English+9+Calendar

= __English 9__ =

== **For a complete list of download-able assignments and texts, please visit the assignment page. I hope this is a little more user friendly than the previous method. I will still post any announcements on this page temporarily. English 9 Assignment Page** ==

Announcements

Please pick a book for your book project and be consistently working on it throughout the rest of the quarter.
= Daily Agenda/Calendar =

__3/10/10&3/11/10: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we started a discussion about Civil Rights and the Emmett Till case in preparation for //To Kill a Mockingbird.// Turned In: Persuasive Letter

__3/8/10&3/9/10: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we turned in our book projects. We presented one item that we completed from the project and rated our books on a scale of 1-10. Homework: Persuasive Letter

__3/1/10 - 3/4/10: Monday - Thursday__
I was out of town for these days. You worked in the library on your persuasive letters and submitted them to MyAccess. You also read "The Necklace" and completed a plot diagram and theme selection for the story. Homework: Persuasive Letter

__2/25&26/10: Thursday and Friday__
Today we worked on our book projects. Homework: book project

__2/24/10: Wednesday__
Today we organized our persuasive letters and performed a grade check.

__2/22&23/10: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we worked on developing a hook and supporting details for persuasive essays. We had a "junk sale," where the various tables developed a sales pitch on random items given to them by me. We then took a vote on which item we would like to buy. We also continued our discussion on themes in literature. Homework: book project turned in: sales pitch

__2/18&19/10: Thursday and Friday__
Today we wrote in our journals and then went to the library to discuss works cited pages, again, and had an opportunity to redo our Elizabethan research paper's works cited page. We also turned in a persuasive essay. Homework: Book project

__2/16&17/10: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we had a party/make-up day. For all those who had their assignments up-to-date, you got to watch a movie and eat food. Those who did not have their assignments turned in worked o n their work for 45 min., or until completed, and then were allowed to join the party. Homework: Persuasive Essay due next time!; book project.

__2/15/10: Monday__
President's Day!

__2/11-12/10: Thursday and Friday__
Today we took some pretests on UTIPS and then took notes on the layout of a 6-Paragraph persuasive essay. Homework: Persuasive essay due next week; work on book project

__2/10/10: Wednesday__
We finished up the R&J movie and studied some figurative language Homework: Work on Book Project

__2/8-9/10: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we finished our ppt presentations and symbolic presentations. Turned in: None Homework: Work on Book Project

__2/5/10: Friday__
No School!

__2/3-4/10: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we viewed our presentations. Turned In: Pink Packet; Presentations

__2/1-2/10: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we worked on our powerpoint presentations. Turned In: Nothing Homework: Pink Packet; presentation

__1/28-29/10: Thursday and Friday__
Today we did our symbolic presentations. Turned In: Symbolic Worksheet Homework: Pink Packet

__1/26-27/10: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today you worked on a R&J powerpoint project, our last R&J assignment. Turned In: Nothing Homework: Symbolic Presentation; Pink Packet

__1/22&25/10: Friday and Monday__
Today we worked more on independent and dependent clauses. We also read through Act IV of Romeo and Juliet. Turned In: Act IV group summary Homework: Symbolic Presentation; Pink Packet

__1/20-21/10: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we discussed independent vs. dependent clauses and their use with commas. We also turned in our Elizabethan research assignment and shared something we learned with the class. We discussed symbolic use in stories and you were assigned to do a symbolic presentation. Turned In: Elizabethan research Homework: Symbolic Presentaion

__1/15&19/10: Friday and Tuesday__
Today we finished reading Act III. As a front-load, we wrote about a time we got in trouble/argument with our parents. Turned In: Frontload Homework: Elizabethan research

__1/13-14/10: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we read "The Chaser." We discussed in groups how this story helps us answer our essential question. We wrote down on our papers ways in which this story, and the others we have read, help us answer this question. Turned In: nothing Homework: Elizabethan research

__1/11-12/10: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we watched another scene from //West Side Story// and filled in more answers on our Venn diagram. We also did the Act II Text Frames in groups. Turned in: Act II text frames Homework: Elizabethan research

