May 8, 2017 - May 12, 2017 9th Grade English

Monday, May 8th:
Friendly reminder:
Your third and final AR test and reading log will be due this Friday, May 12th.

Beginning reading Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1

Tuesday, May 9th: 

Silent Sustained Reading

Remember: your AR test and AR reading log are due on Friday, May 12^th.

Watch the rest of Romeo and Juliet

Read Act 1, Scene 1

Brief discussion of Act 1, Scene 1

Wednesday, May 10th:  

Silent Sustained Reading 

Remember: Friday, May 12th, your AR reading log and AR test are due.  

Passed out the open book Romeo and Juliet  test. This test is on-going, which means we will be going over the questions as we read.

Right now, we are reviewing what we read yesterday.

Comprehension:

What are the names of the two groups who arefighting?

The Montagues and the Capulets.

What started the fight?

The thumb biting!

Who tries to stop the fighting?

Danny:

The cousin!

What’s his name?

Carolina 

Benvolio,

Helen:

Benvolio is the cousin of and best friend of Romeo

Safia’s question:

Who was Romeo sad about?

Carolina and Hellen:
Rosalind

Why?

Carolina:

Rosalind didn’t like men and was a follower of Diana, the Roman goddess of chastity, and archery.

Let’s look at the name of Benvolio:

Benevolent,

Maria and Carolina: Benefit

Beneficent, benevolence

The prefix of “ben” means good

What is the Spanish word for bad?

Malo

Mal – the prefix mal in English means something bad.

Mal  - Maleficent, Malicious, malnourished, malfunctioned,

Malevolent: having bad intentions

Gina:

Malign – to say bad things about another person; to tarnish another’s reputation.

Ashanti: Who is Rosalind?

Safia: Rosalind was being courted by Romeo who wanted to take it to the next level. Rosalind was not interested and broke Romeo’s heart.

Benvolio was trying to stop the fight.

Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin.

Tybalt was the name of a cat in a popular folktale.  Tybalt was also the popular name of house cats.

Malia – he likes cat fights.

Both Romeo and Juliet came from families of high esteem and dignity.

When the Prince sees the street brawl, what does the Prince say?

Look on page 790!

Hellen:

If ever you disturb the peace, your life shall pay the forfeit.

Carolina:

If he ever catches them fighting he will execute them.

 What did Romeo’s parents ask Benvolio about Romeo?

Safia: Why was Romeo so sad and walking around all depressed?

He walks alone all through the night  and when the sun rises, he goes home to his room, closes the curtains, and makes an artificial night.

What advise did Benvolio give to Romeo to help him forget about Rosalind?

Shianne: To look at other girls.

What is the exact quotation from Benvolio?

Can be found on page 795

Kimberly:

“By giving liberties to thy eyes, examine other beauties”

Thursday, May 11th:  

Silent Sustained Reading!

Remember! Your AR reading test and AR test are due tomorrow!

Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scene 2 and Scene 3

Page 796

Discussion

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Plot!

Characters!

Figurative Language

Readers:

Malia – Capulet

Gina – Servant

Mercedes – Paris

Maria – Benvolio

Hellen – Romeo

Safia – resident expert

What happened two minutes before?

A major brawl just occurred?

Where are Paris and Capulet heading?

The Prince told them to see him about their constant brawling.

Vocabulary:

A suit: a lawsuit or it can be a formal request

Ere: (pronounced like “air”) before

Mar: to scar or to destroy the perfection of something

Marred: to be scarred or to have some injury which detracts from the beauty of something or someone.

Fennel: sweet smelling herb

Treading: to walk

Lusty: sexually interested

What is Paris’ suit?

Hellen: To ask Capulet for his daughter’s hand in marriage!

What does Capulet say in response?

Onyx -

And too soon marred are those so early made.

Safia -

Capulet also said that she hath not seen the change of fourteen summers.

So Juliet is thirteen

How many living children did Capulet have?

One and that is Juliet.

The earth hath swallowed all his hopes but she.

What does Capulet invite Paris to?

Danny – a party

Earth treading stars

What does Capulet tell the servant to do?

Safia –

He tells the servant to go this list of people and invite them to the party.

Act 1, Scene 3:

Safia – Juliet

Kimberly – Lady Capulet

Samantha – the Nurse

This is happening about the same time as Act 1, Scene 2

This takes place in Lady Capulet’s home

How old is Juliet?

Safia – Thirteen

When is Juliet’s birthday?

Eve of Lammastide – July 31^st.

How many teeth does the Nurse have?

Four!!!!

Stopped at the bottom of page 800

Friday, May 12th:

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Sub for first twenty minutes

Your AR reading log and your AR test are due today!

