September 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
LABOR DAY
6
7
Due/discuss: Ibis p.605 Q’s.
Lit terms.
PPT: Scarlet Ibis.
HW: Read “Possibility of Evil”;
“Evil” WS; “Evil” literary terms.
No School
13
14
Quiz: “Ibis” and “Marine
Corps” vocabulary words.
HW: “Magi” literary terms.
Read “Gift of the Magi” p.
151. Magi Vocab WS.
Due: Magi literary terms &
vocab.
PPT: Gift of the Magi.
HW: Read “Marigolds” (p. 75);
p. 85 #1-5.
20
21
Quiz: “Magi” and “Dangerous
Game” vocabulary.
HW: Read “Utterly Perfect
Murder” p. 799.
Guidance Visit
27
Guidance Visit
28
Test: Short Stories.
8
Due: “Evil” lit terms and
WS.
PPT: “Possibility of Evil”
HW: “Marine Corps” vocab
and literary terms.
Late Start
Due: Ibis vocab.
HW: p. 605 #3-6. Ibis
literary terms, read “The
Scarlet Ibis” (594).
9
Due: “Marine” vocab/literary
terms.
Pre-reading p. 635. Read
“Marine Corps.”
HW: Finish reading “Marine
Corps” and do worksheet.
15
Due: p. 85 # 1-5.
PPT: Marigolds.
HW: Dangerous Game
vocabulary and lit. terms.
22
Due: “Marine Corps”
worksheet.
PPT: “Marine Corps”
HW: Study for vocab quiz.
17
Due: Game reading WS.
PPT: Dangerous Game.
HW: Study for vocabulary
quiz.
23
Due: “The Bass, The River”
literary terms.
“The Bass, The River”
worksheet in groups.
Discuss.
29
Introduce essay.
Notes: Intro & Conclusion
PPTs.
HW: Brainstorm WS.
10
16
Due: Game vocab and lit
terms.
Read “Most Dangerous
Game” (p. 38) Reading
worksheet.
“Perfect Murder” WS in
groups. Discuss
HW: Read “The Bass, The
River”; literary terms.
3
2
Due: cover, notebook,
letter, inventory.
Demo Warm-ups.
Relationships discussion
activity.
HW: Ibis Vocab.
30
Notes: body paragraphs
and transitions.
HW: Brainstorm WS.
24
Work on short story review
in groups.
Early Release Parents’ Day
Due: Brainstorm WS.
Work on outlines in class.
Due Monday.
1
Short Stories
1
Syllabus, folders, textbooks,
note cards.
HW: Book cover, notebook,
letter, reading inventory.
Fri
October 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
4
5
Work on rough drafts
(hand-written) in class.
Paragraph Planner graphic
organizer. Demo
Turnitin.com.
11
Due: Relationships Essay.
PPT: Nouns; Verbs.
HW: Noun/Verb WS.
Correct Noun/Verb WS.
PPT: Pronouns.
25
Due: review packet.
Parts of Speech Review.
19
13
Late Start
26
P-T Conferences 14
Quiz: Pronouns.
Due: Pronoun WS.
PPT: Adjectives/Adverbs.
HW: Adj/Adverb WS.
20
PPT: Finish Prepositions.
HW: Prep WS.
Grammar Rock
(WKCE testing – sub plans)
7
Due: typed complete rough
draft.
Peer editing.
Quiz: Nouns/Verbs.
Finish Pronoun PPT.
HW: Pronoun WS.
Quiz: Adjective/Adverb.
Due: Adj/Adverb WS.
PPT: Prepositions.
Fri
6
Work on rough drafts
(hand-written) in class.
12
18
Finish adjective/adverb
PPT.
HW: adj/adverb WS.
Thu
NO SCHOOL
22
Finish Conj/Interjection
PPT. Conj/Interjection WS.
Work on Parts of Speech
Review packet.
28
Teacher Convention
No School
8
P-T Conferences 15
21
Quiz: Prepositions.
PPT: Conjunctions &
Interjections.
27
Parts of Speech Test
Homecoming
Pre-Test: Parts of speech.
Analyze results.
Work on Parts of speech
Knowledge Builder in
groups.
29
Teacher Convention
No School
Parts of Speech
Due: outline. Read sample
essays/highlight PPT:
Relationship Essay Sample.
HW: Rough draft (typed).
Wed
November 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
WKCE 6th, 7th, 8th
2
Hour – Social Studies lab.
