APRIL 17TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE

Monday, April 17th:

Finish reading Act 2 for Romeo and Juliet. Work on the Act 2 vocabulary and character packet given to you last week. As soon as we finish reading Act 2 you will be given a test covering comprehension, vocabulary and the beautiful poetry of Shakespeare!

Pass out a copy of Act 2, Scene 2 and for homework find as many examples of personification, metaphors, similes and allusion! What fun, right?

1st and 2nd Period class: Okay, all you “Crocadile Dundees”! You are going to read your voice-over news report on SNAKES!!! (Prepositional Phrases assignment, pages 142; exercise 2; turned in on Friday, April 14th).

After your news reports, we will do a much more sedate assignment on adjective and adverbial phrases in your English Workshop; pages 143-144; exercises 3 and 4. This assignment will be due on Thursday, April 20th.

4th Period: Your English Workshop assignment will be due; adjective and adverbial phrases; pages 151-152; due today! English Workshop; pages 153-154; exercises 5 and 6; “Verbals and Verb Phrases” will be assigned today. This fun assignment is going to be due on Thursday, April 20th.


Tuesday, April 18th:

If we are finished with Act 2, then we will have the test today. If not, then we will push on and finish it. Don’t forget your reading log!


Wednesday, April 19th:

Begin reading Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet. Pass out Act 3 packet. Read, act, run around with swords, and swashbuckle! Don’t forget your reading log!

All three classes: Please bring your vocabulary books, Vocabulary for the High School Students. Pages 61-68 will be asigned. These exercises will be due on Monday, April 24th.


Thursday, April 20th:

Your grammar homework is due.

1st and 2nd Periods: English Workshop; pages 143-144; “Adjective and Adverbial Phrases”; exercises 3 and 4.

4th Period: English Workshop; pages 153-154; exercises 5 and 6; “Verbals and Verb Phrases".
Read, act, run around with swords - we’re doing Romeo and Juliet, Act 3. Don’t forget your reading log. It’s an important part of your grade!


Friday, April 21st:

Read, act, run around with swords and finish up Act 3, and of course, do your reading log. When we finish Act three we will have a test over comprehension, vocabulary, and language.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
APRIL 10TH
FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH


Monday, April 10th:

First and Fourth Periods:

Journals: Write a short story using your vocabulary words.

Instead of the traditional vocabulary test, we are going to break into groups of four; choose five words and create either a sketch, a song-and-dance (ala a Broadway musical or a hip-hop video) or a rap using the vocabulary words which will show how to pronounce and use the words. These studies will be performed on Friday in lieu of an orthodox test.

You will have about five or ten minutes a few times this week to work on it. It is a major grade so don’t blow it off.

We will continue reading Act ll, and of course, doing our reading logs.

Second Period:

We will finish going over iambic pentameters today. Tomorrow we will have a wee test over Act 1 and iambic pentameters.

Second Period: look at the above notice to First and Fourth Period. It also applies to you. You will do the same vocabulary study in lieu of a traditional test.




Tuesday, April 11th:

Shortened day today!

First, Second and Fourth Periods:

Your vocabulary will be due today: Vocabulary for the High School Student; pages 35 - 37; exercises 26, 27, 28, and 29.

Pass out the Act ll vocabulary and literary packets for Romeo and Juliet.

Read Act ll of Romeo and Juliet.

Second Period:

Take the wee small test over Act l and iambic pentameter.



Wednesday, April 12th:

Go over the vocabulary and literary packets for Act ll for Romeo and Juliet.

Read Act ll and do reading logs.

You will be given about ten minutes today to work on your word studies.


Thursday, April 13th:

Please bring your grammar book, English Workshop. Today we will go over adjective clauses. The assignment will be due on Monday, April 17th.

Continue reading Act ll and of course, our reading logs.


Friday, April 14th:

When we are finished with Act ll, there will be a small test which will encompass adjective clauses and the vocabulary words from pages 37 - 39 in our Vocabulary for the High School Student.

