9th Grade English; November 26th - November 30th

Links for you: The Odyssey


NOVEMBER 26TH - NOVEMBER 30TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


Monday, November 26th:

Today your reading log for A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is due. For homework, please read Chapter 4 in your take home book.

Quick warm-up: A short handout covering adverbial clauses will be given to you at the start of the class.

First period: We will break into groups of four and choosing a chapter from THE TROJAN WAR, we will act the chapter out, or do a story board on the chapter in a presentation to the class. You will have approximately twenty minutes to do this.

Second period:

We will begin reading THE ODYSSEY today. We start "in media res" - which means in the middle - where we find our hero, Odysseus crying on the Isle of Calypso.

Tuesday, November 27th:

Shortened Day!

Your reading log for the fourth chapter of A NIGHT to REMEMBER will be due on Wednesday.

First period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP book today. Pages 169 - 170, "Kinds of Clauses" will be assigned today. This will be due on Thursday, November 29th.

Second period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP book today. Pages 161 - 162, "Kinds of Clauses" will be assigned today. This will be due on Thursday, November 29th.

1st Period:

We will begin reading THE ODYSSEY today. We will start "in media res" - which means in the middle - where we find Odysseus on the Isle of Calypso crying. We will continue with the story about Telemachus in his search for his father who has been gone for twenty years!

We will begin our "captain's log" on the Odyssey.

Second period:

Today we will read the story of Telemachus in "A Son Searches for a Father" and we learn of the intrigue of the suitors back in Ithaca.

We will begin our "captain's log" on the Odyssey.


Wednesday, November 28th:

Warm-ups:

A short warm-up involving subordinate and adverbial clauses and your vocabulary words will be given to you today.

We will once again climb into the boat, the "S.S. Odyssey" and sail to the Isle of the Ciccones (Madonna's ancestors!); then after a fierce battle from which we barely leave with our lives, we ride out an equally fierce storm whipped up for us by Poseidon, the angry god of the seas. We then find ourselves on the beautiful island of the Wind God, Aeolus who does us a gigantic favor! However, we are human and through our distrust, greed and ego, we manage to thoroughly ruin the gift and wind up being away from the coast of Ithaca. Wow, all that in an hour!

Don't forget your captain's log!

Your reading log for the fourth chapter of A NIGHT to REMEMBER will be due today. For tonight, please start reading the fifth chapter of A NIGHT to REMEMBER, and of course, write your reading log. This will be due on Tuesday, December 4th.


Thursday, November 29th:

Chapter five from the book is assigned today and the reading log will be due on Tuesday, December 4th.

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today.

First period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 169 - 170; "Kinds of Clauses"; exercise 1.

Second period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 161-162; "Kind of Clauses"; exercise 1.

Periods one and two:

Again, we set sail for Ithaca where we find ourselves on the island of Polyphemus, the Cyclops. In this chapter, both Polyphemus, the one-eye cyclops and son of Poseidon, who is the host for our little party, and we, who are the guests on his island, betray the sacred ties between host and guests. We both act badly and we must pay for our behavior according to the Greek gods.

Don't forget your captain's log.

A handout over the vocabulary, grammar and literary devices for THE ODYSSEY will be given to you today. This will be due on Monday, December 3rd.

Friday, November 30th:

Today we will go over The Odyssey handout and continue reading about the Cyclops.

Don't forget your captain's log. This will be collected when we finish the story and will be a major grade!

NOVEMBER 19TH - NOVEMBER 21ST
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH

Monday, November 19th:

We are now heading into the home stretch so it’s going to get a little intense right now. We have a lot of material to cover right now for the assessment that’s coming up soon.

Both First and Second Periods:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP book to class today. We will quickly go over adverbial clauses.

1st Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 173 and 174; exercises 3 and 4. This will be due on Tuesday, November 20th.

2nd Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; pages 165 and 166; exercises 4 and 5. This will be due on Tuesday, November 20th.

Today we will quickly review The Trojan War.


Tuesday, November 20th:

Quickly go over last night’s grammar homework in your ENGLISH WORKSHOP and continue reading The Trojan War.


Wednesday, November 21st:

Today, you will be assigned an outside reading book, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, which has been mandated by the district. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is about the sinking of the Titanic.

