ENGLISH NINE
Mrs. Hosmer
2011-2012
Please check back OFTEN. Information may change due to scheduling and student progress.
I. CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
A.
Semesters One (Mid-Term Examination)
1. Literary Elements
2. Short Story Unit
3. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
5. Grammar Unit
6. Poetry Unit
7. Literary Analysis Essays and Informative Essays
8. Vocabulary Units
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
B. Second Half of the Year
1. Research Paper
2.
The
Merchant of
3. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4. Literary Analysis Essays & Listening Skills Essays
5. Vocabulary Units
6. Review Sheets
FINAL EXAMINATION
II. STUDENT ASSIGNMENT CALENDARS
A.
If you are absent, then you will need to make up missed work.
This includes snow-days and any absences. Please plan accordingly.
A grade of zero will be assigned until quiz, tests, and/or homework assignments are made up.
III. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
A. Class and Individual Notes (notebook)
B.
Teacher
Prepared Handouts---- Teacher Prepared Packets for large Units.
C. Essays
D. Quizzes
& Test
IV. ATTENDANCE
Daily attendance will be taken. Students must make up all missed assignments,
quizzes and tests in a prompt time period.
V. GRADING POLICY
A. Quizzes- 20%
B. Unit Tests- 40%
C. Homework- 15%
D. Novel Packets and Essays- 25%
VI. CLASSROOM CONDUCT
Students will obey all rules that are printed in the Student Handbook.
Please be on time and bring a writing utensil (not red), textbook and notebook to
class everyday.
Homeroom 7:30- 7:45 (Announcements
7:42)
Period
One 7:48-
8:29
Period
Two 8:32-
9:13
Period
Three 9:16- 9:57
Period
Four 10:00- 10:41
LUNCH 10:41-
11:11 (Grades 8-12)
Period Six 11:11- 11:56
Period
Seven 11:59- 12:40
Period
Eight 12:43- 1:24
Period
Nine 1:27-2:08 (Announcements
1:27)
Period
Ten 2:10-2:50
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****Cell Phone Policy
No Cell Phones allowed in Room 49.
You may turn off phone and
set it on the teacher’s desk.
Please pick up phone after
the
If a phone is taken out,
you will be asked to report to the office for the period.
Thank you for your
cooperation,
I hope everyone has a happy and productive year,
Mrs. Hosmer
PARTS OF SPEECH-- "GRAMMAR GORILLA" (TRY "GRAMMAROPOLIS")
1.) Noun: A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or idea
Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness
2.)
Pronoun: A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase, not
specific that is understood from context.
Examples: he, it, they
3,) Preposition: A preposition describes the relationship
between a noun or pronoun
Example: Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from such as: to the mountain
4.) Adjective: An describes a noun or pronoun.
Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful
5.) Verb: Verbs are action or link the
subject to another part of the sentence.
Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived, IS, ARE
6.) Adverb: An adverb describes a verb, adjective,
or adverb. It often ends in "ly".
Examples: carefully, easily, barely
7.) Interjection: Show emotion. Usually starts a sentence.
Two types Strong and mild
Examples: Wow! Gosh, Darn
8.) Conjunction: A conjunction joins or connect words,
phrases, or clauses (three types)
Examples: and, or, but because
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TERMS--—
1.) Reasonable Doubt-- When the facts question the guilt of the defendant
2.) Unanimous-- Showing complete agreement
3.) Hung Jury-- Trial is run over because jurors cannot agree on the guilt of the defendant
4.) Verdict-- The outcome of the trial
5.) Acquitted-- The judgment of a judge or jury that a person is "not guilty" of a crime as charged
6.) Cross-examination-- The opportunity to question the defendant
7.) Exhibits in evidence-- Something that is legally presented before a court
8.) Abstain-- Voluntarily refrain from something
9.) Prosecution-- The lawyer who is trying to prove the guilt of the defendant
10.) Coroner-- A criminal medical examiner
11.) Testimony-- A statement under oath
12.) Ad-lib-- To "make up" as one goes along
13.) Deliberate-- To think through carefully in order to come to a conclusion
14.) Defendant-- The person on trial
15.) Open Ballot-- A vote by show of hands
16.) The Greeks created the first early drama.
