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Computer Lab - Start typing rough draft and works cited page.

Lab Worksheet: Download handout here.

Today we went over:
1. direct quotations in your paper
2. Sources - 5 in your paper, 2 citations per paragraph
3. 2nd person "you"

Rough draft is due Thursday at the beginning of class, with your works cited page and your sources.

HW: Work on rough draft! Computer lab tomorrow.

Media Center Research

Outline due today!

Today we worked in the computer lab on your outlines.

Download outline handouts here:
Outline Format (Prewriting)

Sample Outline

HW: Outlines due Friday!

Today we discussed your outlines and went over citing web sources.

Outlines are due Friday.

Checkpoints Testing today.

If you were absent, you will need to make up on Monday or Tuesday.

Last day in the media center- 5 sources due on Monday.

HW: Prepare source info sheets and start taking notes on your sources.

Go over source information sheets.

Collect research proposals.

HW: Work on research. Sources due Monday!

Media Center - Day Two

Today, you should focus on the following:
1. Finishing your research proposal for tomorrow.
2. Finding your 5 sources - copy or print and fill out your Source Info Sheet.
3. Take notes on your sources.

Media Center Research

Research paperwork to download if you were absent:

1. Research Packet

2. Source Info Sheets

Research - pre-research

1. Discuss topic and process
2. Discuss topic proposal - download topic proposal form here.
3. Computer lab to start research

HW: Topic proposal due Wednesday

Review for Test on Thursday

Hand out grade sheets - make-up work for this unit due Thursday.

HW: Review for test!

Study Guide for Odyssey and Poetry Test - Test is Thursday!

Download study guide if you were absent.

Finish viewing The Odyssey

DGP - finish the week!

Go over The Odyssey and answer questions. Test is next Thursday!!

Continue reading The Odyssey, pages 1035-1046.
1. Your Odyssey test will be NEXT Thursday!
2. We will discuss all of Part Two on Thursday.
3. Read pages 1035-1046 and answer the Review and Assess Questions and the Literary Analysis Questions at the end of the section.

Continue reading The Odyssey. Complete reading log for pages 1022-1034. After you finish the reading and the log, they should complete this assignment:

Choose ONE of the episodes you just read ("Twenty Years Gone," "Argus," or "The Suitors") and rewrite it in your OWN words. You can write a poem or a short story, but in should be in your own words.

HW: Finish if you did not in class.

DGP - [jackie enjoys golfing when the weather is pretty]

Greek gods and goddesses quiz - see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Read p. 1022-1034 in The Odyssey. Work on reading log (get from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent)

Present group work

View The Odyssey

HW: Greek gods and goddesses quiz on Monday.

Group Activity: Visual Interpretation of The Odyssey.

HW: Prepare to present tomorrow. Greek mythology quiz on MONDAY.

Read The Odyssey: The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the Cattle of the Sun God.

Complete reading log: Download here.

Turn in poetry portfolios.

View Cyclops section in "The Odyssey."

HW: Cyclops reading log due tomorrow

Computer Lab - Last work day for Poetry Portfolio.

HW: Poetry portfolio due tomorrow!

The Odyssey: Cyclops - see Mrs. Rumfelt for make-up.

HW: Poetry project due date moved to Tuesday.

Greek Mythology Presentations

HW: Work on poetry project.

Greek Mythology Research in the Media Center

Presentations tomorrow

HW: Prepare to present your god/goddess to the class. Here are some websites if you need them:

Greek Mythology - http://www.greekmythology.com/
Information on the deities and myths of ancient Greece, with student myth homework help.

Greek Mythology - http://www.messagenet.com/myths/
Devoted to the early Greek mythology from the Iliad to the fall of the last tyrant.

Perseus Project - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/apollod.summ.html
Frazer's summary of Apollodorus' handbook of Greek mythology all aspects of ancient texts, and including a superb image library.

Women in Greek Myths - http://www.paleothea.com
A who's-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, and collection of myths.

Greek Mythology - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/greek_myth.html
Introduction to ancient Greek mythology combining information from a number of sources.

Roman Mythology- http://romanmyth.com/-- a good source for websites on Roman mythology

Another site for Roman mythology—http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/

Notes on The Odyssey - See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up.

