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Classwork for Friday, December 4th (A) and Monday, December 5th (B) Draw a city. Give your city all five senses. List 7 inanimate objects. Now explain how they can each have revenge. Read "The City" _______________________ CLasswork for Wednesday, December 2nd (A) and Thursday, December 3rd (B) Watch a martian attack on youtube and describe in one page using the rhetorical devices we have studied. What are 5 archetypes of a martian attack? Draw an original looking spaceship. Read "The Concrete Mixer" list 6 examples of satire. ________________________ Classwork for Monday, November 30th (A) and Tuesday, December 1st (B) We took a quiz over the stories we have read thus far in "THE ILLUSTRATED MAN" Please see me. Read "THE FOX AND THE FOREST" and complete the work posted under the homework icon. _____________________________ CLasswork for Monday, November 21st (A) and Tuesday, November 22nd (B) Draw an "illustrated" turkey. List 3 cliches you will hear over Thanksgiving. Write one paragraph from a turkey's POV as POE or BRaDburY Read "The Last night of the World" ________________________ Classwork for Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th (B) SIX week test over SKILLS. ________________________________ Classwork for Tuesday, November 17th (A) and Wednesday, November 18th (B) We reviewed for our SKILLS test. You will be expected to take upon your return. On your paper draw rain. List three films with a man vs. nature conflict. List three songs with "rain" in the title. Read the first half or all of "The Long Rain". ________________ Classwork for Friday, November 13th (A) and Monday, November 16th (B) We read page one of THE ROAD and completed #1-8. Please see me for a copy. We read "THE MAN" and answered the four questions on the homework link. _________________ Classwork for Wednesday, November 11th (A) and Thursday, November 12 (B) Take 6 question PSAT sample. List 5 films about racism. Find one quote you like by Martin Luther King. Read "The Other Foot" and explain how the following 6 phrases are used in the story. For 7-9 use personal connections. 1) "Lynch" 2) "Bring the paint." 3) "No intermarriages!" 4) "Like marionettes on a single string" 5) "five hundred thousand people" 6) "The time for being fools is over." Personal connections to the story - Answer question related to yourself, not the story. 7) "I'm just feeling mean." Describe a time when you felt the same. 8) "You're making a mob." When does a mob make things worse? 9) Explain how this story compares to another film or story based on discrimination or civil rights. __________________________ Classwork for Monday, November 9th (A) and Tuesday, November 10th (B) Read "the veldt" - tattoo one. Answer the following: What are the advantages and disadvantages of technology? How are you desensitized? Make a venn diagram out of pieces of technology comparing your family to the "Hadleys" ______________________________ Classwork for Wedneday, Novermber 4th (B) and Thursday, November 5th (A) Draw a RAVEN and read "The Raven". Google it or go to POE website. As you read write down four quotes you find the most difficult and provide the best interpretation you can. Draw a WHALE and search for lyrics or youtube version of "THE MARINER'S REVENGE SONG" by the Decemberists. Listen to the song and summarize. Also find the following rhetorical devices: alliteration, assonance, hyperbole, personification, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, pun , cliche, and prepositional phrase. ____________________________ Classwork for Monday, November 2nd (B) and Tuesday, November 3rd (A) Draw a grim reaper. List 10 titles with "red" in them....Red Bull. List 5 reasons those with wealth might have a longer life span. Read "The Masque of the Red Death" (google it) and as you read identify 10 difficult words to write around your grim reaper. Also as you read find 3 quotes you understand and 3 you do not. For the three you don't try to interptet the best you can. Once finished write a 1/2 page description as POE doing a simple household chore. _________________________ Classwork for Thursday (A), October 29th and Friday (B) October 30th I. Draw a MONSTER on one piece of paper for ten minutes. Keep adding eyes, teeth, ect. Once done, describe your monster in enought detail that someone can draw your monster exactly using only your description. II. List 10 "punny" costumes. Make puns for costumes: cereal killer, green with NV, or hot potato. ____________________________ Classwork for Tuesday (B), October 27th and WEd (A), October 28th TAKS BENCHMARK - See me. _____________________________ Classwork for Friday (B), October 23rd and MOnday, October 26th (A) I. We read "The Cask of Amontillado" p. 209 Draw a WALL and cover it with difficult words from the story. List two films with a plot only of REVENGE. List three ways you can insult someone without insulting them. For each page illustrate ONE quote you find challenging (not the easy ones) ____________ Classtoil for Wednesday, October 21st (B) and Thursday (A), October 22nd We handed out portfolios and made corrections on six week test. _____________ Classwork for Monday (B) and Tuesday (A) Six week test taken. 