FRESHMAN ENGLISH
Honors
Welcome to Rhea County High School!
For ninth-grade English you will need the following supplies:
a 3-ring notebook
white, loose-leaf paper (with 3 holes)
blue or black ink pens--I do not allow my students to submit papers in pencil, except for scantron tests
notebook dividers--5
This first semester you will be studying short stories and the Odyssey,writing papers, and making oral presentations.
For the second semester you will need your own copy of the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell.
Thursday, August 6
I went over the above information and gave a homework assignment that is due at the beginning of class on Monday. Do not turn in the worksheet, just your answers. Write in pen and write neatly. Those of you who were absent need to see me at the end of class (or beginning if there is time) on Monday and get a make-up assignment.
Parents--Access to grades online will not begin until the second semester--sorry. Your child will be encouraged to keep track of his/her own grades, but if you want to know what his/her average is, just email me and I will get it back to you. Please give me a couple of weeks to have enough grades to average. Also, I forgot to tell you on Thursday that I keep a "Make-up Work" book on the back table in my classroom. Each day I write in that book what we did, if I gave a homework assignment, and when that assignment (or test) is due. If your child misses my class for any reason, he/she is to look in that book and copy the make-up work for that particular day.
Week of August 10-14
Monday-- turn in homework assignment; go over hand book(1st period only); General Knowledge test, not for a grade
Tuesday--oral presentation--tell the class 4 things about yourself
Wednesday--return and go over "Common Mistakes"; homework assignment--find out the difference between a phrase and a clause
Thursday--finish going over "Common Mistakes"; the cases of pronouns
Friday--issue literature books--students peruse them while I hand them out; begin pronoun review with pronouns in compound construction
Week of August 17-21
Monday--pronoun review continued--pronouns as predicate nominatives
Tuesday--pronouns continued--pronouns in an incomplete construction; indefinite pronouns
Wednesday--Library Orientation--you need a partner for this activity, which will take place in the library
Thursday--pronoun review--reflexive and intensive pronouns; bring literature books to class; homework--Read "The Lady, or the Tiger?"--quiz tomorrow
Friday--quiz over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"; hand out--literary terms; think about something you can write about for your first paper: What I Learned Before I Turned Ten
Week of August 24-28
Monday--vocabulary test over the words from "The Lady, or the Tiger?" on page 359; begin preparation for the debate
Tuesday--prepare for the debate
Wednesday--debate: "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Thursday--finish or discuss debate and the story
Friday--write an ending to the story "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Week of August 31-September 4
Monday--Turn in your stories;
Tuesday--Pronoun Review; Pronound Test; When we begin a short story, here is the order of events: quiz over the story, vocabulary quiz, discussion, notes
Wednesday--notes over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Thursday--finish notes over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Friday--quiz over "The Most Dangerous Game"; continue notes over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Week of September 7-11
Monday--NO SCHOOL--Labor Day
Tuesday--quiz over the vocabulary words on page 16
Wednesday-reading day
Thursday--Unit Test over literary terms--matching--counts three times
Friday---discussion and notes over "The Most Dangerous Game"
Week of September 14-18
Monday--finish essay questions for "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Tuesday--begin notes over "The Most Dangerous Game"
Wednesday--hand outs for Creative Writing Guidelines, Metaphor, Simile, Personfication; continued notes on "The Most Dangerous Game"; HW--read "A Christmas Memory" (quiz tomorrow)
Thursday--quiz over "A Christmas Memory"; HW--Find 50 examples of alliteration in the story
Friday--six weeks ends; take up alliteration homework; open-book test over "A Christmas Memory"
Week of September 21-25
Monday--2nd six weeks begins; vocabulary quiz over the words on page 62: "A Christmas Memory"
Tuesday--notes and discussion of "A Christmas Memory"
Wednesday--notes and discussion of "A Christmas Memory"
Thursday--video of "A Christmas Memory"
Friday--video of "A Christmas Memory"
Week of September 28-October 2
Monday--quiz over "Poison"
Tuesday--draw a picture from your childhood (pre-writing activity for the personal narrative)
Wednesday---read the remainder of "A Man Called Horse" in class; begin rough draft of paper: What I Learned Before I Turned Ten
Thursday-discussion and notes over "Poison"; quiz over "A Man Called Horse"
Friday--group work--open-book test over "A Man Called Horse"
Week of October 5-9
Monday--"A Man Called Horse" discussion: rite of passage, his going from discontent to contentment
Tuesday--Vocabulary worksheet in class--must be made up during lunch within 3 days
Wednesday--peer reading of essays (What I Learned Before I Turned Ten) to receive positive and negative feedback
Thursday--create a collage that shows what happened before you were ten and present it to the class; now write a revised essay, getting it to say what you want it to
Friday--present collages
Week of October 12-16
Monday--Manuscript Form--make a handwritten copy of manuscript form--will be graded; gave evaluation forms for book report
Tuesday--notes over "A Man Called Horse"
Wednesday--quiz over "Thank You, M'am"; revised essays due
Thursday--peer reading of essays--final drafts due next Thursday, October 29
Friday--Library--Check out a biography for your oral book report
Week of October 19-23
FALL BREAK---NO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Week of October 26-30
Monday--discuss next paper, "A Man Called Horse,' "Thank You, M'am" ; read "The Sniper"
Tuesday--quiz over "The Sniper"
Wednesday--
Thursday--Papers due!!!
Friday--vocabulary quiz over the words for "The Sniper," plus 1. fasting--not eating 2. report--a loud noise, as from a gunshot
Week of November 2-6
Monday--UNIT TEST--counts three times--a combination of matchng, short answer, and essay. Students have been given all of the short answer and essay questions and most of the matching questions. The matching questions will be matching the author, setting, events (actions), characters, and theme to the story.
Tuesday--We will begin reading "The Cask of Amontillado" in class; finish for homework. Also for homework, find 5 examples of irony in the story. Explain what is ironic in your example.
Wednesday--Reading Day
Thursday--Turn in homework assignment from Tuesday; quiz over "The Cask of Amontillado"
Friday--discuss irony in "The Cask of Amontillado" and the circumstances surrounding Poe's death
Week of November 9-13 The creative paper (subject and length of your choice) is due December 1--You may type it or write it in manuscript form
Monday--Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" in class and take a quiz; discuss; homework--Read "The Gift of the Magi"
Tuesday--Quiz over "The Gift of the Magi" and discuss; homework--Read "The Necklace" BOOK REPORTS BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY
Wednesday--Quiz over "The Necklace" and discuss; homework--Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Thursday--Quiz over "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and discuss--no homework;
Friday--Read the last two stories in class--quizzes over each;--begin watching a video: Walter Mitty
Week of November 16-20
Monday--overview of Greek mythology
Tuesday--BOOK REPORTS
Wednesday--BOOK REPORTS
Thursday--BOOK REPORTS
Friday--BOOK REPORTS
Week of November 23-27
Monday--BOOK REPORTS finished; begin discussion of the Odyssey
Tuesday--introduction to the Odyssey
Wednesday--NO SCHOOL
Thursday--NO SCHOOL
Friday--NO SCHOOL