Quarter 1: Schedule and Resources

Quarter 1: Short Stories

Introduction:
Thursday and Friday: 8/23&24
     - PowerPoint (Class Intro, Stations)
     - Welcome Blog Post - Required Materials

Week One:
Monday and Tuesday: 8/27&28
     - PowerPoint (Syllabus and Blog)
     - Syllabus - Due Next Class
     - Blog Scavenger Hunt - Due Next Class

Wednesday and Thursday: 8/29&30
     - PowerPoint (Plot Diagram, Character Terms, Intro PWP 1-3)
     - Fish Cheeks Activities

Week Two:
Friday and Monday: 8/31&9/4
     - PowerPoint (Intro PWP 4-6, Google Classroom, the Veldt)
     - Open this PowerPoint for all Google Classroom codes.

Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/5&6
     - PowerPoint (the Veldt, Response Questions)
     - PWP#1 Assigned: Peer Edit Date Sept 17(A)&18(B)
HOMEWORK: Veldt Response Questions due Next Class

Week Three:
Friday and Monday: 9/7&9/10
     - The Veldt Video
     - HyperDoc Assignment on Google Classroom: Finish in Class
     - Vocab List #1 introduced.

Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/11&9/12
     - iReady Diagnostic

Thursday and Friday: 9/13&9/14
     - PowerPoint (Workshop, PWP#1 Peer Editing Next Class)
HOMEWORK: Finish and Print out PWP#1.

Week Four:
Monday and Tuesday: 9/17&9/18
     - PowerPoint (Peer Editing Rules&Checklists, Poe Intro)
     - Peer Editing Checklists for All Genres
HOMEWORK: Make Edits to PWP#1 - Turned in to Mrs. Whittington NEXT CLASS for grading.

Wednesday and Thursday: 9/19&9/20
     - Turn in PWP#1 by Midnight
     - Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
     - Tell Tale Heart Assignment on Google Classroom: Finish in Class

Week Five:
Friday and Monday: 9/21&9/24
     - PowerPoint (Resuming Poe, Annabel Lee)
     - PWP Revision Requirements 
HOMEWORK: Vocab List #1 Quiz Next Class - 9/25(A) & 9/26(B)

Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/25&9/26
     - PowerPoint (PWP Revisions, Workshop)
     - Vocabulary List #1 Quiz TODAY

Thursday and Friday: 9/27&9/28
     - PowerPoint (One of These Days, Direct Quotes)
     - Finish iReady
HOMEWORK: Finish One of These Day Plot Questions

Week Six:
Monday and Tuesday: 10/1&10/2
     - PowerPoint (Dialogue, Intro Long Way Down)

Wednesday and Thursday: 10/3&10/4
   A Day Lesson -
     - PowerPoint (No Red Ink, Jason Reynolds Interview)
   B Day Lesson -
     - PowerPoint (Library, Start Long Way Down)
B DAY HOMEWORK: Finish LWD Questions from PowerPoint

Friday and Tuesday: 10/5&10/9
   A Day Lesson -
     - PowerPoint (Library, Start Long Way Down pg0-35)
A DAY HOMEWORK: Finish LWD Questions from PowerPoint
   B Day Lesson -
     - PowerPoint (No Red Ink, Jason Reynolds Interview)

Week Seven:
Wednesday and Thursday: 10/10&10/11
     - PSATs - Wednesday
     - PWP Workshop
     - Workshop Check-in (Turned in at the end of class)

Friday and Monday: 10/12&10/15
     - PowerPoint (Continue Long Way Down pg35-70)
     - Rules Chart - Completed in Class, Groups
     - Vocab List#2 introduced - Quiz Dates 10/31(A)&11/1(B) - 2nd Quarter Grade

Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/16&10/17
     - PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 7, Found Poetry, Google Classroom Response)
HOMEWORK: If you did not finish in class - Found Poem and G.C. Response due next class.

Thursday and Friday: 10/18&10/19
     - PowerPoint (Research Paper Requirements and Workshop)
     - Research Paper Outline
     - Found Poem and Google Classroom Response due TODAY.
     - PWP#2 Assigned: Peer Edit Date 10/29(A)/10/30(B)
     - Friday 10/19 - Last Day to Submit PWP#1 Revisions (All Students)

Week Eight:
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/23&10/24
     - PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 6, Socratic Intro, Workshop)
     - Socratic Prep Sheet Assigned - Student Choice  - Handout or Google Classroom
HOMEWORK:  Finish Socratic Prep Sheet either handwritten or on GC by next class.
                                  Bring your Chromebook and Headphones next class.

Thursday and Friday: 10/25&10/26
     - Library Lesson - Chromebook and Headphones needed.
     - Practice Socratic Seminar
     - Grade Report print out sent Home.
HOMEWORK: PWP#2 Due Printed out Next Class for Peer Editing - 10/29(A)/10/30(B)

Week Nine:
Monday and Tuesday: 10/29&10/30
     - PWP#2 Peer Editing Day
     - PowerPoint (PWP Peer Editing Guidelines)
     - You MUST have a printed out copy of your paper in class - Summative.
HOMEWORK: Make Edits to PWP#2 - Turned in to Mrs. Whittington NEXT CLASS for grading.
                                Vocab List #2 Quiz next class. 