We will begin presenting our “word studies” today based on the vocabulary words from pages 35 - 37 in our vocabulary books.

April 3rd
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE

MONDAY, APRIL 3RD:

First Period:
Make masks. Act out Act 1, Scene 5; “the party scene”.

Second Period:
Finish reading Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet.

Fourth Period:
Act out Act 1, Scene 5; “the party scene”.
“Queen Mab” illustration due today.



TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH:

Shortened Day!

First Period:
Go over iambic pentameter in the Act One handout for Rome and Juliet.
“Queen Mab” illustration due today.

Second Period:
Make masks. Act out Act 1, Scene 5; “the party scene”.
Assign “Queen Mab” illustration. This will be due on Thursday, April 6th.

Fourth Period:
Go over iambic pentameter in the Act One handout for Romeo and Juliet.



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5TH:

First Period:
Wee small test over Act One in Romeo and Juliet.
Bring your English Grammar Workshop; grammar will be due on Friday.

Second Period:
Go over iambic pentameter in the Act One handout for Romeo and Juliet.

Fourth Period:
Wee small quiz over iambic pentameter.
Bring your English Grammar Workshop; grammar will be due on Friday.





THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH:

First Period:
Read Act Two in Romeo and Juliet. Do reading logs.
Pass out Act Two vocabulary and literary packet.

Second Period:
Wee small test over Act One in Romeo and Juliet.
Bring your English Grammar Workshop; grammar will be due on Monday.

Fourth Period:
Read Act Two in Romeo and Juliet. Do reading logs.
Pass out Act Two vocabulary and literary packet.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH:

First Period:
Read Act Two in Romeo and Juliet. Do reading logs.
Bring your Vocabulary for the High School Student; pages 35-37; this will
be due on Tuesday, April 11th.

Second Period:
Read Act Two in Romeo and Juliet. Do reading logs.
Pass out Act Two vocabulary and literary packet.
Bring your Vocabulary for the High School Student; pages 35 -37; this will
be due on Tuesday, April 11th.

Fourth Period:
Read Act Two in Romeo and Juliet. Do reading logs.
Bring your Vocabulary for the High School Sudent; pages 35-37; this will be
due on Tuesday, April 11th.

MARCH 27TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR NINTH GRADE ENGLISH

MARCH 27TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
NINTH GRADE ENGLISH

Monday, March 27th:

Expository Essay and Assessment test. Be prepared to write an essay during class. You will only have two days to do it and it cannnot be taken home.

Fourth Period: Go over last Friday’s homework, English Workshop; exercises 11 and 12; pages 139 - 140; “Complements”.

Queen Mab assignment is due today: Illustrate four scenes from Queen Mab and write the corresponding quotations underneath your illustrations.


Tuesday, March 28th:

More of the Expository Essay and Assessment test.


Wednesday, March 29th:

The end of the Expository Essay and Assessment test.


Thursday, March 30th:

1st and 2nd Period English: Read and act out Act One of Romeo and Juliet.
Assign Queen Mab assignment: Illustrate four scenes from Queen Mab and write the corresponding quotations underneath your illustrations.

4th Period:

Create masks and act out Act 1, Scene V, the party scene in Romeo and Juliet.


Friday, March 31st:

First and Second Period:

Finish reading Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet; as soon as we are finished we will create masks and act out the party scene for Romeo and Juliet. We will also have a small test over Act 1 as well.

Fourth Period:

We will go over iambic pentameter and rhyme; expect a small test.

March 20th
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade

Monday, March 20th:

Six-Way Paragraph.
Use ten vocabulary words in sentences using adverbial clauses.
Start Romeo and Juliet.
Don’t forget to do reading logs!
Spout Shakespeare and run around with swords!

Tuesday, March 21st:

Wee small vocabulary test over words on pages 30-33 in Vocabulary for High School Students.
Continue reading Act l of Romeo and Juliet.

