Honors 9th Lit: Survivors and Victims Calendar
Day
Week 1:
Mon., Aug. 5
Classwork
Introductions, brief overview of syllabus, and
discussion of bulletin board assignment. Discuss
summer reading procedures and assign books if
necessary.
Lit terms pretest (L1)
Tues., Aug. 6
Daily double: chauvinist, regal (C3, L5)
Take up signed syllabus forms and pictures.
Go over lit terms and begin “Cask.” (L1)
Wed., Aug 7
Daily double: uniformity, squabble
Take up signed syllabus forms and pictures. Intro
optional reading books (due October 5). Ladder of
questions assignment.
Thurs., Aug 8
Daily double: innuendo, laity
Class discussion: ladder of questions. (L1, V1, C2,
C4)
Begin “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Ladder of Questions due before class starts!
Daily double: satire, monolithic
Finish “The Most Dangerous Game” and discuss.
(V1, C2). Assign Daily Double videos.
Pictures due!
SAT passage #1
Intro Night and begin. (C1)
Daily double: jargon, bifurcate
Quiz 1 over Night
Discuss and continue (V1)
Daily double: plait, kleptomaniac
Discuss and plan for summer reading activities
(W2, W4, V2). Work day
Fri., Aug. 9
Week 2:
Mon., Aug. 12
Tues., Aug. 13
Wed., Aug. 14
Thurs., Aug. 15
Fri., Aug. 16
Week 3:
Mon., Aug. 19
Tues., Aug. 20
Wed., Aug. 21
Daily double: girth, mutinous
Quiz 2 over Night
Daily double: egress, horticultural
Quiz 3 over Night.
SAT passage #2
Daily double: sallow, skulk
Quiz 4 over Night.
Go over research connection on “Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.” (W2, W3, L3, L4)
Discuss how to write tomorrow’s essay.
Daily double: nirvana, wince
In-class essay over Night. (L4, W2)
Night test
Start Oprah video on Elie Wiesel (elly wiz-ell)
Homework
1. Take a creative picture of yourself
reading a school-appropriate book and
bring it in for the bulletin board (due by
Mon., Aug. 12).
2. Complete syllabus and have signed.
3. Read Whirligig if you haven’t
already. (C1)
1. Take picture (see above).
2. Review vocab.
3. Read Whirligig if you haven’t
already.
1. Take picture (see above).
2. Review vocab.
3. Read Whirligig if you haven’t
already.
4. Finish ladder of questions if needed.
1. Take picture (see above).
2. Review vocab.
3. Read Whirligig if you haven’t
already.
1. Take picture (see above).
2. Review vocab.
3. Read Whirligig if you haven’t
already.
Prep for tomorrow’s quiz over pages 328.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Review vocab. daily.
Read Night 29- 46
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Prep for tomorrow’s quiz over pages
_______.
Read Night 47-65.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Night 66-97
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Night 98-115
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Study for Night test.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Honors 9th Lit: Survivors and Victims Calendar
Thurs., Aug. 22
Fri., Aug. 23
Week 4:
Mon., Aug. 26
Tues., Aug. 27
Wed., Aug. 28
Thurs., Aug. 29
Fri., Aug. 30
Week 5:
Tues., Sept. 3
Wed., Sept. 4
Thurs., Sept. 5
Fri., Sept. 6
Week 6:
Mon., Sept. 9
Tues., Sept. 10
Wed., Sept. 11
Thurs., Sept. 12
Fri., Sept. 13
(L3)
Finish Oprah video
Night supplemental readings (critical reading) (L3)
Night supplemental readings (critical reading) (L3)
Vocab quiz over first 20 NY Times words! (C3)
Night supplemental readings (critical reading) (L5)
Daily double: headstrong, forestall
Intro Dracula (intro vocabulary assignment) (L4,
C1) and begin reading (ch. 1-3).
Daily double: misogynist, tedium
Continue Dracula (ch. 4-6)
Quiz: chapter 1-6
Daily double: scenario, isthmus
Continue Dracula. (ch. 7-9)
Daily double: aggrandize, pell-mell
SAT passage #2
Dracula. (ch. 10-12)
Daily double: pauper, retract
Q&A over Whirligig work and book. Work on
projects or read Dracula.
Daily double: eulogy, hubris
Workday for Whirligig or read Dracula (ch. 1517)
Daily double: impious, distill
Quiz (ch. 7-17), discuss, and continue
Dracula.(C2)
(ch. 18-20) *Explain dictionary day!
Daily double: laud, reverent
Continue Dracula. (ch. 21-23)
Daily double: somnambulist, frugality
Final test over Whirligig! All work over
Whirligig due today!
Dracula chapters 24-26
Daily double: addendum, omnipotent
Daily Double video #1 due! Dictionary Day!
(C3, L5, V1)
Continue with 27
Watch Daily Double video 1. Dracula vocab
assignment due! Dracula catch-up day.
Final test over Dracula! (C3, L5)
Daily Double quiz
Discuss modern monster movie assignment and
watch excerpts from Hotel Transylvania. Model
essay writing.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Finish through the end of chapter 3 in
Dracula.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Finish through the end of chapter 6 in
Dracula.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Finish through the end of chapter 9 in
Dracula.
Read Whirligig if you haven’t already.
Finish through the end of chapter 12 in
Dracula.
Finish Whirligig assignments if you
haven’t already. Read Dracula: 13-14
Finish Whirligig assignments if you
haven’t already. Finish through the end
of chapter 17 in Dracula.
Finish Whirligig assignments if you
haven’t already. Finish through the end
of chapter 20 in Dracula.
Finish through the end of chapter 23 in
Dracula.
Finish through the end of chapter 26 in
Dracula.
Finish through the end of Dracula.
Study for your Dracula test and vocab
quiz!
Study for tomorrow’s vocab quiz. Read
Dracula: _________________
Read Dracula: _________________
Have a wonderful break! Think about
what modern monster movie you might
want to watch!
When we return, you’ll write a comparison/contrast paper about Dracula and a modern monster movie.
The first optional book test will be Friday, October 11. See the syllabus for a list of choices and descriptions.