__1/07-08/10: Thursday and Friday__
Today we read a story titled "The Interlopers," by Saki. Along with //Romeo and Juliet//, we are using this story to help us answer the question //What Makes or Breaks Relationships?// We discussed the answers to this question in groups and filled out our own paper with a list of answers. We also did a 15 minute non-stop write to a choice of three prompts (Choose one of the following options and write a page: A. rewrite a happy ending for the story; B. write a letter that one of the characters may have written telling the families that they have reconciled and what to do; C. Write a peaceful speech that you would have given to the grandfather's when the feud began that attempt to reconcile the issue). Turned In: 15 minute write Homework: work on Elizabethan research

__1/05-06/10: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we worked in groups completing some text framing. This will help us remember what the play is all about after our long holiday break. Turned in: Act I Text Frames Homework: Work on Elizabethan research.

__1/04/10: Monday__
Today we viewed various clips from //West Side Story// and compared them to //Romeo and Juliet// using a Venn diagram//.// Turned in: nothing Homework: Work on Elizabethan research.

__12/21-22/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we took our semester test and continued our research assignment in the library. Turned In: nothing Homework: None

__12/16/09: Wednesday__
Today we compared //Romeo and Juliet// to //West Side Story// and reviewed our root words. We watched two scenes from WSS and filled out a venn diagram that helped us compare the two stories. Homework: Essays; study for semester test Turned In: Nothing

__12/15 & 18/09: Tuesday and Friday__
Today we started a research project on the Elizabethan Era, the time of William Shakespeare. This project does not have an official due date yet, but will be due after the Christmas break and will go third term's grade. Homework: Essay due on Thursday (A-day); study for semester test... Turned In: R&J Character Essay (B-day)

__12/14 & 17/09: Monday and Thursday__
Today we reviewed coordinating conjunctions and watched Act III, scene i of //Romeo and Juliet//. Homework: Essay due on Thursday or Friday, study for test on 12/21 or 12/22 (commonly confused words, root words, coordinating conjunctions, quotation marks) Turned in: R&J Character Essay (A-day)

__12/10-11/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we read scene i of Act III. We also reviewed our commonly confused words that we will be retesting on before the Christmas break. Homework: GoMyAccess prompt Turned In: Nothing

__12/08-09/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we took our quotation marks test. We read our balcony scene rewrites. We also read Act II scene ii and watched the remainder of Act II, where we were introduced to Friar Lawrence and Romeo and Juliet got married. Homework: Essay (GMA prompt...) Turned In: Balcony Scene rewrites

__12/04&07/09: Friday and Monday__
Today we did essay winners. We read our "superpower" essays to our tables, picked the best ones, and read them in front of the class. This is an activity that allows us to hear other students writing and compare where we are at in our own writing. It also enables us to discuss why certain essays become winners and why they are so enjoyable to read. Turned in: Superpower essays Homework: study for quotation marks test Next time: quotation marks test

__12/02&03/09: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we read the famous balcony scene from //Romeo and Juliet//. We discussed it, wrote pertinent details in our character packets, and then wrote a translated version of our own. We also learned a new quotation marks rule. Turned in: Nothing Homework: Superpower essay due next time; study for quotation marks test next week.

__11/30/09-12/01/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we finished Act I of //Romeo and Juliet// and watched portions of the movie. We also continued our study of quotation marks by adding a rule and practicing with it and the others we have learned. Turned In: nothing Homework: Superpower Essay

=__11/25-29/09: Thanksgiving Break!__=

__11/23&24/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we read Act I, scenes iii and iv of R&J. We also looked for our quotation mark rules in action in the books we read for SSR. We also received our essay sheet for the quarter (available on the "download page"). Homework: None Next Time: continue quotation marks, read scene v from R&J

__11/19&20/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we read scene ii of //Romeo and Juliet// and started learning about quotation marks. Turned in: nothing Next time: Continue R&J, quotation marks; receive essay assignments for remainder of quarter

__11/17&18/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we continued //Romeo and Juliet//. We also took a test on Coordinating Conjunctions. For our journals, we wrote about the three school learning outcomes (active inquirer, high achiever, and responsible citizen) and how they can apply to our academics and to our lives. Turned In: Coordinating Conjunction Test Next Time: Continue //Romeo and Juliet//.

