JUNE 25TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


Monday, June 25th:

1st Period:

You need to finish reading KINDRED and your reading log by Thursday, June 28th.

3rd Period:

You need to finish reading NIGHT and your reading log by Wednesday, June 27th.

5th Period:

You need to finish reading THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and your reading log by Tuesday, June 26th.

6th Period:

You need to finish reading ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY and your reading log by Thursday, June 28th.

Today each class will break into groups, take turns reading, write a half page summary, a reflection and at least three words for your vocabulary.

Tuesday, June 26th:

2nd and 5th Period Finals today.

7:40 - 10:02: 2nd Period Final
10:20 - 12:39: 5th Period Final

Wednesday, June 27th:

7:40 - 10:02: 3rd Period
10:20 - 12:39 4th Period

Thursday, June 28th:

7:40 - 10:02: 1st Period
10:20 - 12:39: 6th Period

HAVE A GREAT VACATION! DON’T FORGET TO READ!

JUNE 18TH, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE


Monday, June 18th - Friday, June 22nd:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Your notebooks are due today! You will not have time to work on them in class. They are due at the beginning of class.

1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Periods:

For the rest of this week in order to get a passing grade for each day you must:

Break into your groups
Read ten pages of your book
Write at least a half page summary of what you have read
Write a reflection of what you have read
Find three vocabulary words and write the definition for each word.

You may be given additional pages to read at home. If you are given additional reading at night, then you are expected to write a half page summary, a reflection and three vocabulary words and definitions, which you will turn into me the next day. This will be factored into your final grade and may determine whether some of you pass the class. Good luck! Don’t slack off now. The end is almost here.

We must be finished with the books by Monday, June 25th.

Two small handouts will be given to you on Monday. These are reviews over conjunctions and your favorite - adjective clauses! These will be due on Wednesday, June 20th.

Your final will be a project over the book you are reading in class. You may choose to do a:

collage
diorama
script
script in which you direct others or in which you also act
short film with an accompanying script
or an interpretive dance piece with music and lines taken from the book.

If you choose to do an interpretive dance, it may dramatize the entire book or important scene(s) from the book. You must have a dance outline or a script (complete with music choices) and it must be at least five minutes in length. Other students may work with you on this. You may also be asked to repeat the piece again if it appears to be too “improvie”.


Please be aware that your reading logs for your book will be collected on the day of the final and will be factored into your final semester grade.

9th Grade Spring 2007 Notebook

NOTEBOOK FOR 9TH GRADE
SPRING 2007
Front page (with name, period and date)
Syllabus
Vocabulary:

Homework:
VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
Pages 60 - 68
Daily work: Short story based on pages 60 - 68
Daily work: Short story based on pages 60 - 68
Pages 70 - 77
Pages 90 - 96
Pages 126 - 135
Grammar:

Homework:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP: 3RD COURSE
Pages 107 - 108; Linking Verbs
Pages 141-142; Prepositional Phrases
Pages 149 - 150; Gerunds
Pages 151-152; Gerund Phrases
Active/Passive Voice Handout
Gerund Handout Mini-test
Parallelism Handout
Parallelism Handout 2-28
ROMEO AND JULIET:

Romeo and Juliet notes
Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary and Grammar Handouts Acts l - V
Shakespearean Insult Sheet
Words from Shakespeare
Phrases from Shakespeare
Tests Acts l - V
Corrections for Tests Acts l - V
Shakespearean Rewrites
Essays:

Memory Narrative
Junk Food Essay
Romeo and Juliet Essay

JUNE 11, 2007
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR 9TH GRADE

Monday, June 11th:

Periods 1, 3, 5 and 6:

Continue reading our books. For a passing grade you must read ten pages, write at least a half page summary plus a personal reflection, and three vocabulary words.

1st Period:

Handout on Parallelism; this will be due on Wednesday, June 13th.


Tuesday, June 12th:

Continue reading our books.

Periods 1, 5 and 6:

VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT is due today; pages 126 - 135; exercise 21 - 30.

3rd Period:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP is due today; “Parallelism; pages 85 - 86; exercise 14.


Wednesday, June 13th:

Periods 1, 5 and 6:

The parallelism handout is due today.

