English 9: Week of December 15-19

1. Finish watching the "Miracle Worker" film
2. Complete crossword puzzle on the play
3. Journal #17 (what is the best gift that you have ever GIVEN someone? Explain.)
4. In gray textbook, complete on p.703 Writing Options #1-4 (1 paragraph response p/item) and Vocabulary #1-8
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ENJOY YOUR BREAK FROM SCHOOL AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! :-)

English 10: Week of December 15-19

1. Finish watching the TKAM film
2. Complete review packet on novel/film
3. Journal #17 (what is the best gift that you have ever GIVEN someone? Explain.)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! ENJOY YOUR VACATION AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! :-)

English 10: Weeks of December 1-12

1. Finish reading and discussing TKAM (Read chapters 25-31 and discuss ending of novel)
2. Complete study guide questions for end of novel (chapters 28-31)
3. QUIZ on chapters 22-27
4. Discuss mockingbird symbolism notes
5. Review for final UNIT exam on TKAM-study review sheet
6. Work on reading novel for novel project and complete reading log
7. Final UNIT exam (objective and essay section) on TKAM on 12/8 and 12/9
8. Journal #15 (Was Sheriff Tate morally correct in covering up Boo's act of killing Bob Ewell? Explain.)
9. Reponse dues 12/1 or 12/3: How does Mr. Underwood's editorial comment on Tom's death? How does Tom's death relate to the fact that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird? Explain.
10. Begin watching TKAM film
11. Journal #16 (What is the best gift you have ever RECEIVED? Explain.)

English 9: Weeks of December 1-12

1. Finish reading and discussing The Miracle Worker play (Act 3)
2. Answer Act 3 questions p. 702 #2-7
3. QUIZ on Acts 2-3
4. Notes on Literary elements for the play
5. Look up vocab definitions Acts 2-3
6. Journal #15 (What did you think of the ending of the play? Explain.)
7. Compete Study Guide questions Acta 1-3 -do any 15 out of 22 on study guide sheet.
8. Review for Miracle Worker unit exam
9. Read novel for novel project and complete reading log
10. Unit Exam on The Miracle Worker
11. Disability Awareness session with Ms. Dolan
12. Begin watching the Miracle Worker film
13. Respond in 1 paragraph: Was Annie morally right in isolating Helen from her family in order to teach her? Explain.
14. Journal #16 (What is the best gift that you have ever RECEIVED? Explain.)
15. Complete review sheet on Acts 2-3

English 10: Week of November 24-28

B/D/F Classes:
1. Read and discuss chapters 25-27 in TKAM
2. Complete study guide questions chapters 25-27
3. Look up vocabulary definitions for TKAM List #2 and List #3 words
4. Complete legal terms sheet
5. Response: What did Mr. Underwood's editorial say about Tom's death? How does Tom's death relate to the fact that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird? Explain in 2 paragraphs. (Due 11/26)

A/C/E Classes:
1. TEST-Critical Writing Responses for chapters 16-23.

ALL Classes:
Journal #14 (Describe at least one thing that you are thankful for.)

English 9: Week of November 24-28

1. Journal #14 (Describe at least one thing that you are thankful for.)
2. Read and discuss Act 2 of The Miracle Worker. Answer questions p.681 #2-8 following Act 2.
3. Act One Review sheet due 11/25.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

English 9: Week of November 17-21

1. Read and discuss Act 1 of The Miracle Worker play
2. Answer Act 1 review questions (in gray textbook) p.568 #2-7
3. Disabilities Statement worksheet (ratings and paragraph)due
4. One paragraph response: If you were going to lose one of your 5 senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell), which of the them would you NOT miss and why? Explain.
5. Journal #13 (What are some of your first impressions of the play? Explain.)
6. Work on reading your outside reading book for your novel project and complete project reading log#1 at the end of the week

English 10: Week of November 17-21

1. Read and discuss chapters 23-24 in TKAM
2. Complete study guide questions chapters 23-24
3. Journal #13 (Explain what Scout means when she says,"I think there is just one kind of folks, folks.")
4. TEST-Critical Writing Responses for chapters 16-23. These responses will count as a test grade.
5. Legal terms definitions

English 10: Week of November 10-14

1. Journal #12 (Describe Mayella Ewell's home life.)
2. Read and discuss chapters 20-22 in TKAM
3. Complete study guide questions chapters 20-22
4. Quiz on chapters 18-21
5. Look up definitions for List #2 vocab words
6. Trial writing response assignment (2 paragraphs) due
7. Complete work on "The Trial" review packet
8. Complete Project/Reading Log #10 for your outside reading book (for your 2nd quarter novel project)

English 9: Week of November 10-14

1. Journal #12 (Do you think handicapped people feel respected by society? Explain.)
2. Watch Edgar Allan Poe videos
3. Introduction to Drama and The Miracle Worker
4. Notes on Drama, Gibson, Helen Keller
5. Write a 1 paragraph description of an object, animal or type of weather NOT using the senses of sight and sound.
6. Look up vocabulary definitions for 10 vocab words
7. Worksheet on disabilities
8. Trip to Library to get a book for 2nd quarter novel project.