Finish reading Romeo and Juliet,  Act 1!

What is happening at the Capulets’ house tonight?

Malia – party!

Who’s going to be at the party?

The Class – Paris

Who is Paris?

He’s an up and coming young man who is friends with Capulet. He wants to marry Juliet.

 

May 1, 2017 - May 5, 2017 Ninth Grade English Agenda

Monday, May 1st: 

Lesson Plan: 

Romeo and Juliet

The Prologue 

Vocabulary:

Loins: from their bodies

Foes: enemies

Civil: to be polite or cordial 

Civil: means to be part of the same country or to be part of the same community

Mutiny: to disobey a commanding office!!!!!

Piteous: arousing pity

Misadventured: an adventure that turned out badly!

Strife: discord, suffering, turmoil, troubles, fighting

Nought: (archaic = so old it is no longer in use; out of date) nothing

Continuance: to continue

Pair up and paraphrase each line of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.

Paraphase: to put in your own words.

Then together, we will piece the prologue together.  Each pair who pieces together part of the prologue will get points.

Gina:

Two households, both alike in dignity –

Two families who are equal in wealth and social status

Safia:

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene –

The story takes place in Verona (It is a city in northern Italy)

Shianne:

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny –

An old feud suddenly broke open again

Carolina:

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean –

Death of a neighbor makes the neighborhood hands unclean

Malia:

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

From two families that are enemies

Shianne, Safia:

A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

Lovers born under an unlucky star kills themselves;

Or

Lovers’ whose love was cursed by the stars killed themselves.

(Some people believe in astrology which is the belief that the stars rule our destiny. If you are born at a certain time, the alignment of the stars will determine your destiny.)

Safia:

Whose misadventures piteous overthrown –

The failed tragic adventure

Shianne:

Do with their death bury their parents’ strife –

Their deaths ended their parents’ feud

Jasmin, Safia, Ashanti:

The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love –

The frightening story of the death cursed love

Ashanti:

And the continuance of their parents’ rage –

The continuation of their parent’s  feud

Tuesday, May 2nd: 

Pair up and paraphrase each line of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.

Paraphase: to put in your own words.

Then together, we will piece the prologue together.  Each pair who pieces together part of the prologue will get points.

Gina:

Two households, both alike in dignity –

Two families who are equal in wealth and social status

Safia:

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene –

The story takes place in Verona (It is a city in northern Italy)

Shianne:

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny –

An old feud suddenly broke open again

Carolina:

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean –

Death of a neighbor makes the neighborhood hands unclean

Malia:

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

From two families that are enemies

Shianne, Safia:

A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

Lovers born under an unlucky star kills themselves;

Or

Lovers’ whose love was cursed by the stars killed themselves.

(Some people believe in astrology which is the belief that the stars rule our destiny. If you are born at a certain time, the alignment of the stars will determine your destiny.)

Safia:

Whose misadventures piteous overthrown –

The failed tragic adventure

Shianne:

Do with their death bury their parents’ strife –

Their deaths ended their parents’ feud

Jasmin, Safia, Ashanti:

The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love –

The frightening story of the death cursed love

Ashanti:

And the continuance of their parents’ rage –

The continuation of their parent’s  feud

Jazmin:

Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove –

The parents’ feud only ended when their children died

Only their children’s death could stop or end their feud

Carolina:

Is now the two hour’s traffic of our stage;

This is the story of the next two hours on our stage

Ashanti:

The which if you with patient ears attend;

If you sit down and listen to the story patiently

Safia:

What here shall, our toil shall strive to mend.

What the prologue misses in the summary, our work (the play) will make up.

Iambic Pentameter:

 (Two house) (holds, both) (a like) (in dig) (ni ty)

Iamb is two syllables

Iambic pentameter is a line in poetry which has five iambs (or ten syllables) per line of unstress/stress

(In fair) (Ve ro) (na, where) (we lay) (our scene)

Wednesday, May 3rd:  
Silent Sustained Reading!
Your third and final AR test and AR reading log are due Friday, May 12th! 

Iambs!

Two syllable unit in poetry that is unstressed/stressed

 Yes, the iamb can occur in the middle of a word:

(Shall I) (com pare) (thee to) (a sum) (mer’s day)

(From an) (cient grudge) (break to) (new mu) (tin y)

Now you do it! Go through the rest of the prologue and divide them into iambs

And the continuance of their parents rage

(And the) (con tin) (u ance) ) (of their) (par ents) (rage)

Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove

(Which, but) (their chil) (dren’s end) (nought could) (re move)

Is now the two hours traffic of our stage

(Is now) (the two) (hours traf) (fic of ) (our stage)

Went over unstress/stress

The following students demonstrated how to do it:

Ashanta

Kimberly

Thursday, May 4th:
Collect homework and packet:
Sonnet 18, The Prologue, and Iambic Pentameter!
Watch Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 

Friday, May 5th:
Silent Sustained Reading
Reading Log!
 Remember: the third and final AR reading log and test will be due on Friday, May 12th. 
Watch Romeo and Juliet!  

