9th Grade English (Survey of Literature and Composition) (Period Per. 4) Assignments

Read to page 191, and do two more QWs. 

1. Freeman, again! He tells Melinda that "nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting" (153). He is literally talking about a drawing of tree, but what do you think he really means? 

2. David is a true friend to Melinda, but he tells her something she may not want to hear. He says that people have to speak up for their rights, referring to the suffragettes (159). What should his words mean to her? How is he a good friend?

Read to page 158. Have your notebook ready, and write two QWs:

• Mistakes: Mr. Freeman also says that "art is about making mistakes and learning from them" (122). Isn't that what life is also like? How could you use this in your own life?
• Now that you have heard Melinda's version of the story, what do you think she should do? What do you think it means that she has finally acknowledged—at least to herself—what happened that night?

Read to page 118, "Picasso." Then respond to the following two questions in your notebook:

• Secrets: Why do you think Melinda won't tell her parents what happened to her? Have you ever had a personal secret that you were afraid to tell? What makes it so difficult to tell the truth sometimes?
• (107) What should people value in a friend? What does Heather value? What do you value in a friend?

Bring in the final draft of your essay (with the rough) AND upload it to turnitin.com as soon as you can. 

Finish "First Marking Period" in Speak if you haven't already.

Former 6th period folks turnitin.com info: 

Bring in the final draft of your essay (with the rough) AND upload it to turnitin.com as soon as you can. 

Finish "First Marking Period" in Speak if you haven't already.

Bring in the final draft of your essay (with the rough) AND upload it to turnitin.com as soon as you can. 

Finish "First Marking Period" in Speak if you haven't already.

Complete essay due today.

Finish body paragraph 2 for your Romeo and Juliet essay. 

Read your Q4 IR book and add a reading log.

Romeo and Juliet test today!

Act V Study Guide

Read and complete scenes 1-2 of the Act 4 Study Guide.

Read your IR book for at least a half an hour and write a reading log. Make sure you are familiar with Acts 1-3.

Complete the Act 3 Study Guide.

Finish scenes 1 and 2 of Act 3 Study Guide.

Make sure you finish your figurative language artwork/ assignment and bring it in. 

Complete part two of the Close Reading. (Use your chart to complete the last parts.)

Complete any part of the Close Reading that you have not finished yet. Be ready to turn in your notebook.

Complete the Act 2 Study Guide; read Act 3, scene 1.

Independent Reading Book assignment in class today, so come prepared.

Act 2, scenes 1-2 of the Study Guide.

Keep reading your IR book!

Complete all five things for these words: P. 844: dismal, loathsome, pilgrimage; P. 860: remnants, haughty, ambiguities, scourge

 

Do all five things (definition, part of speech, sentence from text, create your own sentence, image) for the following words: P. 818: gallant, fray, exile, eloquence, fickle; P. 844: pensive, vial, wayward

Add to any part of scenes 1-3 on the Study Guide. I will collect the entire Study Guide on Friday.

Read for at least 30 minutes with your IR book for this quarter and then write a reading log in your notebook. Make sure you have the scene 1 questions done in the study guide, and read the "translated" sides of the scenes 2-4 of Act 1. 

Act I Study Guide due today.

Complete attached scene 1 questions. Be sure to answer in complete sentences.

Vocabulary test today! (Spelling counts)

Read the Prologue and scene 1 (the more modern side; we will read the actual scenes in class).

Finish any part of the vocabulary that you did not finish in class. Remember that you need three things from the textbook: definition, part of speech, sentence in the play; and two things you create: an original sentence that shows meaning and an image or picture that relates to the word.

1. 769 pernicious, augmenting, grievance, transgression
2. 794 cunning, procure, vile, predominant, sallow, waverer, lamentable, unwieldy

Shakespeare and poetry quiz today. Have your notebook ready to turn in. 

Finish any questions for Knock Knock and the two Langston Hughes poems. If you need to finish your Shakespeare notes, complete them in your notebook using the pdfs of the PPTs that I have attached on the class page. Have your independent reading book ready.

Finish any of the questions that are incomplete for "Tonight I Can Write." Complete the Shakespearean Insults & Compliments worksheet. (Also, don't forget to continue in your independent reading. You should finish book 3 in another month.) 

 

Neruda's biography:

Finish answering the questions about the two Taylor Mali poems. 

Be ready for the Q2 benchmark (much of the same things from your semester 1 final), and make sure you continue with your independent reading.

Poetry terms quiz today and bring in a IR book. 

Reflections and conversations with adults about your mindset.

Final info for studying. Also, remember to bring in all of your To Kill a Mockingbird essay materials to write the final draft.

Book trailers for bonus credit due today; otherwise, be ready for Tuesday.

Final Story Details due today. Make sure you have a plan for completing the video. (It's due Friday!)

 

At this point, you should also have a rough thesis statement, two topic sentences, and all of the CD and CM outlined for your essay.

Project planning sheets due today! Keep working on those trailers!

If you still need to upload to turnitin.com, here are the IDs and passwords:

4th period ID: 8962996

password: fourthperiod

6th period ID: 8963003

password: sixthperiod

 

Don't forget to catch up on any independent reading. Happy New Year!