Wednesday and Thursday 10/31&11/1
     - PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 5&4, Anagram Intro)
     - PWP#2 Due on Google Classroom by Midnight
     - Vocab List #2 Quiz (2nd Quarter Grade)

Friday and Wednesday: 11/2&11/7
     - PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 3, GC Response Questions)
HOMEWORK: Finish Google Classroom Response Questions if not finished in class.

9th Grade English 2018-2019 School Year

Welcome to Mrs. Whittington's class blog! We will use this blog every day in class in order to access assignments and due dates.

Important Parts of the Blog to Explore:
- Syllabus
- Process Writing Project
- PWP Student Examples

First Day 'Where I'm From' Example:
- Mrs. Whittington's Poem

You can search other parts of the blog by using 'Labels' to the right. You can also search by date under 'Class Archive'.

Required Materials:

• A journal (spiral or composition) that you will write in daily. Make sure you always have it with you!
• Your own pens, pencils, and highlighters.
• Red pens to do corrections with.
• Loose leaf paper.
• A specific spot for your English materials. I do not mind if this is a folder or a binder, whatever works best for you. You just need to have a designated spot for your handouts so that you can locate them easily. 
• A silent reading book to be used every day - no eBooks. 
• Optional items needed in the classroom: Tissues, Lysol wipes, hand sanitizer; anything to help keep you and the other students healthy!

Mrs. Whittington's Dog, Mia!

I am looking forward to having all of you in class!

- Mrs. Whittington

Romeo and Juliet Socratic Seminar Written Make-Up

If you are going to be absent on 5/31(A) or 6/1(B) for your class Socratic Seminar you need to complete the following assignment as your written make up.

All students were given a Socratic Seminar Prep Packet in class:
     *Socratic Preparation Honors (Handed out in class)
     *Socratic Preparation Academic (Handed out in class)

Students who are absent from the Socratic Seminar must complete the Prep Sheet in full paragraph or multi-paragraph responses to each question.

Remember:
- This must be TYPED and turned in HARD COPY by June 8th.
- You need at least one direct quote from the play for each of your responses.
- You must complete a paragraph response to the lyrics provided in the Prep Packet as well.
- You are answering every question in the packet - not just the initial questions at the top of the page.

When completed, Honors will have 14 responses, Academic students will have 11.

At a Glance: You must answer the following Questions - Use your Packet for additional instructions.
1.) What is love, anyway? (Remember to also include and respond to the sub questions on Packet)
2.) How do relationships shape or change our sense of loyalty, values, and actions? (Remember to also include and respond to the sub questions on Packet)
3.) In what ways do 'little' decisions/choices affect our 'big' achievements/ responsibilities/ tragedies?
4.) Do you believe in fate or can people make their own destiny?
5.) Example of a Foil Character.
6.) Analysis of the course of true love in Romeo and Juliet. (Remember to also include and respond to the sub questions on Packet)
7.) Discuss the tragic heroes in Romeo and Juliet. (Honors Only)
8.) What other characters experience an epiphany about the situation? This is 3B on your Packet. (Honors Only)
9.) Create an original Socratic Seminar Question and respond to it.
10.) Create a second original Socratic Seminar Question and respond to it.
11.) What is the most significant quote in the play? Why?
12.) What is the second most significant quote in the play? Why?
13.) Link it, Love it, Lose it for Dire Straits (Honors Only)
14.) Link it, Love it, Lose it for Taylor Swift.

No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 2017-2018

To read Romeo and Juliet on your own, use the link below. Make sure to follow along in class as we read. You can also find this link under the 'Scanned Class Documents' section at the top of the blog. Check back to this post throughout the quarter for reading updates.

Romeo and Juliet Online Link

Introduction Actives:

Monday and Tuesday (4/16&4/17): 

     *Anticipation Guide, Insults, and Escape Room

Week One: 4/16- 4/20

Wednesday and Thursday (4/18&4/19):

     *Shakespearean Sonnet Intro

     *Prologue Activity
HOMEWORK: Shakespeare WebQuest

Friday and Monday (4/20&4/23): Read Act One Scene 1

     *You will also have time today to work on your PWP (#5 Honors) (#4 Academic).

     *Peer Editing for your PWP is 4/24&25.

Week Two: 4/23 - 4/27

Tuesday and Wednesday (4/24&4/25): Read Act One Scene 2&3

     *PWP Peer Editing - PWP due on Turnitin.com on 2/29 (Sunday by Midnight)

Thursday and Friday (4/26&27): Read Act One Scene 4&5
     *Act 1 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)
     *Quizlet - Romeo and Juliet - Figurative Language Examples (A few will be on quiz)
     *Quizlet - Romeo and Juliet - Literary Terms and Definitions ( A few will be on quiz)

     *Act 1 Additional Study Guide - Optional 
     *Act 1 Quiz next class!