 

April 24, 2017 - April 28, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, April 24th:
The last due date to turn in your mythology research paper is Tuesday, April 25th at midnight!!!!
The final date to turn in your final AR test and reading log is Friday, May 12th!!!!!!!
AR stands for Accelerated Reader!!!! How can you tell if a book is an AR book?
It has a yellow and white sticker that reads "AR"!
How to do the reading log?
You have to put the name and the author of the book at the top.
You need to put the page numbers (Pages 1 - 25)
Then you need to write a brief summary of about half a page.
Then you need to write a comment about what you just read.
And then you need to write a prediction about what you think is going to happen.
To get a "C" or better, you need to write at least five entries!
You need to finish the book!!!!!!!
If you don't finish the book, the highest grade you could possible get is a "D"!!!!!!!

Ted Talk: Akala - "Is It Hip-Hop or Is It Shakespeare?"

Tuesday, April 25th:  

Silent Sustained Reading

The last AR book is due Friday, May 12^th!

“Hip-Hop and Shakespeare”

How many lines are there in a sonnet?

Ashanti – fourteen lines

How are the last two lines different from the rest of the lines?

Do the last two lines rhyme?

Yes! That means they are a couple (they are dating) – a couplet!!!!

Shall I compare thee to a  summer’s day  - a

Thou art more lovely and more temperate – b

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May – a

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date – b

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines – c

And often is his gold complexion dimmed – d

And every fair from fair sometimes declined – c

So the rhyme scheme for an Elizabethan sonnet is:

Ababcdcdefefgg

Quatrain = four lines

Thursday, April 27th:

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Ashanti – read the first quatrain of “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date”

Carolina – read the second quatrain of Sonnet 18

“Sometime too hot the eye of summer shines

By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;”

O’er =over

Iamb is two syllables of unstressed/stressed

Penta is five

Iambic pentameter means there are five iambs per line

Or

Ten syllables per line

(Shall I) (compare) (thee to) (a sum) (mer’s day)

The first syllable of each iamb is unstressed

Friday, April 28th:
 Handouts:
Are the following quotations Hip-Hop or Shakespeare?

Sonnet 18 from Shakespeare
What is a sonnet?

Ten Basic Poetry and Literary Elements

Group Work - Identify as many literary elements as you can on the following Langston Hughes' poem.

Remember! Your A.R. test and reading log are due on Friday, May 12^th.

Please make sure you have your “Ted Talk Akala: Hip-Hop & Shakespeare”

Pair up!

“Ten Basic Poetry and Literary Elements”

Working in pairs, identify as many literary elements as you can in the following quotations:

Eminem “Open Mike”

Mos Def “Thieves in the Night”

Benefit “Exact”

Notorious B.I.G. “Sky is the Limit”

Kimberly:

Simile: I am like a fast dolphin.

Metaphor: In the water, I am a dolphin

Personification: The wind knocked on the door.

Gina: The wind howled through the night.

Hyperbole: exaggeration

Gina: My stomach is so full, it could explode!!!!!

Onyx: I am so bored I could read a book!

Alliteration: the beginning of each word begins with the same letter.

Ashanti: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…..

Pair up and look at the four examples of lyrics from hip-hop artists.

Find examples of metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, alliteration

Hellen:

End rhyme:

1.     Eminem: physicians  - traditions

Ashanti:

Alliteration: magicians with mystical mic / Wicked wizardry

Ashanti:

Simile: Like magicians/ like a sorcerer

Sandy:

End rhyme:

#2: style/smile

Hellen/Gina:

Hyperbole:

A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the style

Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile

Onyx:

#3:

Simile:

I’m just like the word kill only minus the “k”

Hellen:

Many end rhymes

Ashanti:

Mercedes:

#4:

Assonance:

If the game shakes me or breaks me.

Kimberly:

Alliteration:

Put money in my mom’s hand

Ashanti read the prologue to Romeo and Juliet

Pro = before

Logue = dialogue

April 17, 2017 - April 21, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, April 17th:
Go over the research paper.

