September 22nd - 26th
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, September 22nd:

Work on “THE SNIPER” handouts: “Situatonal Irony”; “Verbs”; “Revising Paragraphs’. Finish for homework tonight. Will be due on Tuesday.

Break into groups and rewrite “The Sniper” from the point of view of the following characters: the other sniper, the soldier in the tank, the old woman and the driver of the tank and finally, from the omniscient point of view.

Tuesday, September 23rd:

Shortened day!

You will have some time to work on your projects.

Wednesday, September 24th:

1st Period:

We will have guest artists today who will work with us on “The Sniper” and with point of view.

4th Period:

We will work at the beginning of the period on rehearsing our rewrites and then we will begin performing our scenes.


Thursday, September 25th:

1st Period:

We will work at the beginning of the period on rehearsing our rewrites and then we will begin performing our scenes.

4th Period:

Finish our presentations.


Friday, September 26th:

First Period:

Today we will be visited by our guest artists again where we will continue working on point of view and “The Sniper”.


4th Period:

Our vocabulary books will be assigned today (finally!). Pages 4 - 15; exercises 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 will be assigned and will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. We will break into groups of two, choose two words to present to the class by either pantomime, charades or by a skit.

Begin reading “The Necklace”.

September 15th - 19th
Weekly Schedule
for 9th Grade English


Monday, September 15th:

Read excerpt from Isabel Allende’s Paula.

“Memory Log”: Step backwards in time and create a memory bank of your experiences. Write about an accident you experienced, a trip you took, your first______________; a secret, a special place you know of or you go to, a family story everyone shares around the dinner table or at family gatherings.

Story descriptions: Go through the excerpt again, circle and write about three very strong descriptive phrases. Write about the feelings, the image, the thoughts the descriptions arouse in you as you read.

Sensory description chart: Write down three or four more phrases and write the effect the phrases have on the meaning of the passage.


Tuesday, September 16th:

Shortened Day:

If we receive our books today, then pages 4 - 15, exercises 1 - 4 and exercises 6 - 9 in VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT will be assigned today. The homework will be due Tuesday, September 23rd.

Write a memoir about an event in your life. This memoir will be due on Thursday, September 18th. The memoir should be two pages long, typed or neatly written and is about an important or memorable moment in your life.


Wednesday, September 17th:

Read “The Sniper”

Work on “The Sniper” vocabulary and grammar packet.


Thursday, September 18th:

Discussion of point of view and irony.

Irony exercise: Three improvs showcasing the different types of irony: situational, verbal, dramatic.

Point of view exercise: Share with a partner a conflict you had with another; then write about the incident - BUT THIS TIME FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE OTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.


Friday, September 19th:

Break into groups and rewrite the story from the point of view one of the following characters: the old woman, the other sniper, the driver of the tank, the soldier in the tank who speaks to the old woman, omniscient.

Weekly Syllabus
for
9th Grade
September 8th - 12th

Monday, September 8th:

Continue reading Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye.


Tuesday, September 9th:

Shortened day!

Continue reading Cat’s Eye. Work on “Points of View” packet.


Wednesday, September 10th:

Finish Cat’s Eye and Cat’s Eye packet.


Thursday, September 11th:

Begin reading isabel Allende’s Paula.


Friday, September 12th:

Finish reading Isabel Allende’s Paula, and begin working on MEMORY essay. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, September 16th.

Notebook Organization
for
2nd Period 9th Grade

Title Page with name and period
Table of Contents

ROMEO AND JULIET SECTION:
ROMEO and JULIET Essay; rough draft and rewrite
Acts 1 - 5 Vocabulary and Grammar Packets
Acts 1 - 5 Tests and Corrections
ROMEO and JULIET Reading logs
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 1, Scene 4 and Act 2, Scene 2 classwork
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 3, Scene 2 classwork
Queen Mab Illustrations
ROMEO and JULIET Rewrites
ROMEO and JULIET Handouts:
Shakespeare’s Phrases
Shakespeare’s Words
Oxymorons
The Plague

VOCABULARY:

Pages 53 - 60; exercises 1 - 7
Pages 61- 68; exercises 9 - 15
Pages 30 - 39; exercises 21 - 29
Pages 30 - 39 Test

GRAMMAR:

Unscrambling Absolute Phrases Packets
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbs; pages 105-106
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Appositives; pages 157 - 158
Gerunds Handout
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Gerunds; pages 149 - 150
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Participial Phrases; pages 147 - 148
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbals; pages 145 - 146
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Adjective Phrases; pages 143

ESSAYS:

“Marigolds” and “Forgive My Guilt”
“Marigolds” summary

MISCELLANEOUS:

Your own personal creative stuff you wish to put in: poems, drawings, etc.

