9R

For the final:

30 questions on R & J

5 questions on poetry terms

5 PSAT questions

2 reading passages with eight questions

14 questions on two poems (one of which is "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by Richard Brautigan

An essay comparing the two poems (with an introduction following the format we have used in class)

An introduction to a critical lens essay (if you write the whole essay, you will get extra points)

Different types of imagery

Some vocabulary words embedded in the questions

For 6/8

We will have a vocabulary test on Unit 12. Also, the second draft of your research paper will be due on Wednesday, June 10th. You must submit the rewrite to tunitin.com and give me a hard copy, including both the first draft submitted to turnitin with my comments, as well as the new draft, which must include a Works Cited page to be graded separately. You will get extra points if you hand it in early, but only if there are considerable changes to your original paper. You can hand it in as early as Friday at 9 pm.

One more thing, in addition to your research paper, you should download everything you have turned into turnitin this year, as well as sort through your binders for any major writing you have done in any of your classes, to include in your writing portfolio. Please bring these to class with you on Monday.

For 5/29

Read the passage on "Social Networks" in your vocab book on pages 146-147 and do the vocabulary exercises for Unit 12, Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentence.

Your research paper will be due to turnitin.com on Monday, May 25th at 5 pm. If you hand it in by 11 pm, Friday, May 22nd, I will give you 10 extra points. If you are even a minute late on Monday, you will lose 5 points. Remember: this is a research paper, so you must cite sources in each of your body paragraphs. The first body paragraph should address the opposing side's response to your thesis. Each subsequent body paragraph should explain one argument in your road map. Of course, you should sum things up with a conclusion. Your submission to turnitin should include a (perfect) Works Cited page.

For 5/20

Write the second body paragraph for your research paper.

5/18

Study for your vocabulary test on Unit 11. For the test, you will need to write 5 sentences, each with a vocabulary word from Unit 11, as well as a sentence with: an appositive phrase, an absolute phrase, an adverbial clause, a prepositional phrase and a relative clause with "whom". Also, write the first body paragraph of your research paper. Remember to follow the MEAL format. Your main idea, or topic sentence, should state one of the reasons in your road map which supports your position. Your paragraph should cite one of the articles on your Works Cited page.

For 5/14

Copy and paste the Glossary of Poetic Terms here and for every definition that is followed by a blank line, find an example of that poetic device.

For 5/12

Do a Works Cited page for your research paper. You will be graded on formatting and the credibility of your sources. The page should be formatted according to MLA (Modern Language Association) standards. For more info on how to do this properly, go here.

For 5/6

Do the vocabulary review for Unit 11 here. On May 12th, the Works Cited page for your research paper is due.

For 5/4

Write the introduction to your research paper. For help on how to do so, go here or here.

For 4/27

Choose 5 of the topics here and arrange them in order of preference as subjects for your research paper. Your sentences should be phrased as statements, not questions, expressing the stance you intend to take. So, for example, number 18 would be phrased "Hate law crimes are not necessary".

For 4/22

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 10 here.

For 4/20

Read Act 4 and answer the following questions. Remember to cite textual evidence in your answers:

IV. i

1. Give at least two examples of wordplay and punning in the dialogue between Juliet and Paris. How do these contribute to Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony?

2. How does Juliet's language in the scene reflect her fears?

3. What are the main details of the Friar's plan?

IV.ii

In one sentence, summarize this scene.

IV.iii

What are three of Juliet's concerns about drinking the Friar's potion?

IV.iv

Why do you think Shakespeare uses such contrasting tones between 4.4 and 4.5? What affect might this have on an audience?

IV.v

How does Shakespeare use simile, metaphor and personification to dramatize Capulet's reaction to Juliet's death?

For 4/16

Read the article on pgs 126-127 in your vocabulary book. Then do the exercises "Choosing the Correct Word" and "Completing the Sentence". In addition, write at least two paragraphs in response to writing prompt 1 in the exercise "Writing: Words in Action" on pg 134. Your first paragraph should follow the prompt and address the issues raised in the article on pgs 126-127. Your paragraphs should include at least two ideas from the passage and five vocabulary words, three of which must come from Unit 10. Your second and subsequent paragraphs should address the same issue (genetic engineering) in humans. These paragraphs can be typed or hand-written. They are due on Thursday.

Looking ahead: You will NOT need to do a research paper on Romeo and Juliet. Rather, you will write a research paper, and present a powerpoint, on one of the topics I will give you in class.

Important 4th quarter dates:

April 14th - Quiz on Units 7, 8 and 9

April 20th - Test on Acts 1, 2 and 3 of R & J

April 30th: Test on Unit 10

May 18th: Test on Unit 11

May 20th: Research paper due to turnitin.com

June 8th: Test on Unit 12

There is no HW for the Easter break. On April 14th, we will have a vocabulary quiz on Units 7, 8 and 9. Also, the test on Acts I, II and III will be on April 20th. If you plan to memorize a monologue, you will present it to the class on the first day back.

For 3/23 - Read Act 3 and answer the questions here. Also, study for the Vocab Test on Unit 9.

Extra Credit: Draw Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, illustrating the imagery. So, for example, the Queen is in a carriage that should have spiders' legs for spokes and a cover of "the wings of grasshoppers" (I.iv.65). This should be drawn by you, not downloaded from the internet, copied and colored in. The assignment will be due on Monday, March 23rd.

Also, for another extra credit grade, you may memorize one of the monologues below and present it to the class. This must be done the week we return to class from Easter break.

