All Classes-- Final Grades

English 9 grades are posted, both for the final six weeks and for the semester.  Semester breakdowns can be found in the "Fourth Term" grading period.  Students who need to retake the EOC will have updated grades once retake scores are in (and the exam grade will be the higher of the two).  Remember, if you have not passed the EOC, you are required to come to remediation on Thursday and retesting on Friday.

HN English 10 grades will be posted by noon tomorrow, Thursday.  This includes exam scores.  Any work you would like to pick up will also be available at that time.  I will hold onto all graded work until next Wednesday (6/13) and then it will be recycled.

English 9 - Romeo & Juliet Literary Terms

All classes should review their literary term definitions, especially pun, allusion, alliteration, metaphor, simile, and personification.  You will have a term check tomorrow that will have examples of these literary terms from Romeo & Juliet.  You will have to identify them without using your notes.

FIRST PERIOD:  Students should finish the study guide questions assigned for Act II, scene iii (2-9) and collecting one specific example of each of the following literary terms from Act II, scenes ii-iii: metaphor, simile, personification, pun, alliteration.  Extra credit will be given for allusion and foreshadowing. 

FOURTH PERIOD:  Students should answer study guide questions assigned for Act II, scene ii (2, 5-12). 

Separate sheet of paper, complete sentences for all study guide questions. 

Research Project assignments were given out today.  If you have not finished your research notecards (due last Friday: 5 sourcecards, 35 notecards), you will have an opportunity to turn them in along with the rest of your project on Wednesday, May 30. 

English 9 - Romeo & Juliet Continued

ALL CLASSES:  Tomorrow is Wednesday.  Notecards.

FIRST PERIOD:  Answer study guide questions 4-11 from Act II, scene ii. 

FOURTH PERIOD: Answer study guide questions 1-4 and 7-8 from Act I, scene v.

Separate sheet of paper, complete sentences. 

English 9 - Romeo & Juliet Act I

First Period: Finish reading Act I, scenes iii-v and answering the selected study guide questions (iii: 2-6b, 7-8; iv: 2-4, "6"; v: 1-4, 7-9).  You will have a reading check tomorrow and we will go over important quotations, so bring your notes.

Fourth Period:  Finish reading Act I, scenes ii-iv and answering the selected study guide questions (ii: all; iii: 2-6b, 7-8; iv: 2-5 on the new study guide). 

All classes may use the Librivox audio recording if they wish: scroll down for Act I. 

English 9 - R&J: Act I, scene i

All late vocabulary notecards should be turned in tomorrow for half credit.

Students should finish reading Act I, scene i of Romeo & Juliet and answer the corresponding study guide questions (omitting #9).  As always, all study guide questions should be answered in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.  This link connects to the No Fear Shakespeare online edition, although I announced in class that any students lacking internet access should stop by after second period to pick up a paper copy.  Not all of those students did so. 

Research notecards are due on Friday instead of Thursday, so prepare yourself. 

English 9 - Research

All students need to catch up on their research.  As of Friday, 3 sourcecards and 18 notecards taken from those sourcecards were due.  If you have done 0 or fewer than the required number, be advised: you're setting yourself up for failure.  All 5 sourcecards and 35 notecards (minimum) will be due on Wednesday, May 16 and you have put yourself massively behind.  The research project will be handed out next week and without your research, you are also setting yourself up for a 0 on a project.  Not a good idea if you intend on passing this course...

Extra credit projects are also due on Wednesday.

Odyssey Voc 3 and R&J Voc 1 retakes are due by next Friday, May 18. 

English 9 - Research Deadline #2

Posted on the board and discussed in class since last week, your second deadline for your research notecards is due tomorrow.  You should have 2 sourcecards (following the format we discussed in class) and at minimum 12 notecards that take notes from those sources.  Your eventual goal will be to have 5 sources and 35 notecards, so going over the limit for the periodic due dates is not a bad thing. 

Vocabulary notecards are also due tomorrow, so notecards all around! 

We discussed ways to save articles as PDFs for students without internet access at home, so that is not an excuse I am willing to accept. 

English 9 - The Odyssey Part II Test

Students should complete their 28 character cards that go along with the characters on the study guide; epithet sheets were distributed in class today-- you just have to match up the character with their descriptor.  Since you have a test tomorrow, you should also review the other information on the study guide.  

Reminder: each character card should contain the following information--

1. who the character is
2. why they are important/what they did in Part II of The Odyssey
3.  an epithet for them
4. on the front side of the card, at least one picture going along with their identity or importance

Please remember that on Wednesday you have 2 completed source and 12 completed notecards for your research project.  This was announced last week.

English 9 - The Odyssey Part II Completion & Review

Students who have been absent should complete Books XXIII & XXIV Study Guides to complete all reading assignments for The Odyssey.  You can read along with the audiofile, same as for all books of The Odyssey. 

The Odyssey Part II (Books XIII-XXIV) Test will be on Tuesday, May 8.  A study guide was handed out yesterday in class.  In preparation for the test and for a grade, you will make character review cards.  A plastic bag and 28 colored notecards were handed out in class.  You were instructed to write each of the 28 characters on the review sheet on the unlined side of the card.  On the back (lined) side, you should write 1) who the character is, 2) why they are important to this part of The Odyssey, and 3) at least one epithet for that character.  On the front with the character's name, you should have at least one illustration that goes along with them or their contribution to this part of The Odyssey.  While all of them will be due on Tuesday before the test, 14/28 will be due COMPLETE on Monday.  I will check.  We already did one together in class, so that's 13 for you to complete.