60 multiple choice and three short answer See me for make-up date. ___________ Classwork for Thursday (B day) and Friday (A day) We collected work for second grade of six weeks. Reviewed for our test over skills and vocabulary. Write a six line poem about cheese and use 3 rhetorical devices. ________________________________________ Classwork for Wednesday (PSAT and princeton review) 4th period helped with review. Classes switched days. __________________________________________ Classwork for Friday, October 9th (A) and Tuesday, October 13th (B) 1) Complete quiz over ANIMAL FARM #1-10 (20 points) 2) Write three thematic statenments about three different characters in Animal Farm. Example: The cat - Apathy wins the respect of no one. 3) Using the objects around your house, build a free-standing windmill that spins. ____________________________________________ Classwork for Wednesday, October 7th (A) and Thursday, October 8th (B) 1) List your favorite FAIRY TALE and explain what the theme is without using a cliche. 2) PSAT practice test (1-4) Provide a quote or support for each of your answers. 3) Define contemptuously, pension, procure, indignant 4) Define and give and example of anaphora, epistrophe, polysyndeton, and asyndeton _________________________________ Classwork for Monday, October 5th (A) and Tuesday, October 6th (B) 1) Take PSAT eight question practice test. See me. 2) Find any piece of arT and explain thoroughly its connection to ANIMAL FARM. 3) We collected our first grade for the six weeks. Copy what is below and turn in all related assignments: Week one on the Farm Classwork 5 - Notes in composition book AND you HAVE an ANIMAL FARM book and COMP BOOK 10 – Fallen hierarchy (5), leader anointed, “challenging” students defining euphemism (5) 10 – CHAPTER III - #1-11 (hidden metaphors in front of your face) 5 – “Self-Pity” – Interpret quote, define orator but don’t give a speech about it, built SYMBA, I mean SYMBOL, PLEASANTVILLE scene titles to our farm 10 – PSAT pre-test (1-8 – 8 points plus 5 extra credit possible for barn.) Homework 5 - Orwell OR Stalin facts (+3 for both) 10 - Chapter I DA VINCI elyts 10 - Chapter II - Find 7 metaphors of society within a novel of talking animals. 15 - Chapter IV – 4 illustrations (5), 4 metaphors (5), and propaganda examples (5) 15 - Chapter V – Government and society connections with quotes churned in… 5 - Chapter VI - The pigs spin FOUR bad things into GOOD. ? / 100 ________________________________ Classwork for Thursday, October 1st (A) and Friday, October 2nd (B) We read a book called FARM ANIMALS. It is a must read. See me. Write a 1/2 page on your thoughts on the following quote: "I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen from a bough without ever feeling sorry for itself." Define orator, shrewd, satire, and rhetoric Make 5 connections between the 37 scene titles from "PLEASANTVILLE" to the novel ANIMAL FARM. Build a symbol from ANIMAL FARM using only the materials in your backpack. _____________________________________ Classwork for Tuesday, September 27th (A) and Wednesday, September 28th (B) For each of the following explain how they connect to the chapter and to society. 1) “toil” 2) “not actually work” 3) “the admiration of everybody” 4) “never be found” 5) “slow obstinate way” 6) “never think of any resolutions” 7) “committees” 8) “literate” 9) “a single maxim” 10) “they accepted his explanation” 11) “reserved for the pigs alone” The following are notes we took on different forms of propaganda: Copy into your composition book when able: Bandwagon - join the rest...4 out of 5 dentist use this floss Testimonial - famous spokesman who most likely does not eat Taco Bell Transfer - take positive feelings you have towards a symbol and connect to their product..."TEXAS TRUCK" Plain folks - everyday people just like YOU can use it...The "wondermop" is easy to assemble and even easier to use. Name calling - mudslinging; companies and/or politicians insult each other...He's not even American! glittering generalities - important "sounding" yet unspecific claims about a product. "new", "limited time", "sale", "100% off" card stacking - only the favorable facts and figures are presented...side effects may vary, watery eyes, bloody nose, amnesia, inflamed lungs, headaches, back spasms... ______________________________________ Classwork for Friday, September 25th (A) and Monday, September 26th (B) Go to library and check out copy of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" In your composition book complete the following: Page 1 - Write a list of the writing strategies we have studied thus far. Provide an example where applicable. Page 2 - Write a speech inspiring a revolution in school. Students over teachers. Use at least TWO strategies from the previous page. Page 3 - Write 7 commandments you would like passed in school. Define: propaganda, sloth, gluttony, euphemism, and allegory *See homework icon for assignments related to chapters I and II of Animal Farm. __________________ Classwork for Wednesday, September 23rd (A) and Thursday, September 24th (B) We turned in summer reading