under what circumstance do you find a picture of Gandhi – if you look through the newspapers!)

This man led India to Independence from Britain, and he took his spinning wheel wherever he went. (The adverbial clauses answers where? Where he would take his spinning wheel? Wherever he went!)










MARCH 28, 2011 - MARCH 30, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, March 28th:
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET

Tuesday, March 29th:
Grammar homework is due today; HOLT HANDBOOK; adverbial clauses; pages 104 - 106; exercise 4.
Oxymoron handout
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 2 of ROMEO and JULIET

Wednesday, March 30th:
Unit 6 Vocabulary is due today.
Act One Vocabulary and Iambic Pentameter handout
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 3 of ROMEO and JULIET

Thursday, March 31st:
Read and act out Act 1, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet
Analyze Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech. Divide into groups of three; choose one scene from Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech and act it out.
For homework tonight:
Choose four scenes from Mercutio's speech; illustrate the four scenes and then write the lines underneath as captions. This will be due on Tuesday, April 5th.

Sunday, March 20, 2011


MARCH 21, 2011 - MARCH 25, 2011
Weekly AGEND FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, March 21st:
If you haven't already begun work on the essay portion of the CAHSEE DIAGNOSTIC, please begin on it today.
Assign Vocabulary Unit 6; this will be due on Friday, March 25th



Tuesday, March 22nd:
Finish the essay portion of the CAHSEE DIAGNOSTIC
Please bring your vocabulary book and HOLT HANDBOOK (grammar)
Adverbial Clauses; pages 104 - 106, exercise 4 will be assigned today; this will be due on Thursday, March 24th.

Wednesday, March 23rd:
Begin working on ROMEO and JULIET
Shakespearean Insults

Thursday, March 24th:
"Words from Shakespeare"
ROMEO and JULIET

Friday, March 25th:
"Phrases from Shakespeare"
ROMEO and JULIET