English 9: Week of November 3-7

1. Short Story Unit Exam on Mon, 11/3
2. Work on Short Story COLLAGE projects due Fri, 11/7! (20% of 1st quarter average)
3. SSR #9 and complete reading log #9 at the end of the week.
Reminders- Journals #1-10 should have already been turned in and count for 10% of your first quarter average. The end of first quarter is Friday, 11/7! Make sure all of your work is up to date!!

English 10: Week of November 3-7

1. Read and discuss Chapters 18-19 in TKAM
2. Complete study guide questions for chapters 16-19
3. Journal #11 (Explain your reaction to the Presidential Election.)
4. SSR #9-read a novel and complete reading log #9 at end of week
5. Don't forget, if you are interested in extra credit for this quarter, the extra credit writing responses are DUE no later than Fri, 11/7!
6. REMINDERS: COLLAGE Projects and journals #1-10 should have already been turned in.
THE END OF THE FIRST MARKING PERIOD IS FRIDAY,11/7! BE RESPONSIBLE!

English 9: Week of October 27-31

1. Journal #11
2. Vocab for "The Tell-Tale Heart"
3. Read and discuss "The Tell-Tale Heart"
4. Answer questions # 1, 2, 4, 6 following story
5. Finish notes on key aspects of Poe's writing style
6. Respond in 1 paragraph: what is the scariest movie/tv show you have ever seen?
7. Introduce short story collage project-collages due on Fri, 11/7!
8. Review for short story unit exam-EXAM on Mon, 11/3!
9. SSR #8-complete reading log #8
10. Reminder-the end of the 1st quarter in Fri, 11/7! Is your work up to date?

English 10: Week of October 27-31

1. Journal # 10 (Explain how Scout saves Atticus that night at the jail in chapter 15.)
2. Quiz on chapters 10-15 TKAM
2. Complete study guide questions chapters 13-15 To Kill A Mockingbird
3. Read and discuss chapters 16-17 in TKAM
4. Journal Collection #1-10 on 10/29 or 10/30!! Journals count for 10% of your first quarter average!
5. First Quarter Project-Collage Project on TKAM. Completed projects due on 10/31 or 11/3! Make good use of your class time!! What ever you do not finish in class, you will need to complete by the due date! This project counts for 20% of your first quarter average! Be RESPONSIBLE!

English 9 and English 10 reminders

The end of the 1st quarter is fast approaching. Here is a reminder of how your average is calculated every marking period:
1. Homework/classwork= 25%
2. Quizzes/tests=25%
3. Quarter Project=20%
4. Journals=10%
5. Participation=10%
6. Attendance=10%

Remember, doing your best in each area will produce the best average as well as a super English student! GOOD LUCK!!

English 9: Week of October 20-24

1. Journal # 10 (How do superstitions change people's behaviors? Explain.)
2. Vocabulary for "The Cask of Amontillado"
3. Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe- take notes on listening passage based on Poe's life and write a 2 paragraph biographical response using your notes discussing Poe's life.
4. Overhead notes on Poe's Writing Style
5. Read and continue to discuss Poe's life pp.194-196 in textbook
6. Read "The Cask of Amontillado" pp. 207-216. Discuss. Answer questions p. 216 #1-3
7. Read "The Letter to Maria Clemm" p. 205-206 and answer questions p. 206 #1-3 and read "Annabel Lee" pp199-200 and answer questions p. 200 #1-4.
8. Respond in 1 paragraph: In the heat of the moment, have you ever felt like getting even? Explain.
9. SSR #7 and complete reading log #7 at end of week.
10. JOURNAL COLLECTION #1-10 ON FRIDAY, 10/24! BE PREPARED!!
QUIZ on "The Cask of Amontillado" on Monday, 10/27!