Act 1, do “Oxymoron” handout.

Find at least three examples of personification, imagery, metaphor and similes in Act l, identify them, write the quotations and then draw a picture - stick figures will be fine! - to illustrate the quotations.

Wednesday, March 22nd:

Please bring your grammar book, English Workshop; we will go over direct and indirect objects. The homework will be due on Friday.

Continue reading Romeo and Juliet and running around spouting Shakespeare and brandishing toy swords.

Vocabulary and Literary packet handout over Act 1.


Thursday, March 23rd:

Small grammar handout.
We will continue reading Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. As soon as we are finished, we will have a small quiz over it.

Friday, March 24th:

Continue reading Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. As soon as we are finished we will have a small quiz over it.

Collect and go over grammar home work from Wednesday, March 22nd.

9th Grade English
Weekly Schedule
for
March 13th

Monday, March 13th:

Please be sure to bring your vocabulary and your grammar books!
We will go over the words in your vocabulary book on pages 31-35 and the exercises for those words.
These exercise will be due on Friday, March 17th.

For first period and second periods, we will do some review of sentence fragments and run-ons. The grammar homework will be due on Thursday, March 16th.

For fourth period, we will review adverbial clauses in the grammar book. The grammar homework will be due on Thursday, March 16th.

If we have time, we will do some Shakespeare games.

Tuesday, March 14th:

For your journal entry, write a short story using your vocabulary words.
Today we will do Shakespeare games! And then we will watch the video of ROMEO AND JULIET and then start reading Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. And yes, we will start on our reading logs! It will be major part of your grade so don’t blow it off!

Wednesday, March 15th:

Do another short story using your vocabulary words.
Then we will continue reading, acting out and watching the video of Romeo and Juliet.

Thursday, March 16th:

We will go over our grammar today. And then we will dive back into Romeo and Juliet - reading, acting out the scenes and doing the reading logs!

Friday, March 17th:

Our vocabulary homework is due today. We will go over it in class and then dive back into Romeo and Juliet.

December 5, 2005
Weekly Agenda
for 9th Grade Honors


Monday, December 5th:

Finish reading a Son Seeks a Father
Read and do reading log and time line

Read:

Book 5: “Calypso, the Sweet Nymph”
Draw Calypso’s Cave

Book 6: “The Princess Nausicaa”
Do reading log and time line

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Tuesday, December 6th:

Turn in your Prepositional Phrase handouts

Read:

Book 8: “The Song of the Minstrel”

The land of the Ciccones

Book 9: “The Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops”
Do time line and reading log
Public Service Announcements: “Do Not Eat the Lotus!”

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Wednesday, December 7th:

Book 10: “The Bag of Wind” and “The Witch Circe”
Are there lessons that Homer’s The Odyssey teach us? What lesson might the bag of wind or Circe, the witch, might teach us?


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Thursday, December 8th:

Appositive Handouts. This will be due on Tuesday, December 16th.

Book 11: “The Land of the Dead”
Book 12: “The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis”


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Friday, December 9th:

Journal: Write sentences using six of your vocabulary words from pages 24 - 33, and use an adverbial clause in two sentences, an adjective clause in two more sentences, and two more using appositives.


Do vocabulary, literary terms and comprehension handouts for The Odyssey.

On December 16th your notebook will be due!

November 21, 2005
Weekly Agenda for
9th Grade English


Monday, November 21st:

Turn in your rough draft of your literary analysis. Your final draft and your reading log will be due two days after you receive your corrected literary analysis.
Go over adjective clause handouts. This will be due on Wednesday, November 23rd.
Begin reading “The Trojan War” handouts.

Tuesday, November 22nd:

Journal: Write six sentences using six of your vocabulary words (pages 24 - 33); three sentences using adverbial clauses (although, when, since, after, etc) and three sentences using adjective clauses.
Continue reading “The Trojan War” handouts.

