Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Mythology

Welcome to Mythology!

Week of 10/15 - 10/18

Students will test on the "Flower Myths" chapter this week. We will then move on to research projects. Students will work together with a partner and will be assigned a myth to conduct research on. The students will create a power point presentation about the myth they've been assigned and will also create a test that goes along with the power point.  They will become experts on this myth, and will teach their peers about the lessons, characters, and important plot points of the myth they've been assigned.

Tuesday 10/15 - Test: Flower Myths
Tuesday 10/15 - Classwork Due: Flower Myths study guide

 

Week of 10/7 - 10/11

Students will finish the "Earliest Heroes" section of our textbook and move onto the "Flower Myths" this week.

Wednesday 10/9 - Test: Earliest Heroes
Wednesday 10/9 - Classwork Due: Earliest Heroes Study Guide

**Thursday 10/10 - Field Trip - PA Renaissance Faire

 

Week of 9/30 - 10/4

This week students are finishing up with our "Two Great Gods of Earth" story (Demeter and Dionysus). We are then going to move on to reading "The Earliest Heroes" chapter of our textbooks.

Tuesday 10/1 - Test: Demeter and Dionysus
Tuesday 10/1 - Classwork due: Demeter and Dionysus Study Guide

 

Week of 9/23 - 9/27

We are finishing watching "Moana" this week in class. Students will complete some worksheets that go along with this movie. Once we are finished with this, we will be moving into our first myth from the textbook, "Demeter and Dionysus."

Week of 9/16 - 9/20

Students will be working on their gods and goddesses projects this week in class. Once these projects are submitted, we will briefly explore some Polynesian Mythology and tie what we learn in with the Greek Mythology we typically study. We will end the Polynesian Mythology section of this course by watching Disney's "Moana."

Monday 9/16 - Test: Lesser Gods and Goddesses
Monday 9/16 - Classwork Due: Lesser Gods and Goddesses Worksheet

Thursday 9/19 - Projects Due: Lyrics Project and Poster Project

 

Week of 9/9 - 9/13

This week students will be taking a test on "The 12 Olympic Gods and Goddesses." We will then complete our notes portion of the course with the last set of notes: "Lesser Gods and Goddesses." Students will be tested on these notes as well. Finally, we will finish up this portion of the course with two projects that showcase what they learned about the gods and goddesses.

Monday 9/9 - Test: Titans and Olympians
Monday 9/9 - Classwork Due: Titans and Olympians study guide

**Important Upcoming Events** - Students received information this week about attending the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. The field trip will take place on Thursday, October 10. Permission slips and check/money ($30.00) are due by Monday September 16.


For this class, students will need a 3-ring binder. Students will not receive a textbook to take home for this course, but may check a textbook out at any time to complete missing assignments or make up readings that they may have missed in class.

Week of 8/26 - 8/30

Students will have their first quiz on their intro notes and intro study guides this week.

Thursday 8/29 - Quiz: Intro to Myth
Thursday 8/29- Classwork Due: Intro to Myth Study Guide

Basic English 9

Welcome to English 9!

Week of 10/15 - 10/18

This week, students will test on Act II of Romeo and Juliet. We will then watch the movie section that goes along with Act II. Next, students will move onto the longest section of the play: Act III. Students will receive multiple hand-outs in class to help them understand the unfolding action involved in Act III.

Tuesday 10/15 - Test: Romeo and Juliet Act II
Tuesday 10/15 - Classwork Due: Romeo and Juliet Act II Study Guide

 

Week of 10/7 - 10/11

Students will finish up reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet this week in class. We will have a quiz on this section of the play next week, and students will move onto the next act.

Week of 9/30 - 10/4

We are continuing reading Romeo and Juliet this week in class. Students are acting out the play in class and filling in the study guide questions as we progress. We will have a quiz on the first act of the play this week.

Wednesday 10/2 - Test: Romeo and Juliet Act I
Wednesday 10/2 - Classwork Due: Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Act I

Week of 9/23 - 9/27

This week we are beginning to read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet this week in class. When we are finished reading Act I, we will have a test on this act. The play is broken up into 5 acts. We will have a test after each act.