5th Period Notebook:

Exactly like the 2nd Period class' notebook but your vocabulary is Units 1, 2 and 3 from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP:level C.

Notebook Organization
for
9th Grade Honors

Title Page with name and period
Table of Contents

ROMEO AND JULIET SECTION:
ROMEO and JULIET Essay; rough draft and rewrite
Acts 1 - 5 Vocabulary and Grammar Packets
Acts 1 - 5 Tests and Corrections
ROMEO and JULIET Reading logs
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 1, Scene 4 and Act 2, Scene 2 classwork
ROMEO and JULIET Literary Tropes; Act 3, Scene 2 classwork
Queen Mab Illustrations
ROMEO and JULIET Rewrites
ROMEO and JULIET Handouts:
Shakespeare’s Phrases
Shakespeare’s Words
Oxymorons
The Plague

VOCABULARY:

Pages 53 - 60; exercises 1 - 7
Pages 61- 68; exercises 9 - 15
Pages 30 - 39; exercises 21 - 29
Pages 30 - 39 Test

GRAMMAR:

Unscrambling Absolute Phrases Packets
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbs; pages 113-114
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Appositives; pages 163-164
Gerunds Handout
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Gerunds; pages 157-158
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Participial Phrases; pages 155
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Verbals; pages 153-154
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; Adjective Phrases; pages 151-152

ESSAYS:

“Marigolds” and “Forgive My Guilt”

MISCELLANEOUS:

Your own personal creative stuff you wish to put in: poems, drawings, etc.

The Home Stretch!
June 16th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade

Monday, June 16th - Friday, June 20th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Each day this week we will read the perks of being a wallflower and write a reflection - which must be at least one half page in length. Choose one or more events in the section we have read and comment on it. The comment may be positive or negative, personal or not; however, the opinions must be well written, in appropriate language and supported by what you have read in the book. You should also write in the reflection any words which you are not familiar. I am predicting we will be finished by Friday which means that you will turn in your perks of being a wallflower on that date.


Friday, June 20th:

Your notebook and your perks of being a wallflower are due today.

The notebook is due at the beginning of the class; please do not plan to use Friday to put your notebook together. Do that during the evenings prior to Friday.

As soon as we finish the novel - I hope by Friday - we will begin working on the final assessment of the semester which is literary analysis. The assessment will include reading two selections - one is a short story, the other a play - and writing a well constructed five paragraph essay on the theme of the selections.

We will then take a multiple choice test which will cover grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Friday (June 20th) and Monday (June 23rd) will be devoted to the assessment. The final will be used to finish up the essay.

June 9th Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, June 9th:

1st Period:

Present your vocabulary project (VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7).

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the book.

2nd Period:

Journal:

Write five sentences using five vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7. Share your best sentence with class by writing it on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the book.

5th Period:

Unit Three in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP:level C will be assigned today. You must write out the word, the definition, the synonym and the antonym on pages 35-37; the correct vocabulary words in "Completing the Sentence" (#1 -#20) on pages 38-39; the complete synonyms (#1 - #15) and antonyms (#16 - #20) on page 39; and the correct vocabulary word in "Choosing the Correct Word" (#1 - # 20) on page 40. This will be due on Friday, June 13th.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do reflections on the book.


Tuesday, June 10th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods

Journal:

Write five sentences using five vocabulary words from VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 53-60; exercises 1-7. Write on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Do your reflections on the board.

5th Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today; “Verbs”; pages 105 - 106; exercises 10, 11 and 12 will be assigned today. This will be due on Thursday, June 12th.






Wednesday, June 11th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Journal:

Write five words using your vocabulary words in five sentences. Share with class by writing your best sentence on board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

1st and 2nd Periods

Pass out “Unscrambling Absolute Phrases” handouts. This assignment will be due on Friday, June 13th.



Thursday, June 12th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Journal:

Write five words using your vocabulary words in five sentences. Share with class by writing your best sentence on the board.

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

5th Period:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “Verbs”; pages 105-106; exercises 10, 11 and 12.


Friday, June 13th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Vocabulary jeopardy!

Read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Write a reflection on the pages we’ve read.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your “Unscrambling Absolute Phrases” handout is due today.

5th Period:

Your Vocabulary homework, Unit 3 in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; level C, is due today.

June 2nd Weekly Schedule for 9th Grade English

Monday, June 2nd:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. Pages 53 - 60, exercises 1 through 7 will be assigned; this assignment will be due on Friday, June 6th,

Today we will continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

2nd Period:

Don’t forget to bring your vocabulary book today. Please read the above assignment for Period 1; it also pertains to you.

