August 15, 2017 - August 18, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade

Tuesday, August 15th:
Signed students in.
Assigned seats
Went over syllabus

Wednesday, August 16th:

In your best writing, please write a two page autobiography. This should be an example of your best writing!  The essay should be in paragraph format, two pages or 500 words. These are the things which should be included in your essay:

Your name; the middle school you attended; your best favorite subject and why; your least favorite subject and why; what you like to do in your spare time; what are you good at – sports, performing, arts, etc; where you are from; do you have siblings; where are you in the birth order; do you have pets; what is the most memorable event in your life?

Final draft due Friday, August 18th!

Thursday, August 17th: 

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Go to book room to get books

Vocabulary Workshop: Level C

Unit 1, pages 21 – 27

Due ^{Tuesday, August 22nd:} 

^{#1 - 10} 

^Directions: 

Write the word

Write the part of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb

Write the definition

Write the etymology of the word (the origin of the word – look it up in a dictionary or an online dictionary)

Write at least three synonyms for the word

Write at least two antonyms for the word

Write two original sentences using the word.

Write a sentence using the word from a literary source (you can find  this on the internet.)

Example:

1.     Adage

Part of Speech: Noun

Etymology: Latin and French

Synonym: maxim, saw, aphorism

Antonyms: no antonyms

Original sentence:

My grandfather used to tell me the old adage “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

Examples of the word adage from literature:

Some of Ben Franklin’s adages were: “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

Friday, August 18th: 

Write a paragraph on your first week of high school.

What did you fear about high school?

Were the fears justified?

What surprised you the most about high school?

What was the thing you liked the most about high school?

What was the thing you liked the least about high school?

What disappointed you about high school – if any thing?

Did you make new friends at school?

Who is the most interesting person you have met so far?

In the upper right hand corner you are going to write your first and last name, the period, and the date – August 18, 2017

On the top line you are going to write the title: “My First Week of High School”

Skip a line, indent, and begin your paragraph! 

Played kahoot! Vocabulary Unit 1