Intro to the Humanities
2015 Summer Assignment for 9th Grade Page
Check out the "About Humanities" page to know more about what we do in humanities courses at the high school!
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
ISBN-13 978-1451673319
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
- ISBN-13: 978-0743482745
- * Amazon is listing a version (ISBN-13: 978-1420926156). Would recommend you DO NOT get this one)
Nightly Calendars
Below are the links to the daily calendar for each of our Humanities classes. You and your classmates will be responsible for updating the portal nightly. We'll give you a schedule of which week you are "on duty." The calendar is based on a google doc that will be shared with the class. You will open and edit that document and the latest version will be published at the links below for everyone to see. Here is the schedule for first quarter:
Open this link to a PORTAL PEOPLE CALENDAR (google doc)
find your name and your group members, and when it is your week, make a plan as a group for getting the portal updated as quickly as possible each day.
- Periods 2/3 (link to the calendar)
- Periods 5/6 (link to the calendar)
In Class Reviews
Student created quizlet on word roots! If you want to add to it, see the login and password on the board in the classroom.
Below are pages for the major units of study this year. We will "build" resources for each unit as we go through the year.
Grade Categories
The course will be broken down into the following categories:
- Weekly Quizzes / 10pts each / 6-10 per grading period
- Weekly Checks (active reading; assignment completion) / 10 pts each / 6-10 per grading period
- Formal Paragraphs / 50 pts each / 2 per grading period
- Projects / 100 pts total / 1 per grading period
- Additional Assignments / these assignments will add up to no more than 100 pts per quarter