Today we will work on our essay for ROMEO and JULIET. The essay topic was passed out to you on Friday and we went over the topics in class. The topics are also posted on this web log; scroll down to find them. The essay will be due on Wednesday, June 4th.

5th Period:

Today we will have the Act V test over ROMEO and JULIET. Remember that the ROMEO and JULIET Act V packet will also be due.


Tuesday, June 3rd:

1st Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. “Verbs”; pages 113 - 114; exercises 11 and 12 will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Thursday, June 5th.

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.


2nd Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class today. “Verbs”; pages 105 - 106; exercises 10 and 11 will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Thursday, June 6th.

Continue working on your essay.





5th Period:

Today we will go over the essay topics for ROMEO and JULIET, which are also posted on last week’s web log. (Scroll down to last week’s web log to see the posted topics.) The five paragraph essay, which must be typed with a rough draft, will be due on Thursday, June 5th.


Wednesday, June 4th:

1st Period:

Read and discuss THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.


2nd Period:

Your ROMEO and JULIET essay is due today, along with your rough draft and your reading logs.

We will begin reading PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER today. I think you’ll like this book.

5th Period:

Work on your ROMEO and JULIET essay today.


Thursday, June 5th:

1st Period:

Your English Workshop homework is due today: “Verbs”; pages 113 and 114; exercises 11 and 12.

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

2nd Period:

Your English Workshop homework is due today: “Verbs”; pages 105 and 106; exercises 10 and 11.

Begin reading THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

5TH Period:

Your ROMEO and JULIET essay along with your reading logs are due today.
We will begin reading and discussing a book I think you will like - THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER. It’s about being a 9th grade boy in high school. I think you’ll be able to relate to a great deal in the book.




Friday, June 6th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your vocabulary homework is due today.
Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

5th Period:

Continue reading and discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER.

Please bring your vocabulary book to class on Monday, June 9th. Pages 52 - 60, exercises 1 - 7 will be assigned on Monday and will be due on Friday, June 13th.

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP to class on Tuesday, June 10th. “Verbs”, pages 105 - 106; exercises 10 and 11 will be assigned and will be due on Thursday, June 12th.

ESSAY TOPICS FOR ROMEO and JULIET

Choose one of the following topics and write a well-organized and well-crafted five paragraph essay.

1. Is Mercutio a foil to Romeo? A foil is a character whose personality or traits are the opposite of those of the the lead character; these differences point out and highlight the personality of the lead character. You should find quotations and examples from the play to support your thesis. You may want to use your Act 2 vocabulary packet to help you on this one.

2. Examine Shakespeare’s use of light and dark in literary tropes to illustrate Romeo’s mood in the play. For example, in the beginning of the play Romeo frequently refers to darkness and heaviness; it is when he meets Juliet that he begins to speak of lightness (“It is with love’s light wings did I o’er perch these walls...”) You must find examples to support your thesis.

3. Examine Shakespeare’s use of irony to enhance the suspense in the play. One might examine the dramatic irony in Act 4, Scene 2 in which Juliet’s mother informs her of her impending marriage to Paris. There are many examples of situational and dramatic irony, as well as some verbal irony, in ROMEO and JULIET. Give at least three examples of irony (one of each: situational, verbal, and dramatic) in the play.

4. Examine the role of women in the play: Juliet, the Nurse and Lady Capulet. Show how each responds to the crisis in her life: Juliet’s forced marriage to Paris; Lord Capulet’s abuse of the Nurse and Lady Capulet, and Juliet’s estrangement from the Nurse. You might also wish to consider Lady Capulet's life; in all probability she too was forced into an arranged marriage at the same age as Juliet. Notice in Act 4 Lady Capulet's response to Lord Capulet's sudden decision to change the wedding date. How much resistance does she offer? Does Lord Capulet even consider her objections? Consider too that this scene follows hard upon Act 4, Scene 2 in which Lord Capulet reacts violently to Juliet's refusal to bend to his will. Consider the Nurse's hard, realistic advice to Juliet. Did her life experiences teach her to be pragmatic and realistic?

5. Discuss the theme of the play, ROMEO and JULIET. Find examples to support what you believe is the theme of the play.

6. Throughout the play Romeo makes frequent references to the stars and to the prophetic power of dreams. However, is it the stars and dreams that lead to Romeo's and Juliet's deaths or is it just poor, rash judgment on his part that leads to tragedy? Be sure to use examples from the play to support your thesis.

7. Analyzing the text, find examples in which the characters' poor decisions lead to the tragedy. What better decisions could Lord and Lady Capulet, the Montagues, the Friar, the Nurse, Mercutio, Tybalt, and of course, Romeo and Juliet have made that would have averted tragedy? You might want to use your "consequences" paper to help you on this.

8. Compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet. How are they similar and how are they dissimilar?

9. Compare and contrast any two characters in the play. How is Benvolio a foil to Mercutio? Or how is Tybalt a foil to Mercutio? Or how is the Apothecary a foil to the Friar?

10. Discuss Shakespeare's use of literary language to enhance meaning in the play. Some of the literary language you may wish to consider are: personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, imagery, apostrophe and ironic devices. How does he use these devices to: reveal character or to enhance suspense or to reveal theme or to forward the plot.

You must include a rough draft along with your finished final draft.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH MAY 27TH, 2008

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH
MAY 27TH, 2008


TUESDAY, MAY 27th:

SHORTENED DAY!

Heads up to all classes: the third grading period closes on Thursday, May 29th. Anything turned in after Wednesday, May 28th will not be counted for this grading period.

1st Period:

Begin work on essay for ROMEO and JULIET. This will be due on Thursday, May 29th.

2nd Period:

Break into groups, finish working on the rewrites for ROMEO and JULIET, and begin presenting.

5th Period:

Quickly go over the answers to the Act 4 test of ROMEO and JULIET
Begin reading Act 5, the last and final act of ROMEO and JULIET.
The Act 5 vocabulary packet will be passed out to you today; this packet will be due at the time of the test.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Your extra credit collage is due today.

1st Period:

Continue working on your essay today. It will be due at the end of the period, along with your greatly anticipated reading logs for ROMEO and JULIET. Can’t wait to read ‘em!


2nd Period:

Finish presenting your group’s rewrites.

Begin working on your essays for ROMEO and JULIET.




5th PERIOD:

Continue reading Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET and of course, working on our fun reading logs.


THURSDAY, MAY 29th:

1st Period:

Begin reading THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL FLOWER. I think you will enjoy this book.

2nd Period:

Your essay for ROMEO and JULIET is due today along with your GREATLY anticipated reading log - can’t wait to read ‘em.


5th Period:

We will probably be finished with the play today and will begin our review for the oh, so popular test. Remember, your Act V vocabulary packet will be due at the time of the test.


FRIDAY, MAY 30th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Today I think we could all use a break so I think we’re just going to read THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. But next week, please bring your vocabulary book on Monday and your English Workshop on Tuesday; we are going to do a final push before you guys take off for sophomore land.

5th Period:

Today we will begin working on our ROMEO and JULIET essay which will be due on Tuesday, June 3rd. Please remember that your ROMEO and JULIET reading log will be due at the time you turn in your essay.

MAY 19TH, 2008
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR 9TH GRADE
ENGLISH


MONDAY, MAY 19TH:

CALIFORNIA STATE TEST

1st and 5th Periods will meet today.

1st Period:

Today we will break into groups, analyze Act 5 for literary tropes in preparation for the ROMEO and JULIET Act V test. Each group will identify a literary device (personification, metaphor, simile, paradox, oxymoron, apostrophe, hyperbole, etc.), illustrate it, and translate into contemporary English.

Please be sure to bring your ROMEO and JULIET Act V packet, which we will briefly go over in preparation for the test. Remember, the packet is due at the time of the test.

The essay topics for ROMEO and JULIET will be posted tonight on the blog.

5th Period:

We will finish our presentations of Act lV literary tropes. We will briefly go over the ROMEO and JULIET Act lV packet and then we will have the test over Act IV.


TUESDAY, MAY 20TH:

CALIFORNIA STATE TEST

1st and 2nd Periods will meet today.

1st Period:

We will go over a list from which you will choose an essay topic on ROMEO and JULIET. This is an in-class essay which will be due on Thursday, May 22nd.

The essay topics will be posted on the blog Monday night, May 19th.

2nd Period:

Today we will finish working on our analysis of literary tropes for ROMEO and JULIET which we will then present to the class.

We will briefly go over the ROMEO and JULIET Act V packet and then we will have the Act V test.




WEDNESDAY, MAY 21st:

CALIFORNIA STATE TEST

1st and 2nd Periods will meet today.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Work on your in-class essay on ROMEO and JULIET.



THURSDAY, MAY 22nd:

CALIFORNIA STATE TEST

1st and 2nd Periods will meet today.

1st and 2nd Periods:

Your in-class essay is due today.

We will break into groups, rewrite the major events of the play in contemporary English and then act out the scenes for the enjoyment of the rest of the class. We will begin performing the scenes on Friday at which time the scripts and ye olde reading logs will be due.


FRIDAY, MAY 23rd:

Regular Schedule:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Begin presenting your scenes. Remember, your scripts and your reading logs are due today.

5th Period:

Begin reading Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET.

