Wednesday/Thursday, 02/26-27/14

English 9
1. Continue memorizing your poem...
2. Read The Phantom Tollbooth chapters 13-15 and finish the questions. You can read the book here and find the questions here. Check the right side of this page to find the full audiobook!
3. Prepare for the Socratic Seminar next class period on The Phantom Tollbooth. Use your Cornell note sheet to write notes ahead of time.

Physical Education
1. Continue your food logs.

Monday/Tuesday, 02/24-25/14

English 9
The audiobook for The Phantom Tollbooth is now up! Go to the right side of this blog and scroll down. You'll see the files posted by chapter part. PLEASE REMEMBER you MUST READ ALONG in your book while you listen. Remember that an important part of the writing includes homophones and puns that you won't catch simply by listening.

You can also read along with the online pdf version of the book HERE.

1. Be ready to recite at least 10 of your poem lines from memory.
2. Read The Phantom Tollbooth chapters 9-12 and answer the corresponding questions.
3. Complete and type up your Phantom Tollbooth allegorical chapter. Use the rubric as a guide! This is due the next class period.

Physical Education
1. Continue your new food logs.

Thursday/Friday, 02/20-21/14

English 9
1. Have 10 or more of your lines memorized. Practice reciting with pacing and emotion!
2. Continue reading The Phantom Tollbooth chapters 6-8. Answer the reading questions on the same sheet you used for chapters 1-5. The chapter 6-8 questions are as follows:

6. Faintly Macabre's Story

a. Describe the Land of Null (null?)

b. How were Dictionopolis and Digitopolis founded?

c. Describe the Princesses Rhyme and Reason.

d. What are warp and woof in cloth?

7. The Royal Banquet

a. What can Azaz's cabinet members do?

b. What was the menu for lunch?

c. What are half-baked ideas?

d. Why was Milo's choice of an idea to take with him such a good one?

8. The Humbug Volunteers

a. What does the King give Milo to take on his journey?

Physical Education
1. None! Try to abstain from fast food this weekend.

Friday/Wednesday, 02/14-19/14

Happy Valentine's Day!!

English 9
1. Memorize five lines from your poem, and work on your volume, pacing, and emotion.
2. Read through chapters 1-5 in The Phantom Tollbooth and answer the questions from class. Click here to get the questions.

Physical Education
1. Finish Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in your food log. We'll turn them in when I see you next week.

Wednesday/Thursday, 02/12-13/14

English 9
1. Memorize three lines of your poem and be ready to recite them.
2. Finish the "Getting to Know Your Poem Better" half-sheet.
3. The Phantom Tollbooth - continue your adventure story: Copy the last paragraph of the first chapter and the first word of the second chapter all in first person. Continue the story to the end of your blank page, imagining where your personal phantom tollbooth would take you if was to cure your boredom and ennui.

Physical Education
1. Continue the second week of your newer food log.

Monday/Tuesday, 02/10-11/14

English 9
1. Underline the most meaningful line in your poem. MEMORIZE this line and be prepared to "sell" this line to a poem partner tomorrow, explaining why it is so awesome.

Physical Education
1. Continue the second week of your newer food log.

Thursday/Friday, 02/06-07/14

English 9
1. Study VL8 and be ready for the test next class. Know your two words and be ready to use them in a sentence!
2. Continue to read and memorize your poem. Read it out loud at least three times a day. Rewrite it, read it to others, and have a friend quiz you.
*CLICK HERE to download the entire book of poems.

Physical Education
1. Continue filling in your food log. Use the back to fill in Monday's food consumption.

Tuesday/Wednesday, 02/04-05/14

English 9
1. VL8 new sentences in the packet and quiz make-ups.
2. Know your poem! Fill out the Know Your Poem sheet.
3. Continue to organize your binder.

period 5 MLA Telephone Winners!

Justine

Rony

Imani

Dylan

Janice

period 4 MLA Telephone Winners!
Shawn
Jenna
Mario
Nicholas
Ysabela

Physical Education
1. Fill out the new food log as you eat for the week.