4th Hour – English lab.
Work on project.
HW: Work on research
project.
3rd
Introduce TKM Allusions
project. Assign groups.
PPT: Perfect PPT.
HW: Begin researching.
8
Due: 1-8 vocab WS.
Group 2 presentation.
Discuss chapters 1-8.
HW: 9-14 Vocab WS due
Thursday.
1st ¼ Grades Due
Due/quiz: chapters 1-8.
Discuss chapters 1-8.
Group 3 presentation.
HW: Read chapters 9-14 by
Monday.
Forensics presentation15
Due/Quiz: chapters 9-14.
Group 5 presentation.
Discuss chapters 9-14.
HW: Read chap. 15-18 by
Thursday.
9
16
Due: Paragraph #1.
Characterization WS (Scout).
22
23
Due: 19-24 Vocab WS.
In Someone Else’s Shoes
WS in class.
Due/quiz: 19-24.
Group 7 presentation.
Discuss chapters.
HW: Read 25-31 by Tuesday.
29
Character Feelings WS in
class.
30
Due/quiz: 25-31.
Review study guide/end of
book questions.
WKCE 1st & 4th
Work in English lab on
projects (Mrs. Morrow
WKCE sub during 4th).
HW: Work on research
project.
Thu
Group 4 presentation.
Stereotypes WS in class.
Finish as homework.
Early Release
Group 1 presentation.
Vet’s Day Assembly
11
Due: 9-14 Vocab WS.
Finish Stereotype WS.
Reading Day!
HW: Paragraph #1 due
Tuesday.
17
Due: Vocab WS 15-18.
Discuss readings/questions.
HW: 19-24 Vocab WS due
Monday.
24
Due: Character Poster.
Courage WS.
Vocab Quiz: 15-24.
4
Hand out books.
PPT: Mockingbird
Background w/guided notes
HW: Read 1-8 by Tuesday.
1-8 Vocab WS due Mon.
3
10
Late Start
Fri
5
12
Vocab Quiz: 1-14.
Work on Character List WS.
HW: 15-18 Vocab WS due
Wednesday.
18
Due/Quiz: chapters 15-18.
Group 6 presentation.
Discuss chapters 15-18.
HW: Read 19-24 by Tues.
25
Thanksgiving – No School
19
Characterization WS
(Atticus).
HW: Character Poster (due
Wed.).
26
Thanksgiving – No School
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Wed
December 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
Theme WS in class.
Hand out review info sheet.
Introduce essay.
HW: Brainstorm Chart.
7
PPT: Sample Essay
w/Labels.
Due: Brainstorm Chart (end
of hour).
Work on Brainstorm Charts
in classroom. Begin rough
drafts, if ready.
13
14
Work in English computer
lab.
Work in English computer lab.
20
TKM video.
Late Start
27
2
22
Work handwriting rough
drafts in class.
29
10
Work on rough drafts in
class.
16
17
Due: TKM Essay.
TKM Video.
23
Winter Break – No School
Winter Break – No School
3
To Kill a Mockingbird Test.
9
Peer edit with partner #2
using Chompy Checklist.
TKM video. Bring treats!
28
Winter Break – No School
Mrs. M Absent – Conference
15
Due: rough draft.
Peer Edit with partner #1
using peer editing sheet.
21
TKM video.
Winter Break – No School
8
Mrs. M Absent – CLC Training
Name That Character
Review game. Review
vocabulary and study guide
to prepare for test.
30
Winter Break – No School
24
Winter Break – No School
31
Winter Break – No School
TKM Essay
and Video
6
Fri
January 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
4
Thu
5
Fri
Due: simple, complete,
compound S-V WS. Quiz.
Notes: Unusual Subjects.
HW: WS.
Due: Unusual Subjects WS.
Quiz.
Notes: Sentence Types.
HW: WS.
Due: Sentence Types WS.
Notes: Complements.
HW: WS.
10
Due: Objects WS. Quiz.
Notes: Diagramming.
11
Finish diagramming notes.
Practice and Apply in class.
Understanding Diagramming
WS in class. Diagramming
WS p. 46-47 in class.
18
Semester Exams – 8, 7, 6
12
More diagramming practice
WS in class. Sentence
Diagramming p. 48 in class.
13
Parts of Sentences Review
worksheet in class.
17
Answers to Semester
Review packet.