Wednesday, November 23rd:

Journal: Write six sentences using six of your vocabulary words (pages 24 - 33); three sentences using adverbial clauses and three sentences using adjective clauses.
Collect your homework for today, “The Adjective Clause” handout.
Assign “Adjective Clause” Sentence Combining; due Monday, November 28th.
Finish reading “The Trojan War”; watch the film “Troy”.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

THE WEEK OF
NOVEMBER 7TH
AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE

Monday, November 7th:

First Period:

Assign adverbial phrase handout from Sentence Combining for High School Students. This will be due on Wednesday, November 9th.

“The Cask of Amontillado” packet will be due on Monday. Go over the “Heightened Style of Edgar Allan Poe”, exercises 1 and 2; and “Revising Two Paragraphs” exercise 3.

Break into groups of three and write three short stories: each short story should illustrate one of the following types of irony: situational, verbal and dramatic. You will present your short story on Tuesday.

Tuesday, November 8th:

Present your ironic short stories today.
Go over vocabulalry homework, pages 24 - 33; exercises 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Begin work on the first paragraph of your literary analysis.

Wednesday, November 9th:

Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words. Be sure to use an adverbial clause in the short story.
Your Adverbial phrase handout will be due today.
Finish presenting your ironic playlet/short story today.
Work on the second paragraph of your literary analysis.

Thursday, November 10th:

Work on the third paragraph of your literary analysis.

Friday, Novmebr 11th:

Veterans Day. We have today off to remember the valor and sacrifice of our service men and women.

OCTOBER 31ST WEEKLY AGENDA
for
9th Grade


Monday, October 31st:

Read Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Discuss unreliable narrator and the three ironies: situational, verbal and dramatic.
Work on the packet for “The Cask of Amontillado”.

Your vocabulary homework: pages 24 - 33: exercises 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24, is due today. We will go over this in class tomorrow.


Tuesday, November 1st:

Assign groups. Each group of three to four will present three short skits which will illustrate situational, verbal and dramatic irony. We will begin presentations on Friday.

Your adverbial clause handout will be due today.
We will go over your vocabulary homework which was turned in on Monday.


Wednesday, November 2nd:

Please bring your English Workshop; I will assign pages 165 - 166 over adverbial clauses. This will be due on Friday, November 4th.

Break into your groups and begin writing the three ironic skits.


Thursday, November 3rd:

Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.

Break into your groups and continue writing the three ironic skits.

Fourth period: Meet in auditorium



Friday, November 4th:

We will go over your English Workshop homework: pages 165 - 166; “Adverbial clauses.

Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words. You must use an adverbial clause in your short story.

Begin presenting your three ironic skits. The rest of the class will try to determine which kind of irony is being used in each skit.

OCTOBER 24TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
9TH GRADE


Monday, October 24th:

For 1st and 2nd period:

Read “The Gift of the Magi” in the Elements of Literature anthology.

For fourth period:

Class will be held in room #508 today because of fifth period final exam for C track. Finish writing the persuasive essay, the short constructed response and/or the multiple choice questions. The material is in one of the two blue/red bags behind the teacher’s desk in #509. Please allow Malik or Christian or Stewart to help you with passing out the material. Please be sure to collect the material at the end of the period.

Tuesday, October 25th:

Shortened Day!

We will go over an adverbial clause handout today. The homework will be due on Thursday, October 27th.

Begin working on a compare and contrast essay comparing the personalities of the Madame Loisel in “The Necklace” and the female character in “The Gift of the Magi”. We will start by using venn diagrams and t-graphs. The final draft will be due on Wednesday, October 26th.


Wednesday, October 26th:

Continue working on the compare and contrast essay. The final draft will be due at the end of the period on Wednesday.


Thursday, October 27th:

Your adverbial clause handout will be due today.

