Week of January 5-9

Monday, January 5:

• Pass back and go over The Odyssey Books 9-12 quiz
• Pass back and go over Pronoun Quiz
• Sentence Structure Pre-Test
• Notes:  Sentence Structure
• Non-Fiction this week!

Tuesday, January 6:

• Finish Sentence Structure Notes
• Sentence Structure Practice
• Watch O'Brother, Where Art Thou?  Look for similarities and differences between the movie and The Odyssey.  Complete out the t-chart as you watch.

Wednesday, January 7:

• Continue watching O'Brother, Where Art Thou? and completing the t-chart

Thursday, January 8:

• No school - cold day.  We will have Non-Fiction Friday tomorrow and finish the movie on Monday.

Friday, January 9:

• Non-Fiction Friday #6:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of December 15-19

Monday, December 15:

• The Odyssey Literary Essay Rough Draft Due
• Self-editing
• Peer-editing
• Bring Rough Draft to class tomorrow as well
• Final Draft due Friday, December 19
• Pronoun quiz on Thursday
• Fiction Thursday this week

Tuesday, December 16:

• Warm-Up
• Formal Essay No-Nos
• Explanation
• Practice:  Bad Habits Exercises 1 and 2
• Edit your own essay for No-Nos

Wednesday, December 17:

• Finish editing essays for No-Nos
• Pronoun review

Thursday, December 18:

• Quiz:  Pronouns
• Fiction Friday (Thursday) #6:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Friday, December 19:

• The Odyssey Literary Essay due.  Turn in the following items stapled and in order:
• Rubric
• Final draft
• Writing Center sheet (if applicable)
• Stamped rough draft
• Peer-edit sheet
• Holiday extra credit game
• Have a safe and happy break! :-)

Week of December 8-12

Monday, December 8:

• Warm-Up
• Essay work day - by the end of the hour, you should either have all 4 quotes and some commentary written, OR one whole completed paragraph (2 quotes and all of the commentary written for that paragraph.  This will be checked at the end of the hour.
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, December 9:

• Warm-Up
• Notes:  Indefinite Pronouns
• Essay Introduction and Conclusion tips

Wednesday, December 10:

• Indefinite Pronoun Practice
• Computer lab time to type essays

Thursday, December 11:

• Works Cited page tutorial
• Computer lab time to type essays

Friday, December 12:

• Non-Fiction Friday #5:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of December 1-5

Monday, December 1:

• Warm-Up
• Listen to Book 23 and complete the processing sheet - due tomorrow
• Pronoun Pre-Test
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, December 2:

• Warm-Up
• Check Book 23 Processing Sheet
• Discuss Book 23 Processing Sheet
• Go over Pronoun Pre-Test
• Notes:  Pronouns

Wednesday, December 3:

• Warm-Up
• The Odyssey Literary Essay information
• Rough Draft:  Due Monday, December 15
• Final Draft:  Due Friday, December 19
• Notes:  How to write a thesis statement
• Get your thesis statement approved by the end of the hour.  Once it's approved, begin writing your topic sentences.
• HW:  Work on your body paragraph outlines (in your essay packet)

Thursday, December 4:

• Pronoun Practice 1
• How to use Concrete Details in an Essay (in your essay packet)
• Demonstrate citations
• Practice citing lines in The Odyssey
• Work on finding quotes from The Odyssey for your essay.  You need 2 quotes per body paragraph (for a total of 4 quotes).  Make sure you include the background of the scene, the quote itself, and the proper citation.

Friday, December 5:

• Fiction Friday #5:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of November 24-28

Monday, November 24:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in Books 9-12 paragraphs
• Books 9-12 review
• Begin listening to Book 22 - continue filling out the processing sheet from last week.  We will periodically stop the audio to discuss the book.
• Books 9-12 quiz tomorrow!