projects and collected work for week 3. We also completed a Stephen King writing activity. See me for assignment. ___________________ Classwork for Monday, September 21st (A) and Tuesday, September 22nd (B) Complete six week test and create portfolio. ___________________ Classwork for Thursday, September 17th (A) and Friday, September 18th (B) Six week test. See me for make-up dates. ____________________ Classwork for Tuesday, September 15th (A) and Wednesday, September 16 (B) We reviewed for our six week test. See me for a review. ____________________ Classwork for Friday, September 11th (A) and Monday, September 14th (B) I)Write one paragraph describing a time when they put themselves at risk or other people who have. Try present tense rather than “One time” This is worse than any ride. Machu Picchu’s highest point, the acme of fear. No trail. No steps. I wish I only had butterflies. My throat clutches. I kiss my wife goodbye and for the first time, feel like I will never see her again. I creep like a student to class towards the mountain. It’s not a mountain. It’s a wall. II)Draw a MOUNTAIN on your paper and look at the words on p. 538. Write the easy ones at the bottom and define and the more difficult ones at the top. Define as you read. Read “INTO THIN AIR” – pgs. 539-546. Annotations: Question - What question do you have? Diction - What word choice do you like do not understand? Visualize- Provide an illustration from a unique point of view Connection-/ Make one connection from events on the page to life, or yourself, or to a movie, or history, or anything you think of. Summarize - What happened? I started to think about something else. Figurative language or rhetorical devices ________________________________________ Classwork for Wednesday, September 9th (A) and Thursday, September 10th (B) I. We took a common assessment over "Most Dangerous Game" II. We collected our week two toil and graded. III. Write a paragraph "parody" of "The Most Dangerous Game" IV. I showed an example on the night's writing assignment. ____________________________________ Classwork for Friday, September 4th (A) and Tuesday, September 8th (B) I. Complete reading "The Most Dangerous Game" II. Choose a song you think would make a good soundtrack for the story and explain. Provide a few lyrics. III. Identify 5 deleted scenes. IV. Compare Zaroff to a popscicle. _______________________________________________ Classwork for Wednesday, September 2nd (A) and Thursday, September 3rd (B) I. We collected our first grade of the year. Please turn in all work upon your return. II. List 5 films you consider to have a good chase scene. What are 3 archetypes of a good one. III. Write a brief idea for a film intitled "THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME" IV. Look at the vocabulary preview on p.38. List and define 5 of the words you already know. V. After reading the first two pages identify the back story and also an example of what you consider clever writing. _______________________________ Classwork for Monday, August 31st (A) and Tuesday, September 1st (B) I. We edited the final draft of writing sample. Complete the following using your sample: Make certain you have a clever title. Find the words got, get, and that in your paper and substitute a stronger word. Circle two examples of strong diction or word choice. Underline any transitions you used. Find your shortest sentence and write down the number of words it is. II. We completed a diagnostic reading test. See me for makeup times. ______________________________________ Classwork for Thursday, August 27th (A) and Friday, August 28th (B) I. Set your notebook up or create some orginizational means. II. Go throught the alphabet (A-Z) and write down the most sophisticated word you know for that letter. III. See the "literary elements" related to the summer reading assignment and provide two examples of each. IV. We collected letter for parents and also facts you found on the website. ______________________________________ Classwork for Tuesday, August 25th (A) and Wednsday, August 26th (B) I. Pick up class "guideline" sheet. II. List three original things about yourself. III. Draw anything you want for 5 minutes, then explain how your illustration is symbolic of you. IV. Explain what you think Socrates meant when he said, "The genius sees 10 diffent things while the average man sees only one." Find ANY object in your houese and list 10 different things it could be. _______________________________________ Classwork for Friday, May 22nd (A) and Tuesday, May 23rd (B) Draw the sirens, scylla, and charybdis from Book XII based on their description. As you read stop every page providing similary comments as Book X. When complete, look at the questions at the end of the chapter and respond to the easiest one. ________________________________ Classwork for May 20th Wednesday (A) and May 21st Thursday (B) Book X from THE ODYSSEY Draw the wind King "Aeolus", a cannibal or laestrygonian, and a beautiful witch or "Circe" Read Book X and stop every page providing a comment, summary, interpretation, drawing, question, or prediction. When complete identify 2 elements of Book X which are symbolic of our society today. _______________________________ Classwork for May 12th, Thursday (A) and May 19th, Tuesday (B) We collected work for DPS and Odyssey summaries Books 1-8. /20 Poetry square, Captain, Virgins, Whitman Poem, CARPE DIEM /15 “Lives of quite desperation” “Only in their dreams are men truly free”, 8 ¼ mile/Thoreau /15 Poem on wall, “Song of Myself”, PUCK, and your own “song of myself” /10 Simplify. /10 Odyssey mini-van /30 Odyssey Books I-VIII summaries (2 events and 2 quotes to support) /100 Book IX of ODYSSEY 1) Draw a cyclops and give him a cool t-shirt slogan. 