Test on To Kill a Mockingbird today. You should have an almost final draft of your paper in class today to work on as well.

Works Cited and 5+ research questions due.

Write a paragraph summary (each) of the testimony of 1. Heck Tate and 2. Bob Ewell. Be ready to write the same for Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson after you read theirs. (We should have some time in class for theirs, but you should have read it and know what they claim.)

In addition to finishing Part 1, write a final draft of your business letter. If your family would like to donate business-size envelopes, that would be helpful. (We will need 2 for every student, a total of about 80, so if students could bring in 2 or 4 and share, that would be great.) Wishnight has donated stamps, so we won't need any of those.

 

In addition to your reading, make sure you have your Historical Context info printed out for an open-note quiz. (The Scottsboro Boys should be part of it.)

If you need to finish the webquest, here it is:

Read chapters 2 and 3 and write a brief summary of each.

Finish reading chapter 1.

Pick up from To Kill a Mockingbird from the library before next class.

Add a QW from the attached Unit Outline. (Choose one of the Questions to Consider.)

Finish (as much as you can) of your independent reading book and add a reading log.

Edit your essay, making sure you have a clear thesis in the introduction.

Finish your essay and bring it in!

Finish your 8-11 sentence paragraph about Jeanne Wakatsuki's purpose.

Presentations due today.

Finish your FDR body paragraph (see link below if you need it).

 

Study for the Unit 1 test: writing terms, purpose & audience, graduation requirements, Alma Mater, persuasive appeals, denotation & connotation, claims.

 

Do the Close Reading with Roosevelt's "Pearl Harbor Address" and bring it to class with the other two so that you are ready to begin work on the essay.

Read the handouts (excerpts of Unbroken and Farewell to Manzanar) and complete the Close Reading questions/boxes for each.

 https://docs.google.com/a/spusd.net/document/d/1JvVqE7sy1QGC-OSW_iKzv8yhL6dR15bz2k5kHM95zr0/edit

 

Unit 1 test Wed., Oct. 15th.

Read the attached article from last year's Tiger Newspaper and answer the four questions:

1. What is the purpose of the writing? Who is the audience?

2. If the writer is informing the audience about something, what information is given? What kind of information is it? (for example: anecdote, data, historical fact, primary source, imagery)

3. Does the writer make any claims? If so, what are they?

4. What kind of appeals support the claims?

A big quiz/mini-test today on *all* of the notes and info so far: graduation requirements, Alma Mater, writing terms/audience/purpose, persuasive/rhetorical appeals, attendance policy) If you want to listen to the choir's version of the Alma Mater, I've attached it below.

Also, watch these two commercials and for each, 1. explain the purpose and audience, 2. describe which persuasive appeals are used and how they are used.

 

Alma Materhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_BA_A3uMRMCcENFYXlyWTRjWGlUemJIdU9ZREw4YVRvYzB3/edit?usp=sharing

Don't forget to read and add another reading log to your notebook.

 

Also, prepare for a quiz on writing terms and rhetorical/persuasive appeals.

Don't forget to finish your close reading assignments for the two readings from class. (Montessori and Duncan).

(Remember the new quiz 2 day is TODAY: attendance policy, graduation requirements, and writer's audience & purpose.)

 

Finish anything for Sir Ken Robinson and Colin Powell that you did not finish in class. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JvVqE7sy1QGC-OSW_iKzv8yhL6dR15bz2k5kHM95zr0/edit?usp=sharing

 

Read for at least a half an hour (independent reading book) and write another reading log in your notebook.

Watch the Ken Robinson video again. Write or type up a response in the form that we went over in class.

Bring in a printed-out version of your completed draft of your business letter.

Study for quiz 2: Audience & Purpose notes, Alma Mater, graduation requirements, and attendance policy. (Remember that you can find the SPHS information in your Tiger Guide OR in the Registration Handbook under the Student Handbook on the website). Also, be looking for an address of whomever you want to ask for a book recommendation.

Read for at least a half an hour from your independent reading book. Be prepared to write about it when you come to class.

Be ready for a mini-quiz on the Alma Mater and the school graduation requirements. (Both may be found on and in the Tiger Guide or through the school website--the "Registration Handbook" under the "Students" tab.)

Don't forget to bring in any donations you would like to make toward ALS.org.

http://youtu.be/8B9VZKgP9A4Finish Kutcher questions, watch the John Green video "Is College Worth It?" and answer the same 3 questions. Finally, write your quickwrite about the advice you might take from the four discussed essays and videos.

 

Read Sally Ride's "Single Room, Earth View" in your textbook, and answer the three questions about audience and purpose.

Bring your textbook to class today!

Read Temple Grandin and Ying Ying Yu's "This I Believe" essays and answer the audience and purpose questions for EACH. (You may add this to the Jackie Robinson questions, and I will collect them all together.)

Summer reading forms due today! Finish the Jackie Robinson essay questions and bring them to class.

Bring in your textbook COVERED (see me if you need supplies) and, if you have one, your Tiger Guide.