We will begin reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Please bring your Vocabulary Workshop today. The words on pages 25 - 25 will be assigned. The homework will be due on Monday, October 31st.


Friday, October 28th:

Continue reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Assign pages 165 - 166 in English Workshop; “Adverbial Clauses”; this will be due on Tuesday, November 1st.

October 17th Weekly
Schedule for
9th Grade

Monday, October 17th:

District Mandated Periodic Assessment. Reading Comprehension and multiple choice questions.

4th Period: You will present your “The Necklace - Continuing the Story” and then we will begin working on the periodic assessment.

For homework: work on “The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar and comprehension packet.

Tuesday, October 18th:

I am not going to be here today. Mr. Itkin and I will be going to Sony to pick up costumes and props. You will continue working on the periodic assessment.

Wednesday, October 19th:

Continue working on essay part of the periodic assessment. The essay will be due at the end of the period.

Thursday, October 20th:

Your “The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension packet will be due today. There will be a brief test over “The Necklace”.
Begin reading “The Gift of the Magi”.

Friday, October 21st:

Finish reading “The Gift of the Magi”. Compare and contrast the characters of Della and Mathilde Loisel. We will begin working on yet another essay comparing and contrasting the two characters of Della from “The Gift of the Magi” and Mathilde Loisel in “The Necklace”. This essay will be due on Tuesday, October 25th.

Next week (the week of October 24th) we will be reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and writing a short skit using dramatic, situational and verbal irony.

The week of October 31st, we will work on our literary analysis. Be sure that you are finished with your book by then and have your reading log completed. An additional idea might be to include in your reading log selected passages, lines, and quotations that you find interesting, compelling or that shed insights into the characters, plot, or themes of the story.

October 10th
Weekly Agenda
for
9th Grade

Monday, October 10th:

Turn in your final draft of your essay on Bill Gates’ essay “What’s Wrong with American High Schools”

Go over English Workshop; pages 160 - 161; exercise 1; “Subordinate and Main Clauses”; this will be due on Wednesday, October 12th.


Tuesday, October 11th:

Shortened day!


District Periodic Assessment. Read passages and answer questions.


Wednesday, October 12th:

Collect grammar homework from English Workshop; pages 160 - 161; exercise 1; “Subordinate and Main Clauses”.

District Periodic Assessment. Read packet and write a persuasive essay in response to the information.



Thursday, October 13th:

District Periodic Assessment. Finish work on the essay and turn in at the end of the period.

“Prepositional Handouts” for homework tonight. This will be due tomorrow, Friday, October 14th.



Friday, October 14th:

Go over “Prepositional Handouts” homework.

Read “The Necklace”.

9TH GRADE AGENDA
FOR
OCTOBER 3, 2005


Monday, October 3rd:

Chicken Soup for the Teenaged Soul; Free choice - you get to choose! Write a one half page response to the piece you have selected. Share!

Begin work on writing a persuasive essay.
The thesis statement.
The opening paragraph:
Deductive
Inductive
Anecdotal

Body paragraph:
Mini-topic statement
Claim
Evidence
Commentary
Conclusion

Counterclaim!

Concluding paragraph

Now you try it!



Tuesday, October 4th:

Six-Way Paragraph; Passage #7.

Assign from last week “Subordinate and Independent Clauses”; pages 161-162; Exercise 1; this will be due on Thursday, October 6th.

Read Grade 9 Assessment 1 Version 1: Persuasion: “What’s Wrong with American High School” by Bill Gates

Go over graphs #1, #2, #3 relating educational level with income.

Read “U.S. Teens Have Weak Practice Math Skills”.


Wednesday, October 5th:

Brief grammar review.

Read Peter Levine’s letter in response to Bill Gates’ letter. (Counter claim)

Go over format for writing persuasive essay.
Review introductory paragraph
Thesis statement
Inductive format
Deductive format
Anecdotal

Body paragraph
Mini-topic sentence
Claim
Evidence
Commentary
Concluding sentence

Go over counter claim!