MAY 12, 2008 WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH

MAY 12, 2008

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


MONDAY, MAY 12TH:


FIRST and SECOND PERIODS:

ROMEO and JULIET Act 4 Test


FIFTH PERIOD:

ROMEO and JULIET ACT 3 Test.


TUESDAY, MAY 13TH:

FIRST and SECOND PERIODS:

Begin reading Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET.

Pass out Act 5 vocabulary handouts.

FIFTH PERIOD:

Please bring your grammar book to class today. Assign ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “Adjective Clauses”; pages 163-164; exercises 2 and 3; due on Thursday, May 15th.

Begin reading Act 4 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH:

FIRST PERIOD:

Please bring your grammar book to class today. Assign ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “Appositives and Appositive Phrases”; pages 165-166; exercise 13; due on Friday, May 16th.

SECOND PERIOD:

Please bring your grammar book to class today. Assign ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “Appositives and Appositive Phrases”; pages 157-158; exercise 15-16; due on Friday, May 16th.

Continue reading Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.


FIFTH PERIOD:

Pass out the Act 4 vocabulary handout today.

Continue reading Act 4 of ROMEO and JULIET.


THURSDAY, MAY 15TH:

FIRST and SECOND PERIODS:

Finish reading ROMEO and JULIET! (I hope!)

Get together in groups of three: read Romeo’s speech in Juliet’s tomb; identify at least one example of personification, metaphor, and simile in his monologue. Write the quotation down; illustrate it; and then rewrite the quotation in contemporary English.

Brief review over Act 5 of ROMEO and JULIET.


FIFTH PERIOD:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework is due today; “Adjective Clauses”; pages 163-164; exercises 2 and 3.

Go over Act 4 vocabulary handout today.

Continue reading Act 4 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.


FRIDAY, MAY 16th:

FIRST and SECOND PERIODS:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP homework over “appositives” is due today.

If we are finished with the play, we will have the final test (yippee!) today. Remember, your handout for the act is due at the time of the test.

Next week we will break into groups to rewrite and perform one of the major scenes from the play for a grade.

On Monday you will be given an essay topic on ROMEO and JULIET. This essay will be due on Wednesday, May 21st.

After you have turned in the essay and performed the rewrite, you will then turn in your reading log. Don’t blow this off - it’s a major part of your grade.


FIFTH PERIOD:

If we are finished with Act 4 we will have a test today over the act. Your vocabulary, grammar and literary packets are due on the day of the test.

May 5, 2008 WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR 9TH GRADE ENGLISH

May 5, 2008
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH



MONDAY, MAY 5TH:


FIRST PERIOD:

Go over answers to Act 3 ROMEO and JULIET test.
Your test corrections will be due no later than Wednesday, May 7th.
Begin reading Act 4.

SECOND PERIOD:

Test over Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET.

5TH PERIOD:

“Isn’t It Ironic” sketch.

Pass out the vocabulary worksheets for ROMEO and JULIET. These will be due on the day of the test for Act 3.

Continue reading Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET and of course, work on our reading log.


TUESDAY, MAY 6TH:

FIRST PERIOD:

Pass out Act Four vocabulary packet.

Continue reading Act 4 and of course, working on our reading logs.

SECOND PERIOD:

Go over answers to Act 3 ROMEO and JULIET test. The corrected test is due no later than Thursday, May 8th.

Start reading Act 4 of ROMEO and JULIET.

Pass out Act 4 vocabulary and grammar packet. Quickly go over.

Pass out additional worksheets on gerunds. This will be due on Thursday, May 8th.


FIFTH PERIOD:

Your homework from ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “gerunds”; pages 149-150; exercises 9 and 10, is due today.

Continue reading Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET and of course, working on our reading logs.

Watch ROMEO+JULIET film of Act 3.



WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH:

FIRST PERIOD:

Read Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 3, and then put in contemporary English. Find four examples of imagery, and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations. Find at least one example of personification, metaphor and simile and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations.


SECOND PERIOD:

Continue reading Act 4 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.

“Isn’t It Ironic?” sketches.


FIFTH PERIOD:

A gerund worksheet will be given to you today for homework. This will be due on Friday, May 9th.

Act 3 Test over ROMEO and JULIET.



THURSDAY, MAY 8TH:

FIRST PERIOD:

An additional gerunds handout will be given to you today. This will be due on Tuesday, May 13th.

“Isn’t It Ironic?” sketches.

Continue reading Act 4 and of course, working on our reading logs. We will probably have the Act 4 test either today or Friday. Remember, your Act 4 worksheets will be due at the time of the test.


SECOND PERIOD:

Your gerund worksheet will be due today.