Tuesday, November 25:

• Warm-Up
• Go over Commas/Semicolons quiz
• Finish listening to Book 22
• Quiz:  Books 9-12

Have a great Thanksgiving Break! :-)

Week of November 17-21

Monday, November 17:

• Warm-Up
• Listen to the audio version of Book 12 (p. 274).  Complete the processing sheet as you read.  The audio will be periodically stopped for discussion.
• Commas/Semicolons quiz on Wednesday
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, November 18:

• Commas/Semicolons study/memorization tool
• Finish the audio version of Book 12 (p. 282) and complete the processing sheet
• Receive Books 13-20 summary
• The Odyssey Books 9-12 Body Paragraph - due Friday
• Discuss the assignment
• Time in class to get started and begin shaping/outlining the paragraph

Wednesday, November 19:

• Quiz:  Commas/Semicolons
• MLA formatting instructions (for Books 9-12 paragraph)
• Discuss Books 13-20 summary
• Begin listening to the audio version of Book 21 (p. 421).  Complete the processing sheet as you read.  The audio will be periodically stopped for discussion.

Thursday, November 20:

• Finish the audio version of Book 21 (p. 430) and complete the processing sheet
• Time in class to work on the Books 9-12 paragraph - now due Monday
• Non-Fiction Friday tomorrow!

Friday, November 21:

• Non-Fiction Friday #4:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.
• Books 9-12 quiz on Tuesday!

Week of November 10-14

Monday, November 10:

• Continue reading Book 9 and complete the reading comprehension sheet
• Once you finish the sheet, complete the additional questions for Book 9 (on the handouts table when you walk in the classroom)
• HW:  Finish Book 9 by tomorrow (you may take a copy of the book home if you do not finish reading in class)
• HW:  Book 9 questions due Wednesday
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, November 11:

• Complete and go over Comma Practice 3
• Discuss Book 9 using polleverywhere.com
• Begin reading Book 10 aloud in class and complete the reading comprehension sheet

Wednesday, November 12:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in Book 9 questions
• Discuss Book 9 questions
• Continue reading Book 10 in your groups.  Finish the reading at home if you do not finish in class.

Thursday, November 13:

• Warm-Up
• Discuss Book 10
• Receive and discuss the Book 11 summary (on a handout)
• Commas/Semicolons Review Game
• Commas/Semicolons Quiz next week Wednesday!

Friday, November 14:

• Fiction Friday #4:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of November 3-7

Monday, November 3:

• Warm-Up
• Finish presentations
• Pass back and go over Myths & Folktales test
• Notes:  The Odyssey Background Books 1-8

Tuesday, November 4:

• NO SCHOOL - Election day

Wednesday, November 5:

• Complete and go over Comma Practice 1
• Finish The Odyssey Background Books 1-8 notes
• The Odyssey Agree/Disagree game:
• One statement on a major theme of The Odyssey will be read aloud to you.  You will decide whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the statement.  Each corner of the room will represent one of the four answer choices.  You will move to the corner of the room that represents your opinion on the statement.  We will hold a short discussion on the reasons why students agree or disagree with the statement.  We will repeat the steps with a new statement.  This will go on until the end of the hour.
• HW:  Comma Practice 2 due tomorrow!

Thursday, November 6:

• Warm-Up
• Check Comma Practice 2
• Begin reading Book 9 aloud in class together - how to read the text, reading strategies, and metacognitive thinking will be modeled
• Continue reading Book 9 in groups and complete the reading comprehension sheet

Friday, November 7:

• Notes:  Semicolons

Week of October 27-31

Monday, October 27:

• Pass back and go over Right Word Quiz
• Mythology Project Presentations
• Fiction Friday is cancelled for this week; English 9 will not have class on Friday due to a half-day.
• Binder Check this week!

Tuesday, October 28:

• Continue Mythology Project Presentations

Wednesday, October 29:

• Continue Mythology Project Presentations
• Comma Pretest
• Notes:  Commas
• Time to organize binders - you are expected to finish at home if you do not finish organizing by the end of the hour.

Thursday, October 30:

• Binder Check - turn in binders
• Work on Heroism Activity in your small groups.  Put your responses in your binder when you get it back.

