English 9 - Homework & Assignments
June 14, 2018 - Thursday
February 19, 2018 - Monday
December 1, 2017 - Friday
- 3rd Term Novel discussion - Day 2
- HW: Work on in-class essay outline
- 3rd Term Novel discussion - Day 1
- HW: Fill out in-class essay outline
- Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 5.1
- HW: Choose in-class essay topic
- Fill out in-class essay outline
- Have 3rd Term Novel discussion chart ready
- 3rd Term Novel discussion next class
- Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 4.2
- HW: Act 4.1 - Questions 7-11; Act 4.2 questions 1-3
- Act 4 Quiz - Next Wednesday
- Third term novel note sheet
- Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 4.1
- HW: Act 4.1 questions: 1 - 6
- Act 3 quiz next class
- Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 3.2
- Act 3 Vocabulary 2
- HW: Finish Vocabulary 1 & 2
- Act 3 Quiz next Thursday (May 31)
- Act 3 vocabulary 1
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 3.2
- HW: Act 3.2 questions
- Block A: Finish to #11
- Blocks C & D: Finish to #10
- Movie clip comparison paragraph
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 3.2
- HW: Finish paragraph
- Act 3.2 questions
- Block A: questions 1 - 6
- Block C: questions 1 - 4
- Block D: questions 1 - 5
- Act 3.2 questions
- Act 2 quiz
- Act 3.1 questions
- HW: Finish Act 3.1 questions 1 - 10
- Act 2 Vocabulary review
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 3.1
- HW: Finish Act 2 Vocabulary review sheet
- Act 2 quiz on Tuesday, May 15
- Third term novel - Discussion 1
- Write a review of Tuesday's matinee
- What was your favourite:
- Scene
- Character/ Performance
- Costume
- Surprise/ Unexpected Element
- What was your favourite:
- HW: Finish writing the review
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 2.2
- HW: Act 2.2 questions and Scene Guides (Blocks A & C: all questions; Block D: questions 1-4)
- Complete Third Term Novel Discussion Sheet
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 2.1
- HW: Complete Act 2.1 questions
- Complete Third Term Novel Discussion Sheet
- ALL BLOCKS - Get your blocks G & H Teachers to fill out Tuesday Matinee Permission slips
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 2.1
- HW: Block A - Vocab 2
- Block C - Act 2.1 questions 1-4
- Block D - Act 2.1 questions 1-6
- All blocks - Next Journal due Monday
- Block A - Act 1 review
- Blocks C & D - Act 1 quiz
- HW: Block A - Finish review sheet + casting list
- Quiz next class
- Blocks C & D - Act 2 Vocab
- Finish casting list
- Act 1 review
- Blocks C & D - Quiz on Friday
- Block A - Quiz on Tuesday
- Act 1 vocabulary
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 1. 2
- HW: Scene Guides and questions
- Block A - Scene Guide 1
- Blocks C & D - Quiz on Friday (Apr 27)
- Block D - Questions 1 - 5 (Scene 2), Scene Guide 2
- Block C - Questions 12 - 15 (Scene 1), 1 - 5 (Scene 2) & Scene Guides 1 + 2
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 1. 1
- HW: Act 1 questions
- Block A - # 7-13
- Block C - # 7-11
- Block D - # 7-15 + Act 1. 1 Scene Guide Chart
- Intro to Shakespeare
- Started reading A Midsummer Night's Dream
- HW: (Blocks C & D) Scene 1: questions 1 -6
- Intro to Shakespeare - presentations
- HW: Vocabulary
- Intro to Shakespeare - group research project (day 2)
- Presentations next class
- Intro to Shakespeare - group research project
- Watch Elie Wiesel interview
- Discussion: Themes in Night
- Finish Night paragraphs
- HW: Complete a journal entry over the break
- Work period: write first draft of Night paragraph
- Night paragraph criteria
- HW: Night paragraph - first draft due on Friday
- Finished reading Night
- Students received Night paragraph topics, begin writing outlines
- HW: Finish outline (including three quotations) for Wednesday
- Reviewed connotations homework
- Read Night
- HW: Night questions
- Block A - Sec 8 Questions 1-6
- Block C - Secs 7 & 8
- Block D - Sec 6 Questions 5-8, Sec 7 Questions 1-4, Sec 8 Questions 1-3
- Denotation/ connotation lesson
- Read Night
- HW: Finish denotations/ connotations
- Block A: Questions 3&4 (section 7)
- Block C: Questions 4-7 (section 6)
- Block D: All questions to section 6, #4
- Sample paragraph editing
- Students worked on paragraph drafts
- HW: Finish 3 metaphor/simile paragraphs (good copy)
- Students worked on outlines for 3 metaphor/simile paragraphs
- Quote - What is the full, original quotation?
