1st Grading Period
English 9
Email contact information:
CMS wiki information:
maria.rogers@cms.k12.nc.us
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http://mariarogers.cmswiki.wikispaces.net
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Fall 2011-2012
M. Rogers
Getting to Know You
10 Rules for Surviving High School –and life
Notebook Needs: 1-inch binder, 5 tab dividers, pencils, pens (blue or black ink only), highlighter, 3 x 5 index cards
Portfolio Info.
Reading Strategies: reread, question, identify unknown vocabulary, paraphrase, visualize, make connections, etc.
Text:
p. 28
plot structure & conflict
p. 29
from “Brothers are the Same”
p. 30
sequence & time
p. 31
from “Sweet Potato Pie”
Policies & Procedures (signed and returned on Monday)
Text:
p. 32
analyze the text “Checkouts”
BIO-Poem (due Monday)
Warm-ups and Latin found on Wiki
http://mariarogers.cmswiki.wikispaces.net
Please print both the warm-ups and the ten Latin units to have in class on Monday. It is advisable to print all warm-ups
and Latin units at one time so that they are readily available in your notebook.
If you do not have internet access, please let me know.
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Warm-up 1-2 (Wup)
Bio Poem due
Notebook Set-up: 1. Wups (found online) 2. Latin Units (found online) 3. Literature (all activities connected with
reading assignments) 4. Grammar (all worksheets and grammar workbook) 5. Writing & miscellaneous materials
Latin Unit 1 (quiz on Friday)
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****NOTES:
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Wup 3
Lit:
Unit 1: Narrative Structure
Lit:
Before Reading
(How to use text & what does it take to be a survivor?)
Read:
*The Most Dangerous Game
Book Assignments
Wup 4
Latin root review
Lit:
Read:
Complete:
“Game” con’t.
Reading ques. 1-9 (from Mrs. Rogers)
pp. 58-59
pp. 60-69
(This is only part of the story.)
pp. 70-80
1. Always answer literature questions with complete sentences. Writing the questions is unnecessary.
2. With each new assignment, use a new sheet of paper.
3. Always head paper properly with your name, date, period, and assignment title in the top right-hand corner.
4. Always read the “Before Reading” information that comes prior to literature pieces in the text.
5. Literature titles with an * beside them can be found in the Holt Reader. However, the page numbers provided
are in your textbook. Please use the table of contents in the reader to find the appropriate pages there.
Wup 5
Lit:
Check reading questions.
**Quiz on The Most Dangerous Game
Writing Assignment #1:
What does it take to be a survivor? What characteristics help people survive dangerous
situations?
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Wup 6
**Quiz on Latin Unit 1
Writing Assignment #1 due
Lit:
Read:
*The Gift of the Magi
pp. 100-108
Complete:
Reading ques. 5-8 (in writing)
p. 109
Prepare for oral discussion 1-4
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Holiday
Formative Exam for 1st & 2nd
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REVERSE SCHEDULE TODAY—4, 3, 2, & 1 (Lunch during 2nd period)
Wup 7
Lit:
Check:
Magi
Read:
*Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Complete:
Reading ques. 1-4, 7 & 9
Grammar:
Starting with Prepositions
Wup 8
Lit:
Check:
Read:
Complete:
Grammar:
Seabiscuit
*from Four Good Legs Between Us, the timeline, &
Reading ques. 1-4
Prepositions con’t.
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Wup 9
Lit:
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WUP 11
Latin 1-2 Review
Lit:
Check:
Thunder
Assessment Practice for Unit 1
(30 questions)
pp. 126-135
pp. 138-142
Check:
Four Good Legs+
**Quiz on Four Good Legs Betweens Us+
Read:
*Incident in a Rose Garden (class activity)
p. 151-152
Read:
*The Raven
(group activity)
pp. 144-150
Grammar:
Prepositions con’t.
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Wup 10
Latin Unit 2 (quiz Friday)
Lit:
Con’t.
