August 24, 2015 - August 28, 2015 Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade English

Monday, August 24th: 

Period 1:

Reviewed verb tenses in HOLT HANDBOOK, pages 146 - 151; assigned pages 151 - 152, exercise 2; collected. Go over tomorrow.
Went over maps of England and Ireland
Time for Kids:www.timeforkids.com/destination/ireland/history-timeline
Took notes on the time line

Period 3:

Go over maps of England and Ireland
Go over time line of Irish History: Got up to 1608; King James
Take notes on the time line.
youtube.com The Irish Potato Famine - Keith Hughes
Take notes on the video
Discussion
Begin reading "The Sniper"

Tuesday, August 25th: 

Shortened Day!

Period 1: 

Review yesterday's in-class assignment: HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 151-152; Irregular Verb Tenses
 Vocabulary Workshop: Level C, Unit One is due today.
Read "The Sniper"
The Sniper; page 4

Universal themes:

What is a theme?

It can be a topic picked by someone.

The author picks the theme.

Arath: The theme is the author’s message.

Dalicia has heard that the theme is the author’s message.

Regina: The theme is the moral of the story.

We all experience common events in our lives – birth, death of a loved one, a loss of something important, an event which changes us in some way – and writers use these experiences  into stories which tell us something about ourselves.

Read “Before You Read”

Setting:

Time and Place: Dublin, Ireland, in the 1920’s.

There is a civil war going on. 

Civil War is a war,

 which takes place inside a country where the citizens of this country are at war with each other.

We are going to explore themes of loyalty and betrayal.

Liffey: a river that runs through Dublin.

Beleaguered: being stressed out by constant troubles, annoyances, etc.

Spasmodically: occurring at irregular intervals.

The sound of guns is being compared to the sound of dogs barking.

Ascetic: (adjective describing someone who denies him/herself basic comforts.) Thin, rawboned, haunted.

Fanatic: a person who has a extreme  devotion to a cause.

Period 3: 

Finished the time-line for Irish history.
Read "The Sniper"
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Take care of books tomorrow – Nicole, Jay-Nice, Caterin need books.

Finished Time Line

Started reading “The Sniper”; got up to page 5, end of first paragraph.
Quickly went over theme and vocabulary words: spasmodically, beleaguered, etc.

Wednesday, August 26th: 

Period 1: 

BIC:  Went over the verb tenses for the Diagnostic Test on Verbs in the HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 144 - 145:

1.     ask, say

2.     sitting, spotted

3.     folded, hopped

4.     saw

5.     lying

6.     reached

7.     Correct

8.     Took

9.     Correct

10. Clamped

11. Did

12. Known/begun

13. Correct

14. Given/lost

15. Came/Set

16. Correct

17. Gone/Chose

18. Correct

19. Went/Lay

20. Correct

21. Attacked

22. Lay/Was

23. Jumped/Lying/Made

24. Given

25. Written

Pass out the vocabulary, grammar, literary packet for “The Sniper”

 Went over the vocabulary component of the packet for "The Sniper' and assigned it for homework tonight.

Period 3: 

The vocabulary homework is due today.
Pass out the Vocabulary and Grammar Handout on "The Sniper" 
Read "The Sniper"

Thursday, August 27th: 

Periods 1 and 3:

Read “The Sniper”

Class Notes

Vocabulary:

Title for today’s work: (Please put on the top line)

Class Notes for “The Sniper”; page 4

Vocabulary:

Parapet: is a protruding barrier at the top of a building, which is an extension of the building. It prevents people from falling or jumping. It was also used at the top of castles as a defensive barrier behind which soldiers would hide to shoot their arrows.

Sniper: an assassin

Guerillas: military rebels who are not associated with an established government army, but frequently are rebelling against the government.  The guerilla soldiers fight by stealth, by bombings, and by sniper fire.

Paroxysm: a sudden attack of pain or spasm

Report: loud noise

Ruse: a plan or a trick

Silhouette: an outline or a shape of a person, an animal, or an object.  

Finished reading “The Sniper”

Discussion

Setting: Evening, dusk in Dublin, Ireland in the 1920’s.