Read Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 3, and then put in contemporary English. Find four examples of imagery, and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations. Find at least one example of personification, metaphor and simile and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations.


FIFTH PERIOD:

“Isn’t It Ironic?” sketches.

Read Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 3, and then put in contemporary English. Find four examples of imagery, and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations. Find at least one example of personification, metaphor and simile and illustrate them, using the original quotation and your contemporary interpretation as captions for the illustrations.


FRIDAY, MAY 9TH:

FIRST PERIOD:

If you haven’t already taken your Act 4 test on Thursday, then you will definitely take it on Friday. Remember: the day of the test is predicated on when we finish reading and reviewing the act, and of course, your Act 4 worksheets will be due on the day of the test.


SECOND PERIOD:

Quick review of Act 4 and then the test. Remember: your Act 4 worksheets are due on the day of the test.


FIFTH PERIOD:

Your gerund hand out is due today.

Continue reading Act 4 and of course, working on our reading logs. The test over Act 4 will be on Monday, May 12th and our Act 4 worksheets will be due on the day of the test.

APRIL 28TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF 9TH GRADE ENGLISH

APRIL 28TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
OF
9TH GRADE ENGLISH





MONDAY, APRIL 28TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Translate Juliet’s speech “Gallop apace, you fiery footed steeds” into contemporary English: find one example each of personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, and paradox; illustrate each example, and then translate into contemporary English.

Read Act Three, Scene Two, Three and Four and then of course, swashbuckle our way through our reading logs.

5th Period:

Finish working on Juliet’s speech and then read Act Three, Scene One and Two of ROMEO and JULIET, act out and of course, work on our reading logs.


TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH:

SHORTENED DAY!

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Please bring your vocabulary book today.

Journal: Please write five sentences using your vocabulary words as either verbals or participials.

Continue reading, acting out and swashbuckling our way through Act Three of ROMEO and JULIET and of course, working on our reading logs.

HEADS UP! When we finish reading Act Three we will have a test and our Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handout will be due.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH:

1st Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP: fourth course to class today; “Gerunds” ; pages 157 and 158; exercises 8 and 9 will be assigned. This assignment will be due on Friday, May 2nd.

Go over the Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handouts and review for the test.

2nd Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP: third course to class today; “Gerunds”; pages 149 and 150; exercises 9 and 10 will be assigned. This assignment will be due on Friday, May 2nd.

Go over the Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handouts and review for the test.

5th Period:

Please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP: third course to class today; “Gerunds”; pages 149 and 150; exercises 9 and 10 will be assigned. This assignment will be due on Friday, May 2nd.

Continue reading, acting out and swashbuckling our way through Act Three, and of course, working on our reading logs.


THURSDAY, MAY 1ST:

1st Period:

ROMEO and JULIET Act Three test probably will be given today and your Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handouts are due on the same day as the test.

5th Period:

Review the ROMEO and JULIET Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handouts and review for the test.



FRIDAY, MAY 2ND:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Go over the Act Three test answers. Begin reading Act Four of ROMEO and JULIET.

Your grammar homework is due today: ENGLISH WORKSHOP;”gerunds”.

5TH Period:

Your grammar homework is due today; ENGLISH WORKSHOP; “gerunds”.

Act Three test over ROMEO and JULIET will be given and your Act Three vocabulary and literary terms handouts will be due today.

April 21, 2014 - April 25, 2013 Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

APRIL 21ST
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


MONDAY, APRIL 21ST:

First and Second Periods:

Today we will analyze Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 5, by finding examples of personification, metaphor, and simile. We will write down the quotation, identify which category the quotation belongs, illustrate the quotation and then translate into contemporary English. (Don’t forget to note the line and scene number. This will come in handy when you write that essay!)

We will then go over Act 2, Scene 6, and of course, do our reading logs. We will then review the Act 2 vocabulary and character packet, and review Act 2 for our our test tomorrow.

Remember, your ROMEO and JULIET vocabulary packets are due on the day of the test.

Fifth Period:

Go over the “Contrast and Comparison of Romeo’s Moods” from Act 1, Scene 4 (before the party scene) and Act 2, Scene 2 (the balcony scene). This assignment will be due on Wednesday, April 23rd.

Read Act 2, Scene 4 in ROMEO and JULIET and then some lucky guy will get to put on a dress, pretend he’s the Nurse and we’ll act out the scene. After all this fun, we will work on our reading logs.


TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND:

First and Second Periods:

Your ROMEO and JULIET Act 2 test will be given to you today, and your Act 2 vocabulary packet is due.

The vocabulary homework assigned last week is also due today: VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61-68; exercises 9-15.

Fifth Period:

Your Act 2, Scene 2 “Personification, Metaphor and Simile” handout is due today.