2) List 3 advantanges of being a cyclops. 3) Read Book 1 and Book 9 from your literature book. For each page make one annotation, comment, question, defnition, picture, or whatever you want to prove you read the book. __________________________________ ______________________________________ Classwork for Tuesday, May 10th (A) and Wednesday, May 11th (B) Took Sample AP test in class over books II and IV of THE ODYSSEY. __________________________ Classwork for Friday, May 8th (A) and Monday, May 9th (B) We turned in annotations and lesson plan ideas. Completed first 1/2 of novel test in class. __________________________ Classwork for Wednesday, May 6th (A) and Thursday, May 7th (B) Read a poem from the wall in class and complete the following: 1) Write title and author 2) Provide your interpretation of the poem or purpose. 3) Write down your favorite line. 4) Provide one rhetorical device used. Read "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman 1) What line do you like best? 2) What line is the most difficult? Try to tranlsate. 3) Spend 15 minutes writing YOUR own version of "Song of Myself" “Song of Myself” – Walt Whitman The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. The last scud of day holds back for me, It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow'd wilds, It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk. I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fiber your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you. Read the following excerpt from PUCK and respond to questions which follow: Neil as Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. PUCK I am that merry wanderer of the night. I jest to Oberon and make him smile When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile, Puck makes horse sounds and the audience laughs. PUCK Neighing in likeness of a filly foal: And sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab, And when she drinks, against her lips I bob And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale. The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale, In the audience, Charlie leans over towards Keating. CHARLIE (whispering) He's good. He's really good. Keating gives a thumbs up. PUCK Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she, And "tailor" cries, and falls into a cough; And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, And waxen in their mirth and neeze and swear A merrier hour was never wasted there. But, room, Fairy! here comes Oberon. Soliloquy spoken TO the audience at the end of a crazy plot similar to Taming of the Shrew PUCK If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends. 1) What tricks does Puck play? 2) What does “waxen in their mirth” mean? 3) What is Puck saying to the audience? 4) What is the “serpent’s tongue” a metaphor for? _____________________ Classwork for Monday, May 4th (A) and Tuesday, May 5th (B) Choose one of the following quotes and write your choice of a prose (normal writing) or poetry response. Should be one page in lenght and use elevated language and thought. “Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I’ll show you a happy man.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson “Only in their dreams can men be truly free.” - Keating “Most men live lives of quiet desperation.” – Henry David Thoreau Summarize the following passages as to what YOU think is the importance or meaning: 1) HENRY DAVID THOREAU – WALDEN Where I Lived and What I lived For I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. 2) Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and reduce other things in proportion. 3) Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson – “Ulysses” or Latin for Odysseus. Come my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset. And though we are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;-- One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Also write in two minutes (8 mile style) a poem about your favorite color. _____________________________________________________________ Classwork for Wed, Thur, and Friday We collected work for the week, so please turn in what you have done upon return Draw a box and write POETRY in the middle. Outside of the box respond to the following: 1) What are your thoughts on poetry? 2) List poems you remember. 3) List any terminology you know related to poetry. 