Monday, May 7, 2007
1st Period:
Finish reading Act V of ROMEO and JULIET.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over Vocabulary and adjective clause handout for Act lV.
6th Period:
Test over vocabulary from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 90 - 96.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Review for test over Act lV. Test on Act lV. Pass out vocabulary, literary terms and grammar handouts for ROMEO and JULIET, Act V.
6th Period:
Mini-test over gerunds.
Break into groups, read, summarize, come up with questions and answers for ENDER'S GAME.
Wednesday, May 9th
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Review for test over Act V. Go over handouts for Act V for ROMEO and JULIET. Test over Act V for ROMEO and JULIET.
Break into four groups of four or five. You will select a scene which I will approve; then you will rewrite the scene in contemporary English. The scene may be rewritten in hip-hop, country, valley or any other genre you can think of. The scene must have a script and be faithful to the story line of the play.
6th Period:
Ender’s Game Journal.
Break into groups, read, summarize, and ask and answer questions.
Thursday, May 10th:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Continue working on scenes.
6th Period:
Compile questions over Ender, Graff, Anderson, Peter, Valentine, Bonzo and do socratic circle.
Friday, May 11th:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Present your scenes and scripts. Your scenes will be videotaped.
6th Period:
Do socratic circle over the following characters: Ender, Graff, Anderson, Peter, Valentine, and Bonzo.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
APRIL 30TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE
APRIL 30TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE
MONDAY, APRIL 30TH:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Review for Act lll test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH PERIOD:
Finish up the personal poem based on “Thumbprint”. Transfer info onto clean white paper and color in hand print outline with concepts and sensory details.
Break into groups of four and read, write down questions and answers, summarize and compile vocabulary words from chapter eleven from ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, MAY 1ST:
SHORTENED DAY!
1ST AND 5TH PERIODS:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 90-96; exercises 1-8.
3RD PERIOD:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Unit Three.
Test over Act lll for ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH PERIOD:
Your Vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL; pages 90-96; exercises 1-8.
Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.
Compose a test over ENDER’S GAME. Each group composes ten questions and answers over the fist eleven chapters of ENDER’S GAME. Due at end of class.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Begin reading Act lV of ROMEO and JULIET.
Pass out and go over Act lV vocabulary and adjective clauses handouts.
6th Period:
Students will read Chapter 12 in ENDER'S GAME.
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD:
1st, 3rd, and 5th Periods:
Gerund phrases review. Handouts. These will be due on Monday, May 7th.
Read Act lV and work on Act lV vocabulary and adjective clause handouts.
6th Period:
Gerund phrase review handout. This will be due on Monday, May 7th.
Test over Chapters 1 - 11 of ENDER'S GAME.
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Finish reading (I hope!) Act lV of ROMEO and JULIET. Have a short Socratic circle using the characters of Juliet, Romeo, Lord and Lady Capulet, the Friar, the Nurse, Tybalt, and Mercutio.
6th Period:
Short test over vocabulary words from pages 90 - 96 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Short Socratic circle using the characters from ENDER’S GAME: Ender, Valentine, Peter, Colonel Graff, Bean, Bonzo, Alai, Petra, and Mazer Rackham. We will break into groups with each group taking turns in the middle where, posing as the characters, they will answer questions asked by the other groups.
FOR
9TH GRADE
MONDAY, APRIL 30TH:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Review for Act lll test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH PERIOD:
Finish up the personal poem based on “Thumbprint”. Transfer info onto clean white paper and color in hand print outline with concepts and sensory details.
Break into groups of four and read, write down questions and answers, summarize and compile vocabulary words from chapter eleven from ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, MAY 1ST:
SHORTENED DAY!
1ST AND 5TH PERIODS:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 90-96; exercises 1-8.
3RD PERIOD:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Unit Three.
Test over Act lll for ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH PERIOD:
Your Vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL; pages 90-96; exercises 1-8.
Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words.
Compose a test over ENDER’S GAME. Each group composes ten questions and answers over the fist eleven chapters of ENDER’S GAME. Due at end of class.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Begin reading Act lV of ROMEO and JULIET.
Pass out and go over Act lV vocabulary and adjective clauses handouts.
6th Period:
Students will read Chapter 12 in ENDER'S GAME.
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD:
1st, 3rd, and 5th Periods:
Gerund phrases review. Handouts. These will be due on Monday, May 7th.
Read Act lV and work on Act lV vocabulary and adjective clause handouts.
6th Period:
Gerund phrase review handout. This will be due on Monday, May 7th.
Test over Chapters 1 - 11 of ENDER'S GAME.
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH:
1ST, 3RD AND 5TH PERIODS:
Finish reading (I hope!) Act lV of ROMEO and JULIET. Have a short Socratic circle using the characters of Juliet, Romeo, Lord and Lady Capulet, the Friar, the Nurse, Tybalt, and Mercutio.
6th Period:
Short test over vocabulary words from pages 90 - 96 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Short Socratic circle using the characters from ENDER’S GAME: Ender, Valentine, Peter, Colonel Graff, Bean, Bonzo, Alai, Petra, and Mazer Rackham. We will break into groups with each group taking turns in the middle where, posing as the characters, they will answer questions asked by the other groups.
Monday, April 23, 2007
APRIL 23, 2007 WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE
APRIL 23, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE
MONDAY, APRIL 23RD:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Pass out vocabulary and suspense handout for Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read Act lll and take notes.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “gerund phrases”; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 and 11.
6th Period:
Journal:
DATEBOOK; pages 61 - 63; “A Poem for Magic”; create a poem for someone you admire using word-sounds and word-images that capture the person visually and aurally.
Read Chapter 10, “Dragon” in ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due; “gerund phrases”; exercises 11 and 12; pages 151 and 152.
3rd Period:
Your Unit Two Vocabulary is due today.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. HEADS UP: WHEN WE FINISH ACT lll there will be a wee small test over literary terms, comprehension, characters and vocabulary in Act lll.
6th Period:
Journal:
DATEBOOK; pages 80-83; “Thumbprint”.
Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH:
1st and 5th Periods:
Assign pages 91 - 107 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Finish up Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET; review for test.
3rd Period:
Assign Unit Three from vocabulary book. This will be due on Monday, April 30th.
Finish up Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET; review for test.
6th Period:
Assign pages 91 - 107 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH:
1st and 5th Periods:
Write ten sentences with gerund phrases using your vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 91 - 107.