17.) Drama is one of the earliest literary forms.
18.) The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, divided all drama into two types.
19.) Tragedy tells of the fall of an individual.
20.) Comedy describes the regeneration or reformation of a group or a society.
21.) The word drama originated from the Greek word “dran” which means to do or to act.
22.) Plays/Drama are meant to be performed by actors.
23.) A script is the words in a play or what you read from.
24.) Stage Directions in italics and/or brackets, intended to show the actors when and how to move and speak.
25.) Staging costumes, sets, lights, actors, sound devices, anything heard or seen in a performance.
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HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS ENGLISH NINE—MRS. HOSMER Literature Reading Schedule
Directions— HOMEWORK-- All the
chapters include the Reading and the Packet Questions. Please write ALL the answers
in the packet. Use Topic sentences and
punctuation. If you are absent, you are
responsible for that days work. If there is a snow day, the schedule
remains as it appears. Therefore you
may want to bring your book and packet home nightly. Please be prepared for class.
Bring your book, packet, notebook, folder and writing utensil to class daily.
Thank You for your
Cooperation!!! |
ENGLISH NINE-- JANUARY 2012
FEBRUARY--
ENGLISH NINE
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2/6 |
2/7 Play in Lisbon |
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Read Act I and discuss (page 311) Go over questions #1-10 START TO READ ACT II NO Hw
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FIELD TRIP TODAY... |
TWELVE ANGRY MEN finish reading ACT II. and start questions Act II #1-7 (pg# 331)
Hw-- Finish questions above
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Go over Act II questions
Read Act III
No homework
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Finish Reading Act III and do questions (pg 331-341 #1-11)
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN Go over Act III questions #1-11 and plot chart
Hw-- study drama background notes and jury notes for Unit Test
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN Review puzzles HW-- study for unit test/puzzles |
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
TWELVE ANGRY MEN packet and puzzles due UNIT TEST
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN MOVIE |
TWELVE ANGRY MEN MOVIE |
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MIDWINTER
BREAK NO SCHOOL |
MIDWINTER BREAK NO SCHOOL |
MIDWINTER BREAK NO
SCHOOL |
MIDWINTER BREAK NO SCHOOL
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MIDWINTER BREAK NO
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MARCH 2011
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2/27 |
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3/1 |
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finish TWELVE ANGRY MEN MOVIE |
vocabulary and spelling #7
hw-- flashcards and study |
puzzles #7 hw-- flashcards and study |
hw-- flashcards and study |
vocabulary and spelling #7 Quiz
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POETRY The Centaur Read poem (page 585-588) and Go over the worksheet The seven steps to poetry Hw-- Questions #1-7 (Pg588)
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POETRY
Read Centaur (again) Go over questions Do the Seven steps in pairs hand in Questions and the seven steps to poetry worksheet. Hand in Questions and seven steps for the Centaur.
No Hw-- |
POETRY
LaBelle Dame Merci Read poem and Questions #1-6 (page 593) Hw-- Seven Steps to poetry worksheet page one
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POETRY Read LaBelle Dame Merci (again)
Go over questions 1-6 (pg 593)
Finish the Seven steps in class and hand in Questions and the seven steps to poetry worksheet when finished
Hw-- Read Two Tramps in Mud Time |
POETRY Read Two Tramps in Mud Time and do questions #1-10 (pg598) Hw-- Page #1 of Seven steps sheet
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3/16 End of marking period |
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POETRY Go over Two Tramps in Mud Time Questions #1-10 Finish Seven steps sheet and hand in both HW-- Read The Wreck of the Hesperus (pg 600)
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POETRY Read the Wreck of the Hesperus do questions #1-10 and Seven Steps to Poetry sheet HW-- finish above
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POETRY Collect Questions for Wreck of the Hesperus and Seven steps sheet Read Danny Deever (pg 609) and do questions 1-7 HW-- Seven Steps to Poetry
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POETRY Go over Danny Deever questions and finish the Seven Steps Poetry then hand in both No Homework!