There has been a little change in the schedule. We will be doing the district assessment on literary analysis on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Don't worry - this is something we have done before; remember the ROMEO AND JULIET essay? It's going to be like that with citations. The assessment will include reading two short stories, writing a literary essay comparing and contrasting the two short stories, and reading and answering multiple choice questions. Then on Friday we will go back to reading our books, which we will finish next week.


Thursday, June 14th:

Continue with the district assessment on literary analysis.


Friday, June 15th:

Continue reading our books.

June 4, 2007
Weekly Schedule for
9th Grade English

Monday, June 4th:

1st Period:

Continue reading KINDRED.

3rd Period:

Begin reading NIGHT.

5th Period:

Continue reading The Diary of Anne Frank.

6th Period:

Your Ender’s Game essay is due today.
Begin reading Rolling Thunder, Hear My Cry.


Tuesday, June 5th:

All Classes:

Review grammar in preparation for District Assessment test.
Handout on Parallelism.

Continue reading your respective books.


Wednesday, June 6th:

All classes:

Assignment in your ENGLISH WORKSHOP books over parallelism. This will be due on Thursday, June 6th.

Continue reading your books.


Thursday, June 7th:

All classes:

Continue reading your books.

1st Period:

Write five sentences with adverbial clauses using five of your vocabulary words from pages 126 - 127: irrevocable, impunity, irreconcilable, immature, illegible.

Read pages 73 - 84 in KINDRED. Write a half page summary and three vocabulary words: polyester, attic, rampant.

3rd Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP, pages 85 - 86; Parallel Construction; this will be due on Tuesday, June 12th.

Holocaust Handouts: "The Rise of Anti-Semitism".

Read NIGHT.

6TH Period:

Today we are going to see a production of A CHORUS LINE.




Friday, June 8th:

Continue reading your books.

Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade English
May 29th, 2007


Tuesday, May 29th:

Shortened day!

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Today we will begin reading our new books.

6th Period:

We will begin working on our essays for ENDER’S GAME. We will learn how to use quotations in a literary essay.


Wednesday, May 30th:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Continue reading!

6th Period:

Continue working on our essays.


Thursday, May 31st:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Continue reading!

1st Period:

You will break into groups of three; each person will take turns reading; each person is responsible for her/his summary and at least three vocabulary words. In order to get a passing grade for the day, each group MUST read ten pages, have at least three vocabulary words with definitions and at least a half page summary of the reading at the end of class. Each student will turn in his/her own half page summary and vocabulary words to get credit.

6th Period:

Continue working on your essay. It will be due at the end of class.






Friday, June 1st:

1st Period:

Same as yesterday.

3rd and 5th Periods:

Continue reading and taking notes.

6th Period:

Test over ENDER’S GAME.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The last day to turn in make-up work (rewrites for essays and tests) will be Monday, June 4th. After this date no more late work or rewrites will be accepted.

9th Grade Weekly Agenda
for
May 21, 2007


Period One, which meets every day this week, ends at 8:37 Monday through Thursday.

Monday, May 21st:

Periods 1 and 5:

Finish presenting “How to Marshall Evidence”. Begin working on your Romeo and Juliet essay. The essay will be due on Tuesday, May 22nd for Period 1.


Period 6:

Break into groups and finish reading ENDER’S GAME. Remember! To get an A for the day, you must: Read ten pages; write at least a half page summary; and write down and define three vocabulary words.


Tuesday, May 22nd:

Period 1:

Continue working on your essays which will be due at the end of the period.

Period 3:

Begin working on your essays on ROMEO and JULIET today.


Wednesday, May 23rd:

Period 1:

We will begin reading a new book today.

Period 3:

Continue working on your ROMEO and JULIET essays today. They will be due at the end of the period.










Thursday, May 24th:

Period 1:

Continue reading.

Period 5:

Continue working on your essay which will be due at the end of the period.

Period 6:

You will be given the essay prompts for ENDER’S GAME. You will also be given a packet on using quotations in an essay, from which you will be given a selection to read. You will then pair up with a partner and together you will present to the class the information you learned from your selection. You will then begin working on your essay.


Friday, May 24th:

Regular schedule today.

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

1st period will continue reading their book. New books will be given out to 3rd and 5th and we will start reading. Yippee!

6th Period:

Continue working on your essay. It will be due at the end of the period. Be prepared for a test that’s coming up on ENDER’S GAME.