3rd Period:
Write ten sentences with gerund phrases using your vocabulary words from Unit Three.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Tentative test for Act lll. The test will be any day after we finish Act lll, so it may be earlier than Thursday.
6th Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “infinitive phrases”; pages 153 and 154; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Read ENDER’S GAME. Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act Vl. Work on Act Vl vocabulary and adjective clause handouts.
6th Period:
Write ten sentences using infinitive phrases with your vocabulary words from pages 91 through 107 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME. Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE
MONDAY, APRIL 23RD:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Pass out vocabulary and suspense handout for Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read Act lll and take notes.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “gerund phrases”; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 and 11.
6th Period:
Journal:
DATEBOOK; pages 61 - 63; “A Poem for Magic”; create a poem for someone you admire using word-sounds and word-images that capture the person visually and aurally.
Read Chapter 10, “Dragon” in ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due; “gerund phrases”; exercises 11 and 12; pages 151 and 152.
3rd Period:
Your Unit Two Vocabulary is due today.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. HEADS UP: WHEN WE FINISH ACT lll there will be a wee small test over literary terms, comprehension, characters and vocabulary in Act lll.
6th Period:
Journal:
DATEBOOK; pages 80-83; “Thumbprint”.
Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH:
1st and 5th Periods:
Assign pages 91 - 107 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Finish up Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET; review for test.
3rd Period:
Assign Unit Three from vocabulary book. This will be due on Monday, April 30th.
Finish up Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET; review for test.
6th Period:
Assign pages 91 - 107 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH:
1st and 5th Periods:
Write ten sentences with gerund phrases using your vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 91 - 107.
3rd Period:
Write ten sentences with gerund phrases using your vocabulary words from Unit Three.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Tentative test for Act lll. The test will be any day after we finish Act lll, so it may be earlier than Thursday.
6th Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “infinitive phrases”; pages 153 and 154; this will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.
Read ENDER’S GAME. Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act Vl. Work on Act Vl vocabulary and adjective clause handouts.
6th Period:
Write ten sentences using infinitive phrases with your vocabulary words from pages 91 through 107 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME. Break into groups of four to read ENDER’S GAME. You will take turns reading, summarizing and asking/answering questions. You will turn in your summaries, your questions and answers at the end of the period.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
APRIL 16, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Write a short story using your vocabulary words from pages 70 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
1st and 3rd Periods:
Read Act Two in ROMEO and JULIET. (Since 5th Period has already finished reading Act Two, we will review in preparation for the Act 2 test.) Heads up: As soon as we finish reading Act Two there will be a quiz over the vocabulary, literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification), characters and comprehension.
3rd Period:
Write a short story using words from your Unit One vocabulary.
6th Period:
Work on exercises 21, 22 and 23 in your vocabulary book.
Work on ENDER’S GAME “Character Analysis” handout. Read ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2007:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Act Two test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your vocabulary is due today; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Work on Exercise C in the “Combining Sentences” handouts (“participial phrases”.)
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2007:
1st and 5th Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over test for Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out Act lll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET
Pass out vocabulary and grammar handouts for Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your “Combining Sentences” handouts (Exercises A, B and C) are due today.
Vocabulary test today over pages 70 - 77.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 151 - 152; exercises 11 and 12. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 - 11. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up: As soon as we are finished with Act lll there will be a quiz over comprehension, characters, vocabulary and literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification). Watch movie.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
APRIL 16, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Write a short story using your vocabulary words from pages 70 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
1st and 3rd Periods:
Read Act Two in ROMEO and JULIET. (Since 5th Period has already finished reading Act Two, we will review in preparation for the Act 2 test.) Heads up: As soon as we finish reading Act Two there will be a quiz over the vocabulary, literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification), characters and comprehension.
3rd Period:
Write a short story using words from your Unit One vocabulary.
6th Period:
Work on exercises 21, 22 and 23 in your vocabulary book.
Work on ENDER’S GAME “Character Analysis” handout. Read ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2007:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Act Two test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your vocabulary is due today; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Work on Exercise C in the “Combining Sentences” handouts (“participial phrases”.)
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2007:
1st and 5th Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over test for Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out Act lll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET
Pass out vocabulary and grammar handouts for Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your “Combining Sentences” handouts (Exercises A, B and C) are due today.
Vocabulary test today over pages 70 - 77.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 151 - 152; exercises 11 and 12. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 - 11. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up: As soon as we are finished with Act lll there will be a quiz over comprehension, characters, vocabulary and literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification). Watch movie.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME. With a partner create a video game using Ender and his crew against the buggers.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Write a short story using your vocabulary words from pages 70 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
1st and 3rd Periods:
Read Act Two in ROMEO and JULIET. (Since 5th Period has already finished reading Act Two, we will review in preparation for the Act 2 test.) Heads up: As soon as we finish reading Act Two there will be a quiz over the vocabulary, literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification), characters and comprehension.
3rd Period:
Write a short story using words from your Unit One vocabulary.
6th Period:
Work on exercises 21, 22 and 23 in your vocabulary book.
Work on ENDER’S GAME “Character Analysis” handout. Read ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2007:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Act Two test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your vocabulary is due today; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Work on Exercise C in the “Combining Sentences” handouts (“participial phrases”.)
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2007:
1st and 5th Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over test for Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out Act lll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET
Pass out vocabulary and grammar handouts for Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your “Combining Sentences” handouts (Exercises A, B and C) are due today.
Vocabulary test today over pages 70 - 77.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 151 - 152; exercises 11 and 12. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 - 11. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up: As soon as we are finished with Act lll there will be a quiz over comprehension, characters, vocabulary and literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification). Watch movie.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
APRIL 16, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Write a short story using your vocabulary words from pages 70 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
1st and 3rd Periods:
Read Act Two in ROMEO and JULIET. (Since 5th Period has already finished reading Act Two, we will review in preparation for the Act 2 test.) Heads up: As soon as we finish reading Act Two there will be a quiz over the vocabulary, literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification), characters and comprehension.
3rd Period:
Write a short story using words from your Unit One vocabulary.
6th Period:
Work on exercises 21, 22 and 23 in your vocabulary book.
Work on ENDER’S GAME “Character Analysis” handout. Read ENDER’S GAME.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2007:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Act Two test over ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your vocabulary is due today; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23 from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Work on Exercise C in the “Combining Sentences” handouts (“participial phrases”.)
