Week of 3/28 to 4/1

Welcome back from your long weekend! This week is a vocabulary week for English classes. You know the routine: Monday definitions, Wednesday sentences due, Friday quiz.


Honors English 9
As stated above, this week is a vocabulary week for you.
We will also be reading Great Expectations. We are going to get to chapter 29 this week. You will have to read chapter 28 for homework Wednesday night. Don't forget to answer the questions in the study guide too!

Homework:
Vocabulary sentences due Wednesday 3/30
Chapter 28 questions due Thursday 3/31
Vocabulary quiz Friday 4/1


English 9
This week is a vocabulary week so be ready for a vocabulary quiz on Friday!
We are also going to read The Outsiders. We will start chapter 5 this week and aim to finish it (and possibly chapter 6) this week. We will be answering study guide questions in class too.

Homework:
Vocabulary sentences due Wednesday 3/30
Vocabulary quiz Friday 4/1


Mythology
Most of this week will consist of student led presentations. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday students will present the myths they researched last week. There will also be daily quizzes on the lessons given by students.
Thursday and Friday we will begin a new myth, "Golden Fleece." We will read it as a class, answer questions and you can expect a quiz early next week.

Homework:
Prepare for presentations

Week of 3/21-3/24

This week is a shortened week- no school Friday, March 25th!

Honors English 9
We will continue reading Great Expectations. Monday will start our second section of the novel, chapters 16 to 31. We will be freewriting, discussing and answering study guide questions this week for chapters 16 through 24.

Homework UPDATED:
Tuesday, finish reading chapter 18 for homework.
Wednesday, reach chapter 20 for homework and answer questions.
Thursday, read up to chapter 24 for Monday.


English 9
This week we are going to continue reading The Outsiders. Monday we will finish chapter 4 and answers questions from the study guide. Tuesday we will review chapters 1-4. There will be a quiz Wednesday on chapters 1-4.

Homework:
Monday, complete study guide for chapters 3-4 (figurative language chart, reading questions AND critical thinking questions).
Monday and Tuesday, study for the quiz on chapters 1-4.



Mythology
You are starting a research project this week!  You will be assigned a myth to read, research and teach. And will then create a quiz to test us on the myth. This project will be explained in depth on Monday and you will be given the remainder of the week to prepare your lesson. You will be assigned a day to present and will have 20 minutes to teach your myth.

Homework:
Research your myth and create a powerpoint to present it. Develop a quiz.

Week of 3/14-3/18

Honors English: We will continue reading Great Expectations in class. You will be expected to read Chapters 12 and 14 at home and answer the corresponding study guide questions. You can expect a quiz on chapters 1-15 on Friday.


English 9: This week is a vocabulary week. We will copy definitions on Monday. Sentences for vocabulary words are due Wednesday and the vocabulary quiz will be Friday. We will review the words on Thursday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we will continue reading The Outsiders. Be sure to have everything up to chapter 3 completed in the study guide by Tuesday.


Mythology: We will finish reading "Cupid and Psyche" this week and you can expect a quiz on that myth on Wednesday. After "Cupid and Psyche," we will move on to 8 Tales of Lovers. You will be broken into groups and assigned myths to read. You will then create critical thinking questions for your classmates to answer as they read the myths. Homework will include at home reading and answering questions.

Welcome!

Welcome to Ms. Zangari's homework helpline. Here you will find information about what we will be covering in class for a given week as well as upcoming assignments, tests and quizzes. You should use this blog as a resource from home. You should also use it to check what you have missed if you are absent from class. I plan to post weekly.

Please email me with any questions at mzangari@northschuylkill.net