Monday, September 17, 2012

September 18, 2012 - September 21, 2012 Agenda for 9 A Honors English


SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
9TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Tuesday, September 18th:
Spend time cleaning and repairing damaged books; put book covers on the books.
Short written response to the theme of "Marigolds": One cannot be innocent and compassionate" or "One cannot have compassion for another until one's eyes are opened to the world."
Read the play excerpt I REMEMBER MAMA
Answer the multiple choice questions

Wednesday, September 19th:
Read the poem "Forgive My Guilt"
Construct a compare and contrast chart for "Marigolds",  I REMEMBER MAMA, "Forgive My Guilt"
Do prewrite for Compare and Contrast essay on the short story "Marigolds" and "Forgive My Guilt"
This essay will be due on Friday, September 21st.

Thursday, September 20th:
Work on Vocabulary Unit 1; break into groups of four; choose five words and construct either skits or song and movement projects which use the words, demonstrate correctly how the words are used in sentences and the meaning of the words.  Perform for class.

Friday, September 21st:
The essay is due today. You may e-mail your essay to me at jkatbridge@aol.com or put your essay on a flash drive and print it out on the printer in #503.
Please bring your HOLT HANDBOOK today to class; today Run-On Sentences, pages 441 - 443, exercise 4 will be assigned.  Students will take sections and present to the class. This will be due on Tuesday, September 25th.



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