English 9 Honors (Period 3) Assignments

1. Revenge: Justified or Not? - In three well-written paragraphs, answer the following question. Recall your own experiences with feelings of revenge. Do you think revenge is ever justified on a personal level, or is it better to forgive and forget? Explain your answer.
2. Compare and Contrast Revenge: Justified or Not? with "The Cask of Amontillado"

1. Read Ahead to Verify Predictions handout
2. Finish "The Cask of Amontillado"
3. View "The Cask of Amontillado"

1. Plot Development Graph notes
2. Revenge: Why is revenge such a strong motivator? Explain your answer.
3. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe, pg.60
4. Homework: Enrichment: Woman & Work handout

1. Test "New Directions"

1. Collect homework - Writing Workshop: Work in Progress, pg. 41
2. Timed Writing Prompt #1
3. "New Directions" Study Guide
4. Homework: Study for test

• What does the title of the narrative mean?
• What is the theme of the narrative?
• Detailed description of Annie
• What are the significant details of the narrative?
• What truths does Annie choose to live by?
• What are the elements of a narrative essay? Be able to identify them.
• Be able to know how to make predicitions.
• Identify common and proper nouns
• Vocabulary-know the definiton, how to use the word in a sentence, synonyms, antonyms

1. Collect homework
2. Writing an Anecdote, pg. 41 (3 paragraphs)
3. Support for Writing an Anecdote worksheet
4. Homework: Writing Workshop: Work in Progress, pg. 41

1. Narrative Essay handout - group presentations
2. Grammar - common & proper nouns worksheets
3. Homework: Finish common and proper nouns worksheet

Unit 1: "New Directions"

1. Writing About the Big Questions & Anticipation Guide revisited
2. Narrative Essay worksheet

Unit 1: "New Directions"

1. Reading: Ask Questions to Make Predicitions handout
2. "New Directions"  by Maya Angelou, pg. 36
3. Critical Thinking, pg. 38, #s 2c, 3b, 4b, The Big Question
4. Homework: Finish Critical Thinking questions

Unit 1: "New Directions"

1. Reading Skill:Make Predictions, pg. 23
2. Literary Analysis: Narrative Essay, pg. 23
3. Can truth change?: Write about the big question, pg. 34
4. Meet the Author, pg. 35
5. Anticipation Guide: State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and explain why. 1) Success depends upon being in the right place at the right time. 2) If you think too much about making a change, you will lose your nerve. 3) All it takes to succeed in business is one good idea. 4) Change is best made quickly and spontaneously.

1. Test - from The Giant's House & "Desiderata"

1. Finish exploring fiction and nonfiction elements
2. Homework: After You Read (student textbook), pg. 21 - The Big Question, study for test (from The Giant's House and "Desiderata") 

1. Check homework
2. Reader's Notebook - "Desiderata" by Elizabeth McCraken, read and annotate
3. Squeeze - 3 sentence summary for selected text
4. Exploring Fiction - from The Giant's House
5. Exploring Nonfiction - "Desiderata"
6. Homework: After You Read, pg. 215 (Reader's Notebook), #s 3 & 4

1. Exploring Fiction & Nonfiction, pg. 6
2. Model Selection: Fiction, pg. 8
3. Fitting In: Is it preferable to fit in with a group or to stand out from others? Explain your answer.
4. Reader's Notebook: "The Giant's House" by Elizabeth McCraken
5. Homework: Reader's Notebook - C omplete side notes/annotations

1. Collect homework - Bethany Hamilton's Biography
2. Unit 1 - Can truth change?: Introducing the Big Question, pg. 2
3. Introduction: Fiction & Non-ficition, pg. 4
4. Exploring Fiction & Non-fiction, pg. 6

Reality Central Unit 1: "Riding the Waves" (see attachment for article)

1. Real Life Connection
2. Word Bank - assess, convince, determine, perspective, truth (copy definition and 1 synonym for each word)
3. Think Aloud - pre-reading
4. "Riding the Waves", page 8
5. Real Life Connection Revisited
6. Wrap It Up: Connect to the Big Question
7. Homework: Bethany Hamilton's Biography - After reading "Riding the Waves," how much do you think Bethany Hamilton's life has been determined by her attitude? Write a short biography, 3 paragraphs, of Hamilton for a surfing magazine. Make sure to highlight the role her attitude has played in her success. Use ideas from the article and at least 3 words from the Word Bank.

1. Return papers
2. Review Beginning-of-Year Test
3. How to read a prompt
4. Homework: Re-write "Attitude Is Everything" essay

1. Read "Attitude Is Everything"
2. Writing Prompt (DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD): Writing Situation: As one grows up, one realizes that life is not just black and white, but many shades of gray. It is these shades of gray that make life an experience.
   Writing Directions: In a well-written composition, tell what the speaker is saying about life and attitude. Do you agree or refute with the speaker. Support your answer with specific examples from your own experience, your own observation of others and pieces of literature you have read- including “Attitude is Everything”.

1. Seating Chart
2. Classroom Expectations
3. Academic Dishonesty Policy
4. Daily Bellringer #1: Think about what the word truth means to you. List FIVE synonyms and FIVE antonyms for the word truth.
5. Homework: Parent/Guardian Signature (Classroom Expectations & Academic Dishonesty Policy)
6. Guest Speaker - Ms. Cebreros

1. Beginning-of-Year Benchmark Test

1. Textbook Checkout
2. New School Year Success
3. Formatting Guidelines
4. What Every Student Must Know About Essay Writing

1. Collect Homework
2. "The Indispensable Tiger": Read story and answer questions:

1. What does indispensable mean?

2. What did the tiger mean when he said, "What a burden it is to be indispensable."

3. List the tigers in the story. How does each tiger relate to you as a person.

4. What did the lion tell the tiger?

5. Why did the lion seem to be the wiser of the two?

6. How does the whole story relate to people?

7. Listening is important. Would you rather have something read to you or read it yourself? Why? Why does it make a difference?

1. Check-in students
2. Introduction Sentence Starters
3. School Tour
4. Homework: Finish sentence starters. Choose 5 senteces to explain in detail. Each sentence should be a paragraph in length.