Start reading Part One: Introduction, Sailing to Troy, and the Lotus Eaters (page 980).

HW: Complete reading log: Download file here.

Last poetry workday - go over bibliography format and work on anthology.

Permission slip for book due TODAY.

HW: Work on poetry anthology- due Feb. 1!

DGP - diagramming

Media Center - last day to work on your poetry project

HW: Work on project; permission slip due Monday!

DGP: Capitalization and Punctuation

Media Center: Work on poetry project.

Book for BAP is due MONDAY.

Today we worked in the media center on your poetry projects and your BAPs.

Here are some ideas for your BAP presentations: Book Ad Presentation Ideas

If you are having trouble finding a book, look here: Carnegie Library

DGP - Monday and Tuesday

[those are the other childrens toys but yours are in your room]

Introduce Poetry Project and Book Ad Project (BAP).

Get both assignments from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent or you can print them out here:

Poetry Packet

Book Ad Project

Today we analyzed the poem "Identity." Please get from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.

HW: Bring in a poem you like on Tuesday!

Discuss figurative language handout from Wednesday.

Discuss "Dreams" and "Dream Deferred" in your literature book.

Read "Sympathy" and discuss.

Continue poetry unit.

Read poems on handouts: "Papa's Fishing Hole" and "Desert Places."
Download poetry handout.

Figurative Language handout - analyze examples.
Download figurative language handout.

HW: Read "Dreams" and "A Dream Deferred" in your literature book and answer the analysis questions.

Work in groups on narrative poems.

DGP- diagramming from Friday

Discuss "Oranges"

Read "Casey at the Bat" - page 42 in your book

Write narrative poems in groups. See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Brainstorm for narrative poem

Enjoy your day off!

DGP - Punctuation and Capitalization

Poetry Terms sheet: end rhyme, rhyme scheme, speaker, metaphor

Discuss "The Road Not Taken."

HW: Read lyric and narrative poems: Read "Oranges," annotate, and answer questions. Download handout here.

DGP - Clauses and Sentence Types

Finish notes and read "Slam, Dunk & Hook" and work on response.

Download poetry response here.

Download poem here.

HW: Read "The Road Not Taken" (p.188) in your literature book and answer questions #1-6.

DGP - [both jake and i forgot the girls names]

Quickwrite: What is poetry?

Introduction to Poetry notes

Literary Analysis due TODAY!

Review for final exam in class.

HW: Finish Part 3 of study guide for class tomorrow.

Computer Lab - final day to work on paper!

Your paper is due in class on Monday. PRINT YOUR PAPER BEFORE CLASS. If you need a computer to print, please come by my room before school. When you turn in your paper, you will need the following items:

1. Rubric
2. Final Draft
3. Peer Edited Rough Draft
4. Peer Editing Sheet
5. Outline
6. Prewriting: Theme or Symbol Sheet

Computer Lab to work on literary analysis. Peer Edit in class.

I also handed out your final exam review sheet. Please get one from me in class if you were absent.

HW: Final draft due Monday!

Computer Lab - work on rough draft.

Rough draft due tomorrow.

Computer Lab - work on rough draft

I handed out an outline sheet - you must turn this in with your final draft.
Download outline sheet here.

Start working on Literary Analysis Essay.

If you were absent, you can download the assignment here:

Literary Analysis Assignment

Sample Introduction

DGP

Study Guide for Test

Grade Sheets

Finish discussing themes.

HW: Review for test - tomorrow!

DGP

Group Work: Part Three
1. Plot diagram of major events in Par Three
2. Important Symbols

HW: Study for test on Friday!

DGP

Discuss Part 3 in Fahrenheit 451.

Part Three Study Guide due tomorrow.

HW: Test on Fahrenheit 451 on Friday.

Reading Day!

Today you worked on finishing Fahrenheit 451. Your study questions for Part Three are due on Monday, Nov. 30. You should also have the book finished.

You also turned in your creative writing (color and sound elements).

Here is the study guide in case you lost yours: Part Three Study Guide

Quickwrite:

What do you think will happen to Montag? Predict based on what we know so far.

Group activity with figurative language. See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Tomorrow is a reading day. You will need to finish the book over the break. Make sure you have your book and your study questions tomorrow!