ESSAY TOPICS
FOR
ROMEO AND JULIET

Seelct one of the topics below for your culiminating essay on ROMEO and JULIET. Be sure to use supporting evidence from the text to prove your thesis statement. The essay will be due on Monday, May 21, 2007.

1. Does Romeo have a death wish? Be sure to reference all the things he
says in Act 1, Scenes 1 - 4 (particularly Scene 4 between Romeo and
Mercutio) and again Romeo’s soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5, Scene
1 before Balthasar enters.

2. Discuss Shakespeare’s use of light and dark in Romeo and Juliet. Be sure to
provide supporting evidence from the play. Be sure to include
quotations from Act 1, Scene 1, in which Benvolio and Lord Montague use
references of darkness to describe Romeo’s mood; quotations from Act,
Scene 4 in which Romeo uses metaphors of light/heaviness and light/darkness
to describe his emotional state. Please be sure to reference Romeo’s famous
lines from Act 2, Scene 2, in which he sees Juliet on the balcony (“What light
through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the sun!”) Be sure
to look through the rest of the play and find other examples to support your
thesis.

3. Discuss the lack of parental involvement in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. Be
sure to include the observation that the Nurse and the Friar serve as parental
substitutes. Show that the lack of parental involvement is one of the reasons
for the tragic outcome of the story.

4. Discuss how Juliet’s decision at the end of Act 3 not to include the Nurse in
her confidences leads to her death.

5. Discuss how Shakespeare uses metaphor to convey time and place in
Romeo and Juliet.

6. Compare and contrast the Friar and the apothecary in Romeo and Juliet and
show how the apothecary is the foil of the Friar. A foil is a character who
is the opposite of another in order to show the characteristics of both
characters. Sometimes the best way to understand a character is to
show what the character is not and the writer does this by creating another
character who is his/her opposite. By seeing this contrast, the reader or
audience can more clearly see and understand the characters.

7. Discuss the relationship between Lord and Lady Capulet. Discuss the
scenes in which they appear and create an arc that traces their relationship.
You need to take a position regarding their relationship and support your
thesis by using evidence from the play that shows they have a loving,
respectful relationship or an unhealthy, abusive relationship.

8. Discuss Lord Capulet’s personality in the play. Be sure to include all the
scenes in which Lord Capulet appears and trace the arc of his personality
throughout the play. Be sure to take a position regarding his personality and
use evidence from the play to support your position.

9. Discuss whether or not the lovers’ fate was written in the stars or if their
“fate” was the result of bad choices and judgments by the parties involved.
Again, use evidence from the play to prove your thesis.

10. Discuss Shakespeare’s many references to both the wedding bed and to
death. You may also wish to include the many instances of foreshadowing
in the play. Be sure to include evidence from the play to support your thesis.

MAY 14TH, 2007
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE

Monday, May 14th:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Break into your groups and work on your ROMEO and JULIET rewrites.

6th Period:

Break into your groups and read, ask and find answers for questions, and find vocabulary and definitions for your word banks for ENDER’S GAME.

HEADS UP: AS SOON AS WE ARE FINISHED WITH ENDER’S GAME, THERE WILL BE A TEST AND AN ESSAY OVER THE BOOK.


Tuesday, May 15th:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Please submit a copy of your script to me. You will be given a few minutes to rehearse and then you will present your scenes to the rest of the class.

3rd Period:

Your take-home test over Act V is due today.

1st and 5th Periods;

You will be given a take-home test today over Act V. This will be due on Thursday, May 17th.

6th Period:

Continue reading ENDER’S GAME.


Wednesday, May 16th:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Final presentations of scenes from ROMEO and JULIET.

An essay will be assigned on ROMEO and JULIET in preparation for the CST.


6th Period:

Continue reading ENDER’S GAME. An essay will be assigned on ENDER’S GAME in preparation for the CST.

Thursday, May 17th:

1st and 5th Periods:

Your take-home test is due today.

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Today you will be working on your ROMEO and JULIET essay.

6th Period:

Continue reading ENDER’S GAME.


Friday, May 18th:

1st, 3rd and 5th Periods:

Continue working on your essays over ROMEO and JULIET. The essays will be due at the end of the period.

6th Period:

If we are finished with the book we will have a test over the book and begin working on the literary analysis of ENDER’S GAME in preparation for the CST.

May 7, 2007 - May 11, 2017 9th Grade Honors English

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9th Grade Spring Syllabus


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.

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.