On Wednesday, the book will be checked out to you. You need to read the first three chapters of the book by Monday, November 26th, and keep a reading log. The book is an easy read and you should be able to read it pretty much on your own; however, if you need help, I’ll be there to provide it.

We will continue reading about The Trojan War.

A short handout on adverbial clauses will be given to you for homework. This will be due on Tuesday, November 27th.

Have a happy Turkey Day!

November 13th - November 16th Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, November 13th:

Today we will begin an odyssey with Odysseus in Homer’s tale of THE ODYSSEY!


Wednesday, November 14th:

Warm-ups: Write five sentences with prepositional phrases using your vocabulary words from your vocabulary books (pages 23-33).

Today we will begin reading about the reasons for the Trojan War (hint: it had to do with a prince who was a player).

We will climb back into the boat and begin sailing from Troy with Odysseus.


Thursday, November 15th:

Warm-ups: Write five sentences with prepositional phrases using your vocabulary words from your book (pages 23-33).

1st Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP book (fourth course). Today we will quickly go over "The Adverbial Clause" on pages 173-174. This will be due on Monday, November 19th.

2nd Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP book (fourth course). Today we will quickly go over "The Adverbial Clause" on pages 163-164. This will be due on Monday, November 19th.

We will read about the Trojan War and explore the gods and goddesses who populate the world of the Greeks.


Friday, November 16th:

Warm-ups: Using your fabulous vocabulary words from your vocabulary books (pages 23-33), write five sentences with adverbial phrases about the gods and goddesses of THE ODYSSEY.

I smell a test coming up in vocabulary!

We will continue reading about the Trojan War and when we finish there will be a fun test that we will take!

9th Grade Schedule for Week of November 5th:

NOVEMBER 5TH - 9TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE

Monday, November 5th:

Your Vocabulary homework is due today: pages 23 - 33: exercises 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21, 22, 23, and 24.

1st Period:

Work on “The Necklace” packet - if it’s ready; otherwise, we will begin work on “What happens Next?” where you will write what happens after Madame Forestier utters the immortal words,”...........”

2nd Period:

Finish reading “The Necklace” and again, begin work on the packet if it’s ready; if not, then we will work on “What Happens Next?”


Tuesday, November 6th:

Please bring your grammar book today, ENGLISH WORKSHOP. We will work on such fun stuff as prepositional phrases!

1st Period: ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “prepositional phrases”: pages 149 - 150; exercises 1 and 2. This will be due on Thursday, November 8th.

2nd Period: ENGLISH WORKSHOP: “prepositional phrases”; pages 141 - 142; exercises 1 and 2. This will be due on Thursday, November 8th.

Continue working on “What Happens Next?”


Wednesday, November 7th:

Periods 1 and 2:

Present your “What Happens Next?” Please keep it non violent.

Go over your literary, grammar and vocabulary packet for ‘THE NECKLACE.”


Thursday, November 8th:

Collect your grammar homework today!

Begin work on THE ODYSSEY! Ms. Bridges has a surprise for you today!


Friday, November 9th: The surprise continues!

Extra Credit for Day of the Dead or Halloween

EXTRA CREDDIT: Construct a "Day of the Dead" altar which should not be larger than 18 by 18 inches. The altar might include pictures of a loved one (or a fictitious person) who has passed away. The altar might include flowers, the deceased's favorites foods and drink (no alcohol ;-) and other items the person loved or symbols of a good and happy life. Worth 8 points.

RESEARCH PAPER: A one to three page research paper on either "The Day of the Dead" or Halloween. The information may be from the internet, books, encyclopedias or journals. You must cite your sources. No downloading info from the internet and turning it in for a grade. You must research the information, synthesize the information and write your paper. Worth 16 points.

9th Grade October 29th Weekly Agenda

October 29th - November 2nd
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade

Monday, October 29th:

Your final draft of your district assessment persuasive essay is due today.
As a class, we will make a rubric for grading the essay; then, we will break into groups, read and correct each other’s papers.

You will then rewrite your essay with the corrections and turn it into me on Tuesday, October 30th.


Tuesday, October 30th:

Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. Pages 23 - 33; exercises 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 will be assigned. This assignment will be due on Monday, November 5.

Please bring your grammar book today.

1st Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Linking Verbs"; pages 115-116; exercises 14-15. Due Friday, November 2nd.

2nd Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Linking Verbs"; pages 107 - 108; exercises 13 - 14. Due Friday, November 2nd.


