English 9 - Read the rest of "To Kill a Mockingbird" by 3 January. Theme extra credit is due 3 January as well.

Accelerated - Present Local Color posters. Read chapter 10 and 11 for tomorrow.

English 9 - Correct vocabulary tests and recap the trial. Read chapters 22-31 over Christmas break.

Accelerated - Finish Local Color posters. Read chapter 9 for tomorrow.

English 9 - Vocabulary test. Witness credibility examples and notes.

Accelerated - Local color poster groups and work time.

English 9 - Vocabulary Bingo. Vocab test is MONDAY!!!! Read ch. 21 for Monday.

Accelerated - Make vocabulary flash cards. Read ch. 7 and 8 for tomorrow.

English 9 - Read Chapter 16 in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and do questions 1-4 on the trial study guide.

Accelerated - Review Ch. 2 and 3 events. Harper Lee article. Read and create 10 trivia questions and answers from the content of the article.

English 9 - Mob rule and Chapter 15 in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Finish the chapter for tomorrow.

Accelerated - Get "Mockingbird" books and read chapter 1. Update your 'Personal Profiles' as you read.

English 9 - Read chapter 13 and 14 in "To Kill a Mockingbird" for tomorrow.

Accelerated - Continue notes on The Great Depression. Read the Newsweek article "Hard Times" for tomorrow.

English 9 - Complete the handout "In Someone Else's Shoes" for tomorrow and read chapter 12 for tomorrow as well.

Accelerated - Vocab test, start notes on The Great Depression.

English 9 - Notes on the 4 chief virtues. Courage, Justice, Prudence, and Temperance.

Accelerated - Short Story Test. Vocab test tomorrow.

English 9 - Read chapter 10 and 11 in "To Kill a Mockingbird" for Monday.

Accelerated - Short story review grid. Due Monday before the test.

English 9 - Recap chapter 5-8 events. Read chapter 9 for tomorrow.

Accelerated - View "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Hand in Inferences and begin short story review.

English 9 - Finish local color posters and present them. Quiz on chapters 1-8 in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Accelerated - Read "The Cask of Amontillado" and complete the inferences. They're due after we finish the film tomorrow.

English 9 - Local color poster groups. Create a poster highlighting the unique characteristics of MN and Maycomb. Class time to work on the poster.

Accelerated - Disaster poems due. Poe background. "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells."

English 9 - Read chapters 5-8 in "To Kill a Mockingbird" for Monday. Write 2 examples of Maycomb's 'Local Color' for each of the 6 categories on the yellow handout.

Accelerated - Read "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Create your own disaster poem for Monday. Follow the rhythm and rhyming patterns to earn an A.

English 9 - Local Color notes

Accelerated - Finish "Sorry Right Number" and the read "The Perfect Storm" for tomorrow.

English 9 - Harper Lee trivia questions due. Play trivia challenge with 3 teams.

Accelerated - Stephen King and "Sorry Right Number" screenplay.

English 9 - Article on Harper Lee. Read the article and create 10 trivia questions from the article that you think will stump your classmates. Please include the answers to your 10 questions and write them out on a blank sheet of notebook paper.

Accelerated - The State of California Vs. George Milton (mock trial). No homework.

English 9 - Mood and Inferences from ch. 1 - 3 due tomorrow. Read chapter 3 for tomorrow.

Accelerated - No class, trip to park square.

English 9 - Read chapter 1 & 2 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Vocab for chapters 1-6 and the vocab packet were handed out. There will be a 50 point vocabulary test after chapter 15.

Accelerated - "Marigolds" Nostalgia poems are due on Thursday. Read "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson for Thursday. Of Mice and Men play tomorrow. Please remember money for lunch at Arby's when we get back into Forest Lake.

English 9 - Rough draft writing. Final draft of your irony paper is due on Friday. This includes a rough draft, the peer edit, and a TYPED final draft.

Accelerated - Discuss "The Most Dangerous Game" and take the pop quiz.

English 9 - Short story review grid is due. Short story exam.