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OPTIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
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3/19 |
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POETRY Read O What is that Sound (pg #610) and do questions #1-10 HW-- seven Steps to Poetry |
POETRY Go over O What is that Sound (pg #610) questions and seven Steps Collect Hand Back all Previous worksheets
HW-- Poetry Review Puzzle and study for Poetry Unit test |
POETRY UNIT TEST |
VOC/SP #8 NOTES HW-- PUZZLES and study quiz voc/sp #8 |
poetry paragraph packet
no Homework
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APRIL
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poetry paragraph packet
HW-- PUZZLES and study quiz voc/sp #8-- flashcards +5 |
poetry paragraph packet
collect end of class HW-- study quiz voc/sp #8-- flashcards +5 |
PUZZLES in class
Hw-- study quiz voc/sp #8--flashcards +5 |
Go over Greek Mythology background Notes and the Odyssey Odyssey excerpts and movie
Hw-- study quiz voc/sp #8--flashcards +5
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VOC/SP #8 QUIZ TODAY then work on poetry paragraph worksheet HW--poetry paragraph worksheet |
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Go over Greek Mythology
background Notes and the Odyssey Odyssey excerpts and movie
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Go over Greek Mythology
background Notes and the Odyssey Odyssey excerpts and movie
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Go over Greek Mythology
background Notes and the Odyssey Odyssey excerpts and movie
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Go over Greek Mythology
background Notes and the Odyssey Odyssey excerpts and movie
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SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL! |
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SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL! |
SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL! |
SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL! |
SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL!
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SPRING BREAK VACATION NO SCHOOL! |
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THREE POETRY PARAGRAPHS DUE
END OF PERIOD HW-- Finish Poetry paragraphs |
LORD OF THE FLIES Hand out Packet close sheet start Reading Chapter #1
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LORD OF THE FLIES continue read Ch#1 (Pg#7-19) Hw Finish Ch #1 (pg# 7-19) and Packet questions 1-8
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #1 (Pg # 7-19) and Questions #1-8 Hw Read Pg# 20-32 (end of Ch #1) and Packet Questions #9-1
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #1 (Pg #20-32) and Questions #9-18 Hw Read Ch#2 (all) and Packet Questions #1-15
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #2 (all) and Questions #1-15 Hw Read Ch #3 (all) and Packet Questions #1-11 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #3 and Questions #1-15 Hw Read Ch #4 (all) and Packet Questions #1-20
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #4 (all) Questions #1-20 Hw Ch #5 (all ) Questions #1-20 and Quiz #1-5 |
LORD OF THE FLIES
Go over Ch #5 (all ) Questions #1-20 Start Character sheet study sheet |
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MAY
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4/30 |
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LORD OF THE FLIES QUIZ CH #1-5 Finish Character sheet Hw Ch #6 (all) Questions #1-10 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #6 (all) Questions #1-10 Hw Ch #7 (all) Questions #1-14
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #7 (all) Questions #1-14 Hw Ch #8 (pg 124-133) Questions #1-12
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LORD OF THE FLIES Review in class Jeopardy game Go over Ch #8 (pg 124-133) Questions #1-12 Hw Ch #8 (pg 134-144) Questions #13-28
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LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #8 (pg 134-144) Questions #13-28 HOMEWORK-- Packet should be completed Chapters #1-8 |