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2007:
1st and 5th Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 70 - 77; exercises 17 - 23.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over test for Act 2 of ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out Act lll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET
Pass out vocabulary and grammar handouts for Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Your “Combining Sentences” handouts (Exercises A, B and C) are due today.
Vocabulary test today over pages 70 - 77.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 151 - 152; exercises 11 and 12. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
3rd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework will be assigned today. Gerund Phrases; pages 159 - 160; exercises 10 - 11. The homework will be due on Tuesday, April 24th.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read and act out Act lll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up: As soon as we are finished with Act lll there will be a quiz over comprehension, characters, vocabulary and literary tropes (metaphors, similes and personification). Watch movie.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME. With a partner create a video game using Ender and his crew against the buggers.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
APRIL 9, 2007th
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 9TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over ROMEO and JULIET Act One Test.
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Periods:
Go over essay writing techniques. Rewrites for the “Junk Food” essay will be due on Wednesday, April 11th.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Pass out Act Two vocabulary and characterization handouts for ROMEO and JULIET.
Read Act ll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET. Find three examples of metaphor, simile and personification in the “Balcony Scene”.
6th Period:
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework will be due on Thursday, April 12th.
Work on character handout for ENDER’S GAME.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework assignment will be due on Friday, April 13th.
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH Period:
Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 70 - 71 will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, April 17th.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12th:
1st and 5th Periods:
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 71 - 77 will be assigned. The vocabulary homework will be due on Wednesday, April 18th.
3rd Period:
Write five sentences with your Unit One Vocabulary words using compound sentence structure (sentences with semicolons).
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Write a short story about Ender using five of your vocabulary words from pages 71 - 77 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Go over today’s homework assignment on linking verbs.
Continue reading ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Your linking verb homework is due today. We will briefly go over it.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up! As soon as we finish reading Act ll there will be a wee, small test over comprehension, vocabulary and literary terms.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Team up with a partner and create a crossword puzzle using the words from pages 71 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MONDAY, APRIL 9TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Go over ROMEO and JULIET Act One Test.
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Periods:
Go over essay writing techniques. Rewrites for the “Junk Food” essay will be due on Wednesday, April 11th.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Pass out Act Two vocabulary and characterization handouts for ROMEO and JULIET.
Read Act ll, Scene 1 of ROMEO and JULIET. Find three examples of metaphor, simile and personification in the “Balcony Scene”.
6th Period:
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework will be due on Thursday, April 12th.
Work on character handout for ENDER’S GAME.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. We will review linking verbs. The homework assignment will be due on Friday, April 13th.
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET.
6TH Period:
Your “Junk Food” essay rewrite is due today.
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 70 - 71 will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, April 17th.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12th:
1st and 5th Periods:
Please bring your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT today. Pages 71 - 77 will be assigned. The vocabulary homework will be due on Wednesday, April 18th.
3rd Period:
Write five sentences with your Unit One Vocabulary words using compound sentence structure (sentences with semicolons).
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Continue reading ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Write a short story about Ender using five of your vocabulary words from pages 71 - 77 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Go over today’s homework assignment on linking verbs.
Continue reading ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH:
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Your linking verb homework is due today. We will briefly go over it.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET. Heads up! As soon as we finish reading Act ll there will be a wee, small test over comprehension, vocabulary and literary terms.
Continue reading Act ll of ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
Team up with a partner and create a crossword puzzle using the words from pages 71 - 77 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
APRIL 2ND WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Monday, April 2nd:
1st Period:
Perform Act One, Scene 5: “The Party Scene”. Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.
3rd Period:
District Literary Assessment: Read excerpt, answer questions over excerpt and write short constructed response.
5th Period:
Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.
6th Period:
Journal:
No person is a failure until s/he blames others for the failures. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Can you relate it to your own life or to another person’s life?
What lesson might be learned from this?
Sentence Combining; Unit 2; combine sentences together into paragraphs, then complete story.
Read Ender’s Game.
Tuesday, April 3rd:
Shortened day.
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Period:
Literary assessment.
Wednesday, April 4th:
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Period:
Finish literary assessment.
Thursday, April 5th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 152 and 153; exercises 11 and 12. This will be due on Tuesday, April 10th.
1st and 5th Periods:
Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.
3rd Period:
Journal: Using your Unit One words from your Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds.
English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 159-160; exercises 10 and 11. This will be d ue on Tuesday, April 10th.
Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.
6th Period:
Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68) please write five sentences with gerunds.
Work on “Character Chart” for Ender’s Game.
Read Ender’s Game.
Friday, April 6th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68), please write five sentences with gerunds.
1st and 5th Periods:
Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
Read Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
6th Period:
Work on “Sociogram” chart for Ender’s Game.
Read Ender’s Game.
3 rd Period:
Using your vocabulary words from Unit One of Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds
Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Monday, April 2nd:
1st Period:
Perform Act One, Scene 5: “The Party Scene”. Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.
3rd Period:
District Literary Assessment: Read excerpt, answer questions over excerpt and write short constructed response.
5th Period:
Romeo and Juliet wee small Act One test.
6th Period:
Journal:
No person is a failure until s/he blames others for the failures. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Can you relate it to your own life or to another person’s life?
What lesson might be learned from this?
Sentence Combining; Unit 2; combine sentences together into paragraphs, then complete story.
Read Ender’s Game.
Tuesday, April 3rd:
Shortened day.
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Period:
Literary assessment.
Wednesday, April 4th:
1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Period:
Finish literary assessment.
Thursday, April 5th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 152 and 153; exercises 11 and 12. This will be due on Tuesday, April 10th.
1st and 5th Periods:
Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.
3rd Period:
Journal: Using your Unit One words from your Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds.
English Workshop; “gerund phrases”; pages 159-160; exercises 10 and 11. This will be d ue on Tuesday, April 10th.
Begin Romeo and Juliet, Act Two. Identify metaphors, similes and personifications.
6th Period:
Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68) please write five sentences with gerunds.
Work on “Character Chart” for Ender’s Game.
Read Ender’s Game.
Friday, April 6th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Using your vocabulary words from Vocabulary for the High School Student (pages 61 - 68), please write five sentences with gerunds.
1st and 5th Periods:
Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
Read Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
6th Period:
Work on “Sociogram” chart for Ender’s Game.
Read Ender’s Game.
3 rd Period:
Using your vocabulary words from Unit One of Vocabulary Workshop, please write five sentences with gerunds
Go over vocabulary and grammar packet for Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
March 26, 2007th Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade
MONDAY, MARCH 26th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Journal entry today.
