Saturday, October 19, 2013

October 21, 2013 - October 25, 2013 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English


Monday, October 21st: 
Your rough draft of the compare and contrast essay of “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” is due today.  
We will do peer editing today so please be sure to have five paragraphs ready. 

Tuesday, October 22nd: 
Your final draft of the compare and contrast essay of “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” is due today. 
Read “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe
Pass out vocabulary and writing packet for “The Cask of Amontillado”; this will be due on Monday, October 26th. 

Wednesday, October 23rd: 
Finish reading “The Cask of Amontillado”
Discussion
Work on the vocabulary and writing packet for “The Cask of Amontillado”. 
Construct an Irony Chart on "The Cask of Amontillado". 

Thursday, October 24th: 
Assignment: 
Do close reading of the text and surmise why this unreliable narrator, Montresor, may harbor such hatred for Fortunato. Write a three paragraph essay giving possible reasons why Montresor hates him. Be sure to include specific things Fortunato says to or implies about Montresor as evidence to support your writing. 

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP: Level C; Unit 2 is due today. Break into groups of four, choose five words and create a scene, a rap, a song and a dance using all five of the words. Make sure that all the words are used in grammatically correct sentences and that the meanings are clear through the context of the sentence, the rap or the lyrics. 

Friday, October 25th: 
Continue working on the vocabulary sound study.



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