Here is the Laws of Life entry form if you would like to do the Laws of Life Essay Contest.

Your essay is due to me by DECEMBER 11. You must follow all instructions below and on the entry form.

LAWS OF LIFE

If you are not familiar with the contest, the Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest is a character education program for high school students. Students in grades 9-12 are asked to select a "Law of Life" - or a proverb - (such as "Honesty is the best policy" or "To give is better to receive") and to write about how the character value contained in the maxim applies to the student's life. The contest challenges students to reflect on values such as generosity, courage, compassion, and it rewards those students who are wiling to take a stand for their belief.

The contest also has substantial cash prizes for students!

Grand Prize: $2,000
First Runner-up: $1,000
Second Runner-up: $500
Third Runner-up: $300
Fourth Runner-up: $250
Fifth Runner-up: $200

A few points to remember:

1. The essay should be in MLA format - typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman
500-700 words
2. The student's name should not appear on the essay; only on the entry form
3. A completed entry form must be submitted with each essay
4. The essays will not be returned
5. Your essays should be submitted to me by DECEMBER 11.

Today we discussed the beginning of Part Three, Burning Bright.

Then we discussed your creative writings, which are due on Tuesday.

I handed out the Part Three Study Guide. Download Part Three Study Questions here.

HW: Read up to page 129 and answer study guide questions. Stop at the sentence that ends "...long winter to come."

Work on Bradbury writing: add color to your piece.

7th period: start discussing sound devices (assonance and alliteration).

HW: Read up to page 121 in Part Three. Prepare to discuss tomorrow.

Work on Bradbury writings and discuss the color motif in Fahrenheit 451.

Quickwrite: Describe a time when you felt happy or excited.

Finish discussing "The Sieve and the Sand."

7th period: Quiz on Part Two; start looking at color motif in Fahrenheit 451.

HW: Finish study questions for Part Two.

Quickwrite: Describe a time when you felt frustrated or angry.

Continue reading "The Sieve and the Sand."

Download study questions here.

HW: Work on study guide and finish reading Part Two.

DGP - Capitalization and Punctuation

Read up to page 89 in Fahrenheit 451.

HW: Prewriting for CDW paragraph.

Go over vocabulary words.

Continue reading F451.

Start Part Two, "The Sieve and the Sand."

Download Part Two Study Guide here.

I checked your Part One Study Guide (all except the vocabulary words).

We continued reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451.

Vocab Quiz - see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

Finish Part One in Fahrenheit 451. Study guide due Monday (except for vocab words! - they are due Wednesday)

Download Part One Study Guide here.
HW: Work on finishing reading.

Discuss reading so far; character analysis paragraph about Montag.

HW: Study for vocab; work on paragraph.

Go over vocab words.

Discuss reading up to page 31. Hand out study guide for the rest of Part One (see Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent to get this!)

HW: Continue reading.

Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451 and continue reading.

HW: Finish study guide and read up to page 31.

Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451.

Discuss figurative language and imagery.

HW: Read to page 21 and answer up to question 17. Vocab words due on Wednesday!

DGP - Diagramming

Start Fahrenheit 451:

Notes on Bradbury and novel

Study Guide for Part One

HW: Read up to page 10 and answer questions 1-7 in Study Guide. Vocab words due on Wednesday.

DGP

Pre-writing Activity for Fahrenheit 451.

DGP

Discuss "The Necklace" and irony

Test Review -Download study guide here

HW: Finish test review and study for test!

DGP: [carla looked at herself in the mirror and recited the poem fire and ice]

"The Necklace" and discuss irony

HW: Test on Wednesday! We will review terms in class tomorrow.

Vocab Quiz #4

Present literary elements from "The Scarlet Ibis" and finish discussing the story.

HW: Begin studying for your test - on WEDNESDAY.

Quickwrite for "The Scarlet Ibis":

Discuss the end of the story. Do you blame the narrator for what happened to his brother?

Work in groups to analyze literary elements in the story.

HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow!

Vocab Unit - go over words

"The Scarlet Ibis"

Reading log for "The Scarlet Ibis"

HW: Finish the story and complete Character section and Questions on reading log. Save literary elements for tomorrow in class!