II.i - Romeo

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,

That thou her maid art far more fair than she:

Be not her maid, since she is envious;

Her vestal livery is but sick and green

And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.

It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To twinkle in their spheres till they return.

What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.

See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!

O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

That I might touch that cheek!

II.v - Juliet

The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;

In half an hour she promised to return.

Perchance she cannot meet him: that's not so.

O, she is lame! love's heralds should be thoughts,

Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams,

Driving back shadows over louring hills:

Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves draw love,

And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.

Now is the sun upon the highmost hill

Of this day's journey, and from nine till twelve

Is three long hours, yet she is not come.

Had she affections and warm youthful blood,

She would be as swift in motion as a ball;

My words would bandy her to my sweet love,

And his to me:

But old folks, many feign as they were dead;

Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.

O God, she comes!

III.ii - Juliet

Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,

And bring in cloudy night immediately.

Come, civil night,

Thou sober-suited matron, all in black,

And learn me how to lose a winning match,

Play'd for a pair of stainless maidenhoods:

Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks,

With thy black mantle; till strange love, grown bold,

Think true love acted simple modesty.

Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

And pay no worship to the garish sun.

O, I have bought the mansion of a love,

But not possess'd it, and, though I am sold,

Not yet enjoy'd: so tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival

To an impatient child that hath new robes

And may not wear them.

III.iii - Romeo

'Tis torture, and not mercy: heaven is here,

Where Juliet lives; and every cat and dog

And little mouse, every unworthy thing,

Live here in heaven and may look on her;

But Romeo may not: more validity,

More honourable state, more courtship lives

In carrion-flies than Romeo: they my seize

On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand

And steal immortal blessing from her lips,

Who even in pure and vestal modesty,

Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin;

But Romeo may not; he is banished:

Flies may do this, but I from this must fly:

They are free men, but I am banished.

And say'st thou yet that exile is not death?

Hadst thou no poison mix'd, no sharp-ground knife,

No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean,

But 'banished' to kill me?.'banished'?

O friar, the damned use that word in hell;

Howlings attend it: how hast thou the heart,

Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,

A sin-absolver, and my friend profess'd,

To mangle me with that word 'banished'?

No HW for 3/13 but for Tuesday 3/17, you should have completed the exercises for Unit 9 in your vocabulary book, as well as the review exercise here.

If we have a SNOW DAY on March 5th, read the Prologue to Act II as well as Act II, Scenes i, ii and iii and answer the questions here.

For 3/3: Read the rest of Act 1 and answer the questions here. Feel free to use the resource found here but make sure your answers include textual evidence from the original text.

For 2/27

Do the Vocab Review exercise for Unit 8

For 2/25

The writing test for Unit 7 will be on Wednesday, February 25th. For the test, you will be given descriptions of the sentences you need to write. For example, write a sentence with "surly" and "exorbitant" that begins with an adverbial clause using the subordinating conjunction "although" and includes an appositive phrase in the independent clause in a subject verb split. Also, read the passage on pages 98 and 99 and write 5 questions that require the use of a vocab word in the answer. For example, the question:What was one of the uses of the music box? Answer: To console a child. In addition, do "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence".

For 2/23

Study for the vocabulary test on Unit 7.

If you are interested in moving up to Honors, the English department requires that you take a writing sample test which will take place Wednesday, February 18th and Monday, the 23rd in the music room at 3 pm.

For 2/17

Complete the Vocabulary Review for Unit 7 found here. The vocab test for Unit 7 will be on 2/23. Also, on 2/19 we will have a quiz on Units 4, 5 and 6, formatted like the 100 question quiz we took on Units 1, 2 and 3.

For 2/11

For Unit 7, do "Completing the Sentence" and "Choosing the Correct Word".

Extra Credit: You can get an extra credit test grade this quarter by going to see Preston’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” and writing a two-paged paper explaining how the writers or director use literary, theatrical or visual tools to help tell the story and make a point about a certain theme. First, you will need to identify a theme of the story and then analyze how that theme is expressed through the use of character, symbolism, conflict, etc…This will be due by next Thursday, the 12th - no exceptions.

Your midterm will consist of:

2 non-fiction reading passages

Questions about literary devices and tools (including but not limited to personification, hyperbole, direct and indirect characterization, types of imagery, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, paradox, and oxymoron)

Questions about grammar (definitions of parts of speech, transitive and intransitive verbs, the various phrases we have learned)

PSAT questions (subject verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement)

Questions about the literature we've read, including the short stories and CITR

A question about the Kubler-Ross' 5 Stages of Grief

An excerpt from a novel and a poem

An essay comparing the two literary excerpts

Your paragraphs and works cited page are due to turnitin.com by Friday night.

For 1/19

For the test on Tuesday, you will write 6 sentences, each with an adverbial clause, a vocabulary word from Unit 6 and another phrase (not prepositional) of your choosing. You will be expected to label the phrases.

For 1/15

Write a paragraph, incorporating the primary source and secondary source found here. Use my paragraph as a model. You may use the main idea as I wrote it, or you may paraphrase it to make it your own, or you can write a completely different one.

For 1/9

Write 5 sentences, each with an adverbial clause, another phrase or clause, and a vocabulary word from Unit 6.

For 1/7

Do the exercises for Unit 6.

For the Christmas break: No HW. Extra credit assignment here.

For 12/22

Finish TCITR and do the exercise here.

For For 12/18

Read chapters 23 and 24 in TCITR.

For 2/16

Read chapters 21 and 22 in TCITR.

