| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
Final Project Directions for the product below:
Download english_final_product_directions.doc
If you did not get the product worksheet on monday, here it is.
Download english_final_product.doc
These are Tuesday's instructions for the story:
Download english_final_story_directions.doc
If you did not get the worksheet for the story on Monday here it is.
Go to Vocabtest.com
Click on Freshman
Click level 13
Click antonyms and sentences
Write down antonyms and sentences for a daily grade
After you are finished, go to usatestprep.com
login: Osborne
Password: newton18
Click I AGREE
Click on English
Click on ninth grade literature
Click on games/activities for EOCT training in each of the four areas.
Show me your work for extra credit daily grade points for doing activities on Usatestprep.com
Download english_odyssey_webquest_search.doc
This will help you find all the answers for the webquest.
Use these websites to find the answers to the questions on Odyssey Webquest. Due Monday unless otherwise notified.
Download enlgish_odyssey_webquest.doc
Below are websites that will probably have the answer to the questions.
1. Wikipedia.com
2.Google
3.Google
4.Wednesday's Worksheet or Google
5. Google
6. Wikipedia
7.Sparknotes.com (Iliad) or google (Iliad)
8. Google
9. Google, Sparknotes.com (Iliad)
10. Google, Sparknotes.com (Iliad or Odyssey)
Your Presentation:
Download english_hero_powerpoint_project_joel_lopez.ppt
Above is an example of a great powerpoint! Thank you Joel Lopez!
Here is the rubric for the Hero Powerpoint!
(people who did hardly anything only received 5pts for attempt)
Download english_odyssey_plot_overview.doc Download english_odyssey_plot_overview_study_guide.doc
Answer the questions in the study guide by reading the plot overview
Download english_odyssey_herosjourney.doc Download english_odyssey_heros_journey_timeline_project_power_pt..doc Download english_odyssey_heros_journey_notes.ppt
Due 4/18
Read the directions in the time line powerpoint pt. document
use the 12 of the steps from the hero's journey notes
Use the power point as a guideline
Your hero must be approved by Ms. Paul. If it is not you could get a zero on your project.
Poetry Literature Book Assignment
You will need a Literature Book to answer the questions
Part One: 100 pts
Man.
Part Two – 50 pts
Lyric Poetry:
Narrative Poetry:
Dramatic Poetry:
Musical Devices:
Musical Devices:
Figurative Language:
Part Three – 100 pts
On 3/14 and 3/17 the class watched Romeo and Juliet the movie that was made in 1968 starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. These are the attachments that went with the movie. If you did not complete the attachments, I am showing the movie one more time, Thursday afternoon. You have until Friday to complete the attachments. If you choose not to complete the attachments, you may make up the assignment by writing all the definitions and words in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet (starting on pg 771 in the Green Literature book). Again, you have until Friday. There will be no makeup work.
Download english_romeo_and_juliet_movie_quiz_1.doc Download english_romeo_and_juliet_movie_quiz_2.doc
The theme of the power point must be one emotion (love, hate, joy, etc)
You must create a power point using all of the 11 vocabulary terms to represent the emotion.Download english_poetry_terms.doc
There must be one slide per vocabulary term or 11 slides at least total.
Each slide must have color and a picture.
You must use each of the vocabulary words that you learned last week. Harangue, impetuous, gullible, archaic, and pompous in the slide at least one time each.
This is a quiz grade.
Download english_poetry_term_travel_destination_powerpoint_2.ppt
This is the finished powerpoint to use only as an example.
Direction:
Download english_fiction_ninth_grade_literature_fiction_test.doc
If you would like to make up your fiction test or you have never taken it, here is your assignment.
For those who have never taken the fiction test:
You must ask for a scantron and take the test on your own time. This portion is 80 pts of the 100pts for a test grade. To receive 20 more points, you must write down a full sentence explanation for each question and an antonym for each vocabulary word.
For those who have already taken the fiction test:
Write down the questions that were answered incorrectly. Write the correct answer and give a full sentence explanation for each answer. Each question counts for 1/2 credit. For example: if you received a 75% on your test, you have an opportunity to make a 87%. If you received a 43%, you have an opportunity to make a 71%.
Download english_fiction_speak_project_assignments_letter.doc
This tells what is due for your total package for Speak. You do not have to print anything out. I will check you number on the computer. All this work is due the day of the test or on February 21, 2008. Return this letter signed to Ms. Paul on February 18, 2008.