Quick Write: Write about a time that you had a conflict with a family member. Why are family conflicts so difficult to solve?

Work on CDW paragraphs in groups.

HW: Vocab words due tomorrow.

Vocab Unit - due Wednesday (part of speech, definition, original sentence)
imminent
vortex
iridescent
infallible
precarious
billow
careen
sullen
doggedness
vermilion

Discuss "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and work on CDW paragraphs
HW: Revise CDW paragraph

DGP - Diagramming

Quick Write: Why are dream important? When do you daydream?

Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and complete reading log.
Download Walter Mitty reading log

Notebook Check

HW: Finish reading log

DGP

Discuss "The Sniper"

Point of View notes

Writing Activity - re-write one scene from another point of view. See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

DGP

Discuss PSAT (on Wednesday)

Finish notes on setting and mood.

Start "The Sniper" and complete assignments. Due on THURSDAY. Download here if you were absent.

"The Sniper"

Reading Guide Questions and Assignment

DGP - new sentence: [the spanish club traveled to madrid spain over the summer]

Discuss mood examples in "Cask of Amontillado" and turn in film/mood analysis.

Listening and Writing Activity - see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up.

Notes on Setting and Mood - See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up.

Today is a teacher workday. Enjoy your long weekend!

Discuss mood and setting with film trailer analysis.

If you were absent, complete the following:

Watch the three trailers linked here and then complete the handout that follows:

Alice in Wonderland

The Road

Where the Wild Things Are

Download analysis handout

If you can't get the links to work, come see Mrs. Rumfelt before school.

Counselor Visit: Discuss courses, credits, and graduation requirements.

HW: Study for vocab quiz! 3rd period: reading log for Cask due tomorrow.

Go over vocabulary words. Quiz on Thursday!

Finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado."

HW: Finish reading log. (Due TOMORROW for 7th, THURSDAY for 3rd).

DGP [can you come over and watch the movie casablanca after school]

Vocab Words:
1. precluded
2. retribution
3. accosted
4. explicit
5. recoil
6. termination
7. niche
8. obstinate
9. gesticulation
10. absconded

For each word, please identify a. the part of speech, b. the definition c. write an original sentence. QUIZ is on THURSDAY. Words due TOMORROW.

Start reading "The Cask of Amontillado." Get reading guide from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.

HW: Vocab words for tomorrow.

I returned graded work today, including your non-fiction test and your 5 Minute Narratives.

5 Minutes Narrative Revision: This optional assignment is to revise your paper to improve your grade. Please see me to get the handout if you were absent.

Then we worked on your suspense stories.

HW: Finish suspenseful scene! Due Monday!

Writing Day!

Imitation Sentences: Write an imitation sentence with your partner

Suspense Writing Activity: Complete the prewriting for your suspenseful scene.

HW: Finish prewriting questions.

Watch "The Most Dangerous Game" film and complete film viewing guide.

Group Plot Diagrams for "The Most Dangerous Game"

Quickwrite: Recall the last time you watched a movie or read a story and felt anxious or scared. What did the writer or director do to create suspense?

Quiz: "The Most Dangerous Game"

Discuss plot and suspense. Turn in reading guide questions.

HW: 3rd period: Plot diagram for the story

Vocab Quiz #2 - Please see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

Read "The Most Dangerous Game" in your literature book and complete the reading guide questions. Please get them from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent or download them here.

HW: Finish the story and the reading guide questions.

Vocab Unit #2 - Go over vocab words

Read "The Interlopers" and complete plot diagram

HW: Finish plot diagram

Grammar - Run-ons

Vocab Unit 2 - words due on Wednesday; quiz on Friday!

Turn in non-fiction articles.

Handout: terms sheet for short story unit.

Notes on plot. Please get from Mrs. Rumfelt or another student

HW: Vocab words due Wednesday.

DGP

Work in computer lab on news articles and editorials.

HW: Study for non-fiction test tomorrow.

Computer Lab - finish researching news articles or work on editorial.

HW: Work on articles and study for Friday's test.

DGP

Nonfiction Review Sheet -due Friday for extra credit on your test.Download review sheet here.

Work on editorials and news articles. Bring to class tomorrow to work in the computer lab.