31
Due/quiz: ger vs.
participles WS.
PPT: infinitives.
HW: infinitives WS.
25
Due/quiz: prep. WS.
PPT: appositive phrases.
HW: appositives WS.
26
Due/quiz: appositives WS.
PPT: participial phrases.
HW: participial phrases
WS.
Due: Complements WS.
Quiz.
Notes: Objects.
HW: WS.
14
Test: Parts of Sentences.
HW: Semester Review
packet.
20
Semester Exams – 2, 1
Freshmen Class Meeting
Due: Participle WS.
PPT: gerunds.
HW: gerunds WS.
21
In-Service – No School
27
28
Due/quiz: gerunds WS.
Mini review of gerunds and
participles.
HW: ger vs. participle WS.
Phrases, Clauses, Sentences (2.5)
24
PPT: prepositional
phrases.
HW: prep. phrase WS.
19
Semester Exams – 5, 4, 3
7
6
Notes: Simple, complete,
and compound subjects
and verbs.
HW: WS.
Parts of Sentences (2)
3
Wed
February 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
Due/quiz: infinitives WS.
PPT: Placement of Phrases
WS.
HW: Placement of Phrases
WS.
7
14
Iambic pentameter WS.
Choose Act 1 roles. Read
p. 989. Begin reading Act
1.HW: Marriage Journal.
21
View Act 1.
HW: Act 1 study guide.
9
Frosh Open House
Phrases, Clauses,
Sentence Structure Test.
HW: Drama vocabulary.
15
Due: Marriage Journal. R & J
Read Act 1.
Late Start
PPT: R & J Introduction.
HW: Shakespeare packet.
11
Due/quiz: drama vocab.
Due: Shakespeare WS.
Shakespearean language
PPT/activity.
17
Read Act 1.
HW: Perfect Mate WS.
23
Begin reading Act 2.
4
Due/Quiz: Placement of
Phrases WS.PPT: clauses
& sentence structure.
HW: clauses/sentence
structure WS.
10
16
Read Act 1.
22
Due: Perfect Mate WS.
Due/Quiz: Act 1 study guide.
Choose Act 2 roles.
HW: Act 1 study guide.
28
Due: Act 1 summary.
Read Act 2.
Due: review WS.
Phrase, Clause, Sentence
JEOPARDY.
HW: Study for test.
3
SNOW DAY
18
Finish Act 1.
24
Due: Act 1 summary rough
draft. Peer edit in class for
half of period.
Read Act 2.
25
In-Service – No School
Romeo and Juliet (7-8)
Due/quiz: clauses &
sentence structure WS.
HW: Review WS/study
guide.
2
SNOW DAY
8
Fri
March 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
Finish Act 2.
View Act 2.
HW: Act 2 study guide;
7
Read Act 3.
HW: Insult Letter.
8
Due: Insult Letter.
Read Act 3.
HW: Characters WS.
14
Due: Character Poster.
Finish reading Act 4.
Choose Act 5 roles.
Begin reading Act 5.
HW: Theme WordSearch.
Due: Theme WordSearch.
Finish reading Act 5.
HW: Act 4, 5 study guide.
Due/quiz: Act 3 study guide.
View Act 3.
23
30
11
Choose Act 4 roles. Begin
reading Act 4.
17
Due/quiz: Act 4, 5 study
guide. Pardoned or
Punished WS in class.
HW: Study for R & J Test.
Spring Break – No School
4
P-T Conferences – No
School
10
16
Shakespeare presentation
3rd and 4th hour.
29
Spring Break – No School
3
24
Due: typed outline.
Work on drama projects.
18
Introduce R & J Essay.
Work on essay brainstorm
worksheet in class.
Early Release
Work on rough drafts in
class (hand written).
31
Spring Break – No School
25
R & J Essay/Drama Project
22
28
Spring Break – No School
Late Start
View Act 4, 5.
Due: Brainstorm WS.
Introduce Drama Project –
choose groups/topics.
HW: typed outline.
P-T Conferences
Work on Passage
Translations in class.
9
Due/discuss: Character
WS.
Finish reading Act 3.
HW: Character Poster. Act
3 study guide.
15
21
Romeo & Juliet Test.
HW: Brainstorm WS.
2
Due/quiz: Act 2 study guide.
Choose Act 3 roles.
Begin reading Act 3.
HW: Passage Translation
notes.
Fri
April 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
Spring Break – No School
4
Work on drama projects.
