May 19, 2014 - May 23, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 9B Honors

Monday, May 19th:
Review Act 1, Scene 4
Comprehension
Vocabulary
For Homework: In Act 2, Scene 5, pages 237 - 238, lines 1 - 17, analyze Juliet's speech which begins, " The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse...." for meaning and figurative language, such as metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, allusion, etc. Explain what Juliet is saying and why.  Identify the figurative language and explain the meaning of it.
This will be due tomorrow.

Time line of ROMEO and JULIET

Read Act 3, Scene 1
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Plot points

Tuesday, May 20th:
Pass out Act 2 Vocabulary and Characterization Handout and go over
The Act 2 Vocabulary and Characterization Handout will be due on Thursday, May 22nd.
Review Act 3, Scene 1, Romeo's scene with Nurse
Watch Zeffirelli's film version of ROMEO and JULIET, Act 1

Wednesday, May 21st:
Act Two Test is due today
Juliet's soliloquy, Act 2, Scene 5, pages 237 - 238, is due today. We will go over it in class.
Watch Zeffirelli's film version of ROMEO and JULIET, Act 2.

Thursday, May 22nd:
Act Two Vocabulary and Characterization Handouts are due today
We will go over it in class.
Watch Zeffirella's version of ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2

Friday, May 23rd:
Watch Zeffirella's version of ROMEO and JULIET; Act 3
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 3
Class Notes

May 12, 2014 - May 16, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 9B honors English

Monday, May 12th:

Finish reading Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5

Discussion

Act out

Tuesday, May 13th:

The Queen Mab Four Panel Illustration is due

Read and discuss Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2

Go over Act 2, Scene 2 and find metaphors, similes and personifications which reference light. 

Turn in for a grade

Wednesday, May 14th:

Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Test is due today

Passed out handout on "Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse and Prose"; briefly went over

The handout "Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose" will be due on Friday, May 16th. 

Tonight for homework: 

Review Act 2, Scene 2; 

1. Find examples of light and darkness, light and heaviness which express

Romeo's mood; write them down. Explain what Romeo is saying when he uses these metaphors, similes and personifications.

2. Find examples of allusions (references to Greek mythology); write them down and explain what Romeo or Juliet means when they use the allusions

3. Find examples of motifs; for example, references to birds. 

Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3

Discussion of the Friar's soliloquy 

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Figurative language

Turn in for a grade

Thursday, May 15th:

Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 4 today

Discussion 

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Figurative language

Turn in for a grade

Friday, May 16th:

Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 5 today

Discussion of Juliet's soliloquy

Comprehension

Turn in for a grade

Vocabulary

Figurative Language

May 5, 2014 - May 9, 2014 9 B Honors English

Monday, May 5th:
Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scene 2
Discussion
Answer six questions over the reading

Tuesday, May 6th:
Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scene 3
Discussion
Answer questions over the reading
Worksheet on Romeo and Juliet Adjective Clauses; this will be due on Wednesday, May 7th

Wednesday, May 7th:
Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scene 4
Assignment: "Queen Mab" Speech; page 807; Mercutio: lines 53 - 93
Choose four scenes from the speech, illustrate each of the four scenes and caption each of the scenes with the appropriate lines from the scene. This will be due on Tuesday, May 13.

Thursday, May 8th:
Read Romeo and Juliet; finish Act 1, Scene 4
Discussion of Queen Mab
Questions

Friday, May 9th:
Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scene 5

Monday, May 12th:
Finish reading and then act out Romeo and Juliet's party scene, Act 1, Scene 5
The Act 1 open book test will be due on Wednesday, May 13th.

April 28, 2014 - May 2, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 9 English HB

Monday, April 28th:
Finish graphic organizers
Begin work on the questions for the Common Core Assessment
Begin work on the essay portion for the Common Core Assessment

Tuesday, April 29th:
Special schedule. No 1st period today.

Wednesday, April 30th:
Finish work on the essay portion for the Common Core Assessment

Thursday, May 1st:
Special schedule. No 1st period today.