Friday, October 31:

• Half-day - No class for English 9

Week of October 20-24

Monday, October 20:

• Substitute teacher today:  Begin research on a project that will be explained in detail on Wednesday.  Choose any Greek God or Goddess.  Use your Chromebook to find out as much information as you can about your god or goddess.  Find:  family information, special talents, weaknesses, an interesting story about him/her, and 3 pictures.  Keep track of the websites that you used.
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, October 21:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in Right Word Comic
• Check god/goddess notes
• Notes:  Greek Mythology
• Right Word Quiz on Thursday

Wednesday, October 22:

• Warm-Up
• Pass back and go over "Green Willow" body paragraphs
• Finish Greek Mythology notes
• Mythology Project info - due Monday, October 27
• Choose a Greek god or goddess (use Monday's activity) and find a creative way, or a mode, to portray him/her.  You may create an item that represents him/her (ex: trophy for Nike), a comic strip, poster, social media pager, PowerPoint, or use a speech with props.
• The information that you researched on Monday MUST be on your chosen mode.
• Time in class to continue working on the project/study for your Right Word quiz

Thursday, October 23:

• Quiz:  Right Word
• Works Cited page tutorial
• ePark upload page for project tutorial (if yours is electronic)
• Class time to work on the mythology project.  By now, you should be mostly done with your research and currently working on the creative mode.  You may use your Chromebooks or other materials brought from home today.

Friday, October 24:

• Non-Fiction Friday #3:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of October 13-17

Monday, October 13:

• Non-Fiction Friday #2:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.
• Myths and Folktales Test on Thursday
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, October 14:

• Warm-Up (Right Word Practice 1)
• Notes:  Epics
• "Epic" Activity:
• In your groups, choose a story from a book/movie/TV show that you think fits the six criteria of epic.  Use story details to prove each criteria.  Write these in your notes.  We will share as a whole class.
• HW:  Complete Right Word Practice 2 by tomorrow

Wednesday, October 15:

• Warm-Up
• Check Right Word Practice 2
• Read "Theseus" in groups.  Underline or highlight the qualities the make the story a myth, AND the qualities that make the story an epic.  We will have a discussion afterward.
• Right Word Comic Activity:
• Follow the directions on your handout to create a 6 frame comic strip that illustrates the 6 most difficult word usage rules for you (OR rules that you think will appear on the quiz).  Due Monday.

Thursday, October 16:

• Test:  Myths & Folktales
• If you are done early, you may work on the following:
• Right Word Comic Activity
• Fiction Friday reading log

Friday, October 17:

• Fiction Friday #3:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of October 6-10

Monday, October 6:

• Warm-Up
• Discuss "Green Willow"
• Pass back and go over Parts of Speech quiz
• "Green Willow" Writing Prompt - due Thursday
• Using the body paragraph format that you learned in class, you will write a literary analysis discussing whether Tomotada made a good or bad choice in choosing to marry Green Willow.  Use the shaping sheet given to you to begin outlining your paragraph.  You will have the rest of the class period to get started working on the assignment.
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, October 7:

• Warm-Up
• Right Word Pre-Test
• Notes:  Using the Right Word (interactive quiz/notes using Star Wars and Twilight)

Wednesday, October 8:

• Warm-Up
• Finish Right Word Notes
• Work time for "Green Willow" paragraphs - due tomorrow

Thursday, October 9:

• Color code all the paragraph parts (TS, CD, CM, CS) and turn in "Green Willow" paragraph
• Myths and Folktales test on Thursday, October 16
• Go over the test structure and study guide
• Work on the study guide and reviewing the stories in your literature book.
• Non-Fiction Friday is moved to Monday due to the Link Crew Lesson tomorrow

Friday, October 10:

• Link Crew Lesson

Week of September 29-October 3

Monday, September 29:

• Warm-Up
• Parts of Speech Review 2
• Notes:  Body Paragraphs
• Parts of Speech Quiz tomorrow
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, September 30:

• Warm-Up
• Finish Body Paragraph Notes
• Quiz:  Parts of Speech
• Read "Cinderella" and highlight/underline qualities that make it a folktale.  In addition, complete the exercise sheet - determine if certain sentences from the story are concrete details or commentary.