Read Act 2, Scene 5 and 6 and of course, do our reading logs.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD:

First and Second Periods:

Journal: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words as either verbals or as part of participial phrases.

Begin reading Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET. Pass out the Act 3 vocabulary and literary terms packet.

5th Period:

Your “Compare and Contrast of Romeo’s Moods” from Act 1, Scene 4 and Act 2, Scene 2 is due today.

Go over the Act 2 vocabulary and character packet for Act 2 in preparation for the ROMEO and JULIET Act 2 test.

Today the Act 2 Test will be given.


THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH:

First and Second Periods:

Journals: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words as either verbals or as part of participial phrases. Plus grammar games!

Continue reading and swashbuckling our way through Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course working on our reading log.

5th Period:

Please bring your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP: Level C to class today. Unit 2 will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, April 30th.

Start reading Act 3 in ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs. Act 3 Vocabulary and Literary Terms packet will be handed out today.


FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH:

First and Second Periods:

Journals: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words as either verbals or as part of participial phrases. Plus grammar games!

Continue reading and swashbuckling our way through Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading log.

Fifth Period:

Journal: Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. You will write five sentences using your vocabulary words as either verbals or as part of participial phrases. Plus grammar games!

Continue reading and swashbuckling our way through Act 3 of ROMEO and JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.

APRIL 14TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE

APRIL 14TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH

MONDAY, APRIL 14TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Go through Act 2, Scene 2, and find at least two examples of personification, simile and metaphor. Illustrate the literary figures. If you can’t draw, that’s okay, you can draw stick figures.

Then compare Act 1, Scene 4 with Act 2, Scene 2 and find two examples where Romeo uses dark/heavy imagery with imagery which uses lightness in terms of weight and illumination. (Romeo uses imagery and puns to express how he is feeling.)

Continue reading Act 2 and of course, working on our reading logs.

5th Period:

Today we will take the Act 1 test over ROMEO AND JULIET.



TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH:

Period 1:

Your ENGLISH WORKSHOP, “Participial Phrases”; pages 155-156; exercise 7 is due today.

Quickly go over our vocabulary and literary terms packet for Act 2.

Continue reading Act 2 and working on our reading logs.

5th Period:

Read Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2; then go through Act 2, Scene 2, and find at least two examples of personification, simile and metaphor. Illustrate the literary figures. If you can’t draw, that’s okay, you can draw stick figures.

Then compare Act 1, Scene 4 with Act 2, Scene 2 and find two examples where Romeo uses dark/heavy imagery with light imagery (light both as in weight and in illumination). Romeo uses imagery and puns to express how he is feeling.




WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH:


Continue reading Act 2 in ROMEO AND JULIET, and of course, working on our reading logs.

Period 5:

Finally, your long awaited and greatly anticipated Unit One vocabulary test! You will also be asked to write five sentences using your vocabulary words as verbals.


THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Today please bring your vocabulary book, VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; pages 61 - 68; exercises 9 - 15 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, April 22nd.

5th Period:

Today please bring your vocabulary book, VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; level C; Unit 2 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, April 22nd.

We will continue reading Act 2 in ROMEO AND JULIET and working on our reading logs. As soon as we finish we will have a test over Act 2 and our Act 2 vocabulary and literary terms packet will be due.


Friday, April 18th:

Journal: Write five sentences using your NEW (finally) vocabulary words as participials.

I predict that we will be finished with Act 2 by today at the latest and you know what that means....plus your Act 2 vocabulary and literary terms packet will be due.

Weekly Agenda 4/7/08

April 7th
Weekly Schedule
for
9th Grade

Monday, April 7th:

Now, don’t be too happy but I won’t be here today. I’ll be flying home though and should be back by Tuesday, which is a shortened day.

Please read Act 2 of ROMEO AND JULIET.


Tuesday, April 8th:

I’m back. After I survey the damage my extended absence has had on the classes’ progress, I will determine what we will do next:

If you have worked hard during my absence, then I will let you make masks for the Act 1, Scene 5 party. You will be taught a dance and we will act the scene out, wearing our masks while we dance.

If little progress has been made, then we will go back over the Act 1 test, retake it and then move on to Act 2.

Your Act 1 ROMEO AND JULIET vocabulary and iambic pentameter handout is due today.

Wednesday, April 9th:

1st and 2nd Periods:

Journals: Using your vocabulary words from pages 30-39 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, write five sentences with verbals.

(Hint: Verbs that have “ing” or “ed” or the irregular ending tacked on to them and they are then used as adjectives. To sink = infinitive form of verb; sunken=irregular past particles. The pirates searched for sunken treasures.)

5th Period:

Journals: Using your vocabulary words from Unit 1 in your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, Level C, write five sentences with verbals.

