The Week of September 29 -- Real Time

Real Time
Due Monday, September 29 -- Read pages 105-136
Due Wednesday, October 1 -- The book must be completed for our final discussion
Thursday, October 2 --End Test for Real Time
Friday, October 3 -- Free-Read Friday (Bring in your Night book...End Project for Night is due on October 20, 2014)

Real Time Assignments for the Week of September 22

Due Monday, September 22:  Pages 1-22 and the chart

Tuesday, September 23 and Wednesday, September 24:  We are going to the computer lab to complete a webquest.  Use the links below to answer the information.

Part I: Real Time Websites

http://www.answers.com/topic/pnina-moed-kass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/

http://griid.org/2010/12/20/democrats-push-through-yet-another-anti-palestinian-resolution/

http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent/

Part II: Real Time Websites
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/kibbutz.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/resource_center/index.asp

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005476

http://www.grouprecipes.com/91808/palestine-makluba.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keffiyeh


Due Friday, September 26:  Pages 22- 102 and the handout

The Week of September 15, 2014

We will be visited by your 9th grade guidance counselor on Tuesday, September 16.  Be prepared for a fun class learning about all High Point has to offer!

On Wednesday (9/17) and Thursday (9/18) we will be going to the library media wing.  You will be responding to a literary analysis prompt pertaining to "Marriage is a Private Affair."  You will be able to brainstorm ideas and have the story with you when typing your response to the prompt. This writing prompt will be worth 20 points.  

Friday -- You will be receiving your first novel, Real Time.  Pages 1-22 and the completed chart (handout provided in class) are due Monday, September 22.

You will also be receiving your independent reading assignment this week.  You will be reading and completing a writing project connecting to the novel Night.  This novel and the project connected to it will be ALL completed at home.  The due date will be announced in class.





Week of September 8-September 12, 2014

This week you will be learning about and discussing a few of the literary terms we will be using throughout the year.  The short story "Marriage is a Private Affair" and questions pertaining to the short story will be used in the discussion of literary terms. The homework questions will be assigned in class and a due date will be given.  A zero will be placed in the gradebook if the assignment is not competed by the due date.

Here is the link to "Marriage is a Private Affair" --
http://peopleandstories.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/marriage-is-a-private-affair.pdf

Please study for the following quiz --

Thursday, September 11:  Literary Term Quiz (based off of PowerPoint presented in class on 9/8)

September 2014

Unit 1 of 9 Academic World Literature:  Below is a brief synopsis of what we will be doing during the first few weeks of school.

As 9^th grade English students, you will be exposed to many different cultures this year through films, literary works, and nonfiction.  What can we learn from reading articles and stories and from viewing films about different cultures?   Why is it so important for young students in today’s society to be exposed to these different cultures?  

All of the tools you will need to be a successful high school English student will be given to you during the first marking period. The following are the items we will be working on over the next marking period:

·         Quote Analysis

·         Critical Thinking Skills

·         Writing Skills (Thesis Statements, Paragraph Organization, MLA format, Citations, Works Cited Page, etc.)

To learn and strengthen these skills we will use the following for our discussions:

• “Marriage is a Private Affair” (http://peopleandstories.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/marriage-is-a-private-affair.pdf) and other selections from World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry
• ·  Osama
•   Real Time  
•   2014 summer and fall current event articles from around the world

EXAM REVIEW

Part I:  Literary Terms, Poetic Devices, and Dramatic Conventions

vignette, round character, flat character, dynamic character, static character, stock character, Assonance, alliteration, consonance, simile, metaphor, protagonist, antagonist, foil, couplet, sonnet, iambic pentameter, situational irony, dramatic irony, soliloquy, concealment, blank verse, prose, diction, syntax, hyperbole, symbol, imagery, allusion, synesthesia, oxymoron, malapropism, onomatopoeia, and aside…

Reviewing notes, PowerPoint presentations, and tests will help you be successful on this section of the exam. 

Section II:  Authors/Directors/Playwrights

Be able to identify the author, director, or playwright to each of the following works:

A Doll’s House

Oedipus

Romeo and Juliet

Whale Rider

Minority Report

The House on Mango Street

Section III:  Quote Identification

Know the significant themes/events of the above works and the important characters within each work in order to be successful on the quote identification section of the exam.

Section IV:  Open-ended Response

In a well-developed response you will be responding to a question having to deal with a particular character within a work.  Reviewing the main characters of each work and their behavior, traits, and experiences will help you be successful when responding to this writing prompt.

Section V:  Essay Section

This section will include all of the works listed above.  Know the characters, plots, themes, etc. of the works listed above.

The House on Mango Street

UPDATE AS OF 5/30/14:
DO NOT FORGET:  I WILL BE CHECKING YOUR FIRST THREE VIGNETTES (ROUGH DRAFTS) ON MONDAY, JUNE 2! 


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The House on Mango Street Assignments --


The Vignette Writing Project: 

• The completed booklet must be turned in by Monday, June 9, 2014 (This is the last grade of the marking period...worth 50 points)
• Individual due dates for rough drafts of each vignette will provided in class
• The vignettes we will be reading for the vignette project include the following:
• "The House on Mango Street" - page 3
• "My Name" - page 10
• "Hairs" - page 6
• "Those Who Don't" and other neighborhood vignettes - page 28
• "A House of my Own" - page 108

Reading Assignment: 

• Throughout the next two weeks we will also read the following vignettes dealing with the women on Mango Street:
• "A Smart Cookie" - page 90
• "Sally" - page 81
• "What Sally Said" - page 92
• "Linoleum Roses" - page 101
• "Marin" - page 26
• "There was an Old Woman..." - page 29
• "Alicia Who Sees Mice" - page 31
• "No Speak English" - page 76
• "Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice..." - page 79
• "Minerva Writes Poems" - page 84

Whale Rider --


We will be viewing The Whale Rider the week of June 9.  Our discussion will connect this film to The House on Mango Street.


Exam --


I will be providing you with an exam review sheet during the week of June 2.