August/September 2014 Calendar
Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th grade Honors English
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
HW: Return the class syllabus
signed tomorrow.
1
LABOR DAY- NO SCHOOL!
Class: Summer Reading Review
Class: Summer Reading Review
Class: Summer Reading Review
HW: Website Scavenger Hunt
(handout) due tomorrow.
HW: Finish Sleeping Freshman
Never Lie handout for tomorrow.
Organized binders are due next
Tuesday.
HW: Finish Mythology study guide
for tomorrow. Spelling quiz is
tomorrow!
2
SUMMER READING TEST
Class: Notebook check; summer
reading test
HW: “Do you know your parts of
speech?” handout due tomorrow
8
PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ
“Walk the Schedule” Tonight
Class: Vocabulary List 1; Parts of
Speech Quiz; textbook
distribution; begin reading “The
Sniper”
HW: Read “The Sniper” page 211
in textbook for tomorrow
15
Class: Discuss “The Necklace”
and Vocab list 2
HW: Read “Desiree’s Baby”
(handout) for tomorrow
22
9
Class: Narrative Writing Project;
discuss “The Sniper”
HW: Read “The Most Dangerous
Game” (page 4)—sorry, it’s LONG!
16
Class: Discuss “Desiree’s Baby”
and Subject/Verb Agreement
HW: Subject/Verb agreement
handout due tomorrow
3
4
Class: Parts of Speech review; Read
a short story in class
Class: Go over yesterday’s story’s
ending; Parts of Speech review;
Vocab Regime
HW: Parts of Speech practice sheet
HW: Preposition and Drinks
handout; read “Ordeal by Cheque”
and answer accompanying questions
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10
Class: Spelling Quiz; final review for
summer reading test
HW: Be prepared for Tuesday’s
summer reading test! Also, be sure to
bring your organized binder to class
for a notebook check on Tuesday.
5
Class: Parts of speech final review;
Discuss “Ordeal by Cheque”
HW: Notecards for Vocab List 1 due
Monday. Review Parts of Speech for
a quiz on Monday.
12
Class: Discuss/analyze “The Most
Dangerous Game”
Class: “The Sky is Gray” viewing
and discussion questions.
Vocabulary Quiz #1
Class: Introduce “Bluff”; Vocab
Quiz #1
HW: Study for Friday’s vocabulary
quiz
HW: Study vocabulary!
HW: Read “The Necklace” page
160 in textbook; Notecards for
Vocabulary List 2 due Monday
17
Early Release Day
Class: Discuss Subject/Verb
Agreement; Discussion on equality
18
Class: Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
19
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Class: Subject/Verb agreement
practice; Bluff; Vocab quiz
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1-2
HW: Read “Harrison Bergeron”
(handout)
Class: Vocabulary List #3;
Discuss “Walter Mitty” and
quotation marks
23
Class: Share and discuss cartoons;
quotation mark practice;
introduction to “Cask of
Amontillado”
24
Class: Discuss “Cask of
Amontillado” and irony
HW: “Walter Mitty” cartoon
activity
HW: Finish “Cask of Amontillado”
page 172 for tomorrow.
HW: Read “Thank You, Ma’m” p. 86
in textbook for tomorrow
25
Class: Discuss “Thank You, Ma’m”
and indirect characterization
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1, 2,
and 3 for tomorrow
Check out www.englishisamazing.com for handouts and complete texts.
HW: Notecards for List 3 due
Monday; read “The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty” (handout) for Monday
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Vocabulary Quiz #3
Class: Bluff, review quotation marks,
vocabulary quiz
HW: Read “A Sound of Thunder”
page 499 in textbook and complete
notecards for vocabulary list #4