The Raven
(Groups share/ ind. student note-taking)
**Quiz on The Raven
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Lit:
Read:
A Sound of Thunder
pp. 36-51
Complete:
Reading ques. 1-5
p. 52
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pp. 186-197
Grammar:
Prepositions con’t.
Lit:
Literary terms revisited
Q & A for test
**Quiz on Latin Unit 2+
Grammar:
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**MAJOR TEST on Lit. Unit 1
(Test on narrative structure, Game, Magi, Four Good Legs, Seabiscuit, Races on the
radio, Raven, Incident, Sound of Thunder, + lit terms, & reading comprehension)
Writing Assignment #2:
Personal Narrative (due Friday)
pp. 174-181
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Latin Unit 3 (quiz on Friday)
Lit:
Unit 2:
Read:
Read:
Complete:
Latin Review
Lit:
Read;
Complete:
Grammar:
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Lit:
Check
Read:
Complete:
Grammar:
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**Quiz on Latin Unit 3+
Writing Assignment #2 due
Characterization & Point of View
Character & Point of View (class activity)
*The Necklace
1-5 (in writing) 6,7 & 9 (for discussion)
*from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Caged Bird
1-4, 6-8
Why Bird Sings & Caged Bird
Blind to Failure
1-5
pp. 200-207
pp. 222-233
p. 234
pp. 254-263
p. 264
pp. 268-279
Lit:
Check
Blind
Read and Discuss: A Different Level of Competition
pp. 283-284
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Latin Unit 4
Lit:
Read:
*from Rosa Parks
p. 292-297
*Rosa
p. 298
Complete:
1-4 + chart
p. 299
Grammar:
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Lit:
Check
Rosa Parks & Rosa
Assessment Practice
Q&A for major test
Grammar:
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**MAJOR TEST on Lit. Unit 2
Latin Review
Grammar:
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Lit:
Unit 11
the Odyssey
Listen to:
Background for the Odyssey from the Iliad
Complete:
Study guide ques.
Read & Take Notes:
on Background material in text
Grammar:
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Lit:
Check SG
Read:
Book 9
Complete:
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Lit:
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Lit:
Check SG
Read:
Book 10
Book 11
Book 12
Check SG
**Quiz on Part I
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pp. 314-325
(handout [HO] will be provided)
pp. 1186-1193
**Quiz on Latin Unit 4+
Lit:
**Quiz on Background material
Check background questions
Introduction to: characteristics of epic
pp. 1194-1201
NOTE: Students will need to take notes from text as I highlight information.
Grammar:
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Latin Unit 5
Lit:
Read:
Part I
The Wanderings of Odysseus
p. 1202-1203
Book 1
A Goddess Intervenes
p. 1204
Book 5
Calypso, the Sweet Nymph
p. 1206-1209
Book 9
New Coasts and Poseidon’s Son
p. 1210
I am Laertes’ Son
p. 1210-1212
The Lotus Eaters
p. 1212
Complete:
Study Guide (SG) questions for all parts read today.
The Cyclops
SG questions for the Cyclops
Circe, the Grace of the Witch
The Land of the Dead
The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
p. 1212-1223
p. 1224-1225
p. 1226-1229
p. 1230-1236
**Quiz on Latin Unit 5+
Lit:
Read:
Part II
The Homecoming
p. 1240-1241
Book 16
Father and Son
p. 1242-1247
Book 17
The Beggar at the Manor
p. 1248-1249
Complete: SG for today’s reading
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Lit:
Check SG
Read:
Book 21
The Test of the Bow
p. 1250-1255
Book 22
Death in the Great Hall
p. 1256-1261
Book 23
The Trunk of the Olive Tree
p. 1262-1265
Complete: SG for today’s reading
Lit:
Check SG
**Quiz on Odyssey Part II
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Lit:
Assessment Practice
Grammar:
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Lit:
Odyssey Review
Q & A session for test
Grammar:
pp. 1282-1287
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Lit:
**MAJOR TEST on the Odyssey
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Latin Review
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**MAJOR TEST on Latin Units 1-5
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TBA
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TBA
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TBA
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Mid-term?
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Mid-term?
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Mid-term?
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Mid-term?
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Teacher Workday