4) List poets you are familiar with. Read "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman (You can find online) and "To the Virgins, Make Much of Time" by Robbert Herrick For EACH STANZA (7) Write down choose to write ONE of the following: illustration, question, interpretation, comment, or annotation What does Carpe Diem or "seize the day" mean to you? Do not say "live life to the fullest" or "live everyday like it was your last" Answer the following: List 3 differences between private and public school. What problems would private school students face that might be different than others. Search on YOUTUBE for Dead Poets Society and watch intro or first 15 minutes. Describe five of the characters. ___________________________________________________ Classwork - Friday and MOnday (4/24 and 4/27,28) Writing assignment was to write a speech on how women should treat men or vise/versa. We read the end of the play, Act V, scene i and ii. For scene i, see me and for scene ii read and answer the following: 1) What are the other doing to Petrucio to begin the scene? 2) What wager does Petrucio make? 3) Who wins? 4) Find 3 points Kate makes in her speech about women treating men. Answer on your own and mix in a quote. You can turn in whenever you want due to circumstances. _________________________________ Classwork - Wednesday and Thursday (4/22 and 4/23 shakespeare's b-day) We collected work for the week and read Act IV, scenes 3,4, and 5. See me for scene 4 script and for scene 3 and 5; read and list 3 ways from each scene Pertucio tries to manipulate or "tame" Kate. Use a quote to support your idea. _________________________________ Classtoil - Monday and Tuesday (4/20 and 4/21) List 5 words (some of them big words) you would use to describe a wedding. Describe your idea of a perfect wedding day in the present tense. (as if it is happening) Once you have written about three sentences, imagine an obnoxious, irreverent person has arrived late and lewd. Describe his or her actions. Read the wedding scene...Act III, scene ii and respond to the four questions on the website. Use quotes as your answer where applicable. Watch any youtube version of the "wedding scene" ________________________________________________ Classtoil - Thursday and Friday Day 2 of Writing "gooder" and Shrew (Act I and II) Go to "links" icon and search for two sentences to imitate yourself. You can write on any subject you like. See me for make-up quiz over Act I, scene ii Read the beginning of Act II and explain what happens before Petrucio meets Kate mixing at least 5 quotes into your answer. Also read the exchange between Kate and Petrucio. Identify three PUNS which are used and at least two insults by KATE. ____________________ Classtoil - Monday and Tuesday DAy One of Writing and SHrew Writing and Taming of the Shrew Watch youtube clip of Walk the Line - "one song" List 12 strong adjectives. Rewrite question #1 from our TAKS test 3 different ways. Copy Shrew vocabulary from the board or under "vocab" icon. Read Intro, scene ii and Act I, scene i Find at least one line you think is kind of funny and explain what happens backwards. Watch youtube clip of Taming of the Shrew intro ____________________________________________ SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 1) Your first assignment relates to the book you chose for summer reading: Create, draw, build ANYTHING that would represent your book. Try and have the title (underlined) somewhere, but if not possible, OK. Avoid collages. 2) The second part of the assignment is to identify elements of a story you might already know or we learned the first day. Please identify these on a separate sheet of paper and they should be typed. You may use any font you wish, but please make it all fit on one page. 1) Title / Author 2) Genre (division of literature) 3) Protagonist (good guy) 4) Antagonist (major source of conflict) 5) Back Story (events which occur before the story begins) 6) Internal conflict (conflict within / any decision a character makes) 7) External conflict (man vs. man, man vs. nature / Ex. "The Perfect Storm") 8) Foil Character (character on the same side of protagonist, yet a contrast) or a "sidekick" 9) Mentor Character (main character relies on for advice / Ex. OB1) 10) Archetype (a traditional structure or characteristic the author uses) 11) Subplot (a minor plot intertwined within the major) 12) Theme (a central message in the story) 13) Foreshadowing (clues to upcoming events) 14) Choose one song you would have on this novel's soundtrack. Briefly explain why it relates. Provide the lyrics which relate the most. 15) Choose one “quote” from the book and explain how it relates to the beginning, middle, and end. ___________________________________ PRE-AP / TAG - 10th Grade Summer Reading List Each student MUST read ONE of the following three books listed below as the summer reading requirement. Mythology by Edith Hamilton Once and Future King by T.H. White Poinonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver When reading keep in mind the following: theme, conflict, point of view, and characterization. Also you MUST read HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR by Thomas C. Foster. THIS MATERIAL WILL BE ASSESSED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. __________________________________________- 9th Grade Summer Reading List All incoming freshmen should continue to read throughout the summer. (Think of it like the marathon. If you don’t train, you will have trouble reaching the finish line next year.) Please read at least one novel from the list below. It is suggested you read an online summary of the novel if you aren’t sure which one to choose. Please do not read the same book you have already read in the past or assume that if you read one before, you don’t need to read this summer. Please choose wisely in finding something that you enjoy, but that is not too easy. These novels vary greatly in length and difficulty. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Rain of Gold Victor E. Villasenor Monster Walter Dean Meyers A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines Joy Luck Club Amy Tan Yellow Raft in Blue Water Michael Dorris Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel Chronicles of Narnia (the entire series)C.S. Lewis The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Child Called It David Pelzer Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas 9th Grade Pre-AP Summer Reading Lists It is expected that you read at least 3 novels this summer. (Think of it like the marathon. If you don’t train, you will have trouble reaching the finish line next year.) You will need to make sure each novel is on a different list from those below. It is suggested you read an online summary of the novel if you aren’t sure which one to choose. Please do not read the same book you have already read in the past or assume that if you read some of these before, you don’t need to read this summer. Children’s Classics Everyone Should Read Little Women Louisa May Alcott Peter Pan J.M. Barrie The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Harry Potter series J.K Rowling Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Arabian Nights Antoine Galland The Princess Bride William Goldman Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury Le Morte D'Arthur Thomas Malory Multicultural Literature Joy Luck Club Amy Tan Red Azalea Anchee Min I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Yellow Raft in Blue Water Michael Dorris Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel Color Purple Alice Walker Rain of Gold Victor E. Villasenor Life of Pi Yann Martel Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Classic Canon (Books you should read before heading off to college) Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell Catch 22 Joseph Heller Invisible Man Ralph Ellison Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey Student Recommended (9th grade students 2007-2008) The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Speak Laurie Halse Anderson Always Running Luis Rodriguez Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Piers Paul Read Watchers Dean R. Koontz Twilight Stephen Meyer Child Called It David Pelzer The Golden Compass Philip Pullman Rainbow High Alex Sanchez Friday Night Lights H.G. Bissinger Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix Jurassic Park Michael Crichton Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney Into Thin Air John Krakauer The Notebook Nicholas Sparks Make-up for Monday (3/31 and 4/1) TAKS benchmark essay Make-up for Thursday (2/27) and Friday (2/28) We read our poems and completed TAKS editing test. (20 questions) ___________________________________________________________ Make-up for Monday (3/17 - B day) and Tuesday (3/18 - A day) 1. List 8 titles with "green" in them. Ex. "Green Day" 2. List 8 things that are green other than trees, grass, and reptiles. 3. Write an 8 line poem about the color green. 4. Using ANY poem from the Literature book complete the following: a. "Title" of poem in quotation marks b. author c. purpose of poem? d. best line? e. example of good diction f. example of "poetic" syntax g. draw an illustration of your poem 5. Complete assignment #4 using the poem "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman. It is a poem about Abraham Lincoln. Find online. _______________________________________________________ Thursday (B) and Friday (A) Romeo and Juliet test Monday (A) and Tuesday (B) Collected work and Romeo and Juliet review. Thursday (2/28) and Friday (2/29) First 20 pages of novel summary TAKS practice test (1-12) and short answer Tuesday (2/26) and Wednesday (2/27) Read and complete the following for ACT V Act V “O, mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men.” 1. Interpret, “There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls, doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.” 2. Draw apothecary shop with at least 5 characteristics labeled. 3. Provide one quote which reveals the reason Friar John did not send letter to Romeo. Scene iii – the finale 4. Translate instruction and threat Romeo gives Balthasar. 5. How does Romeo try to persuade Paris not to fight him? 6. From Romeo’s monologue, draw 3 lines literally. 7. What does Romeo mean by “shake the yoke of inauspicious stars”? 8. Why does Juliet call Romeo a “churl”? 9. Find a line which shows Capulet and Montague “make-up”. A bit too late of course. 