Wednesday, October 31st:

Today is Halloween and in celebration we will read some more Edgar Allan Poe. We’ll read “The Raven” and if we have time, “The Tell-Tale Heart” - always scary! Plus some fun little writing exercises.


Thursday, November 1st:

Your grammar homework is due today.

Journal:

Depending on the culture, “The Day of the Dead” is celebrated on
November 1st or the 3rd. Does your family observe this occasion? If your family does, how is it observed?

We are going to read Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace”.
The vocabulary and grammar packet for “The Necklace” will be passed out.


Friday, November 2nd:

Go over the vocabulary and grammar packet together in class.

Writing assignment: What happens next in the story, “The Necklace”? You and a partner will write what happens after the story ends. We will present our scenes on Monday, November the 5th.

October 22nd - October 26th
Weekly
schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, October 22nd:

Work on your persuasive letter.


Tuesday, October 23rd:

Your persuasive letter and your Reader/Writer Composition books are due today.

We will begin working on our District Persuasive Assessment. We will read some articles, letters and opinions on the best age for teen driving and then answer some questions.


Wednesday, October 24th:

We will continue working on our assessment. Today we will work on our Short Constructed Response by writing up a good thesis statement and finding two strong pieces of evidence to support the thesis statement.


Thursday, October 25th:

We will then write an analysis on why the evidence supports our thesis, and then begin work on the Short Constructed Response.

We will analyze a letter and break the letter down into its component parts: thesis statement, anecdote, supporting evidence, counter claim and rebuttal.


Friday, October 26th:

Today we will begin working on the draft of our persuasive essay.

October 15th - 19th
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15TH:

I will not be with you today - I have to go to more training! So what I need for you to do is work on the following assignments:

First Period:

Pass out the “Persuasion Unit” which is in the wire basket on the table by the door. Each “Persuasion Unit” packet is separated by a pink paper with the title “Persuasion Unit” printed on it. Each student should receive her/his own packet.

There is a brown cardboard box by the desk with black/white composition books. Each student should receive a copy. That is YOUR book; please be sure to put your name on it. Possess it. Record your thoughts in it. Decorate it if you like, but it’s your book - own it.

Read aloud the Persuasion Letter Model: “Dear Board of Education”.
Then break into pairs and answer the question on the “Task Sheet”:

What is the letter about?
Who is the writer?
What do we know about her?
How do we know?

After reading, turn to a partner and discuss the questions for a few minutes. Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your answers.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Reread the letter again and identify the three most significant sentences that reveal Chiadis’ argument.

Make a two-column chart in your composition book (Reader’s/Writer’s Notebook) and record the sentences/phrases you think are most significant. Then, in the right hand column do a “quick write” explaining what the sentences/phrases reveal about Chiadis’ argument.

When you are finished, share with two other people.

Then, read the letter again. and answer the following questions in your Reader’s/Writer’s Notebook:

Where could Chiadis have used better/more reasons and evidence to
strengthen her argument?

What other counter arguments should she have addressed? How might
she have rebutted them (effectively argued against the arguments or shown the opposing side’s arguments to be wrong)?

Then, read the letter again and notice how she structured her argument.

Identify the thesis statement and note its location.

Analyze the first paragraph:

Identify the anecdote.
Why do you think she started the letter with an anecdote?


Look at paragraph 3:

Identify the mini-topic sentence.
Locate the three examples of supporting evidence.
What are the three examples?

Look at paragraph 4:

Who is the expert?
Why do you think the student is using an expert to support her
argument?
Note how the expert is “cited.”

Look at paragraphs 5, 6, and 7:

What are some of the concessions the writer gives?
What are concessions? (And no, they aren’t the popcorn and
“Red Vines” you buy at the movies.)


Look at paragraph 8:

What is the counter argument?
What is her rebuttal? (Rebuttal means to show how and why the
opposing side’s counter argument is wrong.)


Look at paragraph 9:

Why does the letter writer include her interviews with students?
Why does the letter writer include the results from the poll?
How does this help her argument?


Look at paragraph 10:

What role does this paragraph play in the letter?
What does she include in this paragraph?


Write your responses to the above questions in your Reader/Writer notebook.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Read the next part of the handout: “Community Service and You”.

Then, read and follow the directions 1, 2 and 3 on the task sheet “Community Service and You”.