5
Due: hand-written rough draft.
Peer editing.
PPT: How to Read a
Poem.
HW: Poetry Terms WS.
12
Watch Clip of Poetic Devices.
Finding Poetic Devices WS.
18
Due: I Am/Bio Poems.
Read/WS: “My Father’s
Song” and “A Voice.”
19
Read/WS: “Ithaka” and “7
Ages of Man.”
Due: Paste-pot poems.
PPT: Steinbeck (complete
PPT Questions WS).
Novels. HW: Read 1-2 by
Thurs; 1-2 study guide
WS.
Read/WS: “How to Eat a
Poem” and “Caged Bird.”
HW: Caged Bird WS.
Late Start
14
Due: Caged Bird WS.
Read/WS: “Annabel Lee”.
20
Paste-pot poems (due
Monday). Hand out Poetry
Test Review Sheet.
26
Test: Poetry.
HW: Vocab WS.
13
27
Watch BBC video clip and
complete Character WS.
HW: Pre-Reading Q’s WS.
8
Due: R & J Essay
(turnitin.com).
Presentations of drama
projects.
15
Read/WS: “The Road Not
Taken” and “The Journey.”
HW: I Am/Bio Poems.
21
Read/WS: “Woman
w/Flower” and “Wreck of
the Hesperus.”
22
No School
29
28
Due/quiz/discuss: 1-2 study
guide WS.
HW: Read 3-4 by Wed; 3-4
study guide WS.
Discuss Pre-Reading Q’s
WS.
Due: Vocab WS.
Reading day.
Of Mice & Men (10 days)
25
7
Presentations of drama
projects.
Poetry (2)
11
6
Work on drama projects.
May 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
2
9
Due/quiz/discuss: 5-6
study guide WS.
10
Fri
5
Due/discuss: Loneliness
WS. Parallel Characters
WS.
11
12
Test: Of Mice and Men.
PPT: Subject-verb
agreement (158-160).
HW: subject-verb WS.
17
Late Start
18
4th hour class meetings with
admin.
3rd hour: Review OM&M
Test.
19
3rd: Review OM&M Test.
4th: Finish notes on Pronoun
Cases. HW: Pronoun
Cases WS.
24
25
26
Due/quiz: Problem Subject
WS.
PPT: Pronoun Cases (18085).
HW: Pronoun Cases WS.
Due/quiz: Indef. Pro. WS.
PPT: Reference Problems
(196-97).
HW: Reference Problem WS
31
Test: Agreement and Usage
HW: Semester review packet
(10 extra credit points on the
exam if completed).
Due/quiz: Ref. Problem
WS. PPT: Commas (25255). Semicolons/colons
(258-59) w/guided notes.
HW: Comma WS.
Semi/colon WS.
Due: Semi/colon WS.
Agreement, Usage, and
Punctuation review
worksheet.
6
Theme WS in class.
Due: Extra Credit Research
Poster.
13
Due/quiz: subject-verb WS.
PPT: Indefinite-Pronoun
Subjects & Compound
Subjects (162–64).
HW: Indef. Pronoun
Subjects WS.
20
Due/quiz: Pronoun Cases
WS.
PPT: Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement (190-91).
HW: Pronoun Agree WS.
27
Due: review worksheet.
Usage Rules Review
worksheet in class (5 extra
credit points on test if
completed).
Usage/Punctuation (2)
30
4
Due/quiz/discuss: 3-4 study
guide WS. HW: Read 5-6
by Monday; 5-6 study guide
WS. Loneliness Concept
Web WS.
Mock Trial of George Milton.
16
Due/quiz:
Indef/Compound Subject
WS. PPT: Problem
Subjects (166-69).HW:
Problem Subject WS.
23
Due/quiz: Pronounantecedent agreement
WS.
PPT: Indefinite PronounAntecedent (193-94).
HW: Indef. Pronoun WS.
Memorial Day – No
School
3
View Black Blizzard and
complete Film Facts WS.
Extra Credit: Research
Poster.
Chapter 1-2 Character
Analysis WS.
Thu
June 2010- Eng 9- Mrs. Morrow
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
View Of Mice and Men.
6
Review for semester
exams.
7
Semester Exams
Fri
2
View Of Mice and Men.
8
Semester Exams
3
View Of Mice and Men.
9
10
In-Service – No School
Semester Exams
13
14
15
16
17
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
29
30
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