Wednesday, October 1:

• Warm-Up
• Discuss "Cinderella" (both the folktale qualities and body paragraph elements)
• Read "Slow, the Weaver" and "The Brahman's Dream" aloud in small groups (p. 146 in the literature textbook)
• HW:  Complete the questions on the handout for both stories.  Due tomorrow.

Thursday, October 2:

• Warm-Up
• Read "Green Willow" aloud in small groups (p. 8) and complete the active reading worksheet as you read.

Friday, October 3:

• Fiction Friday #2:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of September 22-26

Monday, September 22:

• Warm-Up
• Pass out and discuss handout/guidelines of Non-Fiction Friday. 
• Students will bring an article to class every other Friday (switching between Fiction and Non-Fiction days) and respond to questions listed on the handout. Students will have 15 minutes to respond to and turn in the answers to the questions, along with the article itself. 
• Next, a student will be chosen at random (through a number generator) to read his or her article aloud to the class. The same student will then lead discussion on the article by asking open-ended questions and calling on students, whose hands are raised, to respond. Discussion will continue until the end of the hour. Students receive points by responding to the article and speaking up in discussion at least once. 
• HW:  Bring a non-fiction article to class by Friday
• Go over Parts of Speech Review

Tuesday, September 23:

• Warm-Up
• Parts of Speech Election Project:
• Your group will be assigned a part of speech.  Your job is to prove why this part of speech is the most important in the English language.  The project is in two parts:  a campaign poster and a speech.  Follow the directions on the handout and rubric as you work with your group.  You will have some time in class tomorrow to finish the project.

Wednesday, September 24:

• Finish Parts of Speech Election Project
• Begin group campaign speeches - we will finish tomorrow

Thursday, September 25:

• Finish group campaign speeches
• Non-Fiction Friday practice round
• Read the article
• Show quality responses to questions (for the write-up)
• Discuss the article as a whole class.  Remember that you must offer one quality response to a discussion question for full credit.

Friday, September 26:

• Non-Fiction Friday #1:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.
• Parts of Speech quiz next week Tuesday

Week of September 15-19

Monday, September 15:

• Warm-Up
• Discuss Fiction Friday guidelines
• Choose a fiction book to bring to class by Friday.  You will read your fiction book and write a reading log during the hour.  The log will include a summary, analysis, and personal reaction to your choice book.  The reading log will be due at the end of the hour for 20 points.
• Fiction Friday will occur every other Friday and will last during the entire class period.
• Activity:  Noun or Verb?
• Use each of the words on the handout as both nouns and verbs.  Write one sentence using the word as a noun and another sentence using the word as a verb.  We discuss the answers immediately after finishing the activity.
• Finish and turn in "Noah and the Flood" questions
• Discuss "Noah and the Flood"
• HW:  Bring fiction book to class by Friday!

Tuesday, September 16:

• Warm-Up
• Parts of Speech Practice 2 - complete the activity in groups.  We will go over the answers as a class.
• Begin reading "Popul Vuh" aloud in groups, with students taking turns reading aloud (p. 76).  After a few paragraphs, we will discuss our findings as a whole class before reading as a whole class (and continuing the cycle of discussion.

Wednesday, September 17:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading "Popul Vuh" (p. 76) in groups and discussing the reading

Thursday, September 18:

• No warm-up - substitute teacher
• Complete the Parts of Speech review in groups.  Some of the questions are tricky!  We will go over and discuss on Monday.
• Complete the chart for "Popul Vuh" on p. 86.  Due at the end of the hour.

