English 9
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Assignments can now be found on Canvas (mgrhs.instructure.com) as of January 22. Thank you! January 15-19 Monday (1/15): No school today. MLK Day. Tuesday (1/16): Read ch. 8 in class today. Journal response #6: Truth. Finish for HW. Wednesday (1/17): Read ch. 9 in class today. Journal response #8: Mob Mentality. Read ch. 10 and answer questions for FRIDAY. Thursday (1/18): Begin Paper Person Project. Friday (1/19): Discuss ch. 10 (due today). Work on Paper Person (character study). Have a wonderful weekend. No HW for English. Spend your time preparing for your midterm exams. January 8-12 Monday (1/8): Vocabulary quiz that we missed due to snow day Friday is today. Ch. 4 reading and packet questions due today. Vocabulary #13 due WEDNESDAY: (pat/path/pas=feeling) apathy, sympathy, empathy, antipathy, dispassionate, impassive, compatible, pathos, passionate. Tonight, finish reading ch. 5 and answer questions. Tuesday (1/9): Ch. 5 reading due. Answer questions in packet for today. Vocab. #13 for Wednesday. Finish ch. 6 reading and answer questions for Wednesday. Wednesday (1/10): Vocabulary due today. Ch. 6 due today. Thursday (1/11): Ch. 7 reading and questions due today. Tonight, study vocab. and the rules from writing guide assigned today in class. Friday (1/12): Vocabulary and grammar quiz today. Reading day in class. You will catch up on reading and journal prompts. Have a wonderful weekend! January 1-5, 2018! Monday (1/1): Happy New Year! Tuesday (1/2): Welcome back to school. List #12 vocabulary is due Wednesday: (dis/dif= not) dissonance, discrepancy, disdain, dissuade, dismay, disparate, diffident, disparage, disarray. Answer ch. 3 LOTF questions for homework. Wednesday (1/3): Vocabulary due today. Ch. 3 LOTF questions due. Tonight, work on corrections sheet (LOTF essay) and answer ch. 4 LOTF questions. Thursday (1/4): Study for vocab and grammar quiz. Work on essay corrections (essays returned Tuesday). Friday (1/5): Vocabulary and grammar quiz today. Enjoy your weekend. Finish corrections sheet. December 18-22 Monday (12/18): Paper copy of R&J essay due today! Vocabulary list #11 due Tuesday (ob-against, toward) obsolete, obfuscate, obliterate, obstinate, obscure, obstruct, obsequious, oblique, objurgate. Tonight, finish film response you began in class today. Tuesday (12/19): Vocab. due. Response to film due. Tonight, answer questions in LOTF packet for section we read in class today. Wednesday (12/20): Tonight, answer questions in LOTF packet for section we read in class today. Thursday (12/21): Study tonight for vocab. quiz #11. Friday (12/22): Vocabulary quiz today. Enjoy your break!!!!!!!!Happy Holidays!!!!!!!! December 11-15 Monday (12/11): No vocabulary this week. Outline of essay due today. We will work on rough drafts in class. Tuesday (12/12): Today you will work on essay rough draft. Rough draft is due tomorrow. Wednesday (12/13): Rough draft due today. Be ready to peer edit (printed copy of work). Thursday(12/14): Work on final copy of essay. Friday (12/15): Finish essay asap and submit it to turnitin.com. Due by Monday at the latest. You must have a PRINTED copy with rough draft and peer edit sheet to turn in. Happy Weekend. Think SNOW!!! December 4-8 Monday (12/4): ORB due today! Don't forget to include your explication (see assignment sheet). Tonight, begin studying for the R&J test. Test is Wednesday! Use packet to study. Tuesday (12/5): Study for R&J test. It is tomorrow! Wednesday (12/6): TEST TODAY on R&J. Thursday (12/7): Work on essay outline today in class. Friday (12/8): Finish essay outline today. It is due Monday. Have a wonderful weekend. THINK SNOW!!! November 27-December 1 Monday (11/27): Vocabulary #10 due Tuesday: (tens/tent/tend/tenu=stretch or thin) tension, tendency, tendon, contend, attenuate, distend, portent, tenuous, tendril. Answer questions in R&J packet. Work on ORB project. It is due NEXT MONDAY (12/4). Tuesday (11/28): Vocabulary due today. Answer questions in R&J packet. Work on ORB project. Wednesday (11/29): Answer R&J questions. Work on ORB project. Thursday (11/30): Answer R&J questions. Work on ORB project. Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (12/1): Vocab. quiz today. Finish ORB project this weekend. It is due Monday! Have a wonderful first weekend in December! November 13-17 Monday (11/13): Sonnet draft due today. Vocabulary #9 due Tuesday: (dic=tell, say, word) edict, dictate, dictum, abdicate, indict, verdict, benediction, Dictaphone, indicative, valediction. Tuesday (11/14): Vocabulary due today. Continue reading ORB. Project due November 29th. Wednesday (11/15): Sonnet final copy due today! Thursday (11/16): Make sure all packet questions through Act III, sc. 2 are answered. Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (11/17): Vocabulary quiz #9. Happy Weekend! November 6-10 Monday (11/6): No vocabulary this week. Grades close Wednesday. Answer Act I, sc. 1,2, and 3 questions in packet. Tuesday (11/7): NO SCHOOL. Read ORB. Project due 11/29. Wednesday (11/8): Answer Act II prologue questions in packet. Thursday (11/9): Write draft of sonnet in class today. It is homework if you do not finish it. Draft is due Monday. This weekend finish ORB and think about starting your project. It is due (along with the required one-page explication) 11/29. Friday (11/10): NO SCHOOL in honor of veterans. Have a relaxing long weekend. October 30-November 3 Monday (10/30): Vocabulary #8 due Tuesday: (sub=under) submissive, subsidiary, sublime, subterfuge, subvert, subdue, subjugation, subordinate, subside. Tuesday (10/31): Happy Halloween! Vocabulary due today. Mice film response paper due Wednesday. Remember, you must explain which you found more effective, the book or the film, and explain why using THREE specific examples. You need an introduction (mentions title, author, director of film-Gary Sinise- and statement declaring one as better than the other and why-your thesis). Your body will include your three reasons why. Your conclusion will restate thesis and leave reader thinking about your topic. Wednesday (11/1): Work on sonnet analysis. Thursday (11/2): Answer assigned R&J questions in packet and study for vocabulary quiz. Continue reading ORB. ORB Project due 11/29! Friday (11/3): Vocabulary quiz today. Answer assigned questions. Finish reading ORB this weekend. Project due 11/29. October 23-27 Monday (10/23): Chapter 4 reading and answers to questions due today. Vocabulary #7 due tomorrow: (super/sur/sum=above) insurmountable, summit, superlative, supernova, superimpose, supercilious, superfluous, supersede, superman. Answer chapter 5 questions tonight. Tuesday (10/24): Vocabulary due today. Chapter 5 answers due today. Study packet for tomorrow's Mice test. Wednesday (10/25): MICE TEST TODAY! Thursday (10/26): Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (10/27): Vocabulary quiz today. Enjoy your weekend. Read your ORB during your free time this weekend. October 16-20 Monday (10/16): Vocabulary #6 due tomorrow: (trans= across) transfusion, translucent, transcontinental, transcendentalism, transgender, transgression, transient, transit, transcend. Find an ORB to read this week. You must have it in hand by Friday. Finish ch. 3 reading and questions for Tuesday. Tuesday (10/17): Vocabulary due today. Chapter 3 reading and notes due today. Expect a quiz. Work on essay corrections sheet tonight. It is due Wednesday. Wednesday (10/18): Corrections sheet due today. Thursday (10/19): Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (10/20): Vocabulary quiz today. Bring ORB to class to show me today. Continue reading and answering questions in Mice packet. Enjoy your weekend! October 9-13 Monday (10/9): No School. Columbus Day. Tuesday (10/10): Essay due by today. Vocabulary #5 due WEDNESDAY: (circ: round) circulate, circumference, circumnavigate, circuit, circumvent, circuitious, circumlocution, circular, circumsolar. Finish Between Writing and Drawing assignment you began in class today. Due Wednesday. Wednesday (10/11): Vocabulary due today. Drawing due today. Finish reading Mice ch. 1 and answer questions in packet for Thursday. Thursday (10/12): Chapter 1 questions due today. Finish reading ch. 2 for homework. Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (10/13): Vocabulary quiz today. Ch. 4 reading Mice due today. You must have your ORB book by end of this weekend. Read!:) Have a wonderful weekend! October 2-6 Monday (10/2): Corrections sheet due today.Bring an idea for your Compare and Contrast essay. You will work on the draft today in class. Finish for hw. List #4 vocabulary due Tuesday: (intra=within) intrastate, intracavitary, intracellular, intrafebrile, intracutaneous, intramural, intravenous, intranet, intraocular. Tuesday (10/3): Vocabulary due. Compare and Contrast essay draft due. Wednesday (10/4): Today you will select one of your drafts to revise and turn into a final copy. In class