Tuesday, April 18th:
Meet in #429 and work on research paper

Wednesday, April 19th: 
Students work on the research paper

Thursday, April 20th: 
Students work on their research paper in #429

Friday, April 21st: 
Students work on their research paper in #429

April 3, 2017 - April 7, 2017 Weekly Agenda

 Monday, April 3rd:

In library to do research for paper on Greek mythology. Four pieces of evidence minimum to receive an “A” today in class.

Tuesday, April 4: 

In library to do research mythology for paper.
Each person must write four pieces of evidence to get an "A" for today

Wednesday, April 5th: 
In library to do research mythology for paper.
Each person must write four pieces of evidence to get an "A" for today. 

Thursday, April 6th:  
In library to work on the introductory paragraph for the research paper. 

Friday, April 7th

Class ID: 13628756

Enrollment Password: English9

If you have any questions, you can also go to:

Hollywoodhighschool.net

Library

Symboloo

Or

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Your research paper will be due on Monday, April 10^th at midnight on turnitin.com.

The first page of your paper should have your name, my name, class period, and the date (day, three letter abbreviation of the month, and the year) in the upper left side of the paper. Example: 10 Apr 2017

The title should be capitalized and in the middle of the first page.

The first paragraph should contain the topic sentence, which tells the reader what the research paper is about. The first paragraph should also contain a very brief, one sentence statement about each area of the subject the research paper will cover. The final sentence in your research paper should provide a transition to the next paragraph.

(DO NOT WRITE “MY RESEARCH PAPER IS ABOUT…..” )

The second paragraph should discuss the origins of the god, the hero, the legend, or the myth. The second paragraph should include either a quotation (which must be cited) or your paraphrase of the quotation (which must be cited) to demonstrate where you got this information.  Every piece of information you write about your subject should be cited.

How to cite:

According to Edith Hamilton in her book, Greek Mythology, Psyche was a Greek mortal whom people found more attractive than Aphrodite.

Psyche was a Greek mortal whom people found more attractive than Aphrodite. (Hamilton 126)

(Please make sure you do use more than one source for your citations. You should have at least five bibliographic sources, so please use all five of your bibliographic sources.)

The next section of your research paper should be about the family, friends, allies, or enemies of the god, the hero, or the major players in the myth or legends. Again, make sure you cite your sources. There must be at least three pieces of information per paragraph, and there must be citations for each piece of information per paragraph.

The next section of your research paper should be about the area of power of the god, or a story demonstrating some aspect of the hero, or legend, or myth. Again, make sure you cite your sources. There must be at least three pieces of information per paragraph, and there must be citations for each piece of information per paragraph.

The next section of your research paper should be about a story or myth surrounding  the god or hero or legend.  If you are writing about Hercules, you might want to include the Twelve Labours of Hercules. If you are writing about Artemis, you may want to include the myth about her birth. There must be at least three pieces of information per paragraph, and citations for each piece of information per paragraph.

The next section of your research paper should be on another story or myth surrounding the god or hero or legend, which shows her/his power or area of influence or explains why she holds power in that area. For example, Diana was the goddess of midwives because in some legends she was born before Apollo, her twin brother, and assisted her mother Leto in his birth.

The next section of your research paper should be about the importance or significance of your god, hero, legend, or myth. For example, if you are writing about Narcissus, you might want to explore the fact that his name has been given to a personality disorder, the “narcissistic personality disorder”, which describes someone who is self obsessed with power, prestige, and beauty.  This perfectly describes the beautiful youth Narcissus, who was punished for his selfish obsessions by the gods.

The final concluding paragraph should include one brief sentence about each area you discussed in your research paper. There should be no new or additional information introduced in the paper. The final sentence should be a brief overview of the importance of the god, hero, legend, or myth to the ancient Greeks and to people of today.

 Structure of the paragraphs

Introductory Paragraph:

Topic sentence (what your research paper is about)

A sentence devoted to each of the following areas of your research paper:

1.   the origins of the god, the hero, the myth, or the legend

2.     the family of the god, the hero, or the people involved in the myth

3.     the area of power of the god, the hero, or the people involved in the myth

4.     the stories which demonstrate the power or influence of the god or hero

5.     the importance of the god, the hero, the myth, the legend

A concluding sentence which leads to the next paragraph

Body paragraphs:

A mini-topic sentence, which alerts the reader to the topic of the paragraph

Development of the topic

Information about the topic

Your paraphrase of a quotation from a reliable source to support your information

Citation, which shows where you got the information and will prevent you from being accused of plagiarism!!!

More information about the topic

Your paraphrase of a quotation from a reliable source to support your information

Citation, which shows where you got the information and will prevent you from being accused of plagiarism!