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LORD OF THE FLIES Hw --Ch #9 (all) Questions #1-11 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #9 (all) Questions #1-11 Hw Ch #10 (all) Questions #1-18 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #10 (all) Questions #1-18 Hw Ch #11(all) Questions #1-22 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #11(all) Questions #1-22 Hw Ch #12 (pg 183-193) Questions #1-11 |
Go over Ch #12 (pg 183-193) Questions #1-12
Homework-- Check packet over |
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LORD OF THE FLIES Hw Ch #12 (pg 194-202) Questions #13-22 |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Ch #12 (pg 194-202) Questions #13-22 Hw-- Check packet 1-12 for "blanks" |
LORD OF THE FLIES characterization and literary definition notes in class HW-Hw Review Sheet (ALL) |
LORD OF THE FLIES Go over Review Sheet HW- LOF Review puzzle |
LORD OF THE FLIES
MOVIE HW- LOF Review puzzle |
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LORD OF THE FLIES voc/sp #9 CHECK PACKETS AND LOF PUZZLES HW- Study Lord of the Flies Unit Test and Complete Packet |
LORD OF THE FLIES Lord of the Flies Unit Test HW-- study voc/sp |
LORD OF THE FLIES MOVIE HAND OUT HW-- study voc/sp #9 puzzles |
LORD OF THE FLIES PUZZLE #9 HAND IN WHEN FINISHED HW-- study voc/sp #9 ALL puzzles due Friday |
voc/sp #9 quiz LORD OF THE FLIES BLOCK OUTLINE AND ESSAY QUESTIONS BLOCK OUTLINE AND ESSAY QUESTIONS |
JUNE 2011
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5/28 no school today... |
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6/1 |
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NO SCHOOL MEMORIAL DAY |
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM HW-- Gather notes and Packets for essays
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ESSAY#1 – REVIEW BLOCK OUTLINE HW Gather notes and Packets for essays |
Work on ESSAY #1-- HW Essay notes NJHS 1:30 |
Work
on ESSAY#2-- HW Essay notes |
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6/5 |
6/6 Last day of classes |
6/7 Final Examinations |
6/8 Final Examinations |
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Work
on ESSAY#2-- HW Essay notes |
Work on ESSAY#2 HW STUDY! |
FINISH ESSAY#2-- HW STUDY! |
Period One—9:35-11:25 Lunch—11:25-12:15 Period 5/6—12:18-2:08 |
Period Two--9:35-11:25 Lunch—11:25—12:15 Period Seven--12:18-2:08 |
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6/11 Final Examinations |
6/12 Final Examinations |
6/13
REGENTS |
6/14
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6/15 REGENTS |
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Period
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Period
Four--9:35-11:25 Lunch—11:25-12:15 Period Nine--12:18-2:08 |
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6/18 REGENTS |
6/19 REGENTS |
6/20 REGENTS |
6/21 REGENTS |
6/22 RATING DAY |
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GRADUATION MWCS Class of 2012 Have a Great Summer! |
SEPTEMBER—
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STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY |
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY |
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NO SCHOOL Labor day |
First day of school! Welcome.. Go over classroom rules, syllabus, and handout textbooks You will need a notebook of your choice, a folder, and pens or pencils. Literary Elements Sheet #1-26. Please use the back of your textbooks Hw—Finish worksheet 1-26 |
LITERARY
ELEMENTS . Do Literary elements terms #26-53 Hw-- Finish Literary Elements works #25-53 worksheet
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LITERARY
ELEMENTS Go over Literary Elements 1-52
Literary Puzzle #1 AND Study for Literary Elements Quiz
Hw—Finish Literary Puzzle #1 |
LITERARY
ELEMENTS Collect Literary Puzzles 1 AND Hand out Puzzle #2 work on in class Hw—Study for Literary Elements Quiz (Matching-- next week) HAVE
A GREAT WEEKEND! |
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LITERARY ELEMENTS Read Biography and Hearts and Hands Do questions #1-8 in packet. Use topic sentences and punctuation. Hw—Study for Literary Elements Test |
LITERARY
ELEMENTS GO OVER QUESTIONS #1-8 Do Plot chart notes together Hw—Study for Literary Elements Test |
LITERARY ELEMENTS Literary Elements TEST Today!— Finish Hearts and Hands Plot Chart HW—None but, do you any lit. elm puzzles????? |
Read the Monkey’s Paw HW—Finish story do questions #1-7 in packet.
