October 2016

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
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Class: Go over vocabulary list #4; discuss “A Sound of Thunder” and the butterfly effect
HW: Rough drafts of narrative project due Thursday / 4
Class: “A Sound of Thunder” skit assignment
HW: Rough drafts of narrative project due Thursday / 5
Class: “A Sound of Thunder” skit performances!
HW: Rough drafts of narrative project due TOMORROW! / 6
ROUGH DRAFTS DUE
Class: Egregious Errors to avoid in writing; peer editing of narratives
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1-4 for tomorrow. / 7
EARLY RELEASE DAY
Class: Vocabulary Quiz #4;
HW: Final Drafts of Narratives due Monday; Notecards for List 5 also due Monday.
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FINAL DRAFTS DUE
Class: Collect narrative projects; go over vocabulary list 5; review for short story test
HW: Review for Thursday’s short story test / 11
Class: Jeopardy! Review Game
HW: Review for tomorrow’s short story test / 12
SHORT STORY/GRAMMAR TEST
Class: Test
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 1-5 / 13
Class: Watch a few scenes from “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 1-5 / 14
Vocabulary Quiz #5
Class: Bluff; Vocabulary Quiz #5
HW: Notecards for List 6 due Monday
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Class: Vocabulary List #6; Begin the American Dream Unit
HW: Based on today’s discussion, write or type a paragraph that defines the American Dream. / 18
Class: Discussion about how money impacts the American Dream (Mr. Bly). Introduction to semicolons.
HW: Semicolon practice handout, due Thursday / 19
Early Release Day
Class: No class due to freshman assembly, PSAT, and Pre-ACT
HW: Semicolon handout due tomorrow / 20
Class: :Semicolons, the Harlem Renaissance, introduce A Raisin in the Sun
HW: Apt layout due tomorrow. Study vocabulary Lists 1-6 for tomorrow’s vocab quiz. / 21
Vocabulary Quiz #6
Class: Semicolon practice; Bluff; Vocabulary Quiz #6
HW: Read Act I, Scene I of A Raisin in the Sun for Monday; Notecards for vocabulary list 7.
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Class: Discussion of Act I, Scene 1; Vocabulary List #7
HW: Read Act I, Scene 2 for Wednesday / 25
Class: Back to the 1950s! Discussion of politics, social issues, pop culture, and technology of the 1950s era
HW: Read Act I, Scene 2 for tomorrow. / 26
Class: Parallel Structure grammar concept; Discussion of Act I, Scene 2
HW: Read “The New Threat: Racism without racists” CNN article / 27
Class: Discussion of CNN article; Lesson on Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois
HW: Study vocabulary for tomorrow. Dress up like a vocab word for extra credit TOMORROW! / 28
Vocab Quiz #7
Dress up as a vocabulary word!
Class: Halloween extra credit vocabulary words; Vocab quiz #7.
HW: Read Act II, Scenes 1-2 for Monday. No vocab next week!

Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th-Grade Honors English Class Calendar

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