More information about the topic

You can use a quotation but you must cite the source or otherwise, you will be accused of plagiarism and will receive an “F” on the paper, “F” in the class, a rescinding of college scholarships and even a rescinding of acceptance of the school of your dreams, expulsion from college, or firing from your dream job.

Concluding sentence which supplies a transition to the next section of your paper.

Concluding paragraph:

One sentence each to briefly describe each area of your research paper:

One brief sentence to describe the origins

One brief sentence to describe the family, allies, etc.

One brief sentence to describe the power or influence of the god, hero, etc.

One brief sentence regarding the one or two stories of the god, hero, etc.

One brief sentence regarding the enduring importance of the god, hero, myth, or legend.

In-text citations: Author-page style

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.

For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

 

March 27, 2017 - March 31, 2017 9th Grade English Agenda

Monday, March 27th:
 

We are going to start a new episode on Greek Mythology!!!!!

Tomorrow and Thursday we are going to the library to learn how to do research!

Youtube.com – mythology: “King Midas”, “The Family Tree of the Gods”, “The Riddle of the Three Kings”

Kahoot.com – Gods of Greek Mythology

Presentations: Ashanti – “The Lotus Eaters”

Tuesday, March 28th: 
Go to library to begin research on your Greek mythology paper. 
Student Topics: 

Gina Aboh – Nike

Hellen Amaya – Poseidon

Sandy Barrios – Hades

Ashanti Bowers –

Ashley Campos – Achilles

Malia Caudillo – Hercules

Samantha Chevez – Nyx

Eli Dow – Narcissus

Kimberly Escobar – Hypros

Rachel Fadersaer –

Safia Fisher – Hecate

Mercedes Fuentes –

Onyx Garduno – Demeter

Carolina Gonzalez – Bellerophontes

Sandra Gonzalez – Aurora

Kateryn Gramajo –

Jennifer Hernandez – Zeus

Pauline Kanda – Eros/Thanatos

Jasmin Kim – Eos

Maricarmen Lucio –

Maiya Martinez – Circe

John McGhee –

Danny Mejia – Cerebus

Kate Ortiz – Ares

Pamela Paxtor –

Itzel Perez – Aphrodite

Briana Poggio – Iris

Maria Ramirez – Kronos

Karla Rivera – Hestia

Shianne Rodgers – Athene

Odalys Ruiz – Hera

Julio Solorzano – Nemesis

Jennifer Sweetin – Psyche and Eros

Wednesday, March 29th: 

Get out a sheet of paper and a pen!

You are going to do research on the topic of Greek Mythology

This can cover the topic of gods and goddesses, Greek heroes,  Greek legends, Greek myths, etc.

You are going to need five sources.  One of the sources cannot be Wikipedia.

The sources can be: books, websites, internet books, encyclopedias, documentaries

At least two books as sources.

The research paper must be a minimum of five full pages of text!!

You can include pictures BUT they do not count towards the pages.

You must cite each source.

You must also have at the end of your paper a bibliography pages.

This will be due on Monday, April 10^th at midnight on TURNITIN.COM

Due on Monday, April 3^rd: What you will need is bibliography cards which contain the title of the sources, the authors, the publishing company, the date it was published and where it was published.

If it is on a website, you must write the url.  (The bibliography “cards” can be written on one sheet of paper for convenience but the information must be there.)

Due on Wednesday, April 5^th: You will need to turn in fifteen “notecards”.  You need to write down the information that you read from your sources on the “notecard” and then you are going to paraphrase it (put it in your own words).

The final five page (minimum) 1, 000 word research paper with bibliography page will be due on Monday, April 10 at midnight on TURNITIN.COM.

 

 

March 20, 2017 - March 24, 2017 Agenda

Monday, March 20th: 

Friday, March 24^th is the last day to turn in your AR test and reading log.

To get a “C” you must have at least five entries

To get a “B” you must have at least six entries

To get an “A” you must have at least seven entries 

PSA Presentations: 

Malia and Sandy - a cute video "Don't Do Drugs" (Must turn in a script for the video)

Hellen and Sandy - a slide on "Teamwork", using the Cyclops to illustrate how Odysseus used teamwork to escape the Cyclops

Briana and Pamela - small poster with lots of text; both were reading from the poster. 

Julio and Danny - presented a small half finished poster on .......

Go to page 708, reread the secret Odysseus and Penelope shared that made her know Odysseus had truly returned. 

Draw a picture of the bedroom Odysseus built with his own hands. 

Vocabulary: 

 Abyss: a very dark, very, very deep hole from which there is no bottom and light cannot escape.

Read  page 709; lines 1412 to 1416 and then figure out who is being compared to what. 

Reread the extended metaphor on page 709. Who is the swimmer? Who is the long for beach?

