Week of December 5th

Progress reports will be sent home this week for all students who are, or near, failing. Even if you will not be receiving a progress report, this is an excellent time for you to check on your grades. Be sure you are happy with them. If you are not, about half of the marking period remains. That is enough time to turn things around. Please check your grades sometime this week. If you are unable to do this, see me and I will give you an updated grade.

Additionally this week, all English classes will be working on our next vocabulary unit. It has been a while since we have done vocabulary because of shortened weeks and holiday breaks. Remember the schedule for vocabulary weeks is always the same: Monday you will get definitions. Wednesday you will have sentences due. Thursday we will review and Friday will be your quiz.

Honors English 9

This week we will start our 3rd vocabulary unit. This unit has 12 words. You will have sentences for these words due to me by Wednesday and your quiz on this list will be Friday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will begin working on our poetry project. Students will write their own poems after completing some poem-writing exercises. Students will then be expected to identify the different elements of the poem as defined and described in the Poetry note packet.

Homework

Monday- Review definitions

Tuesday- Complete vocabulary sentences

Wednesday- Brainstorm poem

Thursday- Study for vocabulary quiz

Friday- Complete poem for Monday

English 9

This week we will start vocabulary unit 2B. This unit has 8 words. You will have sentences for these words due to me by Wednesday and your quiz on this list will be Friday.

Period 2:

On Tuesday and Wednesday, in addition to reviewing the vocabulary words, we will continue reading The Outsiders. I hope to finish the book this week. This means you can expect a quiz on chapters 9 though 12 early next week.

Homework

Monday- Review definitions

Tuesday- Complete vocabulary sentences

Wednesday- Review definitions

Thursday- Study for vocabulary quiz

Friday- Study for The Outsiders quiz on chapters 9 through 12

Period 5:

On Tuesday and Wednesday, in addition to reviewing the vocabulary words, we will continue working on our final project for The Outsiders. You will continue working on your poster, advertisement or map. This project will be due on Thursday.

Homework

Monday- Review definitions

Tuesday- Complete vocabulary sentences

Wednesday- Complete The Outsiders project

Thursday- Study for vocabulary quiz

Friday- Read something you enjoy

The vocabulary quiz has been moved to Monday. Please study vocabulary over the weekend.

Mythology

This week we will finish our discussions on "Hercules" and take a quiz on the myth on Wednesday. Please use your study guide to prepare for the quiz. The remainder of the week will be spent completing our next class project: board games. You will make a board game based on one of the myths we have read in class. These projects will be due by Friday and we can try them out in class!

Homework

Monday- 

Tuesday- Study for "Hercules" quiz

Wednesday- Work on board game project

Thursday- Complete board game project

Friday- Read something you enjoy