We will continue reading Act 2, and of course working on our reading logs. The ROMEO AND JULIET vocabulary/literary terms/grammar packet will be handed out to you today.






Thursday, April 10th:

1st Period:

Today please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP today. We will go over “participial phrases”; pages 155-156; exercises 7 and 8. This homework will be due on Tuesday, April 15th.

2nd and 5th Periods:

Today please bring your ENGLISH WORKSHOP today. We will go over “participial phrases”; pages 147 and 148; exercises 7 and 8. This homework will be due on Tuesday, April 15th.

Continue reading, discussing, acting out and of course, working on our reading logs for ROMEO AND JULIET.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE READING LOG IS A MAJOR PART OF YOUR GRADE AND MAY BE COLLECTED AT ANY TIME TO DETERMINE THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON THE PROJECT.


Friday, April 11th:

Short game of jeopardy or grammar baseball.

Periods 1 and 2:

A short vocabulary test will be given to you today over the words on pages 30-39 from your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

Period 5:

A short vocabulary test will be given to you today over the words in Unit One from your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, Level C.

Again, we will swashbuckle our way through Act 2 and let’s hope that today we will be finished.

Remember as soon as we finish the act, we will review the plot, the characters and the language for the upcoming test which will probably be on Monday.

Monday, March 31st

Here are some illustrations of "Queen Mab" which may inspire you in your own illustrations.

MARCH 31ST
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9TH GRADE ENGLISH


MONDAY, MARCH 31ST:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Choose four scenes from “Queen Mab”, illustrate the four scenes, and then write the lines from the text underneath the illustrations. This is for a grade.

Read Act 1, Scene 5.

5th Period:

Go over ROMEO AND JULIET vocabulary and figurative language packet for Act One.


TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST:

Act out Act 1, Scene 5.

Romeo and Juliet Packet is due today.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND:

Act 1 Test over vocabulary, comprehension and figurative language.


THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD:

Read Act Two, Scenes 1 and 2.
Watch movie.


FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH:

I will not be here so today you will read with your guest teacher Act 2 of ROMEO AND JULIET and watch the movie. Have fun!

MONDAY, APRIL 7TH:

I will not be here so today you will read with your guest teacher Act 2 of ROMEO AND JULIET and watch the movie. Have fun! I’ll see you tomorrow - Tuesday, April 8th.

9th Grade Weekly Schedule for March 24, 2008

MONDAY, MARCH 24TH:

1st and 2nd Periods:
Journal: Write five sentence, two with adjective phrases and three with adverbial phrases, using your vocabulary words from pages 30-39 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

Continue reading ROMEO AND JULIET, ACT 1. We will act the scenes out with swashbuckling swords - after we write our reading logs, of course.

We will also spend some time analyzing the beautiful figurative language Shakespeare
uses.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH:

Please bring your grammar books today.

1st Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Verbals and Verb Phrases"; exercises 5 and 6; pages 153 and 154. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.

2nd Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP;"Adverbial Phrases"; exercise 4; page 152 is due today. Assign "Verbals and Verb Phrases"; exercises 5 and 6; pages 153 and 154. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.

5th Period:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Adjective and Adverbial Phrase"; exercises 3 and 4; pages 151 and 152. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Continue reading, acting out Shakespeare and working on our reading logs.

Pass out vocabulary and literary packets for Act 1 of ROMEO AND JULIET.

When we finish reading Act 1, we will watch Act 1 in both videos. We will act out the scenes - including the party scene - and spend time analyzing the language; then you’ll be given a fun test over comprehension, language and vocabulary.

Remember, if you are NOT happy with a grade on your test or essay, you ALWAYS have the chance to make corrections on the work and turn in the original with the corrections for a higher grade. You can learn, you can possess this knowledge and pass this class.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Journal: Write five sentences using five words from last week’s vocabulary assignment from your vocabulary book (1st and 2nd Periods: pages 30-39; and 5th Period: Unit 1). Use prepositional phrases, adjective and adverbial phrases in your sentences and underline them.

Go over the literary and vocabulary packets for ROMEO and JULIET.


Continue reading, acting out, swashbuckling and learning about and appreciating Shakespeare’s glorious language.


THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH:

1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:

Your grammar homework is due today.

Today we will work on Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech. We will break up into groups and act out the various parts of the speech; then individually we will choose four different scenes from the monologue, illustrate the scenes and write the lines underneath the scenes - basically, we are doing a story board of four of the scenes from the Queen Mab speech. The emphasis on the assignment is creativity, effort, color and accuracy. This is for a grade. This will be due on Tuesday, April 1st.


FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH:

Go over the test and then watch Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet in both videos.