Tuesday, March 21st: 

Kahoots - "The Return of the King"

Wednesday, March 22nd: 
Kahoots - "Odysseus and Penelope"
Review for The Odyssey test tomorrow

Kahoots – Penelope and Odysseus

Review of “The Return of the King”

After Odysseus’ men are killed by Zeus’ lightning bolt for eating Helio’s cattle, what happens to Odysseus?

He winds up on Calypso’s island, where he stays for five years.

“In media res” means the middle!

Shroud – a cloth covering for the dead. Penelope during the day was weaving a shroud for her father’s-in-law dead body – but he wasn’t dead yet.

At night Penelope was undoing the shroud.  This went for three years.

Thursday, March 23rd:
 Test over The Odyssey
Don't forget to go over Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5
Prepare them for the Unit 5 Vocabulary test

Friday, March 24th: 
Students submitted their AR tests and reading logs today.
 Corrected the test The Odyssey: The Return of the King together in class.
Did kahoot.com review on Independent/Subordinate Clause on Mozart

March 13, 2017 - March 17, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, March 13th:
Report to 429 for Interim Assessment
Be sure to bring your AR book to work on if you finish early

Tuesday, March 14th:
Report to 429 for Interim Assessment
Be sure to bring your AR book to work on if you finish early

Wednesday, March 15th:
Back in #503
Present your PSA project - no one was ready!

The Odyssey

Read:

“The Test of the Great Bow”; pages 698 – 702

“Death in the Palace”; pages 703 – 705

Discussion

Tomorrow: present your PSA’s

Thursday, March 16th:
Finish presenting your PSA project

 Present the PSA projects:

Onyx and Sandra presented today – “The Land of the Lotus Eaters” (Don’t Do Drugs)

A large poster sized six-page book on the ill-effects of drugs

Good graphics

Shianne and Pauline – “The Land of the Lotus Eaters” (Don’t Do Drugs and Be Loyal)

Read from a paper

Friday, March 17th:

 

Next Friday, March 24^th is the last day you can turn in your AR reading log and your AR test.

Passed out Subordinate Clause Fragments

Please do Exercise 2 and exercise 3 on a separate sheet of paper. Please do not write your answers on the handout.

How to do Exercise 2:

Join the independent clause with the dependent clause and underline the dependent clause.

The first one has been done for you:

1.     Roman Inthisith was a six year old boy who lives in a busy neighborhood in South Philadelphia.

Exercise 3:

Using each dependent clause, write a main clause so that it now expresses a complete thought.

The first one has been done for you:

1.     who called

The name of the boy who called for you last night is David. 

Presentations of their PSA assignments:

Kimberly – “Land of the Dead” (Don’t Give Up on Your Dreams)

Helpers – Ashley and Odalys

                  Had a little scene

Eli and Kate – “The Lotus Eaters” (Don’t Do Drugs)

                  Poster

                  Related it to The Odyssey

                  Made Modern Day Applications – drug addicts

                        Lessons: Drugs make people disloyal and affects time management

Jennifer S. – Odysseus’ Numerous Infidelities (Be Loyal!)

                            Five posters with nice drawings

                        Stories written on the back relating to The Odyssey

                        Good feminist points!

Jazmin – “The Lotus Eaters” (Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goals!)

                        Poster

                        Related it to The Odyssey

March 6, 2017 - March 10, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade

Monday, March 6th:

The class code for turnitin.com is: 13628756

The enrollment password is English9

Quiet time: read your AR book; the last day to turn in your AR book and test is Friday, March 24^th.

Please bring your Vocabulary Workshop to class tomorrow. We will go over Unit 5 which is due on Thursday, March 9^th.

Please open your books to page 690; The Odyssey, Part 2: “Coming Home”

1.     What does Athena tell Odysseus to do when he lands on Ithaca?

Shianne: To disguise himself as on old beggar because the suitors will gang up on him and try to kill him.

2.     Eumaeus is a very loyal servant to Odysseus. Faithfulness is a highly valued trait in servants in Greek society. Odysseus is dressed as a homeless old man.  Odysseus first goes to see Eumaeus because he is trustworthy, he will help him,  and Eumaeus will tell what is occurring in his kingdom.

3.     What does Athena tell Odysseus’ son Telemachus to do?

Answer: To go to Pylos and Sparta to talk to his father’s old war comrades to see if they have any news of his father.

4.     Where did Telemachus go for a year and why? Answer: To find information about his father.

5.     What are the suitors demanding Penelope to do?  Answer: They want her to choose one of them as her husband – and they are all gross, fat, smelly, drunk, evil, old, and broke…..

6.     What does Athena warn Telemachus about regarding the suitors?  She warns Telemachus that the suitors want to kill him.