Week Three: 4/30 - 5/4

Monday and Tuesday (4/30&5/1): Read Act Two Prologue and Scene 1&2
     *Act 1 Quiz Today
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Act Two Scene 2

Wednesday and Thursday (5/2&5/3): Read Act Two Scene 3

     *Balcony Scene Chart - Blog Direct Links
HOMEWORK: Finish Balcony Scene Chart (front and back)

Friday and Monday (5/4&5/7): Read Act Two Scene 4-6

     *Act 2 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)

     *Act 2 Additional Study Guide - Optional

Week Four: 5/7 - 5/11

Tuesday and Wednesday (5/8&5/9): 

     *Watch Zeffirelli R&J Version through Wedding Scene.

     *Act Two Quiz next class!

Thursday and Friday (5/10&5/11): Read Act Three Scene 1

     *Act 2 Quiz Today
     *Assign Honors PWP#6 and Writing Reflection - This is your final PWP
     *Assign Academic Writing Reflection Assignment
     *PWP#6 will be read outloud and presented to your class.

Week Five: 5/14 - 5/18
Monday and Tuesday (5/14&5/15): Read Act Three Scene 2&3
     *R&J Timeline Handout - Needed for Socratic Seminar
     *Start DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie.

Wednesday ad Thursday (5/16&5/17): Read Act Three Scene 4&5
     *Continue Watching DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie.
HOMEWORK: Finish Timeline Handout

Friday and Monday (5/18&5/21):
     *Workshop Day for PWP's and Act 3 Study Guide
     *Act 3 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)
     *Act 3 Quiz next class!

Week Six: 5/21 - 5/25
Tuesday and Wednesday (5/22&5/23): Read Act 4
     *Act 3 Quiz Today
     *Act 4&5 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)

Thursday and Friday (5/24&5/25): Read Act 5 Scene 1-3
     *DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie

Week Seven: 5/29 - 6/1
Monday: No School

Tuesday and Wednesday (5/29&5/30): Finish R&J
     *Socratic Preparation Honors (Handed out in class)
     *Socratic Preparation Academic (Handed out in class)

Thursday and Friday (5/31&6/1):
     *Romeo and Juliet Socratic Semianr
REMINDER: June 1st is the final day to turn in PWP#5(#4 Academic) Revisions. 

Week Eight: 6/4 - 6/8
Monday and Tuesday (6/4&6/5):
     *Act out R&J in Auditorium
     *Acting Worksheet

Wednesday and Thursday (6/6&6/7):
     *Final Workshop Day
     *Remember to submit PWP#6 and Reflection to Turnitin.com by midnight. 

Friday and Monday (6/8&6/11):
     *Present PWP#6
     *Writing Reflection and PWP#6 due - hard copy

Week Nine: 6/11 - 6/13
Tuesday and Wednesday (6/12&6/13):
     *Gnomeo and Juliet
     * Last days of school!

OMAM Socratic Seminar Written Make-Up

If you missed the Socratic Seminar on Of Mice and Men, you must complete the following assignment and turn it in by Friday 4/20.

For each of the following questions, respond in 1-2 full and detailed paragraphs. Each response must include at least one quote directly from the text to support your response. Please include in-text citations (Steinbeck, 45).

You can access the online version of Of Mice and Men from the bottom of the Scanned Class Documents section of the blog: HERE

Reminders:
- The make-up must be typed and printed in order to be handed in.
- Consider including outside research in your responses.
- You must also turn in your completed Socratic Prep Packet. 

Socratic Questions:
1.) What is the significance of the story beginning and ending at the same place by the river?
2.) Expand on the significance of Carlson's gun being used to kill both Candy's dog and Lennie.
3.) What is the main lesson that is taught to the audience in Of Mice and Men?
4.) How did Lennie both positively and negatively affect other characters in the novel?
5.) Which character do you deem the most lonely of all, and why?
6.) Analyze the following lines from the poem 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns and connect them to Of Mice and Men:

The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,

An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,

For promis’d joy!

Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!

The present only toucheth thee:

But Och! I backward cast my e’e,

On prospects drear!

An’ forward tho’ I canna see,

I guess an’ fear!

Romeo and Juliet Intro Day!

Today (4/16 and 4/17) your class will be going to the Library to attempt to escape the Shakespeare Escape Room. Before we go we will be doing the following activities:

1.) Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide

2.) Rap Battles: Montagues vs Capulets

In your table groups you will divide into two teams, the Montagues and the Capulets, and you will use Shakespearean language to have a rap batter against one another.

To get the hang of Shakespeare's insult style, simply combine one word from each of the three text columns below, and prefix with a "Thou".

If there is any extra time before you begin your Library Escape Room, you will continue preparing for your next Process Writing Paper. Peer editing for the next PWP will take place on 4/24 (A) and 4/25 (B).

OMAM Socratic Seminar Prep

Please fill out the Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet by the in-class Socratic Seminar on 4/12(A) and 4/13(B). This was handed out to students in class on 4/10(A) and 4/11(B).

If you are missing any Of Mice and Men materials - please check the 'OMAM' blog label.

Skinny Block Socratic Seminar on 4/18 (Wednesday).