- Context - Where in the story does it appear?
- Comparison - What two things are being compared?
- Meaning - What does the metaphor/simile mean?
- Overall - What point is the author trying to make with this comparison? How does it relate to the story as a whole?
- HW: Complete three (3) outlines by Friday
- Maslow's island activity
- Hierarchy notes
- Returned metaphor/simile paragraphs
- HW: All blocks - Pick 3 metaphors/ similes from your list to write about
- Block A - Questions 5-8 (sec 6) + Questions 1-2 (sec 7)
- Block D - Timeline (sec 4-5)
- Bystander quotations exercise
- "First they came for the Jews" - by Martin Niemoller
- Read poem and answer questions
- HW: Complete one side of the Night relationships worksheet
February 19, 2018 - Monday
- Proofread Metaphor/Simile paragraphs
- Vocabulary #7 sheet
- Read Night
- HW: Complete vocab sheet
- Complete section 5 questions
- Block A also complete section 6 - 1-4
- Block C also complete section 6 - 1-3
- Timeline sheet (blocks A & C)
- Vocabulary quiz #2
- Students begin writing Metaphor/ Simile Paragraph #1
- HW: Finish good copy of paragraph (double spaced, in pen) for next class
- Vocabulary review - Crossword
- Read Night
- HW: Finish crossword
- Comprehension questions:
- Block A: questions 6-8
- Blocks C & D: questions 1-6
- Plot diagram discussion
- Create a mood map for one setting in Night
- HW: Vocabulary sheet #3
- Vocab quiz next Thursday (February 15th)
- Unpack one metaphor/simile from Night
- Continue reading book
- HW: None
- Reading journals due
- Plot diagram for Night
- Vocabulary sheet 2
- HW: Complete vocabulary sheet 2
- Night reading questions
- Block A: questions 4-10
- Block C: questions 6-10
- Block D: questions 5-7
- Reviewed vocab sheet and reading questions
- Continued reading Night
- HW: Night reading questions 1-3 (block A), 1-5 (block C), 1-4 (block D)
- Reading journal due next class, Friday, Feb. 2
- Section 4 vocabulary worksheet
- Finished reading Night section 3
- HW: Night section 3 questions - #5-10
- Finish Section 4 vocabulary worksheet
- (Block A) - Fill out section 2-3 on timeline
- Shortened class - PTIs
- HW: Complete section 2-3 on Night timeline
- Next reading journal due Friday, Feb 2nd
- Metaphors and Similes - cont'd
- Read section 3
- HW: Questions 1 - 4 (Section 3)
- Finished reading Night section 2
- Vocab review - crossword
- HW: Questions 1-6 (Section 2)
- Finished Night section 1
- Discussion: Opportunities for escape
- HW: Vocabulary 3
- Quiz on Tuesday, Jan. 23
- Vocabulary 2
- Continued reading Night
- Metaphors and Similes recording sheet
- HW: Complete section 1 questions (7-9)
- Reviewed vocabulary definitions
- BBC Holocaust documentary (Part 1, Part 2)
- Start reading Night
- HW: Night comprehension questions #1-7, Fill out Section 1 of the timeline
- Unpacking metaphors lesson
- Metaphors in song lyrics activity
- HW: Vocabulary - write definitions for the list of words
- Continue group research
- HW: Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 21
- Group research project
- HW: Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 21
- Peer edit paragraphs (checklist)
- Write good copy
- HW: Final copy of paragraph due
- Students marked a sample paragraph
- Finish outlines and begin writing first drafts
- HW: First drafts of paragraphs due next class (rubric)
- Sample paragraph outline exercise
- Choose paragraph topic and work on outlines
- HW: Complete paragraph outlines (view rubric)
- Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 7
December 1, 2017 - Friday
- Reviewed themes of all stories in the unit
- Read "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
- HW: Pick a paragraph topic and brainstorm ideas
- Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 7