Final paragraph

Read student papers from “ECR - 9th Grade Persuasion”
Evaluate the papers.


Thursday, October 6th:

Go over English Workshop; pages 161-162; exercise 1; “Subordinate and Independent Clauses.”

Begin working on your persuasive essay
You must have the rough draft finished by the end of the period.


Friday, October 7th:

Brief essay and grammar review.
Work on final draft of your persuasive essay.

SEPTEMBER 26TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE

Monday, September 26th:

Daybook; pages 11; “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee; activity: page 13.
Go over “The Most Dangerous Game” vocabulary, grammar and literary handouts.
You will have a little bit of time to work on board game for “Most Dangerous Game”.


Tuesday, September 27th:

Shortened Day!

Six-Way Paragraph; pages 10 & 11: Passage # 5.
Vocabulary homework is due; pages 18 - 21; exercises 11, 12, 13, 14. Go over in class.

Wee small test over “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Wee bit of time given to work on board game for “Most Dangerous Game”


Wednesday, September 28th:

Wee small vocabulary test; pages 18-21
Grammar handout after the test.
Presentation of board games.


Thursday, September 29th:

Finish presentation of board games
Daybook: Critical Reading and Writing; (red book) page 25; “The Nature of Symbolic Language” by Erich Fromm
Start reading “A Man Called Horse” + reading logs
Pass out “A Man Called Horse” vocabulary, grammar and literary packets.


Friday, September 30th:

Daybook: Critical Reading and Writing; (red book) page 26; “First Frost”, poem by Andrei Voznesensky

Continue reading “A Man Called Horse”

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
OF
SEPTEMBER 19TH
FOR
9TH GRADE

Monday, September 19th:

Journal: Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Changes in Life”; pages 25, 26, 27.
Write a half page response to the story.

Briefly go over grammar handout from last week: “Comma Splices”.

For fourth period: Do Six Way Paragraph; pages 10 - 11; passage #5.

For fourth period: Finish presentations of “The Sniper”

Assign: English Workshop; pages 67 & 68; exercise 4: “Run-on Sentences”. This will be due on Wednesday, September 21.

Return rough draft of Cat’s Eye; final draft will be due on Friday, September 23rd.
Go over handout on good essay writing.

Read “The Most Dangerous Game”; reading log.

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Tuesday, September 20th:

Shortened day!

Wee small grammar handout over subject/verb agreement.

Finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game” - do reading logs.
Vocabulary and literary handouts over “Most Dangerous Game”

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Wednesday, September 21st:

Journal: Excerpt from Writer’s Day Book

Collect grammar homework: English Workshop; pages 67, 68; exercises 4; “Changes in Life”. Go over in class.

Go over plot construction of “Most Dangerous Game”

Assignment: Design a board game modeled on “Most Dangerous Game”


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Thursday, September 22nd:

Assign vocabulary from Vocabulary for the High School Teacher: pages 18 - 19.
This will be due on Tuesday, September 27th.

Start reading “A Man Called Horse” and do reading log.

Work on board game for “Most Dangerous Game”

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Friday, September 23rd:

Present board game for “Most Dangerous Game”

Continue reading “A Man Called Horse” and do reading log.

Week of September 12, 2005
9th Grade Honors


Monday, September 12th:

Journal: Write a short story using 10 of your vocabulary words.

Vocabulary is due today! Pages 4 - 14; exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
Check out ENGLISH WORKSHOP; assign sentence fragments and run-ons. This will be due on Wednesday, September 14th.

Pass back rough drafts of Cat’s Eye. Rewrite rough draft into a final draft. This will be due on Friday, September 16th.

Break into groups and rewrite “The Sniper” according to the point of view of your character. You must have a neatly written version of your rewrite to give to me by Tuesday. We will begin presentations of our rewrites on Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.


Tuesday, September 13th:

Shortened day!

