Thursday/Monday, 10/31/13-11/04/13

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

English 9
1. VL4 new sentence in your packet.
2. Setting exercise typed draft. Remember to double space! Due Tuesday/Wednesday.
3. "The Monkey's Paw" questions.

Physical Education
1. Bring your personal pinny to class...every day!
2. Bring a water bottle to class.

Halloween Fun!

Marceline the Vampire Queen, Fiona, and Finn!

Teacher costumes

Period 3 PE Class

Tuesday/Wednesday 10/29-30/13

English 9
1. VL4 (vocab lesson 4) word picture and personal connection sentence.
2. Setting exercise typed draft. Remember to double space!
3. "Cask of Amontillado" comic strip finish.

Physical Education
1. Bring your personal pinny to class...every day!
2. Bring a water bottle to class.

Friday/Monday, 10/25-28/13

English 9
1. VL4 (vocabulary lesson 4) context sentences and definition guesses in the packet. Words are from the story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Words:
1. avenge (v)
2. retribution (n)
3. surmount (v)
4. explicit (adj)
5. gait (n)
6. repose (v)
7. rampant (adj)
8. recess (n)
9. grotesque (adj)
10. recoil (v)
11. remote (adj)
12. endeavor (n)
2. "The Cask of Amontillado" comic strip - do just the first three boxes based on what we've read so far.
3. Setting exercise - start typing up an improved version of your rough draft based on your partner's suggestions from class.

Physical Education
1. Bring a water bottle and keep your binder organized!

Wednesday/Thursday, 10/23-24/13

English 9
1. Study vocab lesson 3 and be ready for the test. Packets are due the day of the test, as always.
2. Setting narrative exercise project rough draft. Check out the brainstorming sheet here and the rubric here.
3. Fix up any grades you'd like to fix...

Physical Education
1. Keep your binder organized and ready for a binder check.
2. Bring a water bottle. Seriously.

Thursday/Friday, 10/17-18/13

English 9
1. Finish the new sentence on the vocab lesson 3 work packet, and do any spelling quiz makeups you need to do.
2. Finish the head, plot, and conflict worksheet for "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier.

Physical Education
1. Bring a water bottle every day!

Stretching article from the NY Times

Tuesday/Wednesday, 10/15-16/13

English 9
1. Finish the word picture, official definition, and personal connection for vocabulary lesson 3. See the last post for a list of the words. The official definitions can be found via powerpoint here.
2. Organize your binder! We will have binder checks tomorrow. I am looking for a hardcover binder, papers in chronological order, no papers in pockets, and a random assignment I'll reveal tomorrow.
3. Continue reading "Marigolds" and stop at the bottom of page 55. Fill in the front side of the empty head sheet using the character Lizabeth and her emotions and inner struggles.

**don't forget to do any makeups we went over in class...this is your only chance this semester to make up assignments!

Physical Education
1. Organize your binder! We will have binder checks tomorrow. I am looking for a hardcover binder, papers in chronological order, no papers in pockets, and a random assignment I'll reveal tomorrow.

**don't forget to do any makeups we went over in class...this is your only chance this semester to make up assignments!

Friday/Monday 10/11-14/13

English 9
1. Finish the context sentence (from "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier) and the definition guess for each of the vocabulary words. They are as follows:
1. arid
2. shanty
3. incongruous
4. nostalgia
5. chaotic
6. poignant
7. imminence
8. domestic
9. clarity
10. reverie
2. Finish the movie poster project due next class period.
**click here to download the homemade Mad Libs sheet we worked on in class

Physical Education
1. Make sure your park slip has been turned in to the table in the lobby so you can come with us next week!

Wednesday/Thursday, 10/09-10/13

English 9
1. Study for the lesson 2 vocabulary test. Make sure your vocab packet of week work is completed.
2. Complete the Movie Poster Project due Tuesday October 15th.
**click here to download the homemade Mad Libs sheet we worked on in class

Physical Education
1. Fill out the motivational song sheet with five songs you'd like to hear during PE.

Monday/Tuesday 10/07-08/13

English 9
1. Finish the new sentence on the vocabulary week work packet.
2. Finish cutting, pasting, and ordering the events on the "How To Eat a Guava" cut-out sheet in chronological order.
**Read "How To Eat a Guava" by Esmerelda Santiago by clicking here.

Physical Education
1. Fill out the motivational song sheet with five songs you'd like to hear during PE.

Thursday/Friday, 10/03-04-13

English 9
1. Finish the personal connection box for each vocabulary word.
2. Do the word picture for the vocabulary word(s) you chose from lesson 2.
Here's the Adventure Time clip we watched in class that shows flashback.
Here's the Sherlock Holmes clip we watched in class that shows flashforward.

Physical Education
1. Keep practicing correct squat and deadlift form at home!

Tuesday/Wednesday, 10/1-2/13

English 9
1. Finish the context sentence and definition guess for each of the lesson 2 words in our vocab week work packet. The words are below:
palpable
recede
lacerate
imprudent
bewilderment
elude
invariably
sallow
futile
placid

Physical Education
1. No homework. Be ready for the Pacer next class!