"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them."
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
9/9 List the Parts of Speech
9/10 Write a sentence of 10 words or more
Due 9/21 Monday Read pages 1-47 Old Man and answer S/G questions
9/21 Study new vocabulary words; fill in the blank
Due 9/29 Tuesday Read pages 48-84 and answer S/G questions
9/22 Vocabulary Matching Column and Circle Maps
Due 9/29 Reading and Old Man study guide 48-84; Hemingway paragraph including
outline
9/29, Monday 1/2 page writing about your writing
10/1, Thursday Vocabulary Test
10/2, Nobel Animal Paragraph
Friday Summer Reading Writing Assignment in class; bring book/ Finish
Summer Reading Assignment over the weekend
Due 10/5, Monday Part 3 Old Man read 82-end of novel; S/G; Summer Reading
Assignment
Due 10/8 Critical Lens: Old Man (done in class, but if not completed finsihed
at home)
Due Tuesday, 10/13 Plagiarism Contract
Due Friday, 10/16 Sonnet Presentation
web sites for sonnets:
http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/146comm.htm
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Shakespeare-s-Sonnets.id-169.html
Due Friday, 10/23 Extra Credit Assignment
Write your own sonnet in Shakespeare's style,use handout for rough draft and
then type it to hand in
Currently reading Macbeth in class and completing study guide in class
Friday, November 13th Quarter 1 ends.