ENGLISH 9!
Here are your exciting, stimulating, scintillating, inspiring upcoming assignments in English.
NOTE: the teacher reserves the right to change these assignments if and when he sees fit, but when he does so,
he will notify students by e-mail.
ONWARD TO THANKSGIVING!
Week of October 14
Assignment 1
Start reading In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 3-83.
Assignment 2
Continue reading pages 3-83. (That was a long assignment.) Another quiz on matters of grammar.
Friday 18
Read In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 83-117.
Week of October 21
Assignment 1
Read In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 117-161.
Assignment 2
Read In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 161-199.
Friday 25
The joys of public speaking! Prepare a three to five minute speech regarding one of three topics (each to
be explained in more detail in class): 1.) an object that has great meaning for you; explain why; 2.) an
experience that led you to a new understanding of some sort; 3.) a description of a remarkable person
you know. (The last option should be focused on the positive.)
Week of October 28
Assignment 1
Read In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 200-240. (We continue with the speeches.)
Assignment 2
Read In the Time of the Butterflies, pages 240-280. (We continue with the speeches.)
Friday 1
Quiz on all the words in Unit 3, Vocabulary Workshop.
Week of November 4
Assignment 1
Finish reading In the Time of the Butterflies.
Assignment 2
Quiz on Units 1-3, Vocabulary Workshop.
Friday 8
****ESSAY: complete the first draft of your essay on In the Time of the Butterflies. Peer editing in
class.
Week of November 11
Assignment 1
****ESSAY DUE: IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
Assignment 2
Grammar review… exercises in Grammar for Writing, probably based on finding subjects and verbs in
clauses, identifying fragments, and identifying and correcting run-on sentences.
Friday 15
Read the first story in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
Week of November 18
Assignment 1
Read “The Only Traffic…” (43); “Amusements” (54); “This Is What…” (59); “The Trial of…” (93).
Assignment 2
Quiz on Unit 4 of Vocabulary Workshop.
Friday 22
Read “Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother…” (110); “A Train Is…” (130); “A Good Story” (139); “The
Approximate…” (154).
Week of November 25
Assignment 1
Read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” (You will find the story online.)
Wednesday 27
Quiz on Unit 5 from Vocabulary Workshop, and on the list of literary terms we have accumulated.
Thurday 28
Eat ridiculous amounts of good food. Don’t think about English.