Prepare for the vocabulary test on Unit 5 by writing 6 sentences, each one including:

1. A vocab word from Unit 5

2. A relative clause (beginning with one of these: who, whom, whose, that, which and where)

3. Another phrase we have learned (appositive, participial, absolute)

Example:

Denny, an incorrigible child whose parents I've called several times, continues to hit his classmates with impunity.

For 12/11

Read chapters 18, 19 and 20 and do the exercise here on Unit 5.

For 12/8

Read up to chapter 18 in TCITR. Also, unscramble the sentences in the exercise found here.

For 12/3

Do Completing the Sentence and Choosing the Right Word for Unit 5 and read chapters 12 and 13 in TCITR.

For the Thanksgiving break:

Wednesday you will submit to turnitin.com three introductory paragraphs. For each one, you must find a quote based on a common theme of both the short story and song. Here is a good site for quotes. The three intros will be based on the following pairs:

Pair 1: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "Everything That Glitters" by Dane Seals

Pair 2: "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and "Society's Child" by Janis Ian

Pair 3: "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and "He Ain't Heavy" by the Hollies

The intros must follow the format we learned in class. Go here to review that material.

In addition, you will read up to chapter 11 (meaning chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) in TCITR.

For 11/25

Read chapters 4 and 5 in TCITR and study for your vocabulary test. For the test, you will need to write seven sentences, all with a vocabulary word from Unit 4, two sentences with appositive phrases, two sentences with participial phrases, two sentences with absolute phrases and one sentence with all three phrases. You will be given limited time to do this, so please prepare the sentences in advance. Also, remember that your intros will be due to turnitin.com by next Wednesday, the 26th.

For 11/21

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise here and write two sentences, using vocabulary from Unit 4 and at least one absolute phrase. Also, read chapter 3 in TCITR.

For 11/19

Do the exercise here on unscrambling sentences. Read chapters 1 and 2 of The Catcher in the Rye (TCITR).

For 11/17

Read the story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. You can find it online here. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THE QUESTIONS FOUND HERE ON THIS WEBSITE BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A QUIZ ON THE STORY IN THE NEXT LESSON AND THE QUIZ WILL BE BASED ON THOSE QUESTIONS. Also, next Friday you will submit to turnitin.com three introductory paragraphs. For each one, you must find a quote based on a common theme of both the short story and song. Here is a good site for quotes. The three intros will be based on the following pairs:

Pair 1: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "Everything That Glitters" by Dane Seals

Pair 2: "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and "Society's Child" by Janis Ian

Pair 3: "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and "He Ain't Heavy" by the Hollies

The intros must follow the format we lean red in class. Go here to review that material.

The vocabulary test on Unit 4 will be held on Tuesday, Novemeber 25.

For 11/13

For Unit 4, do "Completing the Sentence" and "Choosing the Correct Word".

For 10/30

Please read "American History" (here or in your textbook) by Judith Ortiz Cofer and do the questions here. They will be collected. Please, remember to use the proper heading. Also, please use textual evidence to support your answers.

Also, in a few weeks, we will begin reading The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. If you have a copy or plan to borrow one, you must have it ready to use in class by the week of November 11th. You can download it to an e-reader if you so choose. You can also buy a copy from me for $5, which I will be collecting for the next week. Demerits will be given to those who do not have a copy of the book by the week of the 11th.

For 10/24

You should bring your textbook to class until told otherwise. Also, we are finished with the summer reading books; you do not need to bring them to class any longer. Next Tuesday (10/28), we will begin with a quiz on the first three vocabulary units. Also for next Tuesday, read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and answer the questions found here. A version of the story can be found below the questions. Remember to use textual evidence to support your answers. You will hand this work in, so please use the correct heading and formatting. Your summer reading critical lens essay will be due to turnitin.com by next Thursday, the 30th. In addition to submitting it to turnitin.com, you will hand me a hard copy in class. If you hand in the assignment before next Thursday, you will receive extra points.

For 10/22

Study for your vocabulary test, which will review: the words in Unit 3, identifying parts of speech and writing sentences with appositive and participial phrases. In addition to the test, you will need to write 6 sentences, 3 with a past participial phrase, 3 with a present participial phrase and all with an appositive phrase and a vocab word from Unit 3.

For 10/16

Write 5 sentences, each one with a vocabulary word from Unit 3, an appositive phrase and a participial phrase. Please don't use all present participles; try writing a sentence with a past participle.

For 10/14

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 3 here. In addition, please do the unscrambling exercise on participial phrases here. The vocabulary test for Unit 3 will be on Wednesday, October 22nd.

For 10/9

Bring both books TCOW and TKAM to class. In addition, find the pages/chapters in each book that address the specific literary devices you with to address in your critical lens paper. For examples of critical lens essays, go here. Finally, download from turnitin.com and bring in a copy of your intro to class (with comments).

For 10/7

Make index cards for Unit 3 and complete the exercises Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentence on pages 37 to 40.

For 10/3

Write 5 sentences with an appositive phrase and a vocabulary word from either Unit 1 or Unit 2.

You can use these sentences for the vocabulary test but you MUST memorize them. Please finish the vocabulary review here if you did not do so in class. You must write at least 10 of the 20 questions. Friday's test on Unit 2 follows the same format as the previous test. In addition, you will write 10 sentences, 5 with vocabulary from Unit 1 and 5 with vocabulary from Unit 2. All of these should include an appositive phrase. Here is an example:

Martha, a thoughtful, circumspect young woman, spent hours considering the dilemma and weighing her options.

ATTN: On Friday, you will be going to the library to get important information from Sr. Loretta about how to use the school's academic resources. The class will be split into 40 minute segments, during which you will either take the vocab test or go to the library for the presentation.

