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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
HW: Return the class syllabus signed tomorrow. / 25
Class: Summer Reading Review
HW: Website Scavenger Hunt (handout) due tomorrow. / 26
Class: Summer Reading Review
HW: Finish Sleeping Freshman Never Lie handout for tomorrow. Organized binders are due next Monday. / 27
Class: Summer Reading Review
HW: Finish Mythology study guide for tomorrow for your group’s presentation. Spelling quiz is tomorrow! / 28
Class: Spelling Quiz; final review for summer reading test
HW: Be prepared for Monday’s summer reading test! Also, be sure to bring your organized binder to class for a notebook check on Monday.
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SUMMER READING TEST
Class: Notebook check; summer reading test
HW: “Do you know your parts of speech?” handout due tomorrow / 1
Class: Parts of Speech review; Read a short story in class
HW: Parts of Speech practice sheet / 2
Class: Go over yesterday’s story’s ending; Parts of Speech review; Vocab Regime
HW: Preposition and Drinks handout; read “Ordeal by Cheque” and answer accompanying questions / 3
Class: Parts of speech final review; Discuss “Ordeal by Cheque”
HW: Review Parts of Speech for a quiz tomorrow. / 4
Parts of Speech Quiz!
Class: Parts of Speech Quiz; textbook distribution; read “The Sniper” in class (p. 211). Introduce Narrative Writing Project!
HW: Notecards for Vocab List 1 due Tuesday; write a letter to the Sniper’s mom, due Tuesday
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Labor Day Holiday / 8
Class: Go over vocabulary List #1; Share “Sniper” letters; introduce and begin reading “The Most Dangerous Game”
HW: Finish reading “Most Dangerous Game” (p. 4 in textbook) for tomorrow. / 9
Class: “The Most Dangerous Game” discussion and analysis
HW: Study for Friday’s vocabulary quiz; work on narrative writing project / 10
PICTURE DAY
Class: “The Sky is Gray” viewing and discussion questions.
HW: Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz; work on narrative writing project / 11
Vocabulary Quiz #1
Class: Finish watching/discussing “The Sky is Gray”; Vocab Quiz #1; Protagonist Exploration for your narrative project
HW: Read “The Necklace” page 160 in textbook; Notecards for Vocabulary List 2 due Monday
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Class: Discuss “The Necklace” and Vocab list 2
HW: Read “Desiree’s Baby” (handout) for tomorrow / 15
Class: Discuss “Desiree’s Baby” and Subject/Verb Agreement
HW: Subject/Verb agreement handout due tomorrow / 16
Early Release Day
Class: Discuss Subject/Verb Agreement; Discussion on equality
HW: Read “Harrison Bergeron” (handout) / 17
Class: Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1-2 / 18
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Class: Subject/Verb agreement practice; Bluff; Vocab quiz
HW: Notecards for List 3 due Monday; read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (handout) for Monday
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Class: Vocabulary List #3; Discuss “Walter Mitty” and quotation marks
HW: “Walter Mitty” cartoon activity / 22
Class: Share and discuss cartoons; quotation mark practice; introduction to “Cask of Amontillado”
HW: Finish “Cask of Amontillado” page 172 for tomorrow. / 23
Class: Discuss “Cask of Amontillado” and irony
HW: Read “Thank You, Ma’m” p. 86 in textbook for tomorrow / 24
Class: Discuss “Thank You, Ma’m” and indirect characterization
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1, 2, and 3 for tomorrow / 25
Vocabulary Quiz #3
Class: Bluff, review quotation marks, vocabulary quiz
HW: Read “A Sound of Thunder” page 499 in textbook and complete notecards for vocabulary list #4
August/September 2015 Calendar
Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th grade Honors English
Check out www.englishisamazing.com for handouts and complete texts.