Accelerated - M.I. Paper due. Review parts of fiction. Theater etiquette and expectations. Lunch options on 11/16

English 9 - Review Jeopardy for the short story test tomorrow. The test is worth 75 points and the review grid is due before the test. You absolutely need to have your textbook in order to complete part 2 of the test.

Accelerated - Multiple Intelligence paper due tomorrow. Textbook scavenger hunt is due Thursday.

English 9 - Finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado" and view the film. Your vocabulary and inferences from "The Cask..." are due tomorrow. Grammar recharge 92.

Accelerated - Fallout shelter activity. What does it say about intelligence based on who you save?

English 9 - Power reading group presentations. Vocab from "The Cask of Amontillado"

Accelerated - Power reading presentations. Practice Works Cited page/writing time for MI paper. Works Cited practice is due tomorrow.

English 9 - Vocabulary pre-test. Recap E.A. Poe and read a few examples of his poetry.

Accelerated - Works Cited example page. Complete the practice/hypothetical Works Cited page for Wednesday.

ALL CLASSES - QUARTER 1 POWER READING IS DUE TOMORROW 10/25

English 9 - Grammar recharge #71 "Action and linking verbs." Edgar Allan Poe author background. Read pages 194-197 for tomorrow.

Accelerated - Research and writing in the 9th grade lab.

English 9 - Read "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson.

Accelerated - 9th lab for MI writing/research. Paper outline and scoring passed out.

English 9 - Disaster Poems based on "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Write a 4 Stanza, 16 line, poem. For a B add the ABCB rhyming scheme to your work. For an A add the Longfellow rhythm. He does this by using different syllable counts. The example poem starts on page 125 in your textbook.

English 9 - Poems from "Marigolds" are due. Start reading "Sorry Right Number" by Stephen King.

Accelerated - Continue look at individual intelligences from the MI theory. Examples and jobs discussion.

English 9 - Reading day. Read for 30 minutes in your power reading book and write a 1/3 to 1/2 page reaction.

Accelerated - Correct part 1 and 2 in the "Of Mice and Men" test. Multiple intelligence overview and paper assignment.

English 9 - Continue working on Memoir poems that focus on adjective and noun use to describe a scene, DUE MONDAY. 169-170 in the Grammar Recharge packet focusing on capitalization.

Accelerated - "Of Mice and Men" test. MI inventory due tomorrow.

English 9 - Finish reading "Marigolds" and start on the descriptive poems about a poignant memory.

Accelerated - Journals due, finish notes on "Of Mice and Men" Test tomorrow.

English 9 - Read Vietnam articles. Start "Marigolds."

Accelerated - Finish viewing "Of Mice and Men" film. Start review notes for the book and John Steinbeck.

English 9 - Turn in the inferences and vocab for "Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?" Discuss degrees of Irony and listen to/view "One" by Metallica.

Accelerated - Trial parts announced. Continue "OMaM" film.

English 9 - Grammar Recharge "Concrete and Abstract Nouns." Background on Vietnam War and author Tim O'Brien.

Accelerated - Field trip forms (due Tuesday). Continue group "hands" posters for "Of Mice and Men."

English 9 - Quiz on the short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Irony definition and paragraph about General Zaroff on the blue handout is due tomorrow.

Accelerated - Discuss "Of Mice and Men" theme and begin hands posters in groups of 2 or 3.

English 9 - Read "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. It starts on page 38 in your textbook. There will be a quiz on the story tomorrow.

Accelerated - Class discussion for "Of Mice and Men." The title of the book, hands, foreshadowing, allusions, etc. For tomorrow, think about what the possible theme may be for the book. What are you, the reader, supposed to take away from this story?

English 9 - Complete lesson 62 and 65 in your grammar packet. Write your response to the 'theme' question on the back of the vocab handout from "The Necklace"

Accelerated - Discuss chapter 3 in "Of Mice and Men." Start work on "Of Mice and Men" vocabulary 1-6.