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “prepositional phrases”; pages 141 and 142; exercises 1 and 2.
1st and 5th Periods:
Review Act 1, Scene 3 and then read Act 1, Scene 4. Go over Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech. “Queen Mab” assignment: Choose four short scenes from Mercutio’s speech, illustrate the scene and then write the passage (from one to four lines) underneath the illustrations. The illustrations should be on plain white paper or construction paper, drawn with pencils, or a collage from magazine photos or computer generated. This will be due on Thursday, March 29th.
3rd Period:
Go over vocabulary and iambic pentameter handout. Read and act out Act 1, Scene 5.
6th Period:
SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
“Jeopardy Word Game” based on VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Read ENDER’S GAME; page 73; “The End of the World”. ENDER’S GAME’S “Conflict Packet; Activity #14.”
TUESDAY, MARCH 27th:
1st, 5th, and 6th Periods:
Journal entry today.
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 149 - 150; exercises 9 and 10; “Gerunds”; this will be due on Friday, March 30th.
3rd Period:
Vocabulary homework due today; VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Unit One.
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 157 - 158; exercises 8 and 9; this will be due on Friday, March 30th.
1st and 5th Periods:
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act One, Scene 5.
Go over ROMEO and JULIET, Act One handout: vocabulary and iambic pentameter.
3rd Period:
Write short story using participial phrases and five of your Unit One vocabulary words.
Make masks for Act 1, Scene 5; “The Party Scene” in ROMEO and JULIET.
6th Period:
ENDER’S GAME; “Venn’ Diagram: Activity #15; Character Analysis”.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Make masks for ROMEO and JULIET!
3rd Period:
Open book test on ROMEO and JULIET, Act One. Will be due on Monday, April 1st.
Your “Queen Mab” illustrations are due today!
6th Period:
ENDER’S GAME; “Sociogram: Activity #16; Character Analysis”.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH
1st and 5th Periods:
Your “Queen Mab” illustrations are due today.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Work on presentation of ROMEO and JULIET, Act One, Scene 5; the “Party Scene”. Present the scene.
6th Period:
ENDER’S GAME; “Character Chart: Activity #17; Character Analysis”.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
FRIDAY, MARCH 30th:
1st, 5th and 6th Periods:
Journal entry.
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; pages 149 - 150; exercises 9 and 10; “Gerunds”.
3rd Period:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; pages 157 - 158; exercises 8 and 9; “Gerunds”.
1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act Two, Scene 1, “The Balcony Scene”.
6th Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
March 19th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade
MONDAY, MARCH 19TH:
First, Fifth, and Sixth Periods:
Warm-up exercise: SIX WAY PARAGRAPH
Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61 - 68; exercises 9 - 15.
First and Fifth Periods:
Show the first scene of the Zefferelli ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out the first scene from ROMEO and JULIET.
Sixth Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Third Period:
Read and act out Act One, Scenes 1, 2, and 3 from ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on the “Oxymoron” handout.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH:
First, Fifth and Sixth Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61 - 86; exercises 9 - 15.
Warm-up exercise: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from your homework.
First and Fifth Periods:
Read and act out Act One; Scenes 1, 2, and 3 from ROMEO and Juliet.
Work on the “Oxymoron” handout.
Third Period:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 155 - 156; “Participial Phrases” is due
today. Play participial game.
Read and act out scenes from Act One of ROMEO and JULIET.
Look up examples of similes, metaphors and personification from Act One. Draw pictures to illustrate the literary figures.
Sixth Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST:
First and Fifth Periods:
Pass out ENGLISH WORKSHOP; assign prepositional phrases; pages 142 - 143; exercises 1 and 2. This is will be due on Friday, March 23rd.
Watch Act 1 in ROMEO and JULIET.
Third Period:
If we get our new vocabulary books today, then you will be assigned Unit 1 in your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, level D. The vocabulary homework will be due on Tuesday, March 27th.
Watch Act One, Scenes four and five from ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on “Queen Mab” speech. Write out passages from Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and then draw pictures illustrating the passages.
Sixth Period:
Assign first exercise from SENTENCE COMBINING. This will be due on Friday, March 23rd.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
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Thursday, March 22nd:
First, Third and Fifth Periods:
Find examples of similes, metaphors, and personification in Act One. Write them down, identify which category the phrases fall under and then draw pictures of them.
Work on “Queen Mab” speech. Write out four passages from Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and then draw pictures illustrating the passages.
Sixth Period:
Work on writing a short story, using our sentence combining technique, and our vocabulary words from pages 61 - 68.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Friday, March 23rd:
First and Fifth Periods:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “participial phrases”; pages 147 - 148.
First, Third and Fifth Periods:
Work on masks for the party scene in ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on Act 1, Scene 5 from ROMEO and JULIET, “The Party Scene”. We will block it, rehearse and then perform it.
Third Period:
At the conclusion of Act One, you will be given a test over comprehension, and literary terms.
Sixth Period:
Your SENTENCE COMBINING homework is due today.
ENDER’S GAME Handout will be given.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
for
9th Grade
MONDAY, MARCH 19TH:
First, Fifth, and Sixth Periods:
Warm-up exercise: SIX WAY PARAGRAPH
Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61 - 68; exercises 9 - 15.
First and Fifth Periods:
Show the first scene of the Zefferelli ROMEO and JULIET.
Read and act out the first scene from ROMEO and JULIET.
Sixth Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Third Period:
Read and act out Act One, Scenes 1, 2, and 3 from ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on the “Oxymoron” handout.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH:
First, Fifth and Sixth Periods:
Your vocabulary homework is due today; VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61 - 86; exercises 9 - 15.
Warm-up exercise: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from your homework.
First and Fifth Periods:
Read and act out Act One; Scenes 1, 2, and 3 from ROMEO and Juliet.
Work on the “Oxymoron” handout.
Third Period:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 155 - 156; “Participial Phrases” is due
today. Play participial game.
Read and act out scenes from Act One of ROMEO and JULIET.
Look up examples of similes, metaphors and personification from Act One. Draw pictures to illustrate the literary figures.
Sixth Period:
Read ENDER’S GAME.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST:
First and Fifth Periods:
Pass out ENGLISH WORKSHOP; assign prepositional phrases; pages 142 - 143; exercises 1 and 2. This is will be due on Friday, March 23rd.
Watch Act 1 in ROMEO and JULIET.
Third Period:
If we get our new vocabulary books today, then you will be assigned Unit 1 in your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, level D. The vocabulary homework will be due on Tuesday, March 27th.
