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English 9
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Reading
Oedipus Rex
Odyssey
Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
6 Traits of Writing
Letter to Editor
Iowa History
Poetry Page
Tests
American Lit.
British Lit.
Drama
Other
Vocab.
Analogies Types: Friendly List
Analogy Test
Analogy Types, Master List
Confused Words
Define the Word
Descriptive Words
Mood Words
Prefixes
Propaganda Methods
Root Words
Spell "shhh"
Suffixes
Transition Words
Vocabulary Activities
Grammar
Resources
.
C
Student Feedback
Wilderness Survival Challenge
Authentic Intellectual Work
Chess
Parents
Standards
Iowa Core Alignment
Portfolio
Standards: Creative Writing
Standards: English 7
Standards: English 8
Standards: English 9
Standards: Mass Media
Standards: Oral Communications
Standards: Oral Communications, Advanced
Standards: Write Right
Iowa Common Core
Write Right
Assignments
Assignments
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10/12 Friday
10/15 Monday
10/16 Tuesday
10/17 Wednesday
10/18 Thursday
10/2
10/22 Monday
10/23 Tuesday
10/29 Monday
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11/1 Thursday
11/2 Friday
11/8 Thursday
3/22
3/27
3/28
3/29
4/10/12
4/12
4/24
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8/27
8/28
8/30
8/31
9/12
9/21
9/25
9/26
9/28
9/4
9/5
9/6
9/7
Compare Contrast Writing
Instructions for all reports
Researching, Evaluating, Documenting
Syllabus
Traits of Writing
Writing
O. Comm.+
Assignments
Readers Theater
Syllabus
Mass Media
Assignments
Study Guides
Syllabus
Eng. 8
Eng. 7
AR Points
Assignments for 2013-14
8/30
9/18
9/24
Book Report, Instructions
About the Author
Book Cover
Characters
Critical Questions
Opinion
Plot Events
Class of 10-11
Book Report, Examples
Class of 11-12
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1/11/12
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1/15 Tuesday
1/16 Wednesday
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1/17 Thursday
1/18 Friday
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1/25 Friday
1/25/12
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Read Better
Vocabulary, 7th Grade List
Creative Writing
Assignments
Assignments (Previous Years)
1/12/12
1/17
1/19/12
1/23/12
1/24/12
1/25/12
1/26/12
1/27/12
1/30
1/31
2/1/12
2/10
2/12
2/14
2/17
2/21
2/22
2/24
2/27
Assignments 2012-2013
1/14 Monday
1/22 Tuesday
Syllabus: Creative Writing
The Epic
Journalism
Assignments
Daily Writing
Assignments
Syllabus: Daily Writing
Speech
Assignments
Syllabus
Chapter Outlines
Language
Presentation Guidelines
Speech Instructions
Speech Rubrics
Comprehensive Final Study Guide
Audio/Video Files
Doug DeGroot
Mr. DeGroot's Website
English 9
Assignments
Syllabus English 9
Reading
Oedipus Rex
Odyssey
Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
6 Traits of Writing
Letter to Editor
Iowa History
Poetry Page
Tests
American Lit.
British Lit.
Drama
Other
Vocab.
Analogies Types: Friendly List
Analogy Test
Analogy Types, Master List
Confused Words
Define the Word
Descriptive Words
Mood Words
Prefixes
Propaganda Methods
Root Words
Spell "shhh"
Suffixes
Transition Words
Vocabulary Activities
Grammar
Resources
.