10. Translate the Prince’s final speech to the families word for word. Friday (2/22) and Monday (2/25) Read Act IV and related work. See me for handouts please. Wednesday (2/20) and Thursday (2/21) AP test over Romeo and Juliet. See Mrs. Edwards for a copy. Monday (2/18) and Tuesday (2/19) Open book quiz over Act III, scene v See Mrs. Edwards for a copy. Thursday (2/14) and Friday (2/15) We collected work for final grade of the six weeks. If absent I will add to this six weeks when I return. Also, read Act III, scenes ii and iii. Respond to the following: 1) What confusion is there at the beginning of the scene? 2) Find one oxymoron Juliet uses to describe Romeo. What effect does it have? Do not simply say he is "two faced". 3) Find one line of hyperbole used by Juliet to describe the exile of Romeo. scene iii 4) What does Romeo mean by his description of banishment and the "golden axe"? 5) How does Romeo use hyperbole to describe his punishment? We acted out the fight scene as well, but you do not need to make up. Tuesday (A) 2/12 and Wednesday (B) 2/13 AP sample #1-8 (see me) and Valentine for mother created imitating Shakespeare. Also read final two scenes of Act II. Read and interpret 3 lines each. For Friday and Monday we read the "Balcony scene" and completed 1-15 in our composition notebooks. Please see me if absent. In class Wednesday, February 6th (A) and Thursday, February 7th (B) "Changing the channel" - Complete 1-4 (see me for handout) Read Romeo and Juliet Act I, scenes iv and v (4 and 5) I. For act 4 find 3 lines showing Romeo is depressed and draw Queen Mab based on Mercutio's description. Use 5 quotes from his speech. II. For act 5 choose 5 lines from 5 different characters and interpret. Begin reading when Romeo first sees Juliet. ____________________________________________________________________________ In class Monday, February 4th (A) and Tuesday, February 5th (B) Choose one of the following topics and write 5-7 sentences varying sentence beginnings. TOPIC I - Is love decided by fate or choice? Explain. Topic II - Describe the best love story you have read or seen (real or fictional). Topic III - "The greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. " - Moulin Rouge Read Act I, scene i and ii from Romeo and Juliet. Provide the most important quote from each character (who acts in these scenes only) and explain why you chose it. ___________________________________________________________________ Classwork for Thursday, January 31st (A) and Friday, February 1st We completed test as needed and also the following in our composition book: Imitate the following below in your COMPOSITION BOOK. Please label as you imitate the stucture of each sentence. 1. Subject alone - John drove his car. 2. Article and subject - The children are playing. 3. Adjective and subject - Small birds flit about the trees. 4. Adverb before the subject - Quickly we ran for shelter. 5. Prepositional phrase first - In the window, the apples looked larger. 6. Present participial phrase first - Taking a short-cut, the boy soon reached the fair grounds. 7. Past participial phrase - Finished with his lessons, he went to play tennis. 8. Absolute phrase - His work completed, he went to bed. 9. Infinitive as subject - To win is difficult. 10. Gerund as subject (-ing verb as a noun) - Swimming has become his favorite sport. 11. Adverbial clause - When the plane landed the pilot wearily climbed out. 12. Postponed subject - There are in that recipe six ingredients. 13. Noun clause first - How he could avoid doing his chores puzzled the boy. 14. Verb first - Gone are the people who believed such superstitions. 15. Conjunction first - But the last was the best. 16. Object first - The veto, the senators acclaimed. 17. Interjection - What! We have no food for lunch? 18. Transition - In fact, we had to postpone the party. 19. Predicate adjective first - Calm was the night. 20. Introductory phrase first - In Dallas, wearthe weighs heavily upon everyone. *WE ALSO COMPLETED #1-7 from "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" See me for a copy. ___________________________________________________________________- Classwork for Tuesday, January 29th (A) and Wednesday, January 30th (B) TEST OVER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1-80 and short answer) Classwork for Friday, January 25th (A) and Monday, January 28th (B) We simply reviewed for test. Study as needed. Classwork for Wednesday, January 23rd (A) and Thursday, January 24th (B) 1) Write your own story in which you involve THREE different plots. #1 - lovers, #2 - actors, and #3 - supernatural characters. 2) Read Act V and provide a summary using 5 quotes. Classwork for Friday, January 18th, and Tuesday, January 22nd. See me for Act IV in 4. Classwork for Wednesday, January 16th and Thursday< January 17th Collected work for the week and completed #1-8 from "Dream". See me for handout please. Classwork for Monday, January 14th and Tuesday, January 15th Mr. Chalk – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare Act II, scene i – Answer the following questions with a quote: (15 points) 1) What is one service the fairy completes for Titania the fairy Queen? 2) Why is Oberon mad at Titania? 