you will write me a letter explaining which one, why, and how you will make it better. We will have chrome books in class for typing. Thursday (10/5): Work on essay. It is due by Tuesday (no school Monday). Study for vocabulary quiz. Friday (10/6): EARLY RELEASE DAY! Vocabulary quiz today. Finish essay over weekend if you didn't finish it in class. Enjoy your long weekend! September 25-29 Monday (9/25): Exaggeration Essay planning sheet due today. You will write the draft in class. Vocabulary #3 due Tuesday: (inter: between, among) interstate, interrogate, interlude, interseismic, intersperse, interbreed, interject, interloper, intermission. PIcture day tomorrow! Bring your permission slip for the hike! Tonight, finish exaggeration draft if you did not finish it in class. Tuesday (9/26): Vocabulary due today. Picture day today! Bring permission slip and $ for field trip by tomorrow. Exaggeration draft due today. Wednesday (9/27): Answer assigned questions and bring idea for Compare/Contrast essay. You will write in class tomorrow. Study for vocabulary quiz. QUIZ IS THURSDAY THIS WEEK DUE TO FIELD TRIP FRIDAY. Thursday (9/28): Vocabulary quiz today. Today will be a writing day (exaggeration draft). Draft is due MONDAY. Summer reading corrections are also due by Monday. Friday (9/29): HIKE TODAY!!!!!! September 18-22 Monday (9/18): Essay due today. Print a final copy to bring to class stapled to your rough draft and peer edit sheet (with rubric on back). Vocabulary #2 due Tuesday: (scrib/scrip= write) conscription, scripture, transcribe, inscription, postscript, scriptophobia, ascribe, circumscribe, scribe. Finish draft of short narrative essay tonight (1-2 pages written). Tuesday (9/19): Vocabulary due today. Narrative draft due today. Tonight, answer questions in packet about "Arm Wrestling with My Father." Wednesday (9/20): Answers due (see above). Tonight, finish description draft you began today in class. Thursday (9/21): Description draft due today. Tonight, study for vocabulary AND grammar quiz (rules 2 A,B,C in packet). Friday (9/22): Vocabulary and Grammar quiz today. Complete essay corrections for Monday (I will return essays to you by today). Have a Happy Weekend!!!!! September 11-15 Monday (9/11): Graphic organizer for summer reading essay due today. Vocabulary #1 due tomorrow (see word list below). Tuesday (9/12):Vocabulary due today. Finish rough draft of essay if you did not finish it today in class. It is due Wednesday. Wednesday (9/13):Rough Draft of essay due today. Thursday (9/14): Study for Friday's quiz tonight. Vocabulary quiz Friday. Friday (9/14): Vocabulary quiz today. Finish final copy of essay for Monday. Turn in rough draft, peer edit sheet, and final copy (final copy on top). Submit essay to turnitin asap. Have a wonderful weekend! September 5-8 Tuesday (9/5): Please bring a copy of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian to class today (if you have one). Week #1 vocabulary is due NEXT Tuesday (9/12): (root=contra, counter-against), contraindication, contravene, counterclaim, counterintuitive, contraband, contrast, counterfeit, contraceptive, counterculture. In the vocabulary section of your note book, write the part of speech and definition for each word. Tonight you should work on the letter you began writing in class today. It is due by Friday. I would be happy to take it tomorrow if you finish it early. Wednesday (9/6): ATD test today! Thursday (9/7): We will discuss several aspects of the novel today in class as you decide what to write about in your analytical essay. Friday (9/8): Essay thesis due today (just the claim/thesis). We will work on finding quotations and evidence in class today. I will have a graphic organizer for you to fill out to help you will this process. Enjoy your weekend! September 11-15 Monday (9/11): Graphic organizer due today. Work on vocabulary tonight. It is due Tuesday. Tuesday (9/12): Vocabulary Week #1 words due today (see list of words from earlier post). Finish rough draft of essay tonight if you did not finish it in class. It is due Wednesday. Wednesday (9/13): Rough draft due today. We will peer edit in class. Thursday (9/14): Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Friday (9/15): Vocabulary quiz today. Finish essay over the weekend if you did not finish it in class. Final copy (along with rough draft, peer edit sheet, and planning sheet) is due Monday. Have a wonderful weekend! |
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