Notes:
Bring A Separate Peace to class each Monday-Thursday this week. Bring Tuesday’s With Morrie to class on Friday, October 3. Monday – Complete A.S.P. study guide in class. Homework: Finish vocabulary exercises except for writing the essay. Tuesday – Literary Analysis In Class Only. Homework: study vocabulary. Wednesday – Literary Analysis Homework: study vocabulary. Thursday – Literary Analysis – type in writing lab and turn in at the end of class. Homework: study vocabulary. Friday – Vocabulary quiz Unit 3. Upcoming Dates:
Bring Tuesdays With Morrie to class on Tuesday, September 30. Vocabulary quiz Unit 3 Thursday, October 2. Monday - Read "It's More Than Just Rain or Snow" chapter in class and practice taking notes. Select two settings from ASP and discuss the role weather has and how it relays information about characters and plot. Article and sample notes located on resources page. Tuesday - Check note cards and answer questions over A Separate Peace based on chapter reading from Monday. Begin vocabulary Unit 3 in class. Wednesday - Read "If She Comes Up It's Baptism" in class and take notes on note-cards (please bring your own to class). Article is located on resources page (will be loaded Tuesday). Continue vocabulary Unit 3. Thursday - We will write a paragraph analyzing ASP based on the readings in class. We will use the computers in the Writing Lab room 307. Continue Vocabulary Unit 3. Friday - Work on ASP test analysis and point recovery. A Separate Peace study guide is available on the "9th Honors Resources" page.
Narrative Essay Tuesday-Friday, September 2-5 Students will work on handwritten rough draft in class. Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 2 will be rescheduled to Monday. Monday, September 8 Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 2. After quiz, type rough draft of essay in Writing Lab. Tuesday, September 9 Brief review over ASP Editing Workshop in class. Take rough draft home and revise. Revise and type final copy at home. Final copy and workshopped rough draft are due Friday, September 12. **Note: If you plan to be absent Thursday or Friday, then you must turn your paper in early. Papers turned in after September 12, will lose 11% each school day it is late. Wednesday, September 10 1st period will meet for 2+ hours so all students can attend a school assembly for "Rachel's Challenge." 2nd and 3rd periods will NOT meet. Thursday, September 11 TEST over A Separate Peace. Friday, September 12 Review ASP test, turn in final copy of narrative essay and your rough draft that was workshopped on Tuesday. Our next parallel reading will be Tuesdays With Morrie which is due in class on Monday, September 29. |
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