Friday, September 19:

• Fiction Friday #1:
• Read your choice book.  Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.  
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph.  Follow the directions on the handout given to you.  This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of September 8-12

Monday, September 8:

• Class website information:  access the website through ePark2 by Friday
• Grammar pre-test
• Notes: Myths and Folktales

Tuesday, September 9:

• Warm-Up
• Finish Myths and Folktales notes
• Read "Creation and the Fall" aloud in class (p. 65)

Wednesday, September 10:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading and discuss "Creation and the Fall" (p. 65)
• Notes:  Parts of Speech (using Schoolhouse Rock).  Additional notes/terminology will be added to the video notes.
• HW:  Write a paragraph that explains how "Creation and the Fall" fits each of the criteria of a myth as described in your notes (you must use all of them).  Remember:  myth does not mean untruth!  You must use evidence from the text to support your answer.  Example:  "Creation and the Fall" explains natural phenomenon.  This is shown in the story when..."  Due tomorrow! 

Thursday, September 11:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in "Creation and the Fall" paragraph
• Finish Parts of Speech Notes
• Read "Noah and the Flood" (p. 70)
• HW:  ePark login due tomorrow!

Friday, September 12:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading "Noah and the Flood" aloud, then in groups
• Complete questions #2, 3, and show how the story fits two criteria of a myth, using evidence from the text.

Week of June 2-6

Monday, June 2:

• Warm-Up
• Literature Circles
• Final Exam info and review packet - begin working on this in class
• Ch. 16-25 quiz on Thursday
• Review packet due on Friday

Tuesday, June 3:

• Warm-Up
• Literature Circles
• Go over final exam essay questions

Wednesday, June 4:

• Warm-Up
• Literature Circles
• Class time to work on packet and notecard for final

Thursday, June 5:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Ch. 16-25
• Literature Circles
• Class time to work on packet and notecard for final

Friday, June 6:

• Warm-Up
• Check and go over final exam packet

Week of May 26-30

Monday, May 26:

• No school - Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 27:

• Warm-Up
• Notes:  Sentence Combining
• Literature Circles
• HW:  Read Ch. 15-17 by tomorrow
• Quiz on Ch. 9-15 tomorrow
• Binder Check this week

Wednesday, May 28:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Ch. 9-15
• Sentence Combining Practice
• Literature Circles
• HW:  Read Ch. 18 by tomorrow

Thursday, May 29:

• Warm-Up
• Pass back and go over Ch. 5-8 Quiz
• Literature Circles
• Work on Ch. 17-18 questions in groups
• Discuss Ch. 17-18

Friday, May 30:

• Binder Check
• Work on Ch. 19-21 WWBS sheet - due on Monday
• HW:  Read Ch. 19-21 by Monday

Week of May 19-23

Monday, May 19:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Ch. 5-8
• Active/Passive Voice Practice
• Literature Circles
• HW:  Read Ch. 10-11 by Wednesday
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, May 20:

• Go over Active/Passive Voice Practice
• Reading/Writing Common Assessment - this is the same test you took during the beginning of the school year.  Work on your reading/job for tomorrow if you finish early.

Wednesday, May 21:

• Warm-Up
• Literature Circles
• Things Fall Apart Ch. 9-10 Confusion questions - work on these in groups.  We will discuss them tomorrow.
• HW:  Read Ch. 12 by tomorrow

Thursday, May 22:

• More Active/Passive Voice Practice
• Literature Circles
• Discuss Ch. 9-10 Confusion questions

Friday, May 23:

• Non-Fiction Friday #5:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.
• HW:  Read Ch. 13-14 by Tuesday
• Have a great Memorial weekend!

