English Homework 9/29-10/3/08 Monday, Sep 29 2008

Honors English 9

Monday: Vocabulary 5 A, B, Odyssey Vocabulary due TUES, Odyssey Book XIV

Tuesday: Vocabulary 5 C, Odyssey Book XV, Timelines due BLOCK

Wednesday: Study Spelling and Vocabulary 5, Odyssey Book XVI, Timelines due TOMORROW!

Weekend: Flashcards Vocabulary 6, Odssey Group 2 Vocabulary due Tuesday

English 11

Monday: Essential Question Response for the Group Presentations due TOMORROW, Flashcards WordSmart 4

Tuesday: Flashcards WordSmart 4, Group Presentations on Block

Wednesday: Study WordSmart 4, Group Presentations on Block

Weekend: Crucible Quiz Monday, WordSmart Flashcards Week 5

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English Homework 9/22-26/2008 Tuesday, Sep 23 2008

Honors English 9

Monday: Vocabulary A, B, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections EX. 1-4, 6-8, Odyssey group presentations

Tuesday: Vocabulary C, STUDY FOR THE PARTS OF SPEECH TEST, Odyssey goup presentations, Odyssey Vocabulary 1 due Tuesday, September 30

Wednesday: Study Spelling and Vocabulary Week 4, Odyssey goup presentations, Odyssey Vocabulary 1 due Tuesday, September 30

Weekend: Flashcards Vocabulary Week 5, Odyssey Vocabulary 1 due Tuesday, September 30, Read Odyssey Book XIII

English 11

Monday: Study for the UNIT TEST, WordSmart Week 3

Tuesday: WordSmart Week 3 Flashcards

Wednesday: Study WordSmart 3, “Crucible” Background Project: Research on the web!!! 

Weekend: Flashcards WordSmart 4, “Crucible” Background Project: Essential Question Response due Tuesday.

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English Homework 9/14-19/08 Tuesday, Sep 16 2008

Honors English 9

Monday: Autobiographical Narrative due Tuesday, Vocabulary A, B, Adjectives 1-4, Odyssey Book IX

Tuesday: Vocabulary C, Adjectives/Adverbs 5-8, 10, Odyssey Book X

Wednesday: Study Spelling and Vocabulary 3, Adjectives/Adverbs 11-14, Odyssey Book XI

Weekend: Flashcards Vocabulary 4, Adjectives/Adverbs Chapter Review and Mastery, Odyssey Book XII

English 11

Monday: Poetry Analysis due Wednesday, Flashcards 2 due Wednesday

Tuesday: Poetry Analysis due Wednesday, Flashcards 2 due Wednesday

Wednesday: Study WordSmart 2

Weekend: Study for the Unit Exam TUESDAY!

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English Homework 9/8-12/08 Monday, Sep 8 2008

Honors English 9

Monday: Vocabulary A, B Lesson 2, Verbs Ex. 1, 2, 4, 5, Mechanical Hound due Tuesday

Tuesday: Vocabulary C Lesson 2, Verbs Ex. 6-9, Autobiographical Narrative Rough Draft due BLOCK

Wednesday: Study Spelling and Vocabulary 2, Verbs Ex. 10-13, Autobiographical Narrative Rough Draft due BLOCK, Final Draft due Tuesday, 9/16

Weekend: Flashcards Vocabulary Lesson 3, Verbs Chapter Review and Mastery Test, Autobiographical Narrative due Tuesday, 9/16

English 11

Check out the video of the Flagpole Skater!!!!!

Monday: Review “Beginnings…” (4) for the quiz, Myths due Wednesday, Flashcards Word Smart Week 1 due Wednesday

Tuesday:Myths due Wednesday, Flashcards Word Smart Week 1 due Wednesday, Binder Check BLOCK DAY

Wednesday: Study Word Smart Week 1, Binder Check BLOCK DAY

Weekend: Flashcards Word Smart Week 2, “Crucible” background

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Literature for this year… Thursday, Sep 4 2008

Honors English 9

Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury (summer reading)

            Mythology, Edith Hamilton (summer reading)

            The Odyssey, Homer

            A Christmas Carol, Dickens

Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton

            Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare

            The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo

            The Chosen, Potok

            Selected short stories and poetry from Prentice-Hall Literature Gold anthology

            Up to one outside reading book per semester

English 11

Selected prose and poetry from Prentice-Hall American Literature

·         Native American Myths

o       “Navajo Origin Myth,” “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”

·         Exploration Narratives

o       De Vaca, Cardenas, Smith

·         Puritan literature

o       Edwards, Bradstreet, Taylor

·         Colonial Literature

o       Franklin, Jefferson, Paine

·         Early American Authors

o       Poe, Hawthorne, Irving

·         Transcendentalists

o       Thoreau, Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman

·         Short Stories

o       Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Salinger

·         Poetry

o       Dickinson, Poe, Whitman, Longfellow, Frost, Hughes, Stevens, Cummings, Williams, Sandburg, etc.

The Crucible, Arthur Miller

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

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Grades Thursday, Sep 4 2008

Please visit the Laguna Beach High School website  to access the “ARIES” link.  The on-line gradebook is an excellent way for you to monitor your child’s progress in English this year.  If you are having difficulty accessing the website, please contact Donna Todd in the front office to obtain your access code. 

I update grades every 1-2 weeks.  Please look for comments next to the grades.

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For the Parents…. Thursday, Sep 4 2008

Parents,

I am very excited for a great year in English.  Please use this website to see what your son or daughter is doing in English on a weekly basis.  If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at sray@lbusd.org.  Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Sarah Ray

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English Homework 9/2-5/08 Wednesday, Sep 3 2008

 

Welcome to Ms. Ray’s English Class! Here is the homework for this week:

Honors English 9

Tuesday: Signed Syllabus, Vocabulary 1 cards, Nouns Ex. 1-3, 5, study for the Mythology Test

Wednesday: Vocabulary 1A, B, C, Nouns Ex. 6-9, prepare for the written assessment

Thursday: Study Spelling and Vocabulary 1, F451 Mechanical Hound due Tuesday, Nouns/Pronouns 10-12

Friday: Vocabulary 2 Flashcards, Study for Nouns and Pronouns Quiz Monday, Mechanical Hound due Tuesday

English 11

Tuesday: Signed Syllabus, Letter to Ms. Ray due Thursday, Study for Cannery Row Test

Wednesday: Letter to Ms. Ray due Thursday, Prepare for the Cannery Row written assessment

Thursday: American Myth Questions due Friday

Friday: Native American Myth due next Wednesday, WordSmart Flashcards 1 due Wednesday

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