Write your answers in your Reader/Writer notebook.



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH:

I’m back!

1st and 2nd Periods:

1st Period:

The final group will perform its “Isn’t It Ironic” scenes.

In our lilac colored paper backs PERSPECTIVES in MULTICULTURALISM, we are going to read Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream.”

We are going to read and follow the directions on the task sheets for “I Have a Dream”, much like we did for the Chiadis letter.



THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:

We will continue analyzing Reverend King’s speech, and prepare to write our own letter about a subject we feel strongly about.



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH:

Now, don’t get too excited but I’m not going to be here today or Monday, but after October 22nd, there probably won’t be any more absences.

Continue our work on our “Persuasive Letters”.

Your “Persuasive Letter” is VERY important. It is District mandated and will be graded and recorded. The results for the “Persuasive” and “Exposition” assessments are held in great importance. DO NOT blow this and the next three assessments off.

OCTOBER 8 - 12TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH

Monday, October 8th:

I won’t be here today because of additional training so please work on the irony handouts today in class.


Tuesday, October 9th:

1st Period:

We will finish reading “The Cask of Amontillado”.
After a brief discussion of the short story, unreliable narrator, and irony, we will break into groups of three and create sketches that show: dramatic irony, verbal irony and situational irony.

2nd Period:

We will briefly work on our presentations from Friday on exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement and then we will present them to the class.


Wednesday, October 10th:

1st Period:

We will continue working on our “Ironic” scenes, and then during the last half of the period we will begin to present our scenes.

2nd Period:

We will break into groups of three and create sketches that show: dramatic irony, verbal irony and situational irony.


Thursday, October 11th:

1st Period:

We will continue presenting our “ironic” scenes. Our "Cask of the Amontillado" packets will be due today.

2nd Period:

We will present our “ironic” scenes. Our "Cask of the Amontillado" packets will be due today.





Friday, October 12th:

We will begin preparing for the Persuasion Assessment.

OCTOBER 1ST - OCTOBER 5TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH

Monday, October 1st:

1st and 2nd Periods:

“The Most Dangerous Game” test.

Begin reading “The Cask of Amontillado” in the ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE (the big blue anthology in the book cabinet).
Don’t forget your reading logs: a brief synopsize of what you’ve read and three vocabulary words.


Tuesday, October 2nd:

1st and 2nd Periods:

A short test over your vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, pages 4-14.

Continue reading “The Cask of Amontillado”. Continue with your reading logs.
Today you will receive your “The Cask of Amontillado” vocabulary and grammar packet.
When you have finished reading the story you will work on your vocabulary and grammar packet.


Wednesday, October 3rd:

Same as Tuesday. If you have finished the story, did a good job on your reading log and your vocabulary/grammar packet then you will get to watch a short movie.

Thursday, October 4th:

Go over the three ironies in “The Cask of Amontillado”.
You will then break into groups of three and write three sketches illustrating the three ironies.


Friday, October 5th:

Continue working on your three sketches. We will start presenting them today and finish on Monday, October 8th.

HI guys! Here's a little addendum to this week's agenda:

Please do for homework the "Comma Splice" handout given out to you on Tuesday, September 25th. It will be due on Wednesday, September 26th.

Thanks,
Ms. Bridges

9th Grade
Weekly Schedule
for
September 24th - 28th


Monday, September 24th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Warm-ups:

Break into groups of three, and choosing five words, be able to spell the words, define them, use them in a sentence, and then act the words out. You will not have the entire period to do this - only about ten minutes to come up with the words, write them correctly on the board in grammatically correct sentences, and then act out the words. For example, you might act out “valiant” by acting out a valiant deed! Have fun! This is for a grade.

1st Period:

Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Game”
Plus continue doing our dialectical journals.

2nd Period:

Present the rewrites of “The Sniper”.


Tuesday, September 25th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your English Workshop homework is due today.

Warm-ups:

Journal: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Pass out worksheets on “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Continue reading (for 1st Period and finish the story) and start reading for 2nd Period.
Do dialectical journals.









Wednesday, September 26th:

Journal: Choosing five vocabulary words, write five more grammatically correct sentences.

1st Period:

Work on the plot graph for “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Work on the “Suspense” and grammar portion (adjectives) of the “Most Dangerous Game” packet.

2nd Period:

Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Game”, plus work on our dialectical journals.