Week of 9/16 - 9/20

We will be finishing up our introduction to Shakespeare this week in class. Students will have a quiz on Wednesday. We will then begin reading "Romeo and Juliet."

Wednesday 9/18- Test: Intro to Shakespeare
Wednesday 9/18 - Classwork Due: Literature and Culture Worksheet

 

Week of 9/9 - 9/13

Students will be learning about the life and times of William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre this week in class. A quiz on this material will be coming up.

Students will go on a "Web Quest" to explore Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and will receive a quiz grade for doing this. They will also watch a video that presents evidence that Shakespeare may not have written the works he gets credit for.

 

Week of 9/2 - 9/6 

For this class, students will need a 3-ring binder. Students are responsible for turning in their survey and returning a signed copy of the syllabus by Tuesday, September 3.
Students will be reading a piece of nonfiction and a piece of fiction this week and comparing the two texts. Students will answer questions as a class and in small groups about each of these texts.

Tuesday 9/2 - Signed Syllabus Due
Tuesday 9/2 - Student Survey Due

Honors English 9

Welcome to Honors English 9!

Week of 10/15 - 10/18

We have wrapped up the second act of Romeo and Juliet, and students are ready for a test on this section. We will then move onto the third, and longest, act in the play. Act III includes many intricate plot details, and students will be given supplemental worksheets in order to help them understand the action of the play.

Tuesday 10/15 - Test: Romeo and Juliet Act II   (includes vocabulary, Latin prefix counter, and poetic meter questions)
Tuesday 10/15 - Classwork Due: Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Act II
Thursday 10/17 - Writing Assignment Due: Renaissance Faire Paragraphs (This assignment is only for students who attended last week's field trip.)

Week of 10/7 - 10/11

Students will continue reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet this week in class. Students will be responsible for reading sections of the text at home/outside of class. I've provided the students with a link that should help them with this reading (it is in the upper right corner of the homework blog - "Romeo and Juliet Script"). I encourage the students to use this website in order to help them understand the readings. Students will be given a "pop quiz" on the selections during the next class session.

**Thursday 10/10 - Field Trip! PA Renaissance Faire**

Week of 9/30 - 10/4

We are continuing our reading of Romeo and Juliet this week. Students will have a test on the first act of the play on Tuesday after we do a comprehensive review on Monday. We will then move onto reading act two.

Tuesday 10/1 - Test: Romeo and Juliet Act I
Tuesday 10/1 - Classwork Due: Study Guide Act I

Friday 10/4 - Students are responsible for reading Act II scene ii outside of class (pop quiz on Friday)

Week of 9/23 - 9/27

This week we are reading Act I of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. We will be reading this entire act in class together until students get used to the language and the setup of the play. Students will be responsible for taking notes as we read and for completing their study guide as well.

Thursday 9/26 - Latin prefix trans- worksheet due

Week of 9/16 - 9/20

We will be finishing up our introduction to Shakespeare this week in class. Students will have a quiz on Wednesday. We will then begin reading "Romeo and Juliet."

Wednesday's test will include information from 1) Literature and Culture Worksheet, 2) Globe Theatre Diagram Worksheet, 3) Shakespeare Student Notes Packet

Wednesday 9/18- Test: Intro to Shakespeare
Wednesday 9/18 - Classwork Due: Literature and Culture Worksheet .

 

Week of 9/9 - 9/13

This week in class, we will be studying and discussing life and times in Shakespeare's England. Students will receive an introduction to the Renaissance period as well as the life of Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, and a "troubleshooting" session on Shakespeare's language. This is all in preparation for us to begin reading the great love story, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. 

Students will go on a "Web Quest" to explore Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and will receive a quiz grade for doing this. They will also watch a video that presents evidence that Shakespeare may not have written the works he gets credit for.

**Important Upcoming Events** - Students received information this week about attending the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. The field trip will take place on Thursday, October 10. Permission slips and check/money ($30.00) are due by Monday September 16.

 



Week of 8/26 - 8/30

Students will start this week with a review on Monday of the summer reading novel The Hobbit. Students will then take the test on this novel on the second day of school.
We will go over the introduction to the course and all of the expectations for this course in the following days.

Students will need a 3-ring-binder for their English course this year.

Wednesday 9/4 - Due: 3-ring binder