HW: Review for test and work on articles.

DGP

Media Center - work on news articles and editorials. Look for information for your news article.

Download assignment here.

HW: Work on articles!

Vocabulary Quiz #1 and DGP Quiz - See Mrs. Rumfelt to make these up if you were absent on Friday.

Continue discussing CDW writing and persuasive writing.

HW: Brainstorm ideas for your articles.

DGP

Go over vocabulary words for quiz.

Discuss CLAIM-DATA-WARRANT.

HW: DGP and Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow!

DGP

3rd period: Read "On Summer" and answer questions 1-7 at the end of the essay.
Complete persuasive appeals chart for arguments.

7th period: Discuss persuasive appeals and look at examples. Write your own persuasive appeals.

HW: Vocabulary words due tomorrow!

DGP - Monday and Tuesday

Vocab Unit #1: For each word, complete the following:
1. Write the definition.
2. Part of speech
3. Use the word in an original sentence.

DUE THURSDAY

admonish
breach
brigand
circumspect
commandeer
cumbersome
deadlock
debris
diffuse
dilemma

Notes on Types of Writing and Persuasive Appeals

HW: Vocab words due Thursday!

Happy Labor Day!

DGP - Diagramming

Notes on news articles and the 5W's.

Read two articles about conditions in low wage workplace and answer questions.

Download article assignment. Get articles from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.

DGP

Discuss loaded language and look at examples
Editorial from New York Times

HW: Basketball articles - see Mrs. Rumfelt to get the articles if you were absent.

DGP

Work in computer lab - final draft of memoir due tomorrow!

HW: Finish memoir.

DGP

Nonfiction notes, continued: Editorials

Read Facebook editorial and complete questions.

DGP - Parts of Speech

This week's sentence: [your friend from switzerland is a good student]

Rough drafts due today! Peer edit rough drafts.

HW: Final draft due Thursday.

DGP - Thursday

Computer Lab to work on essays.

HW: Rough draft due Monday. We WILL be in the computer lab on Friday as well!

DGP - Clauses and Sentence Types

5 Minute Narrative - Work on sensory detail charts and timelines.

HW: Bring in your draft to type in the lab on Thursday.

DGP - Parts of the sentence

Discuss 5 minute narrative/memoir

Notes on Show Not Tell Writing

HW: Work on memoir ideas.

DGP - Parts of Speech

Discuss A Step from Heaven - sensory details and author's purpose.

Read Rosa Parks: My Story and discuss. 3rd: Write a paragraph comparing Rosa Parks to the other two autobiographies/memoirs we read.

DGP - Thursday

Discuss Dillard's '"The Chase"

7th: Start reading excerpts from An Na's Step from Heaven.

HW: Finish reading the excerpts and take notes on point of view and selection of details.

DGP - Clauses and Sentence Types

Finish nonfiction notes.

Read "The Chase" by Annie Dillard. (Get the story from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.)
Download reading log for "The Chase"

HW: Finish reading and work on reading log.

DGP - Monday and Tuesday [each of the girls did her homework]

Present interviews and turn in articles.

Nonfiction notes

Media Center Orientation

Turn in scavenger hunt and yellow computer sheet to Mrs. Rumfelt!

Work in class on writing interview article.

HW: 2-3 paragraphs with heading and in pen (or typed) due Monday.

DGP - Punctuation and Capitalization

Discuss homework (paragraph about effectiveness of articles); turn in reading log.

Interviews: write 15 good interview questions and interview your assigned partner.

HW: Organize notes; we will work on the article in class tomorrow; and work on presenting them.

DGP - Clauses and Sentence Types

Finish notes

14th Street Bridge article - underline examples of loaded language.

HW: Complete reading log comparing 14th Street Bridge to Man in the Water. Download reading log here.

DGP - Tuesday

Go over syllabus

Notes on bias, subjective and objective language. See Mrs. Rumfelt or a classmate for the notes if you were absent.

HW: Signed syllabus due Monday August 17.

Welcome!

Class Overview and Expectations

Quickwrite: What is 9th Grade Lit/Comp? What are my expectations?

Read "The Man in the Water" and discuss.

This website will be a resource for your class this year. I will post your syllabus and first week assignments soon.