Friday, May 2nd:
Read Romeo and Juliet; Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3
Discussion
Reading logs
Watch video

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

Monday, April 25th:
Watch film of Act 1

Tuesday, April 26th:
Pass back work.
The final draft of the research paper is due today.
Read Act 1, Scenes 1, 2 and 3
Analyze for comprehension, characters, relationships, and figurative language

Wednesday, April 27th:
No Period 1 today

Thursday, April 28th:
Read Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5
Analyze for comprehension, characters, relationships, and figurative language

Assignments:

Create a chart detailing Romeo's references to light and dark in the First Act.

"Queen Mab" illustration will be assigned today and will be due on Monday, April 28th.
Find four scenes from Mercutio's speech in Act 1, Scene 4 and illustrate the scenes. At the bottom of each panel, write the lines which the drawings are illustrating.

Friday, April 29th:
No Period 1 today.

Unfortunately, we have to take time away from ROMEO and JULIET  to do the district Common Core Assessment next week.

April 7, 2014 - April 11, 2014 Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, April 7th:
In library
The rough draft with all the note cards are due today!

Tuesday, April 8th:
Watch Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday, April 9th:
Read Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
Discussion: Vocabulary, Context, Puns, Characters, Relationships

Thursday, April 10th:
Passed out MLA Work Cited Page
Passed back rough drafts
Final draft and worked cited page due on Tuesday, April 22nd.

Divide class into Capulets and Montagues
Pass out the Shakespearean Insult Sheet
Class gets to "Bite their thumbs" and insult each other!
Pass out the Oxymoron Worksheet!
Discussion of Shakespeare's use of oxymorons

Friday, April 11th:
Shortened day: each period is 35 minutes.
Watch the Zefferelli version of Act 1, Scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet"

April 1, 2014 - April 4, 2014 Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Tuesday, April 1st:
In library today
Your note cards will be returned to you today
We will go over how to write a research paper

Wednesday, April 2nd:
No first period today.

Thursday, April 3rd:
In library today
Continue working on your rough draft

Friday, April 4th:
In library today
Your rough draft will be due today.

March 24, 2014 - March 28, 2014 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, March 24th:
Meet in library
Your final draft of "The Hero's Journey" is due today - no exceptions!
Continue working on note cards for you research paper

Tuesday, March 25th:
Meet in library
Five note cards are due today

Wednesday, March 26th:
Meet in library
Five more note cards are due today

Thursday, March 27th:
Meet in library
Continue working on note cards

Friday, March 28th:
Meet in library
Your note cards are due today.

March 17, 2914 - March 21, 2014 Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, March 17th:
Go over note cards: fifteen cards will be due on Friday, March 19th
One note card due at the end of the period.
Go to library to do research

Tuesday, March 18th:
No first period today.
Periods 4 - 7 today.

Wednesday, March  19th:
Library today.
Continue doing research: five cards are due today at the end of the period.

Thursday, March 20th:
Continue doing research: five cards per day are due at the end of each  period.

Friday, March 21st:
Continue doing research: five cards per day are due at the end of each period.
By the end of today you should have fifteen note cards.
Go over the rough draft today.
Your rough draft will be due on Tuesday, March 25th.

How to Do Note Cards

Please make sure you have your full name and date in the upper left hand corner of each page of your note cards.
Number your note cards.
On an 8 by 11 sheet of paper, write the title and the author, the page number,
or the url of your source.
Underneath the title or the url of your source, write Quotation:
Then copy exactly what is written from  your source.
Skip a line, then write Analysis:
Then, in your own words, explain, expand and/or comment on the quotation.
Remember, using seven consecutive words written by someone else without giving him/her credit is plagiarism.
You may put two notecards on the same paper, but you must draw a box around each one to delineate them.

Example:

Notecard #1:
Heroes of the Holocaust, Ted Gottfried, page 14

Quotation:
The Jews were a Semitic people who originated in the Middle East. Their mass exodus from that region was provoked by a series of religious wars between the empires of Islam and the Christian crusaders. Between the sixth and the seventh centuries the minority Jewish population was targeted as heathen by all sides.

Analysis:
The Jews were a product of a diaspora, which means that they were forced from their homeland and made to live in foreign countries amid alien cultures. The people of these foreign countries saw the Jewish immigrants as strange, resented their presence, seeing them as intruders.

