Friday/Monday, 09/27-31/13

English 9
1. Study for your vocabulary test.
2. Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" parts I and II by Richard Connell.
3. Complete the questions sheet for "The Most Dangerous Game".


Physical Education
1. No official homework, but you can test your balance, flexibility, stamina, or accuracy if you'd like!
Warm-up students for next class:
period 3 - Rony
period 7 - Emiliano
period 8 - TBD

Wednesday/Thursday, 09/25-26/13

English 9
1. Finish the vocabulary 'new sentence' on the vocab week work sheet.
2. Finish your chosen vocabulary word picture.

Physical Education
1. Read the following two articles about body fat percentage:
Everything You Need To Know About Body Fat Percentage
Body Fat Pictures and Percentages
2. Use the "look and compare" method to estimate your own body fat percentage and write that number in the box on the Fitness Assessment sheet you received in class.

Monday/Tuesday 09/23-24/13

English 9
1. Finish filling in the official definitions and your personal connections to all ten words in our vocab week work sheet. See our previous blog post for a list of the words.
2. Watch one TV show or movie that is a narrative (a story), such as a drama, cartoon, or sitcom; please, no news. Then, on your conflict notes from class, describe the conflicts in the show and try to label them as:
person vs. person
person vs. nature
person vs. society
person vs. self

Physical Education
1. No official homework, but maybe you can try to measure your heart rate in different situations!

Thursday-Friday, 09/20-21/13

English 9
1. Continue to bring your IR (Independent Reading) book every day.
2. Bring your binder every day. Be ready for binder checks next week: Binders should contain blank paper and all previous notes and assignments should be organized in chronological order.
3. Finish the vocabulary word sentences and meaning guesses we started in class. Click here to read "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty if you lost your copy -- remember that seven of the words come from the story.
Words:
1. Imply (no sentence)
2. Defer
3. Fester
4. Beleaguered
5. Spasmodically
6. Ascetic
7. Tattered
8. Turret
9. Paroxysm
10. Concussion
*remember not to look up the definition, but to guess the meaning after you copy the sentence in which it was used in the story

Physical Education
1. Choose two of the stretches we practiced in class and do them for at least 30 seconds. Make sure to warm up for at least five minutes first. Then write about what you did for the warm-up and how the stretches went. Do this same thing two days in a row (same stretches).

*UPDATE: Added binder reminder to English 9 

Tuesday/Wednesday, 09/17-18/13

English 9
1. Get an Independent Reading book from the library, a friend, or the bookstore that you will enjoy reading. Bring it with you to class every day!
2. Finish typing a nice draft of the poem that we wrote in class and discussed today. Remember that it should be in Times New Roman 12 point font. This is the one assignment you may email to me for printing before the due date.

Physical Education
1. No official homework, but try out some of the stretches we learned today. Remember to warm up (dynamically) first!

Friday/Monday 09/13-16/13

English 9
1. Get an Independent Reading book from the library, a friend, or the bookstore that you will enjoy reading. Bring it with you to class every day!
2. Finish the poem that we started in class. Remember that it should be at least ten lines long, should use at least five examples of figurative language, and should creatively communicate a feeling about your subject.

Physical Education
1. No official homework, but please bring clothes in which you can move and sweat during class!

Wednesday/Thursday 09/11-12/13

English 9
1. Finish copying the class rules and expectations if you did not finish in class. Bring in the typed version to turn in for the next class period.
2. Look for an independent reading book if you do not already have one.

Physical Education
1. No official homework, but why not try a few burpees? :)

Monday/Tuesday, 09/09-10/13

English 9
1. Finish the quiz makeup work if you missed any questions on our syllabus quiz. You may attach an additional sheet of paper.
2. Make sure you have your syllabus signed on every page if you have not already turned it in.

Physical Education
1. Attempt five minutes of the Asian Squat* each night (two nights in a row), and then write a 2-3 sentence report of how it went for each night.
2. Make sure you have your syllabus signed on every page if you have not already turned it in.

*Can't remember how to do it? You can check out this rather silly video on the Asian Squat on youtube.

Friday, 09/06/13

English 9
1. Read over our class syllabus and sign the bottom right corner of each page. Have your parent or guardian do the same. Then both of you will need to fill out the last page of the syllabus: the contact information page. The syllabus is due next week.
2. We will be taking a syllabus quiz next week. Click here to take a peek at the quiz ahead of time!

Physical Education
1. Read over our class syllabus and sign the bottom right corner of each page. Have your parent or guardian do the same. Then both of you will need to fill out the last page of the syllabus: the contact information page. The syllabus is due next week.

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At the end of the day today, we (attempted) to play a game in which we created a story, one word at a time, with a massive circled group. The following is the exceedingly strange tale that was told:

Potatoes are nutritious and they are brown and they are very round. Baked potatoes are sweet and brown. Candy is scrumptious and colorful and awesome. Candy tacos are amazing. Carlos and picked boogers and they attacked people and eat their shoes. Cannibals eat turkey bacon and fruit to sleep in volcanoes.

Wednesday, 09/05/13

English 9
1. Read over our class syllabus and sign the bottom right corner of each page. Have your parent or guardian do the same. Then both of you will need to fill out the last page of the syllabus: the contact information page. The syllabus is due next week.
2. We will be taking a syllabus quiz next week. Click here to take a peek at the quiz ahead of time!

Physical Education
1. Read over our class syllabus and sign the bottom right corner of each page. Have your parent or guardian do the same. Then both of you will need to fill out the last page of the syllabus: the contact information page. The syllabus is due next week.

Tuesday, 09/03/13

All Students
It was great meeting you today!

If today you didn't read the article "A Closer Look at the Mystery of College Admissions" that was handed out at orientation today, you can do so by clicking here.

Please choose one of the following further articles by Jacques Steinberg to read and do so by Friday. You should come prepared with an opinion about something in the article and questions you have about it.
"For Gatekeepers at Colleges, A Daunting Task of Sorting"
"College Gatekeepers Read Between the Lines"
"Role Reversal Time for College Supplicants"

Welcome back to LCS

Students and families:

We are beginning a new year at Larchmont Charter School! It is my first year as part of the high school program, and let me say:

Welcome to Larchmont Charter School!

I am incredibly excited about this new year, and I hope you feel the same way. I'd love to hear from each and every student, so please feel free to click on the "comments" link below and say hi! I hope you feel welcome here at LCS. GO TIMBERWOLVES!!!


If you're on this website, you've probably already received a class syllabus. For your future reference, you can download them here:
English 9 Syllabus
Physical Education Syllabus

You will find information posted on this blog regarding assignments and activities we will be exploring in class. My goal is to have the site updated nightly by 5:00 pm. If you have any questions, please let me know! I look forward to an excellent new year.