For 10/1

Do the unscrambling exercise found here. Please write out each of the sentences.

For 9/28

Please finish the index cards for Unit 2.

Write an introductory paragraph to a critical lens essay based on the model shown in class. You can find that page here. You can find the quotes here. You must submit on turnitin.com by Sunday night. Instructions on how to do so can be found here.

The class ID for BLOCK ONE is 8751998.

The class ID for BLOCK FOUR is 8752008.

The password for both classes is "marhaba!", which means "Hello" in Arabic!

Extra Credit:

1. Create a movie poster for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird or the memoir The Color of Water.

Your poster should include:

1. Names of the actors you will choose for the main roles.

2. One sentence summarizing the themes of the book.

Example: "A coming-of-age story about a boy who desperately tries to hold on to childhood but soon learns that at some point we're all going to have to grow up..."

3. A significant quote from the book

4. Images that reflect an understanding of the book, its themes and its symbols.

Go to the site below for advice on how to design a movie poster:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/02/7-elements-of-a-great-movie-poster-design/

For 9/24

Do the exercises for Unit 2, Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms and Completing the Sentence. On Wednesday we will take a vocabulary quiz on The Color of Water.

9/22

Please study for Monday's vocabulary test on Unit 1, a multiple choice test. You will be asked to choose the word that fits the sentence, as well as identify parts of speech. Please sign up for edmodo. The group code is below.

9/18

Do the vocabulary review exercise found here and study for The Color of Water vocabulary test on Thursday.

Edmodo: I have set up edmodo accounts for my classes. Please join the account for your class. For Block 1, the password is: uecerv

For Block 4, the password is: kqamag

Looking ahead:

On 9/18, we will have a quiz on The Color of Water. This will include a section on the vocabulary from that memoir.

On 9/22, we will have our first vocab test on Unit 1.

On 10/3, we will have a vocab test on Unit 2.

On 10/6, your Critical Lens essay (which I will assign next week) will be due to turnitin.com.

On 10/14, we will have a vocab test on Unit 3.

For 9/8

1. Bring Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop (if you have it), your summer reading assignments and your summer reading books, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Color of Water.

2. Watch the videos under 9R/Grammar/Schoolhouse Rock: Parts of Speech. Write a definition of the part of speech presented in the video. This assignment must be hand-written.

3. Copy and paste the information under 9R/Literary Terms and bring to class. Do not copy and paste the illustration and do not DO the worksheet. We will work on it in class.

On Monday (9/8), we will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird.

9/10

Do exercise B of the Literary Terms worksheet.

9/12

Go to 9R/To Kill a Mockingbird/NYTimes Article on Lynching. Copy and paste the article into a Word document, do it and bring it to class.

9/16

Make index cards for each of the words in Unit 1 of your vocabulary book. In addition, read the passage on pages 12-13 and do the following exercises: Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Completing the Sentence.

Edmodo: I have set up edmodo accounts for my classes. Please join the account for your class. For Block 1, the password is: uecerv

For Block 4, the password is: LOCKED

9/18

Do the vocabulary review exercise found here and study for The Color of Water vocabulary test on Thursday.

Looking ahead:

On 9/18, we will have a quiz on The Color of Water. This will include a section on the vocabulary from that memoir.

On 9/22, we will have our first vocab test on Unit 1 and appositive phrases.\

On 10/3, we will have a vocab test on Unit 2.

On 10/6, your Critical Lens essay (which I will assign next week) will be due to turnitin.com.

On 10/14, we will have a vocab test on Unit 3.

A breakdown of the final exam:

Multiple Choice questions:

Romeo and Juliet (which include Sadlier vocabulary) - 35

There are two questions on the last few pages of R & J which we did not read the entirety of in class. Below is the text we have not read.

Examples of poetic devices (which you must identify) - 5

Different types of imagery (embedded in a question)

SAT style questions (both error identification and sentence improvement) - 8

Two non-fiction reading passages with questions - 8

Two poems with questions (One of which is "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by Richard Brautigan. Read something difficult but interesting about it here. Or something easier, with a few mistakes, here. Or listen to Richard Brautigan recite it here.) As you read about the poem, remember that you will need to compare the Brautigan poem with another poem that is similar in theme. It behooves you to consider the themes of the poem in advance:) - 14

Writing:

An essay comparing the two poems above - 20

An introduction to a critical lens essay - 10 (extra credit if you write more)

PAGE

This is the place; there, where the torch doth burn.

First Watchman

The ground is bloody; search about the churchyard:

Go, some of you, whoe'er you find attach.

Pitiful sight! here lies the county slain,

And Juliet bleeding, warm, and newly dead,

Who here hath lain these two days buried.

Go, tell the prince: run to the Capulets:

Raise up the Montagues: some others search:

We see the ground whereon these woes do lie;

But the true ground of all these piteous woes

We cannot without circumstance descry.

Re-enter some of the Watch, with BALTHASAR

Second Watchman

Here's Romeo's man; we found him in the churchyard.

First Watchman

Hold him in safety, till the prince come hither.

Re-enter others of the Watch, with FRIAR LAURENCE

Third Watchman

Here is a friar, that trembles, sighs and weeps:

We took this mattock and this spade from him,

As he was coming from this churchyard side.

First Watchman

A great suspicion: stay the friar too.

Enter the PRINCE and Attendants

PRINCE

What misadventure is so early up,

That calls our person from our morning's rest?

Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, and others

CAPULET

What should it be, that they so shriek abroad?