7.     What does the word “ambush” mean? To lie in wait and then kill or launch a surprise attack.

8.     Where does Telemachus go as soon as his boat lands at Ithaca?  To see Eumaeus, the sheepherder.

9.     Who is also heading for Eumaeus’ hut for the first time in twenty years? Odysseus!!!!!!

10. Will Telemachus recognize his father?  No! Because his father looks like a homeless old man and not the noble king of lore!!!!

Read page 691

Tuesday, March 7th:  

Silent Sustained Reading

Vocabulary Unit 5

This will be due on Thursday, March 9^th!

Pages 58 – 64

Definitions:

Pages 58 – 60; #1 - 20

Write the word, the part of speech, the definition, the short phrase

Completing the Sentence:

Pages 61 – 62

Write the correct vocabulary word only

Synonyms:

Page 62;  #1 - 15

Write the short phrase, and then write the correct vocabulary word, which means the same as the bold-faced word.

Antonyms:

Page 62; #16 – 20

Write the short phrase, and then write the correct vocabulary word, which means the opposite as the bold-faced word.

Choosing the Right Word:

Page 63

#1 - #20

Simply choose the correct word and write it.

Page 64

Vocabulary in Context

Write the short phrase then the correct letter and the vocabulary word.

Write a sentence using the word “aghast”.

1.     Malia was aghast when she saw the zombie rise up from under her bed.

2.     The zombie was aghast when it saw how disdainful Malia looked at it.

PSA!!!!!

Public Service Announcement!!!!!

You can pair up with a partner!!

Create a PSA using one of the morals from The Odyssey!

The ties between hosts and guests

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

Show Some Trust!

Do Not Be Disrespectful

Do Not Do Drugs

Do Not Lose Sight of Your Goals

Be Loyal

Don’t Take What’s Not Yours

Give Credit Where Credit is Due

Team Work

Do Not Be Arrogant

You Could  Create a Commercial!

It must be a minute in length!

It must have a script!

It must convey the message correctly and in an interesting or clever way.

You may have props, including a poster.

You have to have a jingle, which must be choreographed

You need to have a narrator and characters to act it out.

You can record the commercial but the video must have the same components as above.

You Could Create a Poster.

 

It must be 18 x 30

It must be colorful

It must be neat!

It must convey the message clearly and correctly

It must have words and pictures on it.

If you do a poster, then you must have a one minute presentation!

You can do a prezzi, a powerpoint, or a slide show

You must have five slides with brief text and graphics

You must correctly and accurately convey the message.

1. Samantha and Gina   2. Hellen and Sandy   3. Malia and Rachel  4. Jennifer and Carolina  5. Kimberly  and  Ashanti 6. Onyx and Sandra   7. Mercedes and Maria   8. Jasmin

9. Paula and Shianne   10. Maiya    11. Danny and Julio  12. Pamela and Briana

13. Kate and Eli   14. Karla and Jennifer Sweetin  15. Ashley and Odalys   16. Maricarmen and Itzel  17. John and Kateryn

Onyx and Sandra – a book!

Sandy and Hellen – a slide show!

Mercedes and Maria – power point!

Kimberly and Ashanti – power point and a poster!!!!

Wednesday, March 8th:

Gina and Samantha – Aghast

Hellen and Sandy – Ample

Carolina and Jennifer – Apparition

Malia and Kimberly – Assert

The rest of the class write one sentence for each  vocabulary  words:

Aghast:  (adjective) a look which shows disgust, fear, or disapproval.

Ample: (adjective) More than enough; large and spacious

Apparition: (noun) A ghost or a ghostly figure; an unexpected appearance of something a little frightening or unsettling

Assert: (verb) to declare or state as true.

Onyx:

I am so glad my new room is so ample.

I was filled with fear when I saw an apparition.

 Maricarmen:

Elizabeth was aghast when she found out she had failed three classes.

Briana:

Itzel:

I firmly asserted my best friend’s innocence.

PSA!!!!!

Public Service Announcement!!!!!

You can pair up with a partner!!

Create a PSA using one of the morals or life lesson from The Odyssey!

Some life lessons we have learned from The Odyssey

The ties between hosts and guests are sacred. (The Cyclops, the Battle of the Cicones)

Time Flies When You’re Having Too Much Fun (Circe)

Show Some Trust! (The Bag of Winds)

Do Not Be Disrespectful (The Cyclops, the Suitors, Odysseus and Poseidon)

Do Not Do Drugs (The Lotus Eaters)

Do Not Lose Sight of Your Goals (Circes and the Lotus Eaters)

Be Loyal (Calypso)

Don’t Take What’s Not Yours (The Suitors, The Cyclops)

Give Credit Where Credit is Due (Odysseus and Poseidon)

Team Work (The Trojan War, The Cyclops)

Do Not Be Arrogant (Odysseus and Poseidon, Odysseus and the Cyclops)

You Could Create a Commercial!