Protagonist: the Sniper who is a Republican and is against the British government.

His antagonists: The informant, the soldier in the armored car, the other sniper

Describe the protagonist: ascetic,

Ascetic: disciplined, does not indulge himself in creature comfort.

Fanatic: extremely devoted to a cause.

Where has he been all day? On top of the roof, fasting. He finally eats a sandwich. He drinks some whiskey. He then smokes, taking a risk.

Went over the first part of Situational Irony; assigned the rest of the “Understanding Situational Irony”, and “Applying Skills” and “Reader’s Response” for homework tonight.

Situational Irony: When a situation that is expected to occur is the opposite of what actually does occur.
Examples: 

Nemo: When he touches the boat. Dory knows how to read.

Did the first three boxes in “Understanding Situational Irony”.

For 3^rd Period homework: Finish the boxes for “Understanding Situational Irony”.

Friday, August 28th: 

Period 1: 

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Went over Situational Irony; discussion of the expected outcomes and the ironic outcomes of each plot point of “The Sniper”.

Went over “Applying Skills” and “Reader’s Response”

The entire packet will be due on Tuesday. Please make sure you do the pages on “Verbs” and “Revising Paragraphs”.

Discussion Questions:

Pair up and read the discussion questions. You should discuss each question with your partner. You may use your class notes to help you answer the questions.  Then write your answers using your best penmanship, and using correct grammar. Make sure you answer the question completely, using the names of the characters. Please do not use pronouns. Make sure you answer each question.

Process of discussing and answering:

1.     Define any words you don’t know.

Fanatic: someone who is obsessed with someone or something. Sometimes

a fanatic can become dangerous and resort to violence. A person can be obsessed over many things such as politics, religion, a person, an idea.

Irrational: not rational. Not logical. Someone who is irrational is not thinking clearly, but is arriving at dangerous conclusions, which are not based on evidence.

Discuss with your partner what the sniper is fanatical about. 

Discuss with your partner what the phrase “cold gleam” in the sniper’s eye implies.

Cold implies or suggests a lack of warmth or feelings of concern for another.

Gleam implies or suggests enjoyment or glee.

Students not on task, not concentrating, not doing homework or classwork:

Ky Blackwell

Stephanie Calderon

Taylor Devers

Jennifer Gonzalez

Jayla Jackson

Jasmine Salazar

Angelica Solano

Michael Solorzano

Period 3:

The Vocabulary and Grammar Handout on "The Sniper" will be due today.
Present your rewrites of "The Sniper" to the class today. 
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Period 3:

Go over Situational Irony

“Applying Skills”: Irony in Cinderella is that, despite being told by her evil step-mother that she is too ugly to attend the ball, Cinderella not only goes to the ball but marries the handsome prince.

“Reader’s Response”

Will go over “Verbs” and “Revising Paragraphs” on Monday. The entire packet will be due on Tuesday, September 1^st.

Pass out “The Sniper”: Discussion Questions.

Pair up, discuss the questions, and answer on your own paper.

Discussion Questions:

Pair up and read the discussion questions. You should discuss each question with your partner. You may use your class notes to help you answer the questions.  Then write your answers using your best penmanship, and using correct grammar. Make sure you answer the questions completely, using the names of the characters. Please do not use pronouns. Make sure you answer each question.

Process of discussing and answering:

1.     Define any words you don’t know.

Fanatic: someone who is obsessed with someone or something. Sometimes

a fanatic can become dangerous and resort to violence. A person can be obsessed over many things such as politics, religion, a person, an idea.

Irrational: not rational. Not logical. Someone who is irrational is not thinking clearly, but is arriving at dangerous conclusions, which are not based on evidence.

Discuss with your partner what the sniper is fanatical about. 

Discuss with your partner what the phrase “cold gleam” in the sniper’s eye implies.

Cold implies or suggests a lack of warmth or feelings of concern for another.

Gleam implies or suggests enjoyment or glee.

Did improv showing situational irony:

Timerica, Isabel, Kristina – mom finds ept in daughters’ room; assumes it’s the “bad” daughter, but it is the good daughter.