LADY CAPULET

The people in the street cry Romeo,

Some Juliet, and some Paris; and all run,

With open outcry toward our monument.

PRINCE

What fear is this which startles in our ears?

First Watchman

Sovereign, here lies the County Paris slain;

And Romeo dead; and Juliet, dead before,

Warm and new kill'd.

PRINCE

Search, seek, and know how this foul murder comes.

First Watchman

Here is a friar, and slaughter'd Romeo's man;

With instruments upon them, fit to open

These dead men's tombs.

CAPULET

O heavens! O wife, look how our daughter bleeds!

This dagger hath mista'en--for, lo, his house

Is empty on the back of Montague,--

And it mis-sheathed in my daughter's bosom!

LADY CAPULET

O me! this sight of death is as a bell,

That warns my old age to a sepulchre.

Enter MONTAGUE and others

PRINCE

Come, Montague; for thou art early up,

To see thy son and heir more early down.

MONTAGUE

Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night;

Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath:

What further woe conspires against mine age?

PRINCE

Look, and thou shalt see.

MONTAGUE

O thou untaught! what manners is in this?

To press before thy father to a grave?

PRINCE

Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while,

Till we can clear these ambiguities,

And know their spring, their head, their

true descent;

And then will I be general of your woes,

And lead you even to death: meantime forbear,

And let mischance be slave to patience.

Bring forth the parties of suspicion.

FRIAR LAURENCE

I am the greatest, able to do least,

Yet most suspected, as the time and place

Doth make against me of this direful murder;

And here I stand, both to impeach and purge

Myself condemned and myself excused.

PRINCE

Then say at once what thou dost know in this.

FRIAR LAURENCE

I will be brief, for my short date of breath

Is not so long as is a tedious tale.

Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet;

And she, there dead, that Romeo's faithful wife:

I married them; and their stol'n marriage-day

Was Tybalt's dooms-day, whose untimely death

Banish'd the new-made bridegroom from the city,

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined.

You, to remove that siege of grief from her,

Betroth'd and would have married her perforce

To County Paris: then comes she to me,

And, with wild looks, bid me devise some mean

To rid her from this second marriage,

Or in my cell there would she kill herself.

Then gave I her, so tutor'd by my art,

A sleeping potion; which so took effect

As I intended, for it wrought on her

The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo,

That he should hither come as this dire night,

To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,

Being the time the potion's force should cease.

But he which bore my letter, Friar John,

Was stay'd by accident, and yesternight

Return'd my letter back. Then all alone

At the prefixed hour of her waking,

Came I to take her from her kindred's vault;

Meaning to keep her closely at my cell,

Till I conveniently could send to Romeo:

But when I came, some minute ere the time

Of her awaking, here untimely lay

The noble Paris and true Romeo dead.

She wakes; and I entreated her come forth,

And bear this work of heaven with patience:

But then a noise did scare me from the tomb;

And she, too desperate, would not go with me,

But, as it seems, did violence on herself.

All this I know; and to the marriage

Her nurse is privy: and, if aught in this

Miscarried by my fault, let my old life

Be sacrificed, some hour before his time,

Unto the rigour of severest law.

PRINCE

We still have known thee for a holy man.

Where's Romeo's man? what can he say in this?

BALTHASAR

I brought my master news of Juliet's death;

And then in post he came from Mantua

To this same place, to this same monument.

This letter he early bid me give his father,

And threatened me with death, going in the vault,

I departed not and left him there.

PRINCE

Give me the letter; I will look on it.

Where is the county's page, that raised the watch?

Sirrah, what made your master in this place?

PAGE

He came with flowers to strew his lady's grave;

And bid me stand aloof, and so I did:

Anon comes one with light to ope the tomb;

And by and by my master drew on him;

And then I ran away to call the watch.

PRINCE

This letter doth make good the friar's words,

Their course of love, the tidings of her death:

And here he writes that he did buy a poison

Of a poor 'pothecary, and therewithal

Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet.

Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague!

See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate,

That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.

And I for winking at your discords too

Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish'd.

CAPULET

O brother Montague, give me thy hand:

This is my daughter's jointure, for no more

Can I demand.

MONTAGUE

But I can give thee more:

For I will raise her statue in pure gold;

That while Verona by that name is known,

There shall no figure at such rate be set

As that of true and faithful Juliet.

CAPULET

As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie;

Poor sacrifices of our enmity!

PRINCE

A glooming peace this morning with it brings;

The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:

Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;

Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:

For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

For next week:

Please bring your book to every class. You will hand them in on Thursday/Friday.

On Monday/Tuesday, you should have copies of all the written work you have done this year, meaning everything you handed in to turnitin.com, including both the first draft of your persuasive research paper. In order to print these documents with the comments, you must sign in to turnitin.com and go to GradeMark. In the lower left hand corner of the screen, you will see a printer icon. When you press on the icon, it will give you three options. Choose "Download PDF of current view for printing". In addition to your work for this class, please feel free to include anything you've written this year that you feel belongs in your portfolio.

THE FINAL DRAFT OF YOUR RESEARCH PAPER, INCLUDING THE WORKS CITED PAGE, WHICH WILL BE GRADED FOR BOTH CONTENT AND FORM (FORMATTING), SHOULD NOT BE DOWNLOADED FROM TURNITIN.COM. BUT RATHER PRINTED AS A WORD DOCUMENT SO AS NOT TO DISTURB THE FORMATTING.