Grammar handouts: Run-ons and sentence fragments. Work on the grammar handout as a journal.
Break into groups and work on rewrites.


Wednesday, September 14th:

Journal: Six Way Paragraphs: 3rd Passage

Turn in your grammar homework: ENGLISH WORKSHOP; sentence fragments and run-ons.

Present your rewrites of “The Sniper”


Thursday, September 15th:

Vocabulary test over pages 4 - 14.

Begin reading “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Vocabulary and literary handouts for “The Most Dangerous Game”


Friday, September 16th:

Journal: Chicken Soup for the Teen Age Soul
Read “The Most Dangerous Game”
Your final draft of Cat’s Eye is due.

Week of September 6th
Honors English 9A

Tuesday, September 6th:

Journal: Six-Way Paragraph; Passage #2.

Finish working on excerpt from CAT’S EYE. Do preplanning work on writing a three paragraph essay on how Elaine has changed. The final draft will be due on Wednesday, September 7th.

Turn in title of your outside reading book. We will go over how to do reading logs

Assign VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 4 through 7. Please write out the entire exercises. This will be due on Monday, September 12th.

Wednesday, September 7th:

Journal: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.
Turn in your “Elaine” essay on Cat’s Eye.
Begin reading “The Sniper” from your anthology book. Do reading logs.


Thursday, September 8th:

Journal: A selection from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Continue reading “The Sniper” from the anthology.
Reading logs.

Friday, Septemeber 9th:

Journal: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.
Go over point of view. Break into groups and begin rewriting “The Sniper” from different points of view.

We may also go over grammar if the need arises this week.

Essay Topics
for
Ender’s Game


1. Why does Orson Scott Card use a young boy as the protagonist in a book about a great war between humanity and aliens?

2. How are good and evil addressed in Ender’s Game?

3. What is Card saying about manipulation in Ender’s Game?

4. Compare the way that Ender treats Bean to the way Graff treats Ender. What does this say about the role of leadership or authority?

5. Ender kills two children while only trying to defend himself. What is Card saying about violence?

6. The buggers can communicate instantaneously and they fought human beings because they thought humans were not sentient beings. Is this a statement about war or about communication?

7. The I.F. has control over Ender because they authorized his birth. Does Card seem to imply that governments be allowed to have such control over individuals?

8. Are the characters in Ender’s Game realistic? What features do they share with real people? What features are unique to the book? What does this say about the way people are? What does it say about the way they should be?



Two pages typed or neatly written in blue or black ink with rough draft. This will be due on the day of the final.

9TH GRADE NOTEBOOK
FOR
THE SPRING SEMESTER


1. Front page with name, period and date

2. Romeo and Juliet
a. Reading log
b. Class notes
c. Handouts
1. Words from Shakespeare
2. Phrases from Shakespeare
3. Shakespears Insults
4. Oxymorons
5. Queen Mab
d. Acts 1 - 5 Vocabulary, grammar and comprehension packets
e. Romeo and Juliet tests Acts 1 - 5
f. Illustrations of figurative language
f. Romeo and Juliet rewrite script: personal copy

3. Ender’s Game
a. Reading log
b. Class notes:
1. Demosthenes
2. Locke

4. Vocabulary
a. homework, pages 31 - 38
b. test, pages 35 - 37
c. homework, pages 61 - 68
d. test, pages 61 - 68
e. homework, pages 90 - 96
f. test, pages 90 - 96

5. Grammar

a. Correlative conjuctions
b. Sentence base
c. Indirect/Direct objects
d. Comma splice
e. pages 163 - 164; Adjective clause
f. pages 165 - 166; Adverbial clause
g. Adjective clause handouts
h. Adverbial clause handouts

6. Essays

a. Foreshadowing essay on Romeo and Juliet + rough draft
b. District Assessment Essay: Literary Analysis
c. District Assessment Essay: Expository Writing