March 10, 2014 - March 14, 2014 Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, March 10th:
Please turn in your Hero's Journey Essay today.
Remember your Vocabulary Workshop, Unit 5 will be due tomorrow.
Begin researching for a topic that interests you.

Tuesday, March 11th:
Vocabulary Workshop, Unit 5 is due today.
Went over the letter of intent
Went over topics for research
Went over "How to Do Note Cards"
Continue researching for a topic that interests you.

Wednesday, March 12:
Pass out "How to Do Bibliography Cards"
Library to go research

Thursday, March 13th:
Work on the letter of intent

Friday, March 14th:
The letter of intent is due today.
Begin work on research and note cards

MARCH 3, 2014 - MARCH 7, 2014 9th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH

Monday, March 3rd:
Work on essay on "The Hero's Journey"

Tuesday, March 4th:
Shortened Day
Work on essay on "The Hero's Journey"
Assign Vocabulary Workshop: Level C; Unit 5
Unit 5 will be due on Monday, March 10th

Wednesday, March 5th:
Work on essay on "The Hero's Journey"

Thursday, March 6th:
Work on essay on "The Hero's Journey"

Friday, March 7th:
The essay on "The Hero's Journey" will be due today.

February 24, 2014 Ninth Grade Honors English B

NINTH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH B

February 24, 2014 - February 28, 2014

Monday, February 24th:

Please bring your handout on the Hero's Journey to class today.

Choose either option #1 or #2 and begin the rough draft of your essay

Tuesday, February 25th

Meet in the library today - canceled

Go over the Hero's Journey handout; compare the journey with Odysseus and another story of your choosing: LORD of the Rings or Harry Potter, etc. 

Wednesday, February 26th:

"The Hero's Journey" discussion continues

Thursday, February 27th:

Meet in the library today for library orientation
Go over format for The Hero's Journey Essay 
The essay will be due on Tuesday, March 3rd, 

Friday, February 28th:

Meet in the library
Orientation on "MLA"

Go over the format for the "letter of intent"

February 17, 2014 - February 21, 2014 Agenda for English 9B

Monday, February 17th:
No school today.

Tuesday, February 18th:
Block schedule today.
Finish reading "Death in the Great Hall"
Captain's Log

Go over Vocabulary Unit 4
Go over grammar homework: HOLT HANDBOOK; Participial Phrases; Exercises 3, 4, and Review D; pages 77 - 81.

Wednesday, February 19th:
No 1st Period today.

Thursday, February 20th:
Read  "The Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope"
Captain's Log

Friday, February 21st:
The Odyssey Test today; you may use your notes but you cannot use your book.

February 10, 2014 - February 14, 2014 Weekly Agenda for English 9B

Monday, February 10th:
Time Line is due today!
Gallery Walk
Go over participial phrases
Close reading
Captain's Log

Tuesday, February 11th:
Continue reading THE ODYSSEY
Review "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog"
Reflective questions on the "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog": ironies, figurative language, symbols and themes.
Read "The Epic Continues"
Close reading
Captain's Log

Wednesday, February 12th:
Go over the answers to Vocabulary Unit 4
Continue reading THE ODYSSEY: "Test of the Great Bow"
Close reading
Captain's Log

Thursday, February 13th:
Grammar is due today: Holt Handbook: "Participles and Participial Phrases:; pages 77 - 81; exercises 3, 4, and Review D.
Read "Death in the Great Hall" from THE ODYSSEY
Close reading
Captain's Log

Friday, February 14th:
Finish reading "Death in the Great Hall" from THE ODYSSEY
Close reading
Captain's Log

Vocabulary Unit Four in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP

Vocabulary Unit 4

Definitions:

1. annul (v.) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void. 

For extra credit, write the sentence.

Completing the Sentence: (pages 54 – 55)

Just write the words, 1 – 20

Example: 

1. Qualms (for extra credit, you may write the full sentences.)

Synonyms: (page 55)

Write the phrase, underline the boldfaced word and the correct vocabulary word which means the same as the boldfaced word.

Example: 

1. named on the regiment’s roster: muster

Antonyms: (page 55)

Write the phrase, underline the boldfaced word and the correct vocabulary word, which means the opposite as the boldfaced word. 