Week of May 12-16

Monday, May 12:

• Warm-Up
• Check Literature Circle Role Sheets
• Meet in your Literature Circles
• Take turns presenting your role sheets ("jobs")
• Fully discuss the role sheet/job will all group members before moving on to the next job
• Keep talking about the novel!  Part of your grade includes participation and staying on topic.
• Whole-class discussion on Ch. 3
• HW:  Read Ch. 4 by Wednesday
• Ch. 1-4 quiz on Wednesday
• Subject-Verb Agreement quiz moved to Thursday
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, May 13:

• 3rd hour - Grammar Bowl finals (meet in Canton, rm 201)
• 4th and 5th hour - reading/work day
• HW:  Read Ch. 4 by tomorrow and finish your role sheet/job

Wednesday, May 14:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Ch. 1-4
• Check Literature Circle Role Sheets
• Meet and discuss the novel in your Literature Circles
• Notes: Active and Passive Voice
• HW:  Read Ch. 5-6 by tomorrow

Thursday, May 15:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Subject-Verb Agreement
• Check Literature Circle Role Sheets
• Meet and discuss the novel in your Literature Circles
• Finish Active and Passive Voice notes

Friday, May 16:

• Fiction Friday #5:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of May 5-9

Monday, May 5:

• Warm-Up
• Read "Dead Men's Path" in the literature book aloud together (p. 1275)
• HW:  "Dead Men's Path" writing prompt due tomorrow
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, May 6:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in and discuss writing prompt
• Background readings activity for Things Fall Apart (we will begin the novel in class on Thursday)
• Each group will read and summarize key points of an article concerning the Ibo people of Nigeria.  No one group will receive the same article.
• After reading and summarizing, each group will present its article to the class.  The other groups will take notes on the articles presented.

Wednesday, May 7:

• Warm-Up
• Trip to Salem book room to get Things Fall Apart (our next and last novel)
• Discuss reading schedule and literature circle roles for Things Fall Apart
• Picture slide show to go with the novel

Thursday, May 8:

• Warm-Up
• Begin reading Ch. 1-2 of Things Fall Apart aloud in class
• Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz next week Tuesday

Friday, May 9:

• Non-Fiction Friday #4:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of April 28-May 2

Monday, April 28:

• Begin watching Romeo and Juliet in class.  Critique the movie internally as you view the film; this will help you on an upcoming journal assignment to be given after we finishing watching.
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, April 29:

• Discuss Grammar Bowl (during 4th hour on Monday, May 5) and take student volunteers (need 6 total)
• Continue watching Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday, April 30:

• Finish watching Romeo and Juliet
• Discuss the movie

Thursday, May 1:

• Work on the Romeo and Juliet film review assignment.  This should be a critical review of the movie with comparisons to the play.  You are required to write 1-2 pages.  Due tomorrow.

Friday, May 2:

• Turn in film reviews
• Fiction Friday #4:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of April 14-18

Monday, April 14:

• Rough Draft due today - self-editing in class
• MLA Header/Heading and EasyBib review
• Save your stamped rough draft for Wednesday!  This is worth 10 points of your final grade.
• Non-Fiction Thursday this week!
• Essay due on Wednesday

Tuesday, April 15:

• Computer lab time to edit essays.  Find your non-fiction article and complete the write if you finish your essay in class.

Wednesday, April 16:

• Turn in Romeo and Juliet Argumentative Essay
• Romeo and Juliet Quote Scavenger Hunt - extra credit

Thursday, April 17:

• Non-Fiction Friday (Thursday) #3:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Friday, April 18:

• No school - have a great Spring Break! :)

Week of April 7-11

Monday, April 7:

• There is a substitute teacher:  Work on one shaping page of your choice in the essay packet.  This will be checked tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 8:

• Check and discuss Romeo and Juliet final questions
• Check shaping sheet pages
• Notes:  Counterargument and Refutation
• HW:  Continue working on your shaping sheets for the essay

Wednesday, April 9:

• Romeo and Juliet Final Discussion
• Continue working on your shaping sheets for the essay

Thursday, April 10:

• Computer lab time to type essays

Friday, April 11:

• Link Crew Lesson
• HW:  Finish all 4 paragraphs of your Rough Draft at home - due Monday

Week of March 31-April 4

Monday, March 31:

• Check and go over Act IV Review
• Pass back and go over Act III Quiz
• Go over practice problems from the Subject-Verb Agreement Notes
• Begin reading Act V

Tuesday, April 1:

• Finish reading Act V (the whole play!)
• Work on Act V Review - due tomorrow
• Acts IV and V Quiz on Friday!