Watch Act One, Scenes four and five from ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on “Queen Mab” speech. Write out passages from Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and then draw pictures illustrating the passages.
Sixth Period:
Assign first exercise from SENTENCE COMBINING. This will be due on Friday, March 23rd.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
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Thursday, March 22nd:
First, Third and Fifth Periods:
Find examples of similes, metaphors, and personification in Act One. Write them down, identify which category the phrases fall under and then draw pictures of them.
Work on “Queen Mab” speech. Write out four passages from Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and then draw pictures illustrating the passages.
Sixth Period:
Work on writing a short story, using our sentence combining technique, and our vocabulary words from pages 61 - 68.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Friday, March 23rd:
First and Fifth Periods:
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “participial phrases”; pages 147 - 148.
First, Third and Fifth Periods:
Work on masks for the party scene in ROMEO and JULIET.
Work on Act 1, Scene 5 from ROMEO and JULIET, “The Party Scene”. We will block it, rehearse and then perform it.
Third Period:
At the conclusion of Act One, you will be given a test over comprehension, and literary terms.
Sixth Period:
Your SENTENCE COMBINING homework is due today.
ENDER’S GAME Handout will be given.
Read ENDER’S GAME.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Welcome to 9B English. I hope this semester is fun, enjoyable, challenging, thought provoking and educational for you. We will be concentrating on reading comprehension, writing literary and persuasive essays, and of course, the mechanics of writing - otherwise known as grammar. We will be using the following books:
Vocabulary for High School Students: Level C
HOLT HANDBOOK (grammar)
Elements of Literature: THE ODYSSEY and ROMEO and JULIET
NIGHT
You are expected to keep a notebook for my class. A separate three ring binder would be nice - one that you can put papers into (which I will thoughtfully hole-punch for you so that you can put them into your binder). EVERYTHING I GIVE YOU SHOULD BE PUT INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK! That means handouts I give you, your homework, your classwork, your tests, your essays - in short, everything you will do or have done in my class should go into your notebook. This acts as protection for both you and me. Sometimes teachers make mistakes (Yes, that does happen. Even with me.) If I forget to record a grade (and that does happen sometimes) then you have proof that you did the work. If you have thrown it away then........Okay, so keep ALL your work in your notebook. At the end of the semester I will check your notebook for organization and completeness. This is a major grade. (And keep it small and lightweight! Those backpacks get heavy!)
We will finish reading THE ODYSSEY this semester, and after we finish we will work on a five page research paper. You will choose one topic related to THE ODYSSEY; the topic may be about some aspect of THE ODYSSEY, or about Greek Culture or The Greek gods, etc. You will have about two weeks to work on the paper and we will spend time in the library so that you may do research. Don’t blow this off, it’s an important part of your grade!
After we finish the research paper, we will begin reading ROMEO and JULIET. You will keep a running reading log on ROMEO and JULIET, which will be collected and graded; five open book tests on the play, plus group acting activities (rewrites and performances of your scripts) and essays.
If there is time, we will read the autobiographical NIGHT by Eli Wiesel.
Now for the good news: I don’t give homework over the weekend. Now for the bad: I do give homework - lots of homework! But I do give you plenty of time to do it. If you are absent, then you are allowed to turn in the work the next day after your return. So if you are absent on Monday, you return on Tuesday, then you will turn in the work on Wednesday. The week’s work as well as the due dates will be written on the blog. The handouts will be in the baskets on top of the book case. It is up to you to check the blog and the baskets for any work you may have missed during your absence. Saying that you didn’t know about the work is not a valid excuse - it will be posted on the weblog, and the hand outs will be on the table.
If you have internet access you can log onto hollywoodhighschool.net, go to the teacher’s weblog and click on my name (Bridges - in case you’ve forgotten) and there you will be able to see an updated class agenda for the week. You may also check your grade on engrade.com. In order to do that, you must sign up for a student account, which is free.
Class participation is a must. The class is only going to be as good as we all make it. If you help make the class fun and interesting, yet you have a borderline grade, then that extra class participation grade may make the difference between a lower and a higher grade. So don’t fall asleep! Pinch yourself, say something smart and interesting, or ask a good question and your grade just might go up.
Finally, let’s make this a safe environment where everyone feels secure and valued. Let’s respect our differences and realize that it is these differences that make the world wonderful and brilliant.
The grading schedule is as follows:
90 - 100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
59 - 0 = F
Tests are worth 30%
Essays are worth 30%
Homework is worth 30%
Class participation is worth 10%
Finally, if you are not happy with a grade on a test or an essay or even homework, then you may rewrite the essay or the test or the homework, incorporating the corrections on your work, staple your corrected work to the original version and turn it in for a higher grade. The corrected grade will be one grade higher than your original grade. If you made a "C/C", and you rewrite the essay, then the grade will be raised to a "B/B".
I am here to help you learn, to grow in appreciation of literature, to improve your reading, writing and grammar skills, and to pass with a good grade. I am here to help you. You can make this happen by working with me, and being respectful to everyone in the class, including yourself.
I have read this and understand the requirements of the class.
Student:___________________________________________________________
Parents:___________________________________________________________
March 12, 2007 Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade
March 12, 2007
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade
Wednesday, March 14th:
Warm-up assignment: SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Check out VOCABULARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS to 1st, 5th and 6th Period.
1st, 5th and 6th Period:
Assign pages 60 - 68 in vocabulary book. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, March 20th.
3rd Period:
Check out VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Level D. Unit One will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, March 20th.
Begin reading ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One.
Thursday, March 15th:
1st Period:
Please turn in PAULA packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare”
Begin reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One.
Begin reading log for ROMEO and JULIET.
3rd Period:
Please turn in PAULA packet.
Your “Participle Unscrambling” packet, “Practice One” is due today.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Level D.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare”
Read and act out Act One, Scene One. Begin reading log for R and J.
5th Period:
Please turn in “The Monkey Garden” packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare.”
Begin reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One. Begin reading log for R and J.
6th Period:
Please turn in ALWAYS RUNNING packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Begin reading ENDER’S GAME. Begin reading log for ENDER’S GAME.
Friday, March 16th:
1st Period and 5th Period:
Warm-up activity:
Selection from the book SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Shakespeare Handout: “Phrases from Shakespeare.”
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene Two. Continue reading log.
3rd Period:
Warm-up activity: Grammar Game: Participles
Check out ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 155-156; exercise 7.