English 9 - The Odyssey Book XXII

Finish reading/listening to Book XXII and complete the study guide handed out in class. Reading check tomorrow (as usual). 

Late notecards should be turned in tomorrow.

Extra Credit project options were distributed in class today.  They are due no later than Wednesday, May 16 at the beginning of class.  If you are absent that day, you should find alternative means to get your project to school because none will be accepted after the 16th.  

English 9 - Book XXI... Prelude to the Beatdown

Tomorrow is Wednesday.  Bring your vocabulary notecards.

Any students who were assigned to finish listening to/reading The Odyssey Book XXI and answering the study guide questions (omitting #2) should do so for homework. 

Audiotexts of all books assigned of The Odyssey can be found on the English 9 Moodle. 

Missing a study guide?  Link to Book XX and Books XVIII & XIX study guides can be found in the previous text. 

The Odyssey Part II Test will be on Tuesday, May 8.

Students should take the following notes into consideration as we approach the end of the semester:

1. Projects are not optional.  Neither are quizzes or tests.
2. If you have a low grade for daily work, do your daily work (homework/classwork).  Many of these are completion grades, so actually complete your assignments.
3. Low vocabulary quiz grade average?  Study for your quizzes.  Retake failed quizzes during the one week time period allowed.  Get help if you don't know how to study.
4. Low test grades?  Study for your tests.  Get help well in advance to help you study.  Oh, and do your daily work since that's what eventually ends up on the tests.  

English 9 - Beginning Research

Due at the beginning of class tomorrow is the start of your research:  You should have one complete source card and at least five cards of subtopic-grouped notes on that source.

Remember that for items not found on the sourcecard, you need to actually write "not found."

Your topic is the one you selected that is related to your independent reading memoir/biography/autobiography.  If you have not yet selected a topic, well, do so and then do research on it.

English 9 - The Odyssey Loyal/Disloyal List

Today we started preliminary research for the upcoming research projects.  You should have found your first source and begun taking notes according to the way we discussed in class (sourcecard and then notes divided by subtopic within an article).  We have discussed reliable sources in class, so make sure you're following those guidelines.

For homework tonight, those of you who did not complete the Loyal/Disloyal Chart in class today (including descriptions and L or D), should do so. 

Tomorrow is also Wednesday-- vocabulary notecards. 

English 9 - The Odyssey Book XVI

All classes need to turn in any late notecards tomorrow for half credit.  Zeroes are not acceptable for this easy grade.  Please keep in mind for those of you asking for extra credit that you should be doing regular credit in order to not need extra credit.

All classes should also finish reading along with the audio of Book XVI of The Odyssey.  You should answer all study guide questions in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.

Bring your laptop AND CHARGER with you for the next couple weeks-- we will be using them.

English 9 - The Odyssey Book XIII & Reserach Project Ideas

Today we read the majority of Book XIII in class-- for fourth period, those of you who did not finish the study guide questions, they are due at the beginning of class tomorrow. 

First period, you need to come prepared with your three potential research topics based on your independent reading memoir/biography/autobiography.  You should bring your book and laptop to class until instructed otherwise. 

Oh, and tomorrow is Wednesday-- notecards.

English 9 - The Odyssey Part I Review

Complete your timeline assignment from class today for homework--

Using the notes from class, create a visual timeline of Odysseus' journey from Troy (#1 on the timeline) to Scheria (#13 on the timeline).  Each location should have 1-2 sentences summarizing the main events that occurred at that location and an illustration to go along with it (13 descriptions, 13 illustrations).  Stick people need to be clothed, and you should use both color and detail (though exceptional black and white drawings will not be poo-pooed). 

Independent reading projects should be handed out in the next two days, so prepare yourself (especially if you didn't finish your book over the break...)

English 9 - The Odyssey Part I Test!

All classes have a test tomorrow (Thursday, 3/5).  You should finish your Odyssey Review Crossword to turn in tomorrow for a grade. 

All retakes for Words to Know 2 vocabulary quizzes must be completed by tomorrow.  For fourth period, your chance to retake The Odyssey Vocabulary 1 quiz expires tomorrow as well. 

Progress reports went home today.  Please take care of missing reading and note checks before the break. 

Students who have not been turning in their Odyssey study guides should take advantage of this one-time credit recovery opportunity: All incomplete or not turned in study guide question sets may be turned in for half credit on Monday, April 16.  All answers must be on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences in order to receive credit.  

English 9 - The Odyssey Book XI: The Land of the Dead

All classes should read along with Book XI (pages 213 to 234, omitting 220-225, 230-232) and answer the study guide questions on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.

You should expect a reading check tomorrow.

All classes will have a test on Thursday.  Begin reviewing.

English 9 - Odysseus' Story Continues Some More

FIRST PERIOD:  You should finish reading along with the audiofile of Book X of The Odyssey.  You need to answer the corresponding study guide questions on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.

FOURTH PERIOD:  You should finish reading along with the audiofile of Book IX of The Odyssey.  You are only reading pages 169 to 181, so you need to follow along with your packet.  You should answer study guide questions 2-22 on the Book IX study guide on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences. 

English 9 - Odysseus' Story Continues

ALL CLASSES:  Study for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow.  It will be the last one before spring break.

FIRST PERIOD: Finish reading and listening along to Book IX, pages 178 to 187.  Answer study guide questions 1, 18-30 in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.  I will collect them tomorrow.

FOURTH PERIOD:  Finish reading and listening along to Book V.  Answer all the study guide questions on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.   I will collect them tomorrow.