Wednesday, April 2:

• Check and go over Act V Review
• Essay information + packet
• Rough Draft:  Due Monday, April 14
• Final Draft:  Due Wednesday, April 16
• Essay practice:  Finding quality concrete details and citing them properly

Thursday, April 3:

• Notes:  Indefinite Pronouns
• Essay practice:  Writing quality, opinionated commentary

Friday, April 4:

• Binder Check
• Quiz:  Acts IV and V
• Work on Romeo and Juliet Final Discussion Questions:  Due Monday
• Begin working on your shaping sheets for your essay

Week of March 24-28

Monday, March 24:

• Check and go over Act III Review
• Quiz: Verbs
• Begin reading Act IV together in class
• Act III quiz on Thursday!

Tuesday, March 25:

• Subject-Verb Agreement Pre-Test
• Continue reading Act IV

Wednesday, March 26:

• No School - PLAN testing for 9th and 10th grade students

Thursday, March 27:

• Quiz: Act III (half day today - only 20 minute class periods)

Friday, March 28:

• Pass back and go over Verb Quiz
• Finish Act IV
• Notes: Subject-Verb Agreement with practice.  We will go over the practice problems as well.
• HW: Act IV Review due on Monday

Week of March 17-21

Monday, March 17:

• Quiz: Act II
• Continue working on Character Chart Assignment in groups.  Due Wednesday (instead of today).

Tuesday, March 18:

• Finish working on Character Chart Assignment in groups
• Begin reading Act III as a class

Wednesday, March 19:

• Notes:  Alliteration, Assonance, and Hyperbole
• Continue reading Act III
• Verb Quiz next week Monday

Thursday, March 20:

• More Verb Practice
• Go over Act II Quiz
• Continue reading Act III

Friday, March 21:

• Finish Act III
• Begin working on Act III review - due Monday

Week of March 10-14

Monday, March 10:

• Notes: Simile, Metaphor, and Personification
• Continue reading Act II

Tuesday, March 11:

• Verb Practice
• Finish reading Act II
• Begin working on Act II review in class - due tomorrow

Wednesday, March 12:

• Snow day!  Non-Fiction Friday will be moved to next week Friday.

Thursday, March 13:

• Check and go over Act II review
• Pass back and go over Act I quiz
• Verb Practice pt. 2
• Explain Character Chart assignment - due Monday at the end of class
• Act II quiz on Monday

Friday, March 14:

• Begin working the on Character Chart assignment.  You will have all of class today and part of class on Monday.

Week of March 3-7

Monday, March 3:

• Check and go over Act I Review
• Notes: Verbs (past vs. past participle)
• Work on Romeo and Juliet Love Connection Activity - due Wednesday (4th and 5th hours) or Thursday (3rd hour). Work on this until the end of the hour.
• Fiction Wednesday (4th and 5th hours) or Thursday (3rd hour) this week!
• Sentence Structure Quiz corrections due Friday
• Romeo and Juliet Act I Quiz on Friday

Tuesday, March 4:

• No class today due to ACT/MME testing for Juniors

Wednesday, March 5:

• Only 4th and 5th hour English 9 students meet today after MME testing for Juniors!
• Check and go over Love Connection Activity
• Fiction Wednesday (normally Friday) #3:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Thursday, March 6:

• Only 3rd hour English 9 students meet today after MME testing for Juniors!
• Check and go over Love Connection Activity
• Fiction Thursday (normally Friday) #3:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Friday, March 7:

• Turn in Sentence Structure Quiz correction
• Quiz: Act I
• Begin reading Act II in class together

Week of February 24-28

Monday, February 24:

• Warm-Up
• Begin reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet in class.  We will listen to the audio version and follow along as we read.  The audio will be stopped periodically to check for understanding and ask questions.
• Non-Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, February 25:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act I
• Literary Terms: Oxymoron and Onomatopoeia

Wednesday, February 26:

• Complete the Act I journal in class - due tomorrow (there is a substitute teacher)

Thursday, February 27:

• Finish reading Act I
• Begin working on the Act I review - due Monday

Friday, February 28:

• Non-Fiction Friday #2:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of February 10-14

Monday, February 10:

• Warm-Up
• Check and go over Shakespeare packet
• Sonnet due Wednesday
• Sentence Structure Quiz on Thursday
• Fiction Friday this week!