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scenes Two and three.
6th Period:
Warm-up activity:
Selection from the book SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Jeopardy: Vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Read ENDER’S GAME and continue reading log.
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade
Wednesday, March 14th:
Warm-up assignment: SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Check out VOCABULARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS to 1st, 5th and 6th Period.
1st, 5th and 6th Period:
Assign pages 60 - 68 in vocabulary book. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, March 20th.
3rd Period:
Check out VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Level D. Unit One will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, March 20th.
Begin reading ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One.
Thursday, March 15th:
1st Period:
Please turn in PAULA packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare”
Begin reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One.
Begin reading log for ROMEO and JULIET.
3rd Period:
Please turn in PAULA packet.
Your “Participle Unscrambling” packet, “Practice One” is due today.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Level D.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare”
Read and act out Act One, Scene One. Begin reading log for R and J.
5th Period:
Please turn in “The Monkey Garden” packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Shakespeare Handout: “Words from Shakespeare.”
Begin reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene One. Begin reading log for R and J.
6th Period:
Please turn in ALWAYS RUNNING packet.
Warm-up activity: Write an original story using five of your new vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Begin reading ENDER’S GAME. Begin reading log for ENDER’S GAME.
Friday, March 16th:
1st Period and 5th Period:
Warm-up activity:
Selection from the book SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Shakespeare Handout: “Phrases from Shakespeare.”
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scene Two. Continue reading log.
3rd Period:
Warm-up activity: Grammar Game: Participles
Check out ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 155-156; exercise 7.
Continue reading and acting out ROMEO and JULIET; Act One, Scenes Two and three.
6th Period:
Warm-up activity:
Selection from the book SIX-WAY PARAGRAPH.
Jeopardy: Vocabulary words from pages 60 - 68.
Read ENDER’S GAME and continue reading log.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
This is the last post for 2006 for the 9th grade - yipppeeee!
Monday, December 18th:
First Period:
Today we will finish reading THE ODYSSEY, BOOK 23: "Odysseus and Penelope".
Then you will break into groups and dramatize your favorite scene from THE ODYSSEY. Make sure you make a list of your three favorite scenes. It's going to be first come, first serve, so if a group chooses your scene first, then make sure you have an alternative scene you can live with.
Tuesday, December 19th:
Second Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Wednesday, December 20th:
Third Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Thursday, December 21st:
First Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Monday, December 18th:
First Period:
Today we will finish reading THE ODYSSEY, BOOK 23: "Odysseus and Penelope".
Then you will break into groups and dramatize your favorite scene from THE ODYSSEY. Make sure you make a list of your three favorite scenes. It's going to be first come, first serve, so if a group chooses your scene first, then make sure you have an alternative scene you can live with.
Tuesday, December 19th:
Second Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Wednesday, December 20th:
Third Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Thursday, December 21st:
First Period: 7:40 to 9:45
Turn in your Odyssey reading log and time line.
First hour: Work on your scene. Second hour: Present your scene and your script.
Monday, December 11, 2006
NOTEBOOK ORGANIZATION
FOR
FIRST PERIOD
9TH GRADE
FALL SEMESTER
Title page with name, period and date
Syllabus
GRAMMAR:
English Workshop; pages 63 - 64
English Workshop; Subordinate Clauses; pages 65 - 66
English Workshop; pages 67 - 68
English Workshop; Verbs; pages 105 - 110
English Workshop; Adjective Clauses; pages 167 - 168
English Workshop; Adverbial Clauses; pages 173 - 174
Unscrambling Adverbial Clauses
Unscrambling Adjective Clauses
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VOCABULARY:
Vocabulary for the High School Student; pages 4 - 7; homework
Vocabulary for the High School Student; Test over pages 4 - 7
Vocabulary; pages 11 - 15; homework
Vocabulary test over pages 4 - 16
Vocabulary; pages 30 - 33; homework
Vocabulary; Test over pages 30 - 33
Vocabulary; pages over 35 - 39; homework
Vocabulary; Test over pages 35 - 39
Vocabulary; pages 40 - 45; homework
Vocabulary; pages 47 - 50; homework
Vocabulary words + adverbial clauses
Vocabulary words + adjective clauses
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LITERARY PACKETS:
The Most Dangerous Game Packet
Test over The Most Dangerous Game
Quiz over Plot for Most Dangerous Game
The Cask of Amontillado Packet
The Necklace Packet
The Odyssey Packets
Cat’s Eye Packet
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ESSAYS:
Autobiography
Cordelia’s Point of View
An Event that Changed My Life
Land Mine Essay + Packet
Literary Analysis + Rough Draft + Reading log
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CREATIVE WRITING:
The Sniper Rewrites
The Necklace - “What Happens Next?”
The Cask of Amontillado - “The Three Ironies”
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CLASS NOTES:
The Sniper
The Most Dangerous Game
The Cask of Amontillado
The Necklace
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ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT CARE
TO THROW IN THAT YOU THINK
MIGHT HELP
YOUR GRADE ;-)
FOR
FIRST PERIOD
9TH GRADE
FALL SEMESTER
Title page with name, period and date
Syllabus
GRAMMAR:
English Workshop; pages 63 - 64
English Workshop; Subordinate Clauses; pages 65 - 66
English Workshop; pages 67 - 68
English Workshop; Verbs; pages 105 - 110
English Workshop; Adjective Clauses; pages 167 - 168
English Workshop; Adverbial Clauses; pages 173 - 174
Unscrambling Adverbial Clauses
Unscrambling Adjective Clauses
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VOCABULARY:
Vocabulary for the High School Student; pages 4 - 7; homework
Vocabulary for the High School Student; Test over pages 4 - 7
Vocabulary; pages 11 - 15; homework
Vocabulary test over pages 4 - 16
Vocabulary; pages 30 - 33; homework
Vocabulary; Test over pages 30 - 33
Vocabulary; pages over 35 - 39; homework
Vocabulary; Test over pages 35 - 39
Vocabulary; pages 40 - 45; homework
Vocabulary; pages 47 - 50; homework
Vocabulary words + adverbial clauses
Vocabulary words + adjective clauses
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LITERARY PACKETS:
The Most Dangerous Game Packet
Test over The Most Dangerous Game
Quiz over Plot for Most Dangerous Game
The Cask of Amontillado Packet
The Necklace Packet
The Odyssey Packets
Cat’s Eye Packet
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ESSAYS:
Autobiography
Cordelia’s Point of View
An Event that Changed My Life
Land Mine Essay + Packet
Literary Analysis + Rough Draft + Reading log
*********************************************************************************************
CREATIVE WRITING:
The Sniper Rewrites
The Necklace - “What Happens Next?”
