October 2010
Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th-Grade Honors English Class Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Class: Short Story rough drafts
due; peer editing during class
Class: Go over Vocabulary list
5; Review for Short Story Test
Class: Collect homework;
Jeopardy! review game
Class: Short Story/Grammar
Test
HW: Revise short stories;
study for short story/grammar
test
HW: “I am a Master of Short
Stories” handout due tomorrow
HW: Study for Short
Story/Grammar Test
HW: Study Vocab Lists 1-5
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Class: Final Drafts of Short
Stories are due; Introduction to
Animal Farm
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Class: Utopias and introduction
to Animal Farm
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Class: PSAT Day; Schedule TBA
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Class: Discuss Chapter 2; begin
Russian Revolution
presentations
HW: Read Chapter 1 of
Animal Farm; Russian
Revolution mini-projects are
due Thursday.
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Class: Vocab List 7,
Presentations, Discuss Ch. 3-4
HW: Prepare for Wednesday’s
debate by filling out the
Political Debate handout for
YOUR pig! Chapters 5-7 due
Thursday.
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Class: Propaganda Day!
HW: Finish Animal Farm and
answer study guide questions
for tomorrow
HW: Read Chapter 2 of Animal
Farm; Russian Revolution miniprojects are due Thursday
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Class: Guilford County Schools
Benchmark
HW: Prepare for tomorrow’s
debate by filling out the Political
Debate handout for YOUR pig!
Chapters 5-7 due Thursday.
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Class: Discuss the conclusion of
Animal Farm
HW: Complete a Major Work
Review of Animal Farm due
tomorrow.
HW: Read Chapter 2 of Animal
Farm; and complete your Russian
Revolution mini-projects by
tomorrow!
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Viking Connections
Class: Political Pig Rally: Who
would make the best leader for
Animal Farm?
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 and
answer study guide questions for
tomorrow.
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EARLY RELEASE DAY
Class: Final thoughts and
presentations for Animal Farm
HW: Study for your Animal Farm
test on Monday! (I will collect
study guides on Monday for a
quiz grade.)
HW: Study Vocab, lists 1-6.
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Class: Russian Revolution
Presentations, discuss Chapters
5-7
HW: Study Vocab 1-7; Dress
Up as a Vocabulary Word for
Extra Credit!
Class: Vocabulary Quiz #5
HW: Put the finishing touches on
your short story project. Be sure
to follow the rubric provided for
Monday! Notecards for List 6 (no
sentences!) due Monday.
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Class: Vocabulary Quiz #6
HW: Vocabulary notecards List
7 for Monday with awesome
(required) sentences on a separate
piece of paper. Read Chapters 3-4
and answer study guide questions
for Monday.
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Class: Halloween Vocab Words!
Vocabulary Quiz #7
HW: Finish Animal Farm and
complete the study guide
questions by Tuesday. No vocab
next week!
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