__11/14/09 & 11/16/09: Friday and Monday__
Today we watched a movie that introduced //Romeo and Juliet// and started reading the play. We received a packet that we will be using throughout the play. Turned In: nothing Next Time: Character Development in //Romeo and Juliet//

__11/11&12/09: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we began our Shakespeare unit. We watched a short video that explained some of the history of Shakespeare and how he wrote: poetry vs. prose, iambic pentameter, etc. We also completed an assignment where we had to interpret Elizabethan/Shakespearean type compliments into modern day language and then discussed the differences in the language. Homework: None Next Time: Coordinating Conjunctions Test

11/9&10/09: Monday and Tuesday
Today we analyzed //Crackback// with several literary analysis tools that I gave you. You received a SOAPSTone paper and a 19 Themes in Literature paper. We used them to look at //Crackback// and identify literary elements that are at work. Homework: Finish SOAPSTone and 19 themes worksheets Next Time: Introduction to Shakespeare

__11/5&6/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we finished //Crackback//. We also made our own coordinating conjunction sentences. Homework: None Next time: Literary Analysis on //Crackback//

__11/3&4/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we looked through our books and found examples of coordinating conjunctions in our books. We also read from //Crackback//, which we will finish next time. Homework: None

__10/30/09&11/2/09: Friday and Monday__
Today we read and turned in our scary stories. We took volunteers from the audience to read and randomly selected others to be read. After each one, we discussed what made the story successful. Turned In: Scary Stories Homework: None

__10/28&29/09: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we finished "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allen Poe. You finished the other side of your plot pyramid and turned it in. We also discussed what elements are present in a scary story. Turned In: Plot Diagram for "The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Cask of Amontillado." Homework: Write your scary story that is due next time.

__10/26&27/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we discussed scary stories and started "The Cask Of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe. We also discussed what the seven coordinating conjunctions are. Assigned: Write a scary story Homework: Scary Story

__10/22&23/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we did essay winners based off our "memorable childhood" essays. Homework: None

__10/20&21/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we read chapters 22 and 23 in Crackback and did a foreshadowing and inference worksheet. You were required to use what we ahve read so far in the book to make inferences about what is going to happen and how people's names serve as symbolic function. Turned In: Foreshadowing and Inference worksheet Homework: None

__10/19/09: Monday__
Today we read in groups out of Crackback. We answered some questions and made some predictions. Homework: None

__10/15-16/09: Thursday and Friday:__
No School! Enjoy your time off!

__10/14/09: Wednesday__
Today we read more of //Crackback//. Turned In: None Assigned: None Homework: None

__10/12&13/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we took out root words test. We also read another chapter of //Crackback// and discussed some quotes from the book. Turned In: None Assigned: Quotes Discussion Homework: None

__10/8&9/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we reviewed our root words list and continued //Crackback//. Remember: root words test next time! Turned In: None Homework: Study root words

__10/6&7/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we continued //Crackback//. We also finished our list of Root Words. There will be a test on these in two class periods (Bday:12th and Aday: 13th). Turned In: None Homework: Study root words

__10/5/09: Monday__
No School!

__10/1&2/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we continued //Crackback//. We are exploring the essential question: Who do you owe your loyalty to? We also discussed good ways to ask someone to a dance.
 * Turned In:** Nothing
 * Homework:** None

__9/30/09: Wednesday__
Today we began //Crackback//. We discussed what kinds of books males generally prefer and how this is a book mainly for the them. As we read, we watched for hints of foreshadowing, identified impending conflicts, and discussed namesakes.
 * Turned In:** Word Mosaic
 * Homework:** None

__**9/28&29/09: Monday and Tuesday(Revised)**__
I had to attend an unexpected meeting today that forced me to revise the schedule--sorry! Today you filled out a word mosaic dictionary/vocabulary sheet(no electronic copy yet).
 * Due Next Time**: Word Mosaic
 * Homework:** Word Mosaic

__9/24&25/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we went to the writing lab and worked on our GoMyAccess writing prompt. If you did not finish in class, it is not late until after the weekend. You can write this anywhere you have internet access.
 * Turned In:** Steroid Research with works cited page
 * Homework:** finish GMA writing prompt.