Thursday, September 27th:

1st Period:

“The Most Dangerous Game” test.

2nd Period:

Work on the plot graph for “The Most Dangerous Game” and work on the “Suspense” and grammar portion (adjectives) of the “Most Dangerous Game” packet.


Friday, September 28th:

1st Period:

Charades and improvs using the vocabulary words.

2nd Period:

“The Most Dangerous Game” test.

New and revised agenda for 9th Grade 2nd Period:

For Thursday, September 20:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP. Today, pages 67 - 68; exercise 4; "Run-On Sentences" will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, September 25th.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR THE WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER 17TH - 21ST


Monday, September 17th:

1st Period:

Good morning, scholars! Hope you had a restful weekend!
Today in 1st period we will break into groups and choose which character from
“The Sniper” your group wishes to use. You are then going to rewrite the story from the point of view of that character.

2nd Period:

Today, your CAT’S EYE packet is due! Please turn in for a good grade. If you have checked in recently then you will turn your CAT’S EYE packet on Wednesday.

Today we are going to read a cool little short story entitled “The Sniper”.


Tuesday, September 18th:

Today is a shortened day!

Today your vocabulary homework is due today from your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 4-14; exercises 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 and 9. Remember to write it out; otherwise you won’t get full credit.

1st Period:

Continue working on your Sniper rewrite. You will present them tomorrow.

2nd Period:

Look at the agenda for 1st period. Today we are going to break into groups and choose a character from the short story, “The Sniper”. You will then rewrite the story from the point of view of that character.


Wednesday, September 19th:

1st Period:

Today, you will present your rewritten scenes.

2nd Period:

Today you will continue working on your rewritten scenes.



Thursday, September 20th:

Journal: Using ten of your vocabulary words, write an original story. We will share the stories with the class.

1st Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. “Sentence Fragments”: pages 67- 68; exercises 1 and 2 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, September 25th.

If we have time today we will start reading “The Most Dangerous Game”.


2nd Period:

We will present our rewritten versions of “The Sniper” today.



Friday, September 21st:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Journal: Using ten more of your vocabulary words, write an original story.

Read “The Most Dangerous Game” and start a reading log.

SEPTEMBER 10 TH - SEPTEMBER 14TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH

Remember: I won’t be with you on Monday and Tuesday of this week!


Monday, September 10th:

Read the excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s CAT’S EYE. Then do the contrast and compare chart on your CAT’S EYE packet for the characters Elaine, Cordelia and Carol.

Tuesday, September 11th:

We will write a journal about a person who reminds us of one of the characters in CAT’S EYE.

Journal: Write at least one paragraph about someone you know from your life who reminds you of one of the characters from CAT’S EYE. Give a specific example which shows why that person is similar to one of the characters in the story.

We will then read the second installation of CAT’S EYE.

We will then break into groups and work on the chart on page 149 in your handout on how the experience has changed Elaine. What was she like before the hat incident, and how was she changed after the near death experience?

We will then do the point of view exercise on page 151 in your handout. You will become the four characters (Cordelia, Carol, Grace and Elaine) and then write the story from the point of view of each of the four characters.


Wednesday, September 12th:

Today I will be back and I will collect your point of view papers today.

We will also read a cool short story entitled “The Sniper” with a cool little twist at the end.


Thursday, September 13th:

Today, we will go over point of view and rewrite the story from various different povs of the characters.


Friday, September 14th:

Finish up the rewrites and then present to class.

I hope this week we will receive our English grammar books and our vocabulary books. As soon as we do, I will check them out to you.

Have a great week!

SEPTEMBER 4TH - 7TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE HONORS

Tuesday, September 4th:

1st and 2nd Period:

Welcome back from your three day weekend! I hope it was cool and relaxing!

For fun, I will do a little “fortune telling” that will shock and amaze you - or not. Then, we will read an excerpt from Paula by Isabel Allende. We will begin working on our own memory essay.


Wednesday, September 5th:

1st and 2nd Period:


Continue working on our Paula packet in preparation for our own memory essay.


Thursday, September 6th:

1st and 2nd Period:

Begin writing our memory essay. This will be due on Friday, September 7th.


Friday, September 7th:

We will be receiving our grammar books, vocabulary books and other fun books like that this week so a great deal of what we do will depend on when we get our books.

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.

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 ;-)

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.