Tuesday, February 11:

• Warm-Up
• Read the rules of Courtly Love from the Renaissance.  Highlight all of the relationship/courtship rules that still apply to today's society (what we discussed during the warm-up).
• Discuss the Courtly Love rules:
• Which ones still apply today?  Why?
• Which rules surprised you?  Why?
• Which statements do you strongly agree or disagree with?  Why?

Wednesday, February 12:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in sonnets
• Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide: Questionnaire and debate game about the major themes in the play.

Thursday, February 13:

• Quiz: Sentence Structure
• Watch William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama and take notes

Friday, February 14:

• Fiction Friday #2:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of February 3-7

Monday, February 3:

• Warm-Up
• Notes: Iambic Pentameter
• Sentence Structure practice
• HW: Write 4 lines of iambic pentameter - due tomorrow
• Non-Fiction Friday this week

Tuesday, February 4:

• Warm-Up
• Check, share, and critique iambic pentameter lines
• Go over Sentence Structure Practice
• More Sentence Structure Practice

Wednesday, February 5:

• Warm-Up
• Notes: Sonnets
• Read and translate Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare.  Translate all 14 lines to modern English.  Use a dictionary to learn the meanings of unknown vocabulary words.

Thursday, February 6:

• Warm-Up
• Work on Sonnet Assignment (due Wednesday, Feb. 12) and Shakespeare packet (due Monday, Feb. 10).

Friday, February 7:

• Non-Fiction Friday #1:
• Write responses to the questions (listed on the handout) for your article (15 mins)
• Whole-class discussion on a chosen student's article. You must speak at least once in order to receive full credit for the discussion portion of your grade.

Week of January 27-31

Monday, January 27:

• New homework/bathroom passes
• Binder clean-out
• Sentence structure pre-test

Tuesday, January 28:

• Snow day! Enjoy your day off. :)

Wednesday, January 29:

• Snow day! Enjoy your day off. :)

Thursday, January 30:

• Stressed/unstressed syllables identification using Rihanna's "Disturbia"
• Notes: Sentence structure

Friday, January 31:

• Fiction Friday #1:
• Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
• Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.

Week of January 13-17

Monday, January 13:

• Finish watching O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Discuss the similarities between Odysseus and Everett
• Distribute Mid-Term study packets and explain the breakdown of the exam
• Begin completing the study packet - due Thursday

Tuesday, January 14:

• Writing review:
• For the short answer portion of the Mid-Term exam, you will answer two questions based on the comparison between Odysseus and Everett.  Each question will require an answer that is one paragraph in length based on the body paragraph format that you have learned in class.  Today, you will receive a question that is similarity structured to what you will see on the exam.  You and your group members will use your movie/book notes to answer the assigned question.  Afterward, we will share answers and discuss helpful writing tips.  NOTE:  During the exam, you will not be allowed to bring your notes; take the time to carefully study them between now and the exam.

Wednesday, January 15:

• Pronoun practice
• Work time to finish study packet

Thursday, January 16:

• Check and go over the grammar portion of the study packet

Friday, January 17:

• The Odyssey review game

Week of January 6-10

Monday, January 6:

• NO SCHOOL - Snow day!

Tuesday, January 7:

• NO SCHOOL - Snow day!

Wednesday, January 8:

• NO SCHOOL - Snow day!

Thursday, January 9:

• Welcome back (finally)!
• Begin watching O Brother, Where Art Thou? in class. Compare the main character of the film, Everett, to Odysseus from The Odyssey as you watch. Take notes on the comparisons found between the characters.

Friday, January 10:

• Continue watching O Brother, Where Art Thou?