Example:

16. arrived wearing a gaudy outfit: staid

Choosing the Right Word: (page 56)

You just have to write the word, not the entire sentence, but if you want extra credit, you may write the sentence. 

Example: 

1. Sustain 

Vocabulary in Context: (page 57)

Read the two paragraphs on cycling and then answer the questions 1 through 6.  Be sure to write out the phrase and then the letter and the answer. 

Example: 

1. The meaning of obsessed is: A. preoccupied. 

February 4, 2014 - February 8, 2014 English 9B

Monday, February 3rd:

Continue working on the time line for The Odyssey
Vocabulary Unit 4 will be assigned today. This will be due on Friday, February 8th.

Tuesday, February 4th:

Continue working on the time line for The Odyssey; finish for homework tonight.
Begin reading "The Return of the King"
Close reading
Class notes
Grammar homework: "Introductory Clauses"; this will be due on Thursday.

Wednesday, February 5th:

No 1st Period today

Thursday, February 6th:

Time line for The Odyssey will be due on Monday, February 11th.
Continue reading The Odyssey
Close reading
Class notes
Grammar homework is due today.

Friday, February 7th:

Continue reading The Odyssey
Close reading
Class notes
Unit Four Vocabulary is due today
Assign Participial Phrase in HOLT HANDBOOK; exercises 3,4, 5 and Review D.
This will be due on Tuesday, February 11th.

January 27, 2014 - January 31, 2014 English 9B

Monday, January 27th:

Read THE ODYSSEY
The Land of the Dead
Back to the Isle of Circe
Discussion
Reading Log

Tuesday, January 28th:

Read THE ODYSSEY
"Charybdis and Scylla"
Discussion
Reading Log

Wednesday, January 29th:

Read  THE ODYSSEY
"The Land of the Dead"
Close reading
Discussion
Reading Log

Thursday, January 30th:

Read THE ODYSSEY
"Back to the Isle of Circe"
"The Sirens", "Scylla", "Charybdis", The Cattle of the Sun"
Close reading
Discussion
Reading logs

Friday, January 31st:

Review THE ODYSSEY
Begin work on the time line for "The Odyssey"

January 21, 2014 - January 24, 2014 9B English Agenda

 Tuesday,
 January
 21st:


Go 
over
 “The Cyclops”
 in
 THE 
ODYSSEY

Finish 
reading
 “The
 Cyclops”

Review 
“The
 Cyclops”
 for 
comprehension,
 vocabulary,
 figurative 
language, 
themes,
etc.


Tomorrow:
 The 
grammar 
hand 
out
 is
 due!




Wednesday,
 January 
22nd:

Review 
the
 grammar 
homework

Hand
out 
and 
read 
the 
class
 syllabus
 for 
English
 B

Review
 “The 
Cyclops”;
 reread 
and
 write 
how 
Odysseus
 managed
 to 
escape
 from
 the Cyclops’ 
cave.

Discussion



Thursday, January
 23rd:

Review 
the 
time
line
 for
 THE
 ODYSSEY

Read
 THE 
ODYSSEY;
 “The
 Isle
 of
 Circe”; 
reading 
logs

Discussion



Friday, 
January
24th:

Break 
into 
groups
 and
 create 
a
 vocabulary
 word
 study
 for
 one
 word 
from
Vocabulary 
Unit
 3;
 present 
to 
class.

Continue
 reading
 THE
 ODYSSEY



Reading 
logs;
 discussion

 




 

January 13, 2014 - January 17, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, January 13th:Class Check in
Syllabus

Tuesday, January 14th:

Read THE ODYSSEY: "The Island of Laestrygonions", "The Wind God"

Please bring your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Vocabulary Unit 3 will be assigned and will be due on Tuesday, January 21st. 

Wednesday, January 15th:

NO FIRST PERIOD TODAY

Thursday, January 16th:

Grammar: "Active and Passive Voice"; this will be due on Friday, January 17th.

Read THE ODYSSEY: "The Cyclops"

Friday, January 17th: 

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Vocabulary Unit 3  will be due today. 

Continue reading THE ODYSSEY: "The Cyclops"