3) What are two pranks “Puck” or Robin Goodfellow does? 4) Why do Titania and Oberon make fun of each other for going to Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding? 5) What are two problems that have happened due to Titania and Oberon’s quarrel? 6) Why will Titania not give up the Indian changeling boy? “Give me that boy and I will go with thee.” “Not for thy fairy kingdom.” 7) Oberon wants Puck to go fetch a flower. What will this flower do? 8) What does Oberon want to do with it? Demetrius vs. Helena (Oberon overhears their argument.) 9) What is one quote from Demetrius that is mean? 10) What is one quote from Helena that is desperate? Answer the following as a TAKS short answer question: Based on the play thus far, who do you think is in love the most? Provide evidence to support your answer. ANSWER CITE or QUOTE EXPLAIN _____________________________________________________________________________ Classwork for Thursday, January 10th (A) and Friday, January 11th (B) Turn in homework for "Seven Ages of Man" New seating chart Write a TAKS short answer response relating to "Seven Ages of Man". Question: Is Shakespeare's point of view on life cynical? Provide "evidence" from the speech to support your answer. Interpret 10 famous quotes from Shakespeare's plays. See handout. Draw a castle and surround with 10 of the 26 vocabulary words from scene i. See handout. Read scene i and choose 1 quote you know and 1 quote you don't. Interpret each. William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream After insulting each other, say each aloud with a partner and interpret: “To be or not to be; that is the question.” – Hamlet “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – Hamlet “Brevity is the soul of wit.” – Hamlet “Tempt not a desperate man.” – Romeo and Juliet “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” – Romeo and Juliet “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.” – Julius Caesar “There’s daggers in men’s smiles.” – Macbeth “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is to have a thankless child.” – King Lear “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream “The course of true love never did run smooth.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act I, scene i – Difficult vocabulary is it not? dowager (n) an elderly woman; widow mirth (n) happiness melancholy (n) sadness woo (v) to seek affection with intent to romance entreat (v) to beg dote (v) to show excessive fondness sovereignty (n) royal rank; power vantage (n) a position or condition meant to provide an advantage – From our vantage point… beguile (v) to trick pomp (n) ostentatious display vexation (n) annoyance feigning (adj) false befall (v) to happen abjure (v) to give up cloister (n) secluded place; convent avouch (v) to confirm austerity (n) plainness betwixt (prep) between tempest (n) a violent windstorm misgraffed (adj) joined incorrectly edict (n) a formal command Homework: Act I, scene ii from website (The actors) _____________________________________________________________________________ Classwork for Tuesday, January 8th (A) and Wednesday, January 9th (B) Mr. Chalk – English I Pre-AP /TAG …a second semester Day 1 Return work, projects, exam, and composition book. Journal #1 1) Review all your work and list three comments made and what each was about. 2) List words you misspelled. If you don’t have any, thanks. (5 max.) 3) Rewrite or correct three grammatical mistakes…capitalization, apostrophes, underlining book titles, quotation marks, etc. 4) Use both words on your “guesstures” card in a 5-7 sentence story. Use at least one phrase learned last semester and underline. (participial, infinitive, appositive, or prepositional) *Please decorate your portfolio with quotes, visuals, author’s names, your name, etc. (Make it your own.) Find a fellow student to answer the following: 1) What was the best gift give you gave and to whom? 2) Ask someone to spell this month backwards and next month forward. Did he or she spell each correctly? 3) What Find someone who did NOT count down the new year. 4) Find someone you think drove the longest. How much $$$$ did they spend on gas? 5) What is one current event you know happened over the holidays? 6) Of all the college bowl teams, which school would you be interested in attending? Did they win their bowl game? 7) What was the best movie you saw over the holidays? Identify one archetype of the film. 8) What are two of your New Year resolutions? One funny, one serious. 9) Ask someone to tell you the funniest thing they saw or happened to them over the holidays. Briefly describe. 10) Make one observation around the room. Notice something you never saw before. On a separate sheet: Intro to William Shakespeare 1) Write the sentence “I ate the sandwich” three different ways without changing or omitting words. 2) Share “Shakespearean insults” with your improv partner. 3) List what you think are the seven ages of man or woman. Homework: Read “The Seven Ages of Man” p. 349. - Identify the seven ages of man according to Shakespeare “using quotes” - Provide a visual for each stage. - Provide YOUR interpretation of each stage.
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