C
Student Feedback
Wilderness Survival Challenge
Authentic Intellectual Work
Chess
Parents
Standards
Iowa Core Alignment
Portfolio
Standards: Creative Writing
Standards: English 7
Standards: English 8
Standards: English 9
Standards: Mass Media
Standards: Oral Communications
Standards: Oral Communications, Advanced
Standards: Write Right
Iowa Common Core
Write Right
Assignments
Assignments
10/10
10/12 Friday
10/15 Monday
10/16 Tuesday
10/17 Wednesday
10/18 Thursday
10/2
10/22 Monday
10/23 Tuesday
10/29 Monday
10/3
11/1 Thursday
11/2 Friday
11/8 Thursday
3/22
3/27
3/28
3/29
4/10/12
4/12
4/24
5/4
8/27
8/28
8/30
8/31
9/12
9/21
9/25
9/26
9/28
9/4
9/5
9/6
9/7
Compare Contrast Writing
Instructions for all reports
Researching, Evaluating, Documenting
Syllabus
Traits of Writing
Writing
O. Comm.+
Assignments
Readers Theater
Syllabus
Mass Media
Assignments
Study Guides
Syllabus
Eng. 8
Eng. 7
AR Points
Assignments for 2013-14
8/30
9/18
9/24
Book Report, Instructions
About the Author
Book Cover
Characters
Critical Questions
Opinion
Plot Events
Class of 10-11
Book Report, Examples
Class of 11-12
1/10
1/11/12
1/14 Monday
1/15 Tuesday
1/16 Wednesday
1/17
1/17 Thursday
1/18 Friday
1/19
1/25 Friday
1/25/12
1/30
1/30 Wednesday
1/4
1/5
1/6
10/1
10/11
10/12
10/12 Friday
10/14
10/15 Monday
10/16 Tuesday
10/17
10/17 Wednesday
10/18
10/19
10/19 Friday
10/2
10/20
10/22 Monday
10/23 Tuesday
10/24
10/25
10/25 Thursday
10/26
10/29 Monday
10/3
10/3
10/31
10/4
10/4
10/5
10/5
10/6
10/7
11/1
11/12 Monday
11/13 Tuesday
11/14 Wednesday
11/15
11/17
11/2 Friday
11/26 Monday
11/28
11/4/11
11/5 Monday
11/6 Tuesday
11/7
11/8 Thursday
11/9 Friday
12/1
12/10 Monday
12/11 Tuesday
12/12
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/20
12/5
12/6
12/7
12/8
12/9
2/12
2/13
2/13
2/14
2/14
2/17
2/2
2/24
2/27
2/5 Tuesday
2/6/12
2/7
3/14 Thursday
3/19
3/21
3/27
4/12
4/18/12
4/19
4/20
4/23
4/25
5/1
5/14/12
8/22
8/28
8/30
8/31
9/12
9/13
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9/14
9/16
9/18
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9/21
9/21
9/22
9/23
9/24
9/25
9/26
9/27
9/27
9/28
9/4
9/4
Read Better
Vocabulary, 7th Grade List
Creative Writing
Assignments
Assignments (Previous Years)
1/12/12
1/17
1/19/12
1/23/12
1/24/12
1/25/12
1/26/12
1/27/12
1/30
1/31
2/1/12
2/10
2/12
2/14
2/17
2/21
2/22
2/24
2/27
Assignments 2012-2013
1/14 Monday
1/22 Tuesday
Syllabus: Creative Writing
The Epic
Journalism
Assignments
Daily Writing
Assignments
Syllabus: Daily Writing
Speech
Assignments
Syllabus
Chapter Outlines
Language
Presentation Guidelines
Speech Instructions
Speech Rubrics
Comprehensive Final Study Guide
Audio/Video Files
More
Mr. DeGroot's Website
English 9
Assignments
Syllabus English 9
Reading
Oedipus Rex
Odyssey
Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
6 Traits of Writing
Letter to Editor
Iowa History
Poetry Page
Tests
American Lit.
British Lit.
Drama
Other
Vocab.
Analogies Types: Friendly List
Analogy Test
Analogy Types, Master List
Confused Words
Define the Word
Descriptive Words
Mood Words
Prefixes
Propaganda Methods
Root Words
Spell "shhh"
Suffixes
Transition Words
Vocabulary Activities
Grammar
Resources
.
C
Student Feedback
Wilderness Survival Challenge
Authentic Intellectual Work
Chess
Parents
Standards
Iowa Core Alignment
Portfolio
Standards: Creative Writing
Standards: English 7
Standards: English 8
Standards: English 9
Standards: Mass Media
Standards: Oral Communications
Standards: Oral Communications, Advanced
Standards: Write Right
Iowa Common Core
Write Right
Assignments
Assignments
10/10
10/12 Friday
10/15 Monday
10/16 Tuesday
10/17 Wednesday
10/18 Thursday
10/2
10/22 Monday
10/23 Tuesday
10/29 Monday
10/3
11/1 Thursday
11/2 Friday
11/8 Thursday
3/22
3/27
3/28
3/29
4/10/12
4/12
4/24
5/4
8/27
8/28
8/30
8/31
9/12
9/21
9/25
9/26
9/28
9/4
9/5
9/6
9/7
Compare Contrast Writing
Instructions for all reports
Researching, Evaluating, Documenting
Syllabus
Traits of Writing
Writing