__9/23/09: Wednesday__
Today we started our study of root words. We also started our 1st quarter text: //Crackback//, by John Coy.
 * Turned In:** Nothing
 * Due on Thurs. and Fri.:** Steroid research with works cited page.

__9/21&22/09: Monday and Tuesday__
Today we finished "The Most Dangerous Game." If you were not here, read the text posted above and finish filling out your plot diagram sheet.
 * Turned In:** Nothing
 * Due (Thursday and Friday):** Steroid Research
 * Next Time:** Begin //Crackback//

__9/17&18/09: Thursday and Friday__
Today we took a district benchmark test using MyAccess. We also went to the library and finished our steroid research (due: Next Thursday or Friday)

__9/15&16/09: Tuesday and Wednesday__
Today we went to the writing lab and took our district benchmark. We used MyAccess to write a persuasive essay. This did not count for a grade.
 * Assigned:** Essays (continued)
 * Turned In:** Nothing
 * Next Time:** Essay #2 Due

__9/11&14/09: Friday & Monday__
Today we took a test on your commonly confused words. We then went to the library to start some research on steroids in sports to prepare us for reading //Crackback//.
 * Assigned:** Steroid Research
 * Turned In:** Nothing
 * Next Time:** Steroid Research in Library

__9/9&10/09: Wednesday and Thursday__
Today we reviewed our commonly confused words and continue "The Most Dangerous Game." We have a test on the commonly confused words next time. In addition, we will be starting the book //Crackback// by doing some research on steroids in the library next time.
 * Assigned:** Nothing
 * Next Time:** Test on Commonly Confused Words

Today we continued "The Most Dangerous Game." We sat with a partner and did a visualization activity.

 * Turned in:** Visualization Activity Sheet
 * Due Next Time:** Nothing

=9/5/09: Labor Day: No School!=

__9/3&4/09: Thursday and Friday.__
Today we had our first essay competition. We handed out your essays to random groups, read them, and then picked out our favorites. The winners received a prize and other students' praise. We don't simply write to get a grade; we write to move others!
 * Turned In**: Essay #1
 * Due Next Time**: Nothing

Today we continued "The Most Dangerous Game." We sat with a partner and did a visualization activity.

 * Turned in:** Visualization Activity Sheet
 * Due Next Time:** Essay #1: A Memorable Song

__8/31/09-9/1/09: Monday and Tuesday.__
Today we read "The Most Dangerous Game." We reviewed the segments of the plot diagram and identified these areas in the story. I gave you a plot diagram sheet that you filled out half of today (unfortunately, I do not have a computer copy to post) and will fill out the second half of soon--don't lose it!
 * Assigned**: Plot Diagram
 * Due Thursday or Friday**: Essay #1: A Memorable Song

**__8/27&28/09:__** __Thursday and Friday__.
Today we presented our book talks. I gave you your essay assignments for the quarter.


 * Assigned**: Essays
 * Due Next Time**: Nothing

__8/25&26/09: Tuesday and Wednesday.__
Today we finished introducing ourselves and getting to know the other students. We then discussed why reading is so important and how it directly influences your life. This will be the last day of me talking, talking, talking! Sorry you have to listen to it. I will be assigning your essays for the whole quarter next time.


 * Assigned**: Nothing
 * Due on Thursday and Friday**: Book Talk and Disclosure Document

__8/21&24/09__
Friday! Or Monday (Blah)! Today we went over the disclosure document and the basic rules and policies of the classroom. We also did an activity where you had to answer some questions and find others in the class that had the same answer. You were assigned a book talk that is due on the 27th (b-day) or 28th (a-day).

**__8/20/09__**
First Day of School! Today we watched an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants and identified literary elements that were at play and wrote a paragraph on how it could pertain to English.