Put the definition and describe how it relates to Speak. The first example has been given to provide and example. Save this to a word document and label it Speak project 5. Download english_fiction_speak_graphic_organizer.doc
Read the following directions to write your essay. Label your essay "Speak Project 4" Download english_fiction_speak_project_4_reflection_essay_on_movie.doc
The purpose of this assignment is to find the connection between the three novels: Speak, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and The Scarlet Letter. Some of the information has been filled in for you but the rest you will have to find yourself.Download english_fiction_speak_connection_finder.doc
Type a one page reflection about Speak. Tell what you thought about this book. Did you like it? How did Speak make you feel? Where there any characters that you identified with? Did you like the ending? Why or why not? How does it change the way you think about things?
Read pages 180-198. Answer questions 131-150. Download english_speak_pages_180_198.doc You have now finished the Speak novel!
Do not forget to cut and paste your questions and answers to your word document.
Speak Assignments 1-10 are due the day of the test. You will be able to print your questions out in the library on Thursday for free. If you choose not to print on Thursday you will have to pay for the printing yourself. This total assignment is 1000 pts. You can get deductions for the following: cheating (answers that are too similar to someone else's), sloppiness, not having the questions printed out, late work, incomplete work, or anything else that may cause a deduction. Do not wait until the last minute to finish your assigments.
Read speak pages 160-180
Answer the questions 117-130. Do not forget to cut and paste them to your word document.Download english_speak_pages_160180.doc
Read pages 120-141 and answer the following questions on this answer sheet.
Download english_speak_pgs_120137.doc
Do not forget to cut and paste this to your word document.
Speak pgs 141-159
Copy and paste questions 101-116 to your "Speak Questions and Answers" word document created yesterday. Read pages 141-159 in Speak and answer the questions attached. Remember to save your work as you go. Download english_speak_pg_141_159.doc
English Fiction Speak pgs 101-120
Copy and paste questions 80-89 to your "Speak Questions and Answers" word document created yesterday. Read pages 101-120 in Speak and answer the questions attached. Remember to save your work as you go.Download english_fiction_speak_pgs_101120.doc
English Fiction Speak pgs 81-100
Copy and paste questions 65-79 to your "Speak Questions and Answers" word document created yesterday. Read pages 81-100 in Speak and answer the questions attached. Remember to save your work as you go.Download english_fiction_speak_pgs_81100.doc
Copy and paste questions 50-64 to your "Speak Questions and Answers" word document created yesterday. Read pages 62-80 in Speak and answer the questions attached. Remember to save your work as you go.
Hello Students,
This is the schedule for the fiction unit plan. The test is on February the 12th.
Vocabulary due Friday January 25th, 2008 for a daily grade.
Download english_fiction_speak_vocabulary_assignment_maya_biography.doc
Attached is a biography for Maya Angelou for your 1st Speak project
Copy and paste questions 21-37 to your "Speak Questions and Answers" word document created yesterday. Read pages 21-40 in Speak and answer the questions attached. Remember to save your work as you go.
This assignment starts your Fiction Packet that is worth over 1000pts. You can save your assignments to Microsoft Word. At the end of the book, you will print out your assignments on your own and put them in a folder. Assignment 1a: Read pages 1-20 in the Speak novel. Download speaks_pages_120.doc Answer the questions attached and save them on a Microsoft Word document titled "Speak Questions and Answers" Research Maya Angelou and write a brief (two paragraph) biography. Be sure to include the following information: who she is, what she writes about, and why her work has been so controversial that it has been banned from libraries. List any websites you used at the end of the paper. Save this to a word document titled, Speak writing assignments".
Download english_fiction_speak_teen_dating_violence_article.doc Download english_fiction_speak_questions_dating_violence.doc Download english_fiction_speak_pamplet_instructions_abuse.doc
Today's assignment included reading an article about teen violence, answering questions and journal article about teen violence, and making a pamphlet about teen violence.
Exceptional pamplets will recieve extra credit.
This one has an example of the resumeDownload english_nonfiction_resume_example_miss_paul_2.ppt
Due on Sunday Night
You will have only 1/16, 1/17, and 1/18 (if you complete your quiz early) to finish this project. Any other computer time must be found by you!
Must have color background! I will go over work cited page, paraphrasing, parenthetical documentation on Thursday!
This is a huge grade. You will succeed.