O. Comm.+
Assignments
Readers Theater
Syllabus
Mass Media
Assignments
Study Guides
Syllabus
Eng. 8
Eng. 7
AR Points
Assignments for 2013-14
8/30
9/18
9/24
Book Report, Instructions
About the Author
Book Cover
Characters
Critical Questions
Opinion
Plot Events
Class of 10-11
Book Report, Examples
Class of 11-12
1/10
1/11/12
1/14 Monday
1/15 Tuesday
1/16 Wednesday
1/17
1/17 Thursday
1/18 Friday
1/19
1/25 Friday
1/25/12
1/30
1/30 Wednesday
1/4
1/5
1/6
10/1
10/11
10/12
10/12 Friday
10/14
10/15 Monday
10/16 Tuesday
10/17
10/17 Wednesday
10/18
10/19
10/19 Friday
10/2
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10/22 Monday
10/23 Tuesday
10/24
10/25
10/25 Thursday
10/26
10/29 Monday
10/3
10/3
10/31
10/4
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10/5
10/5
10/6
10/7
11/1
11/12 Monday
11/13 Tuesday
11/14 Wednesday
11/15
11/17
11/2 Friday
11/26 Monday
11/28
11/4/11
11/5 Monday
11/6 Tuesday
11/7
11/8 Thursday
11/9 Friday
12/1
12/10 Monday
12/11 Tuesday
12/12
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/20
12/5
12/6
12/7
12/8
12/9
2/12
2/13
2/13
2/14
2/14
2/17
2/2
2/24
2/27
2/5 Tuesday
2/6/12
2/7
3/14 Thursday
3/19
3/21
3/27
4/12
4/18/12
4/19
4/20
4/23
4/25
5/1
5/14/12
8/22
8/28
8/30
8/31
9/12
9/13
9/13
9/14
9/16
9/18
9/19
9/19
9/20
9/20
9/21
9/21
9/22
9/23
9/24
9/25
9/26
9/27
9/27
9/28
9/4
9/4
Read Better
Vocabulary, 7th Grade List
Creative Writing
Assignments
Assignments (Previous Years)
1/12/12
1/17
1/19/12
1/23/12
1/24/12
1/25/12
1/26/12
1/27/12
1/30
1/31
2/1/12
2/10
2/12
2/14
2/17
2/21
2/22
2/24
2/27
Assignments 2012-2013
1/14 Monday
1/22 Tuesday
Syllabus: Creative Writing
The Epic
Journalism
Assignments
Daily Writing
Assignments
Syllabus: Daily Writing
Speech
Assignments
Syllabus
Chapter Outlines
Language
Presentation Guidelines
Speech Instructions
Speech Rubrics
Comprehensive Final Study Guide
Audio/Video Files
Vocabulary, 7th Grade List
All Words
abide
absurd
acquire
accelerate
adequate
aggressive
almanac
argumentation
atlas
auburn
authentic
autobiography
bedraggle
bewilder
bibliography
bind
biography
blunt
broadcast
bungle
burden
calamity
capacity
caption
catalog
choice
chronology
churn
circulate
clarification
cling
closing
compact
connotation
consult
contrary
convention
coy
creed
crest
criticize
cropped
denotation
derivation
description
desolate
devise
diagram
dialect
dialogue
dictate
dilapidate
diminish
due
editorial
elaborate
endure
enunciate
etiquette
etymology
exert
exposition
eyewitness
feedback
figurative
flashback
flashforward
flinch
foresee
foreshadow
forked
frank
gale
gape
gender
generalization
gratitude
grit
gruff
heave
homonym
homograph
homophone
hostile
impish
imply
incompetent
infer
irritation
jargon
jolt
juxtaposition
lather
loft
logic
luster
maneuver
metaphor
moody
mope
musical
narrative
paraphrase
periodical
permissible
personification
perspective
persuasion
plagiarism
predict
procession
prop
proposal
proverb
provoke
rave
rash
reluctant
resolution
rupture
sentiment
signify
sitcom
slang
solemn
specimen
stagger
status
superb
thorough
thunderous
toll
Topography
transition
trek
triumphant
turf
viewpoint
viable
yield
Same List of Words
List 1
abide
absurd
acquire
accelerate
adequate
aggressive
almanac
argumentation
atlas
auburn
List 2
authentic
autobiography
bedraggle
bewilder
bibliography
bind
biography
blunt
broadcast
bungle
List 3
burden
calamity
capacity
caption
catalog
choice
chronology
churn
circulate
clarification
List 4
cling
closing
compact
connotation
consult
contrary
convention
coy
creed
crest
List 5
criticize
cropped
denotation
derivation
description
desolate
devise
diagram
dialect
dialogue
List 6
dictate
dilapidate
diminish
due
editorial
elaborate
endure
enunciate
etiquette
etymology
List 7
exert
exposition
eyewitness
feedback
figurative
flashback
flashforward
flinch
foresee
foreshadow
List 8
forked
frank
gale
gape
gender
generalization
gratitude
grit
gruff
heave
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