The Cask of Amontillado - “The Three Ironies”
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CLASS NOTES:
The Sniper
The Most Dangerous Game
The Cask of Amontillado
The Necklace
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ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT CARE
TO THROW IN THAT YOU THINK
MIGHT HELP
YOUR GRADE ;-)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Odysseus
DECEMBER 11TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Good morning, everyone! I hope you had a restful and fun-filled weekend. Just one more week and then finals!
Monday, December 11th:
Today your Trojan War open book test is due.
We will climb into our boats and sail off again in search of the witch Circe’s island; then we’ll go to the Land of the Dead to find the blind prophet Tereisias to learn the best way to get back to Ithaca (Odysseus’s home); then back to Circe for some last minute instructions. If we have time we will sail past the lovely to listen to but oh so ugly to look at Sirens!
Tuesday, December 12th:
Today is the last day to turn in late work. After today no more late work or corrections will be accepted.
Today your ten sentences using your new vocabulary words from pages 40 - 49 are due; remember, five of the sentences must use adverbial clauses and the other five must use adjective clauses.
We will climb back onto our ships and set sail for the dreaded Charybdis and Scylla - let’s see if the Witch Circe was right in telling us how to avoid the two monsters. Then if we make it safely past the sea monster and the whirlpool, we will lay anchor off the island of Helios, the sun god. Then, after our ship gets blasted by Zeus for our eating of Helios’s “cattle and sheep who never die” - unless they’re eaten by Odysseus’s hungry men - we will be lost at sea for twenty days until we get washed ashore on the island of Ogygia, home of the lovely nymph, Calypso (Vanessa Williams). Did you get that we’ve made a full circle?
Wednesday, December 13th:
Today we will return to the Court of Alcinous - where actually we’ve been all along because the story is told in flashback - and from there - finally! - we will set sail for Ithaca! (King Alcinous will take pity on us and give us a magic ship to take us home.) After stepping foot on our native soil for the first time in twenty years, we will go to the hut of the swine herder where we will meet Telemachus, whom we last saw as a new born baby and who is now a man. Then we will see our beloved and faithful dog, Argos, before we enter the great hall of Odysseus’s home.
Thursday, December 14th:
We will return to Ithaca where we will watch as Penelope fails to recognize Odysseus; however, Odysseus’s old nanny does! Then Penelope will devise an almost impossible contest to determine who will win her hand in marriage.....well, let’s see if Odysseus or some other suitor can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax handle rings to hit a bulls-eye.
Friday, December 15th:
Your notebook is due today at the beginning of class. And no, you will not have time to put it together in class.
Finally, we will see the suitors and the disloyal maids get their just desserts!
And there remains one last test for poor Odysseus set forth by the even wilier Penelope. Let’s see if he passes it and the two of them can be united for an eternity!
Friday, December 01, 2006
9TH GRADE
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
DECEMBER 4, 2006
Monday, December 4th:
Journal: Using five of your new vocabulary words, write five sentences with adjective clauses.
Read Parts 3 and 4 of “The Trojan War”. We will run around with swords and reenact the Trojan War ;-) You will be given an open book test over “The Trojan War”, which will be due on Wednesday, December 6th.
Tuesday, December 5th:
The “Unscrambling Adjective Clauses” will be given to you; we will briefly go over this grammar homework. You will be assigned Part One, #1-8. This will be due on Thursday.
We will read “A Son Searches for His Father”, Part One of
THE ODYSSEY. We will also quickly go over the vocabulary and literary packet for this section of the story. You will be expected to keep a detailed reading log for THE ODYSSEY.
Wednesday, December 6th:
Your open book test over “The Trojan War” will be due today.
Today we will read “Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous”. We will begin a timeline over our reading. The TIMELINE, along with your READING LOG, will be VERY IMPORTANT GRADES, SO DON’T BLOW EITHER OF THEM OFF!
Thursday, December 7th:
Your “Unscrambling Adjective Clauses” is due today!
Today, we will climb back into the SS Odyssey and sail back to Troy where it all started ten years ago - we will read about Odysseus and his men’s encounter with the tribe of the Ciccones; their encounters with the Lotus Eaters, and Polyphemus, the Cyclops.
Friday, December 8th:
Journal: Using ten of your words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (pages 40-45), write five sentence with adverbial clauses and write five sentences with adjective clauses.
We will once again scramble aboard the SS Odyssey, and set sail for the Island of the Sirens. If we escape the Sirens’ call, we will then head for the island of the beautiful witch Circe who gives men poison which reveals their inner animal.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
NOVEMBER 27TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Monday, November 27th:
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend sleeping in, eating delicious food and being with your family!
For your journal entry: Please write five sentences with adjective clauses using your vocabulary words from pages 30 - 39 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
We will watch a video about THE TROJAN WAR!
Tuesday, November 28th:
Today is a shortened day!
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today
For First Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “Adjective Clauses”; pages 163 - 164; both exercises.
For Second and Third Periods:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP: “Adjective Clauses”; pages 171 - 172; both exercises.
We will board the ship and sail away to Troy today - in other words, we will begin reading THE TROJAN WAR!
Wednesday, November 29th:
Vocabulary will be assigned today. Pages 41 through pages 45; exercises 31 - 34. This will be due on Friday!
Continue reading THE TROJAN WAR.
Thursday, November 30th:
Journal: You guessed it! Write five sentences with adjective clauses using your new vocabulary words!
A wee little test over THE TROJAN WAR!
Friday, December 1st:
We will board the ship and head back to Ithaca with Odysseus. Let’s see how long it will take us to get there.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
NOVEMBER 20, 2006
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Monday, November 20th:
By today, you should have written the rough draft of your first, second and third paragraphs of your literary analysis which I will quickly check. Then, we will go over the fourth, fifth and the final, sixth, paragraphs of your literary analysis.
Tuesday, November 21st:
Today you will work on your fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of your literary analysis.
Wednesday, November 22nd:
Your final draft and your literary analysis will be due today.
We will start work on the Trojan War.
Please bring your grammar book to class today.
For homework:
First Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP: “adjective clauses”; pages 163-164; exercises 1 and 2; due Tuesday, November 27th.