The final draft of your research paper will be due by Saturday at 7 pm to turnitin.com. If you hand it in before 7 pm on Saturday, you will get a five point bonus. If you hand it in after 10 pm Saturday night, you will lose five points. In any case, for the first lesson next week, you should hand in a hard copy of your paper, including a Works Cited page, which will be graded separately. If your work is not handed in to me and turnitin.com by Tuesday evening, I will be calling your parents. I remind you that on the policy sheet it says that failure to submit the research paper results in a failing grade for the entire year, not just the 4th quarter.

What I'm expecting for your final draft:

• An introduction which provides a well-informed context.

• A thesis with a clear road map.

• Body paragraphs that begin with a focused topic sentence, supported as much as possible by facts and figures, not opinions.

• A conclusion which sums up your main points.

• Evidence of the vocabulary, as well as the various phrases, we have studied this year.

• A perfectly formatted Works Cited page.

A breakdown of the final exam:

Multiple Choice questions:

Romeo and Juliet (which include Sadlier vocabulary) - 35

Examples of poetic devices (which you must identify) - 5

SAT style questions (both error identification and sentence improvement) - 8

Two non-fiction reading passages with questions - 8

Two poems with questions (One of which is "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by Richard Brautigan. Read something difficult but interesting about it here. Or something easier, with a few mistakes, here. Or listen to Richard Brautigan recite it here.) As you read about the poem, remember that you will need to compare the Brautigan poem with another poem that is similar in theme. It behooves you to consider the themes of the poem in advance:) - 14

Writing:

An essay comparing the two poems above - 20

An introduction to a critical lens essay - 10 (extra credit if you write more)

For Monday/Tuesday (6/2-3) Read the rest of Act 3 and answer the questions here:

Below are the answers to the exercises for Unit 12. We will have our last vocabulary test (on Unit 12) Thursday and Friday, May 29th and 30th.

Choosing the Right Word

1. lithe

2. appreciable

3. blanched

4. concerted

5. contends

6. intolerable

7. wily

8. synthetic

9. ponder

10. brawny

11. laborious

12. maltreat

13. irreverent

14. blasphemy

15. venomous

16. autocratic

17. blanched

18. subversive

19. venomous

20. contend

21. laborious

22. illustrious

23. subversives

24. humane

25. temperate

Completing the Sentence

1. synthetic

2. humane

3. contend

4. autocratic

5. illustrious

6. temperate

7. blasphemy

8. lithe

9. blanched

10. intolerable

11. venomous

12. appreciable

13. laborious

14. brawny

15. irreverent

16. pondered

17. wily

18. subversive

19. concerted

20. maltreat

Your persuasive research paper is due on Saturday morning, May 24th, by 10 a.m.

If it is late, I will take off 5 points.

If it is early (submitted by Friday, the 23rd by 8 pm), you will get a 5 point bonus.

The vocabulary test on Unit 12 will be 5/29-30. For the last vocabulary test, all preparation will be independent - we will not review any of the exercises in class.

On Wednesday/Thursday (5/21-22), we will have a quiz on Act 2.

Also, the first draft of your persuasive research paper is due to turnitin.com this Thursday, May 22nd.

HW for A-day classes for the weekend of 5/17-18:

Read pgs. 146 and 147 in your vocabulary book and do Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentence for Unit 12.

For A day classes Friday (5/16) and the B day class: Monday (5/19):

You must hand in the introduction to your persuasive research paper. It should have the proper MLA heading, as well as a title. Depending on your topic, the first few sentences should relate a specific anecdote that relates to your topic; possibly a story from the news or from history. After that, you need to provide some context for your topic. Finally, you should conclude with a thesis and a road map.

For 5/15-16

Write sentences with the words and phrases below:

brevity: appositive

comport: past participle

demure: absolute

depreciation: adverbial clause using "since"

recoil: present participle

relentless: relative clause using "whom"

For 5/12-13

Read the last scenes of Act II and do the questions here.

For 5/7-8

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 11 here.

We will have a quiz on Act I in the next lesson.

Also, your Works Cited page is due on 5/7-8.

Extra Credit for the weekend:

Do an illustration of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech. It must be a detailed illustration and include colors. It must be handed in by 5/5-6.

HW for 4/30-5/1: Read pgs. 136-137 in your vocabulary book and do Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentence for Unit 11.

HW for 5/5-6: Read the Prologue to Act II and the first three scenes and answer the questions here.

The vocabulary test on Unit 11 will be 5/15-16.

The first draft of your persuasive paper will be due 5/22 to turnitin.com

The vocabulary test on Unit 12 will be 5/29-30.

For details about this paper, go here.

For the weekend of 4/12-13:

Read the rest of Act 1. Then go here and answer the questions. Be sure to provide textual evidence for your answers.

For Thursday/Friday 4/10-11:

Read the first scene of Romeo and Juliet and answer the questions below:

1. What effect does Gregory and Sampson’s crass joking have on the mood of the scene?

2. What do Benvolio and Tybalt have in common? How are they different?

3. How does the Prince characterize Capulet and Montague?

4. What does Romeo’s speaking in paradoxes suggest about his current state of mind?

For the weekend of 4/5-6:

Go here to do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 10.

Everyone must have a copy of Romeo and Juliet to bring to EVERY class from next week through the end of the year.

April 10/11 - We will have a quiz to review Vocabulary Units 7, 8 & 9.

April 14/15 - We will have a test (with sentences) on Unit 10.

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Looking ahead:

HW for 4 -2/3 Finish the exercises for Unit 10 in your vocab book.

Your research papers are due to turnitin.com by 8 a.m. on March 31.

Everyone must have a copy of Romeo and Juliet to bring to EVERY class from next week through the end of the year.