It must be a minute in length!

It must have a script!

It must convey the message correctly and in an interesting or clever way.

You may have props, including a poster.

You have to have a jingle, which must be choreographed

You need to have a narrator and characters to act it out.

You can record the commercial but the video must have the same components as above.

You Could Create a Poster.

It must be 18 x 30

It must be colorful

It must be neat!

It must convey the message clearly and correctly

It must have words and pictures on it.

If you do a poster, then you must have a one minute presentation!

You can do a prezzi, a powerpoint, or a slide show

You must have five slides with brief text and graphics

You must correctly and accurately convey the message.

What you need to do right now is: Write your and your partner’s name, along with the moral you have selected, and the format (poster, video, commercial, slide show) and turn in to me ASAP!

Order of Submission:

Jasmin  - Poster (“Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goals”)

Malia and Rachel – Commercial (“Don’t Do Drugs”/”Be Loyal”)

Hellen and Sandy – Slide show (“Team Work” – The Cyclops)

Carolina and Jennifer – Poster (The Lotus Eaters, Calypso, Cyclops – Moral?)

Briana and Pamela – Poster (The Lotus Eaters – Moral?)

Gina and Samantha – Poster (“Time Flies When You Are Having Too Much Fun!” – Circe)

Kimberly and Ashanti – Poster/Commercial (The Lotus Eaters, The Land of the Dead, Scylla – Moral?)

Kateryn and John – Poster (Bag of Winds – Moral?)

Onyx and Sandra – Poster book and jingle (“Don’t Do Drugs” – Which story from The Odyssey)

Eli and Kate – Video (The Lotus Eaters – Moral?)

Jennifer and Karla helping Eli and Kate

Jennifer and Karla – Video (Calypso – “Be Loyal”)

Pauline and Shianne – What format – poster, video, or commercial? (What story from The Odyssey? – “Be Loyal”)

Danny and Julio – Poster (“Don’t Steal” – the Cyclops)

Thursday, March 9th: 

Unit Five Vocabulary Warm-up:  

Write a sentence for each of the following vocabulary words from the Unit Five Vocabulary Homework:

Cower: (verb) to crouch or shrink away in fear or shame.

The abused puppy cowered from the raised hand of the angry boy.

Hellen: Malia cowers when she sees a spider.

Coward: someone who is afraid and runs away from fear instead of standing his or her ground; someone who does not defend himself or herself or does not do the right thing out of fear.

 Disdain: (verb) to look upon with scorn or contempt.

The prince looked upon the beggar with disdain.

Michelle looks upon Helena with disdain.

Epitaph: (noun) a brief statement written on a tombstone or grave.

The epitaph read “Here Lies the Evil Body!”

On his epitaph were written the words “Gone but not forgotten!”

Ethical: (adjective) having to do with morals, values, right or wrong.

Jennifer - Her kids did not grow up with ethical guidance.

Presentations:

Onyx, Mercedes, Sandra, Maria, Maiya, Pauline

Information Regarding the PSA Assignment: 

Grading for the PSA:

Poster – 100

50 points for the poster

50 points for presentation

Poster Book - ?

Commercial – 200

100 points for the script

100 points for the presentation

Slide Show - ?

Video – 300

100 points for the script

100 points for the presentation

100 points for the technical expertise for filming

Class reading of The Odyssey:

Read The Odyssey -  “The Reunion of Father and Son”; pages 692 - 694

Danny -

Talons: claws on a raptor, predatory bird

Taloned: adjective; used to describe the clawed feet of a bird

Mercurial: changeable in moods or emotions, bi-polar in moods

Incredulity: disbelief

What does Athena do to help out Odysseus and Telemachus?

Briana  - Athena changes Odysseus from an old beggar man to a handsome dazzling hero.  

After Athena “helps out” Odysseus, what is Telemachus’ reaction?

Hellen – Telemachus thought that Odysseus was a god because he changed from an old beggar to a gorgeous handsome hero! He was afraid because gods are mercurial and can be very cruel to humans without any reason.

Why do you think Telemachus reacts in the way that he does?

 Friday, March 10th: 

Special Bell Schedule - shortened periods

“The Odyssey”, page 694 - 696

Read “The Beggar and the Faithful Dog”

Discussion

Kahoots – “The Beggar and the Faithful Dog”  and Vocabulary Level C, Unit 5