March 28th Schedule for 9th Grade Honors

9th GRADE SCHEDULE
FOR THE WEEK OF
MARCH 28TH


Good morning, scholars! Hope you had a nice, fun-filled and restful weekend. Things are going to be in flux a bit this week because much will depend on what we accomplish on Monday and Tuesday.

Monday, March 28th:

We will finish the “Pacing Plan Expository Composition Test” either today or Tuesday. My guess is that we will finish on Tuesday.

For homework:

The beloved grammar! Handout from Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition; Sentence Fragments; pages 37 & 38; exercise 9. This will be due on Wednesday, March 30th.


Tuesday, March 29th:

Finish the Expository Composition test.

Pass back your expository compositions. Remember last semester when we entered our essays into the Vantage Program? Well, we’re going to do that again this semester as soon as a time is arranged for us to go into the lab. So hang onto your essay, okay?

Review pages 37 - 38 in Vocabulary for the High School Students in preparation for a small take-home mini-test over the words on pages 37 - 38 on Thursday, March 31st. The test must be brought back on Friday, April 1st.


Wednesday, March 30th:

Go over the homework for today, the “Sentence Fragment” handout; pages 37 - 38; exercise 9.

Begin Shakespeare - finally! Today we are going to break up into teams and hurl Shakespearean insults at each other! Sounds like fun, huh? Then, we are going to find out just who Mr. Shakespeare was and the amazing gift he gave to the English language.


Thursday, March 31st:

Take home test on the vocabulary words, pages 37 - 38;

Watch the opening scene in both film versions of the story, Romeo and Juliet.
A fun little exercise using the lines from the opening scene. Read and act out the first scene in Romeo and Juliet.

Friday, April 1st:

Collect last night's homework, the mini, take-home vocabulary test over pages 37 - 38.

Another grammar homework assignment due Tuesday, April 5th; “Complements”, handout of pages 39 and 40 in Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition. (This isn't from your textbook. It's from another book and I will give you the handout from the book.)

Worksheet on metaphors, similes, personifications and imagery in Act 1 in Romeo and Juliet.

Continue reading and acting out Romeo and Juliet.

Week of March 21st, the first day of Spring!

March 21st Schedule
for
9th Grade English


Good morning, scholars. Hope you had a nice, restful weekend and you’re ready to get back to work!

Monday, March 21st:

Today is the first day of expository writing. You will be given some materials to read, answer and then write an essay on. This will occupy us for approximately the next three days.

For homework: Run-on sentences and fragments handouts. We will briefly go over the work. It will be due on Wednesday, March 23rd.



Tuesday, March 22nd:

See above. We will be working on expository writing.


Wednesday, March 23rd:

See above. We will be working on expository writing.
Your grammar homework will be due on run-on sentences and fragments.



Thursday, March 24th:

If all goes according to plan, and it never does - we will begin William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We will do a fun hour of breaking into “gangs” and screaming Shakespearean insults at each other. We will also find out really interesting factoids about Shakespeare and the impact he had on the English language. We may, if we have time, watch the opening scene of the two R & J films.



Friday, March 25th:

We will begin actually reading and acting out the roles in Romeo and Juliet - for after all, it is a play and plays are meant to be acted. Right?

Good Morning Scholars!

Monday, March 14th:

We are going to be working on essays this week in preparation for the Cat-6 testing that's coming up soon!
Read Langston Hughes' "Harlem" and Alice Walker's "Women"

Read essay on school uniforms.
Mini-debate.
Analyze the essay.

Tuesday, March 15th:

Vocabulary is due! VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 31 - 38; exercises 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29.
Go over homework in class.
Journal: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.

Look at essay structure terms
Outline


Wednesday, March 16th:

Vocabulary journal: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.

Break into groups and analyze grabber, topics and clinchers! for your essays!

Make presentations to class.


Thursday, March 17th:

Analyze introductory, body and concluding paragraphs
Break into groups and make presentations to class.


Friday, March 18th:

Vocabulary jeopardy!
Vocabulary test over pages 31 - 38.

Get ready to write an essay over some fascinating and compelling topic!
We will discuss some possible topics for our essays.