Next Wednesday/Thursday (April 2-3), you will have a quiz on the poetry we have learned. You will need to match the name of the poem to the name of the poet. In addition, you will need to match specific passages to the poems from which they come. Also, you will need to identify various examples of poetic literary devices. Finally, you will need to match the literary device with its definition. Here is a link to a list of literary terms for poetry.

April 10/11 - We will have a test to review Vocabulary Units 7, 8 & 9.

April 14/15 - We will have a test (with sentences) on Unit 10.

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HW for Monday/Tuesday: Please do the Vocabulary Review for Unit 9. Here is a link. Remember to use the word in the sentence you write and if you don't know the answer, google it!

We will have the first half of the vocabulary test on Unit 9: Thu/Fri, 3/27-28

We will have the second half of the vocabulary test (writing sentences) on Unit 9: Mon/Tues, 3/31, 4/1

Please bring your research papers (including your primary and secondary sources) with you to class this week!

Your research paper is due on March 31st to turnitin.com.

We will begin the poem presentations this week.

For 3/12-13

Do the Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentence exercises for Unit 9.

Hand in a thesis/road map for your research paper. For extra help, go to Writing Center.

For Wednesday/Thursday (3/6-7), continue working on your essay. You should have at least all the body paragraphs completed by the end of this week.

If we do not have class on either or both Monday and Tuesday, you should continue on the body paragraphs for your research paper, following the same MEAL format and incorporating both a primary and secondary source. Here is a link to the assignment. Here is a link to fofweb.com, where you can find additional secondary sources. Here is a link to the New York Times, where you can search articles on The Catcher in the Rye or J.D. Salinger.

For 3/3-4

Write a body paragraph of your essay using the primary and secondary sources provided here. If you send me your copy before Sunday afternoon, I will post it on my website and we will assess it in class. In any case, I will expect a typed copy to be handed to me in class next week.

Future dates:

Essay due: March 7 (to be explained this/next week)

Vocab test on Unit 8: March 10/11

Vocab test on Unit 9: March 26/27

Poetry project days in the library: February 26/27, March 4/5, March 6/7

For 2/26-27

Go here to complete the Vocabulary Review for Unit 8. Only write one sentence per vocabulary word, NOT all 35 sentences.

For the weekend of February 22/23:

Complete the exercises "Choosing the Correct Word" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 8. Also, choose ONE of the patterns below and, following the format, write a sentence with the vocabulary word at the end.

1. past participial/subject/relative clause s/v split/verb/prepositional - "assurance"

2. adverbial clause (subordinating conjunction - "although")/independent clause/relative clause - (relative pronoun "whom") - "console"

3. prepositional/present participial/subject/appositive s/v split/verb - "flippant"

4. independent clause/adverbial clause (subordinating conjunction - "when") - "liability"

5. absolute/present participial/subject/appositive s/v split/verb/prepositional/relative clause - "pugnacious"

Next Wednesday/Thursday (2/19-21) , we will have a vocabulary test on Unit 7. For that test, you should complete Choosing the Correct Word and Completing the Sentence in your book. In addition, you should do the vocabulary review exercise on this website.

Extra credit assignment:

Go see Into the Woods. Write a one to two page typed essay in which you identify a major theme and discuss how that theme is explored in the play. This will be counted as a test grade. It is due by Tuesday, Feb. 18th, although you may hand it in sooner.

What is wrong with the sentence below?

"Two works of literature that explore the positive and negative effects of dreams is ..."

For Friday, 1/17 (Bl 7) and Tuesday 1/22 (Bls 1 & 20)

As it appears there is no vocabulary review exercise on the website for Unit 6, you will not have HW for Friday or the weekend. In fact, there will be no homework until after the second week of February. However, youWILL have a vocabulary test on Unit 6 next week (1/21-22) and your essay on the song/short story pair is due to turnitin.com by next Thursday, the 23rd.

Finish the exercises in your vocabulary book for Unit 6.

For Monday/Tuesday 1/13-14: Finish The Catcher in the Rye

Looking ahead: The vocabulary test on Unit 6, which will include writing 10 sentences with adverbial clauses, a word from Unit 6 and one other phrase (not prepositional) which we have studied, will be on Tuesday, January 21st.

The paper comparing the short story and the song pair will be due on Thursday, January 23rd.

Do the unscrambling exercise found here.

Read chapters 18, 19 and 20 in The Catcher in the Rye.

Looking ahead...

By the end of this weekend, you should have completed and handed in to turnitin.com three introductions, one for each of the pairs of short story and song we have studied in class.

Also, during the break, you should read up to Chapter 17 in The Catcher in the Rye. While reading, keep a log of WHERE Holden goes, WHOM he meets, and HOW his mood changes from chapter to chapter. You will be tested on these chapters on your return from the Christmas vacation.

Remember: Thursday (Bl 1 and 2) and Friday (Bl 7), we will have a vocabulary QUIZ (not a test) on Unit 5.

Remember: Your next paper, comparing one of the pairs of short story and song, will be due at the end of your first week back. You can hand it in to turnitin.com as early as January 1st.

Chag Sameach!