English 10: Week of October 20-24

1. Read/discuss Chapters 12-15 in To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Journal #9 (How do superstitions change people's behaviors?)
Journal Collection #1-10 next week!!! Get your journals ready!
3. Vocab Quiz on List #1 words
4. Study guide questions chapters 11-12
5. 2 paragraph response: Explain what we learn about Calpurnia's life and background in chapter 12. How do Scout and Jem see her differently after the church incident? Explain.
6. SSR #7 at end of week-complete reading log #7
7. The first quarter project will be given out next Monday/Tuesday-PROJECTS WILL BE DUE SOON!!! (10/31 or 11/3)
8. Quiz on chapters 10-15 on Monday, 10/27 or Tuesday, 10/28.

English 9: Week of October 13-17

1. Guidance presentation on PSAT info and materials
2. Quiz on "The Scarlet Ibis"
3. In class essay assignment: Choose one essay topic to respond to in 4 paragraphs:
-Have you ever been caught between a rock and a hard place? Have you ever found yourself in a position where you had to make a difficult choice? The narrator in "The Scarlet Ibis" makes many choices. In a four paragraph essay, describe 2 experiences and/or choices you had to deal with that may not have only affected your life, but also the lives of everyone around you.
OR
-The narrator in this story says, "there is within me...a knot of cruelty borne by a stream of love." Think about your relationships with the people you love, especially in your family. Can love and cruelty exist at the same time? Why or why not? Explain and support your opinion in a 4 paragraph essay response.
4. SSR #6 and complete reading log #6 at end of week
5. Prepare for journal collection within 2 weeks! Collection will be for entries #1-10!

English 10: Week of October 13-17

1. TEST on Part One (Chapters 1-11) of To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Journal #8 (Atticus said that real courage is knowing you are "licked before you even try" and seeing things "through until the very end." Do you agree with his statement? Explain.)
3. Read and discuss Chapter 12 TKAM
4. SSR #6 and complete reading log #6
5. STUDY for vocab Quiz next week on TKAM vocab List #1
6. Prepare journals-journal collection will be in under 2 weeks! (entries #1-10)

English 10: Week of October 6-10

1. Read and discuss chapters 9-11 in To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Complete study guide questions for chapters 7-10
3. Journal #7 (Predict and explain your grades for each of your classes at the five week point.)
4. Character Description assignment: Choose a character and write a detailed 2 paragraph description including physical traits, personality characteristics, actions and behaviors to this point in the story.
5. Review for the TEST on Part One (chapters 1-11) of TKAM next week on Tuesday, Oct.14/Wednesday, Oct.15. This TEST is worth 100 points so BE PREPARED!
6. SSR# 5-complete reading log #5

English 9 :Week of October 6-10

1. Library orientation -check out a novel for SSR
2. Notes on Symbolism, Point of View, Foreshadowing
3. Vocabulary sentences due for "The Scarlet Ibis"
4. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" in textbook and discuss
5. Answer active reading questions for story in textbook as well as connecting to literature questions following the story
6. Journal #8 (Predict and explain your grades for each of your classes at the five week point.)
6. SSR #5 at the end of the week-complete reading log #5

ENG 9: Week of September 29-October 3

1. Read "The Necklace" in textbook and discuss
2. Vocab sentences for "Necklace" words
3. Journal entries #6 and #7 (what did you think of the ending of "The Necklace?")
4. One paragraph response to the following: Does having money equal being happy?
5. Questions #1,2,3,4, and 8 in textbook following the story
6. Notes on IRONY
7. Irony Quiz
8. Reward poster for the necklace
9. SSR and reading log at end of the week
This Friday marks the end of the five weeks! Please make sure all of your work is in!

English 10 : Week of September 29-October 3

1.Read chapters 5-9 in To Kill A Mockingbird and discuss
2.Complete study guide questions for chapters 4-8
3.Point of View Notes
4.Journal entries #5 (Explain what Atticus means when he tells Scout, "you can never really understand a person...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.") and journal #6 (What is your most valuable possession? Explain.)
5.QUIZ on chapters 4-6
6.Character Persona Response due (worksheet)
7.Two Paragraph response due on the following:
Were Jem and Scout justified in lying about the pants situation? Is lying justified in certain situations? Support and explain your response in 2 paragraphs.
8.SSR-complete reading log at end of week
This week is the end of the first five weeks! All work needs to be turned in ASAP! BE RESPONSIBLE!!

Welcome to English 9 and English 10 2007-2008

I hope you had an enjoyable summer! Welcome to English 9 and English 10 classes. Please be sure to have your 3-ring binder labeled with your JOURNAL, VOCABULARY, and NOTES sections. Be sure to bring your binder to class daily.