English 9 - Read "The Necklace" on pages 27-34 in your textbook. Complete the vocabulary side of the gold handout you got in class today.

Accelerated - Read chapter 3 in "Of Mice and Men." When you finish please answer the chapter 3 journal question: What is your version of the dream George and Lennie share? Describe yours and explain how it compares to what they are going to do.

English 9 and Accelerated - NWEA Testing today, now homework or regularly scheduled class.

English 9 - Reading day. 30 minutes in your power reading book and then write a 1/3 to 1/2 page reaction log.

Accelerated - Read chapter 2 in "Of Mice and Men"

NWEA Testing will be Monday for all classes. Have a good weekend.

English 9 - Textbook hunt due. Handout 'Grammar Recharge' packet and do page one as a group. Read pg 23-24 in your text on parts of fiction.

Accelerated - Read Ch. 1 in "Of Mice and Men" after getting books. Notes on John Steinbeck.

English 9 - Success and regret paper due. Complete the textbook scavenger hunt for tomorrow.

Accelerated - Success and regret paper due. Complete the pre-reading journal for "Of Mice and Men." What is your definition of true friendship? Write your response in the journals we made in class today.

English 9 and Accelerated - Editing the rough draft with a peer and individually. The final draft of your success paper is due tomorrow. It can be typed or handwritten. Books need to be covered by tomorrow to receive credit.

English 9 and Accelerated - Rough draft of your Success paper is due tomorrow. When was a time you did something you view as successful? Meaning you put forth your absolute best effort so that no matter what the result, you could live with yourself free of regret. Or when was a time you let yourself get distracted and allowed that distraction to prevent you from being ultimately successful?

English 9 = 4 paragraphs

Accelerated = 5 paragraphs

English 9 and Accelerated - Reading day #1. Read for 30 minutes in the book you are reading for the first quarter power reading assignment. Notes on writing 'Reaction Logs.'

English 9 and Accelerated - Get books for the first reading Friday (tomorrow). Finish our discussion and look at the Power Reading assignment.

English 9 and Accelerated - Power reading assignment. First book presentation/report is due Tuesday 10/25.

Welcome Back!!! 2011-2012 is going to be a great year.

English 9 and Accelerated English 9 - Books need to be covered by 9/14. Course information sheets can be signed and turned in for E.C. by Thursday.

May 9 - 13

English 9 and Advanced -

Speeches will continue this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. If you are giving your speech, be sure to practice and have you Works Cited, typed speech, and purple evaluation sheet on speech day.

English 9 and Accelerated - Research time for the Social Issue speech will end this week. 3 of your five sources need to be checked off by Friday 4/15. Your outline is due by Wednesday 4/20. Keep writing, researching, reading, and working to that goal of delivering a well researched persuasive speech.

English 9 and Accelerated - Continue reading and outlining your arguments for your speech. Check out for books on research is Monday. GRAD Writing test information, TEST IS TUESDAY!!

English 9 and Accelerated - Go over topic ideas for social issue research.

- Practice the source analysis and note taking process.

- Topics are due by Friday.

English 9 - Finish Reading Act III in "Romeo and Juliet" Update your study guides and lit term grid. Keep looking for that extra credit.

Accelerated - Act III i, and update study guide. Hand out Shakespearean insults.

English 9 - Read Act I iii, iv in "Romeo and Juliet" and update your study guide. The handout on Act I i in both films is due.

Accelerated - Reader's Theater in groups. Blank Verse scanning practice due tomorrow.

English 9 - "Shakespeare's London" due. Pop quiz on 14 literary terms used in "Romeo and Juliet." Look at Henry VIII and his 6 wives.

Accelerated - Continue our look at "The Legend of Bagger Vance" for our example of the Romance archetype and the hero story.

English 9 - "Shakespeare's World" handout due tomorrow. Lit term grid: Write definitions to the 14 words on the grid.

Accelerated - Finish Archetype notes and discussion. Look at Tragedy and Romance. Romantic hero notes. The Place Apart.

English 9 and Accelerated - Test on To Kill a Mockingbird