Second Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP: “adjective clauses”; pages 171- 172; exercise 2; due Tuesday, November 27th.
Friday, November 10, 2006
November 13th
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
Monday, November 13th:
Journal: Using five of your vocabulary words, please write five sentences with adverbial clauses. You will turn this in for a grade.
Go over “The Necklace” vocabulary, grammar and literary packets. These will be due on Wednesday, November 15th.
Work on “What Happens Next?” which is a continuation of the “Necklace” story. What does Madame Loisel say to Madame Forestier after the story ends?
We will present these on Tuesday and of course, you will present your script to me at the time of the performance.
Tuesday, November 14th:
Shortened Day!
Journal: Using five of your vocabulary words, please write five sentences with adverbial clauses. You will turn this in for a grade.
Presentation of “What Happens Next?”
Turn in your scripts.
Wednesday, November 15th:
Journal: Using five of your vocabulary words, please write five sentences with adverbial clauses. You will turn this in for a grade.
Your “The Neckace” packet is due today.
Vocabulary test on word s from pages 35 - 39 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Begin work on the long awaited literary analysis! Please bring in your book, your handouts from last week, and your reading log.
Thursday, November 16th:
Continue working on your literary analysis.
Friday, November 17th:
Continue working on your literary analysis which will be due, along with your reading log, on Monday, November 20th.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
9TH GRADE
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
NOVEMBER 6TH - NOVEMBER 9TH
Monday, November 6th:
Work on the connotative/denotative handout given to you on Friday.
ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “Adverbial Clauses”; pages 165-166; exercises 4 - 5.
Work on your ironic scenes. You will turn in the script to me and you will present your three scenes to the class on Tuesday.
2nd and 3rd Period:
Your "Cask of Amontillado packet” by Edgar Allan Poe is due today.
Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “Adverbial Clauses”; pages 173 - 174; exercises 3 and 4.
Tuesday, November 7th:
1st Period:
Your “Cask of Amontillado” packet is due today.
Today we will work on an adverbial clause scrambling handout.
You will present your scenes today and turn in your scripts to me.
Wednesday, November 8th:
We will finish presenting our scenes today.
Vocabulary test today over the words on pages 30 - 39 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Thursday, November 9th:
Today we will read “The Necklace”.
Friday, November 10:
Veterans’ Day observed. There is no school today.
Next week we will work on the literary analysis. You must be finished with your book and your reading log by Monday, November 13th. The literary analysis will be due on November 20th along with your reading log.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
OCTOBER 30TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE
Monday, October 30th:
Pass out the vocabulary packet of “The Cask of Amontillado” and go over verbal, dramatic and situational irony.
Please bring your vocabulary book, VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 30-33; exercises 21 - 24, will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, October 31st.
Tuesday, October 31st (Happy Halloween!):
Today in celebration of Halloween, we will read some masterpieces of the great Gothic writer, Edgar Allan Poe: “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and “The Raven”.
We will begin working on a group project in which you will break into groups of three or four and write three scenes, one scene showing dramatic irony, one scene showing situational irony and the third scene showing verbal irony. We will present these on Thursday, November 2nd.
Today, pages 35 - 39; exercises 26 - 29 in your VOCABULARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS will be assigned today. This will be due on Thursday, November 2nd.
Wednesday, November 1st:
All Saints’ Day or The Day of the Dead:
Journal Entry: Does your family celebrate The Day of the Dead? If your family does, how do they celebrate it? How does your culture remember loved ones who have passed?
For first period:
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP. Today, adverbial clauses will be assigned; pages 165 - 166; exercises 4 - 5. This will be due on Monday, November 6th.
For second and third period:
Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP. Today, adverbial clauses will be assigned;pages 173 - 174; exercises 3 and 4. This will be due on Monday, November 6th.
Continue working on our ironic skits.
Thursday, November 2nd:
Journal: Choose ten of our vocabulary words and write a short story using them.
Present our ironic skits today complete with your typed scripts.
Your vocabulary homework is due today!
Friday, November 3rd:
Journal: Chose ten more of our vocabulary words and write a short story using them.
Finish presenting your skits today.
Today we will read the short story “The Necklace”. I think you will like this one.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Hey guys!
We didn't have an agenda last week because I went home to Texas for the weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. We didn't get very far the week of October 9th through the 13th so we tried to finish the work we were suppose to have finished by the 16th - but didn't. So for the parents, if you want to know what we did last week (October 17th - October 20th) we did what we were suppose to be doing on October 11th - October 16th, which was preparation for the District Periodic Assessment. Last week we read articles and essays on whether the U.S. should sign the Ottawa Land Mine Ban Treaty. After carefully analyzing the material, the students were to write a persuasive essay stating and supporting their position.
This week we will be doing the real District Periodic Assessment on whether adolescent access to violent video games should be restricted. The students will be reading articles and essays (some material supporting restriction, others not) and writing their own persuasive essay on the subject. This will be graded and the results will be recorded downtown.
Last week there were problems with chronic tardiness. The class starts at 7:40 and the students must know that if they arrive by school bus then they CANNOT LEAVE CAMPUS to buy food at the area fast food restaurants. Students CANNOT saunter into class late carrying bags of steaming french fries or hamburgers or coffee. This is becoming a serious problem. Please take care of breakfast before you get on the bus.
That said have a great week and I will see you tomorrow.
We didn't have an agenda last week because I went home to Texas for the weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. We didn't get very far the week of October 9th through the 13th so we tried to finish the work we were suppose to have finished by the 16th - but didn't. So for the parents, if you want to know what we did last week (October 17th - October 20th) we did what we were suppose to be doing on October 11th - October 16th, which was preparation for the District Periodic Assessment. Last week we read articles and essays on whether the U.S. should sign the Ottawa Land Mine Ban Treaty. After carefully analyzing the material, the students were to write a persuasive essay stating and supporting their position.
This week we will be doing the real District Periodic Assessment on whether adolescent access to violent video games should be restricted. The students will be reading articles and essays (some material supporting restriction, others not) and writing their own persuasive essay on the subject. This will be graded and the results will be recorded downtown.
Last week there were problems with chronic tardiness. The class starts at 7:40 and the students must know that if they arrive by school bus then they CANNOT LEAVE CAMPUS to buy food at the area fast food restaurants. Students CANNOT saunter into class late carrying bags of steaming french fries or hamburgers or coffee. This is becoming a serious problem. Please take care of breakfast before you get on the bus.
That said have a great week and I will see you tomorrow.
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