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Go over Questions #1-7 Start Plot Chart |
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Monkey’s
Paw Plot Chart Notes |
VOC/SP
#1 Notes—words And
parts of speech notes Hw—VOC/SP
#1 Puzzles AND study voc/sp #1 |
Go
over voc/sp words HW--study voc/sp #1 *** EXTRA CREDIT-- voc/sp #1 flashcards All Puzzles due Thursday |
Collect Puzzles and do questions and Go over voc/sp words Read Luck HW
reading Luck and Do
quests #1-9 IN PACKET HW-- STUDY FOR VOCABULARY/SPELLING #1 QUIZ |
VOCABULARY/SPELLING
#1 QUIZ Go
over questions and Finish chart for Luck No Homework! |
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.Finish reading Luck Do Plot Chart HW—Questions #1-9 in packet
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Go over Luck questions #1-9 Read The Masque of the Red Death Hw—Questions #1-10 in your packet. Use Kickers and complete sentences Plot Chart for The Masque of the Red Death Hw—Check over packet for “Blanks.” And fill in |
Go over The Masque of the Red Death Questions #1-10
Read By the Water of Babylon Hw Finish Reading By the Water of Babylon and start questions in packet. |
Discuss the story By the Water of Babylon
HW-By the Water of Babylon #1-9 questions
in packet |
Do plot chart for By the Water of Babylon
Go over questions FOR By the Water of Babylon
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Read the Open Window and do questions #1-9 in packet Hw—Finish questions for Hw |
Finish Open
Window plot chart
Start to Read Shaving
Hw—Finish reading Shaving and do questions #1-10 |
Shaving Plot Chart and Go over questions
HW-- SHORT STORY Puzzles and Review Short story Packet for Unit test Complete SHORT STORY Puzzles and missing notes in class |
Review for Unit Test.
Finish puzzles and packet
Short story Packet due TOMORROW
Hw- study SHORT STORY
UNIT TEST AND PACKETS/PUZZLES DUE WEDNESDAY |
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LAST CHANCE FOR REVIEW Puzzles
Short story Packet due today in class
SHORT STORY UNIT TEST
NO HOMEWORK!! |
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NO SCHOOL… |
VOC/SP #2 Notes
FLASHCARDS
HW-- STUDY FOR VOC/SP QUIZ #2- |
Puzzles voc/sp #2 Finish in class and hand in
HW-- STUDY FOR VOC/SP QUIZ #2- |
The Monkey's Paw Movie HW-- STUDY FOR VOC/SP QUIZ #2 |
VOC/SP #2 QUIZ
NO HOMEWORK!