- Test recap
- Read "The Sentimentalists" by Morley Callaghan
- Fill out theme worksheet
- HW: Create topic --> theme statements for three (3) of the stories we've read:
("The Friday Everything Changed," "The Parsley Garden," "Barney," "The Veldt," "The Interlopers," "The Dog who Wanted to Die")
- Students completed storyboards
- Gallery walk and discussion
- HW: Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 7
- Students write theme scenarios
- Storyboarding exercise
- HW: Next journal due Thursday, Dec. 7
- Writing theme statements
- Theme worksheets 1, 2, 3
- Short Story test
- HW: Read "The Dog who Wanted to Die"
- Fill out Theme worksheet using the story
- Theme - How to find theme
- Writing theme statements video
- Review "The Interlopers" questions
- HW: Short Story Unit test next class (Thurs. Nov. 16th)
- Short Story terms quiz
- Theme notes: What theme is and isn't
- 'Theme or No Theme' worksheet
- HW: Complete worksheet
- Short Story unit test next week (Thurs., Nov. 16)
- Short Story terms review
- Read "The Interlopers"
- Complete "The Interlopers" questions
- HW: Journals due next class
- Short Story terms quiz on Thursday (Nov 9)
- Irony definitions - watch videos:
- Identifying irony exercise
- HW: Journal #2 due Thursday, Nov 9th
- Short Story terms quiz, Thursday, Nov 9th
- Take our kids to work day
- Grammar lesson - Clauses and conjunctions
- Complete One - point paragraph on "The Veldt"
- HW: Grammar worksheet - Fragments
- How to integrate quotations - notes
- Continue work on outlines for mood in "The Veldt"
- HW: Complete outlines
- Bring in 3rd term novel next class
- Paragraph structure (point, proof, explain)
- Paragraph question: "How does the setting in 'The Veldt' shape the mood of the story?"
- Brainstorm settings and moods in "The Veldt"
- HW: Fill in paragraph outline for "The Veldt"
- Introduction to literary conflict
- Conflict notes
- Images of conflict exercise
- HW: First journal entry due next class
- Grammar lesson - subject + predicate
- Peer editing for descriptive paragraph
- HW: Descriptive paragraphs due next class
- Settings review
- Settings sample handout
- Settings graphic organizer
- "The Veldt" settings assignment
- HW: First draft of paragraph due on Monday
- First journal assigned (due October 24th)
- Journal instructions
- Read "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
- HW: Complete mood maps for "The Veldt"
- Setting in short stories (cont'd)
- Setting and Mood exercise
- Mood mapping stories
- HW: Complete Great Gatsby mood map (block D only)
- Introduction to Setting
- Setting notes
- HW: Setting worksheet
- Students must have 3rd novels in hand by next class
- Library orientation
- Choose 3rd term novels
- "Barney" - STEAL chart
- HW: "Barney" questions
- Introduction to Peer Editing
- Point of View lesson
- Read "Barney" by Will Stanton
- HW: None
- Students received 3rd term novel book list
- Paragraph writing lesson
- HW: Write an outline and a paragraph describing how Al Condraj is a round character
- Start researching 3rd term novel book list
- Characterization review
- Finish reading "The Parsley Garden"
- HW: Finish STEAL chart on Al from "The Parsley Garden"
- Introduction to Inferences
- Introduction to Characterization
- Characterization notes
- Short Story: "The Parsley Garden" by William Saroyan
- Short stories - review
- Intro to paragraph writing
- Plot summary paragraph assignment
- HW: Finish plot summary paragraph
- Started Short Stories unit
- Definitions for Plot elements
- Read "The Friday that Everything Changed"
- HW: Answer questions
- Reviewed classroom expectations
- Students received course outlines
- Students received 3rd term novel assignment
- HW: complete reading survey