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ESSAY- NOTES
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ESSAY
A, B, C, D WORKSHEET Hw-- finish above worksheet |
ESSAY
-BLOCK OUTLINE AND DRAFT Hw-- finish above block outline |
ESSAY
FINISH DRAFT
Hw-- finish above final draft to hand in today or Monday |
NO SCHOOL STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
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Hand in BLOCK OUTLINE AND ESSAY
VOC/SPELLING #3 NOTES--
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GRAMMAR -- PRE-TEST PUZZLES #3 CORRECT-- and PARTS OF SPEECH PUZZLE IN CLASS Hw-- Study VOC/SPELLING #3 Quiz on Friday |
GRAMMAR-- Hand out-- 1.) NOTE PACKET 2.) AND Worksheet Packet Hw-- Study VOC/SPELLING #3 Quiz on Friday Flashcards +5 and Parts of Speech (matching) for +4
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GRAMMAR GO OVER NOUN, Pronoun and Adjective Notes IN CLASS--THREE Worksheets--May finish in class Friday after Quiz (1) Nouns and Adjective sheets (2) N-LV-ADJECTIVE (3) Pronouns Hw-- Study VOC/SPELLING #3 Quiz |
VOC/SPELLING #3 Quiz Hw—Finish Grammar sheets from Thursday |
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GRAMMAR Go over worksheets Nouns and Adjective, N-LV-ADJECTIVE, Pronouns Go over preposition Notes HW—Prepositional Phrases worksheet |
GRAMMAR Go over worksheets for
prepositions Go over Verb Notes HW—Verbs, Linking Verbs, SLVN
Worksheet |
GRAMMAR Go over - Verbs,
Linking Verbs, SLVN Worksheet Worksheet and NOTES
for adverbs HW--worksheets on
adverbs |
GRAMMAR Go over --worksheets on Adverbs Go over notes FOR Interjections and Conjunctions HW-- Worksheets on Interjections and interjections |
GRAMMAR Go
over a Worksheets on Interjections and conjunctions Homework--Parts
of Speech Quiz on Monday --
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11/10 EVAC DRILL… |
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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ To Kill a Mockingbird Close Sheet NO HW-- |
Finish To Kill a Mockingbird Close Sheet/Interest Inventory
Hand Novel and Packet
Read Chapter #1 (PAGE #3-8) in Class Hw—packet questions
#1-4
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Finish Reading Chapter #1 in Class AND FINISH Packet Questions start characterization HW—CHARACTERIZATION |
To Kill a Mockingbird
Go over Chapter #1 in Class Packet Questions and characters Start Chapter #2 HW-- Finish Chapter #2 Packet
Questions and do characterization for Chapter one in Packet |
Veteran’s Day No School |
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Go over Chapter #2 Packet Questions HW-- Read Chapter #3 and do Packet Questions
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
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LITERARY ELEMENTS
Exposition Introduction
Setting Time and Place
Plot The events in the story
Conflict A struggle between opposing forces
Internal-Conflict Man vs. himself
External-Conflict Man vs. outside agent
Climax
Denouement Winding down of the story
Theme The author’s central message
Character an agent in a story
Characterization How a character is described, created or developed
Indirect-Characterization Implied character traits
Direct-Characterization Character’s traits are stated
Protagonist Main Character
Antagonist Opposes main character
Static A character who does not change
Dynamic A character who changes because of interactions with others
Flat A character with only one or two traits
Round A character with many traits
Mood The feeling created in the reader
Tone The author’s attitude towards the subject matter
Moral A lesson in the story
Symbolism A person or object represents something else
Foreshadowing A look into future events
Flashback A look back or memory
Irony A surprising or interesting technique
Dramatic-Irony The reader knows what is going to happen but the character does not
Verbal-Irony Words suggesting the opposite of their usual meaning
Irony-of-Situation When The opposite occurs of what is intended
Figurative-Language Language not interrupted literally
Figure-of-Speech A word used imaginatively not literally
Fiction False
Non-Fiction true
Autobiography Nonfiction in which a person tells their life story
Biography Nonfiction in which a person tells someone else’s life story
Narrator The speaker
POV The perspective from which the story is told
First-Person A Character tells the story
Third-Person-Objective An outsider relating only facts
Third-Person-Omniscient An outsider who knows ALL characters’ thoughts
Third-Person-Limited An outsider who knows only one or two of the characters thoughts
Drama Written to be performed
Stage-Directions Notes in a drama (Italics)
Aside Short speech where others are on stage but cannot hear
Soliloquy Long speech where an actor is alone
Dialect language spoken in a particular region
Monologue long speech by a character
Dialogue conversation between characters
Parody An exaggerated imitation of a work to make fun of it
Hero A noble and inspiring character who struggles to overcome foes
Genre a type of literature
Allegory Teaches a lesson and has both a literal and symbolic meaning
Allusion A historical reference
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS
Alliteration The repetition of similar sounds at the beginnings of words.
Allusion A historical reference
Assonance The repetition of identical vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sound.
Consonance The repetition of identical consonant sounds preceded by a different vowel sound.
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that contain end rhyme.
Blank-Verse Unrhymed lines of Iambic Pentameter where the accent is on the second syllable
Connotation The suggested meaning of a word.
Denotation The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
Figurative Language expanded beyond is usual literal meaning
Simile A direct comparison using “like” or “as.”
Metaphor An Indirect or implied comparison not using “like” or “as”
Personification applying human characteristics to inanimate or nonhuman objects
Hyperbole The use of exaggeration to emphasize strong feelings
Imagery Appeals to the reader's five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, & taste
Inference A reasonable conclusion from information that is given
Iambic The accent is on the second syllable
Trochaic The accent is on the first syllable
Irony A technique that shows a contrast between what appears to be and what is, a twist
Verbal-Irony Words that imply the opposite of their usual or literal meaning
Dramatic-Irony The reader or spectator knows more about the state affairs than the character does
Irony-of-Situation When the situation contrasts with what is intended or expected
Mood The climate or feeling of the reader from the piece of literature
Limerick A nonsense poem consisting of five lines with a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Lyric A short poem that expresses thoughts or emotions often sung.
Narrative A poem that tells a story in verse
Onomatopoeia Words that use sounds to suggest meaning
Quatrain A four-line stanza with a rhyme scheme of ABAB
Rhyme The repetition of word ending sounds, the repetition of accented vowel sound seceding sounds.
End-Rhyme or sounds that occur at the end of a line of poetry.
Rhyme-Scheme The pattern of rhyme in a poem
Eye-Rhyme that relies on similar spelling.
Half-Rhyme that relies on consonance.
Masculine A rhyme that occurs on the final syllable of matching lines of poetry.
Feminine-Rhyme A rhyme that occurs on two syllables, one accented and two or more unaccented syllables.
Rhythm The arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds in speech and writing
Satire The act of criticizing by ridiculing to evoke amusement, contempt, or scorn
Sonnet Three quatrains followed by a couplet.
Stanza A group of lines treated as a unit in a poem.
Tone The author's attitude towards the subject matter
Internal-Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
SPRING BREAK HOMEWORK
English Nine Poetry Writing
Poetry Paragraph
DIRECTIONS – Choose three of the poems that we have read in class (see list below) and write three separate paragraphs based on the statement below.
You may use your class notes/packet and textbooks.
Choose a specific literary element (characterization, structure, point of view, symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by the author.
Cite evidence using concrete details (quotes or lines) from the poem, and show how the author uses literary elements
and/or figurative language terms, or technique to develop the passage.
POEMS— Just Google title and a copy will be available for you to look at.
1.) Centaur by May Swenson
2.) La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats
3.) Two Tramps in Mud Time by Robert Frost
4.) The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
5.) Danny Deever by Rudyard Kipling
6.) O What Is That Sound
RUBRIC (THREE POEMS)
Title of Poem and Author
Topic Sentence from statement
Define Literary Element(s)
Concrete Details --Quotes & line numbers (minimum of 3)
Commentary—How element developed poem
Complete Sentences/Syntax & Grammar
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William Golding The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 Biography
In 1980 he
won the 'Booker Prize' for his novel Rites of Passage. He retired from
teaching in 1962. After that, he lived in Wiltshire, listing his recreations
as music, sailing, archaeology and classical Greek. William
Golding died in 1993. From Nobel Lectures,
Literature 1981-1990, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr,
Editor Sture Allén, World
Scientific Publishing Co., This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and
first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel.
It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures.
To cite this document, always state the source as shown above. William Golding died on June 19, 1993.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies was published in
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