Answers to vocab exercises:

Choosing the Right Word

1. catalyst

2. exodus

3. arbitrary

4. Militants

5. latent

6. incorrigible

7. prattling

8. paramount

9. annihilated

10. rebut

11. succumb

12. accomplices

13. facilitate

14. servitude

15. brazen

16. slapdash

17. reprimand

18. stagnant

19. morose

20. opaque

21. reprimand

22. brazen

23. servitude

24. paramount

25. prattle

Completing the Sentence

1. reprimand

2. latent

3. facilitate

4. stagnant

5. morose

6. rebut

7. incorrigible

8. succumb

9. militant

10. opaque

11. catalysts

12. annihilate

13. paramount

14. exodus

15. accomplice

16. servitude

17. arbitrary

18. slapdash

19. brazen

20. prattle

For the weekend of the 12th/13th:

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and answer the questions on this website. You can read the story here.

For Wednesday/Thursday:

Read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Answer the questions under: 9R/ShortStoriesHW/TheNecklace

Be sure to include evidence from the text and page numbers. Also, if you do not wish to carry your book around, there is a link to the text of the story at the bottom of the questions page.

In addition, we will have a test on Unit 5 in the vocab book next Thursday (12/19) and Friday (12/20). We will not prepare for this test in class. All preparations are up to you! I suggest you do the exercises in the book by the weekend at which time I will post the answers. I also suggest doing flash cards and the Vocabulary Review under 9R on this website to prepare for this test but, as I said, it's up to you.

The vocabulary test (writing sentences with relative clauses) will be next Tuesday (12/10) for Bls 1 & 2 and next Wednesday (12/11) for Bl 7.

For Friday, 12/6 (Bls 1 & 2) and Monday, 12/9 (Bl 7):

Write 10 sentences using 10 words from Unit 4 in your vocabulary book.

Two sentences should have a relative phrase with "who".

Two sentences should have a relative phrase with "whom".

Two sentences should have a relative phrase with "whose".

The other four sentences should use 'which", "where" and "that".

In addition, three of the sentences should include an absolute phrase, three an appositive phrase and three a participial phrase.

Example: Undaunted by the arduous assignment, the new employee, whom the boss had hired on a temporary basis, received a permanent position and a raise.

or

The state of anarchy, a result of the corrupt government, lasted until the inauguration of the new president, who was deeply admired by the people.

We will read The Catcher in the Rye (48 to 31). Please bring $5 to the next class if you want to buy the book from me.

Go here for a link to an online version of "American History"

Blocks 1 and 2

For Friday (11/22), read the story "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer. For Tuesday(11/26), you should finish the questions on the website uner 9R/Short Stories/American History. Also, the vocabulary test for Unit 4 will be on Tuesday but it will not include writing sentences with relative clauses. The essay will be due to turnitin.com next Wednesday, the 27th. You will not have HW for the Thanksgiving break.

Block 7

For Monday, read the story "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and do the questions on the website under 9R/Short Stories/American History. Also, the vocabulary test for Unit 4 will be on Monday (11/26but it will not include writing sentences with relative clauses. The essay will be due to turnitin.com next Wednesday, the 27th. You will not have HW for the Thanksgiving break.

For Wednesday/Thursday, (11/20-21)

Do the vocab review for Unit 4.

For Monday and Tuesday, November 18th and 19th:

Reread "Checkouts" by Cynthia Rylant and find the examples of phrases listed below:

• 1. appositive (1)

  2. participial (8)

  3. absolute (3)

  4. relative clauses (4)

Also, do the following:

• 1. Explain how Rylant uses the following literary tools: symbolism, characterization, simile.

  2. The girl with the orange bow and the bag boy are never named. Why do you think Rylant chose not to name them?

  3. Isolate one or two sentences from the story which identify the story's message.

Next week we will choose the novel we will read this quarter. The choices are:

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

or

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

For Monday/Tuesday you should read the synopsis of the book at the top of the page and at least three different reader reviews. You should be prepared to discuss the reviews and the rationale for your choice.

We will vote next Monday and Tuesday.

The critical lens will be due to turnitin.com NOVEMBER 25th/26rd. As I've said, we will write the bulk of it in class.

We will have the vocab test on the first 3 units of the vocab on NOVEMBER 20th/21st.

We will have a vocab test covering Unit 4 and Relative Clauses on NOVEMBER 25th/26th.

Block 7 for 11/15

Using vocabulary from Unit 4, write three sentences, each containing all of the phrases listed below:

absolute

appositive

participial

relative clause

Example:

Sivan, our intrepid heroine, whose unbridled enthusiasm for good deeds was unparalleled, stood on the precipice of disaster, her fingers clutching the rope in desperation, her mind rewinding the events of the last two weeks.

11//6-7

You should finish the introduction to your essay for class. If you are planning to do your extra credit presentation this quarter, you should be prepared to do so. It should not exceed 5 minutes. This is the list of people who are signed up:

Bl 1 Bl 2 Bl 7

Ashley H - Brown v Board Amanda R - Roe v Wade Asley P - Plessy

Sophia L - Roe v Wade Taylor T - Marberry v Madison Ashley N - Brown

Ana V - Plessy v Ferguson Kimberly D - Roberts v Jaycees Christine R - Nixon v US

Aulona D - New Jersey v TLO Kristen M - US v Forty

Natalie de La Cruz

ATTENTION BLOCK 7!!!!! ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, BLOCK 7 WILL HAVE 'Z' LUNCH. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL REPORT TO CLASS, AND NOT THE CAFETERIA, DURING 'X' LUNCH.

For the weekend of November 1/3:

Create an account on turnitin.com. For instructions on how to do this, go to:

Mr. Abel's Website/How to use turnitin.com

10/31-11/1

Don't forget to bring both To Kill a Mockingbird and The Color of Water to class this week and next week.

10/28-29

Your HW for the weekend will be to do the unscrambling exercise under:

9R/Grammar/Absolute Phrases.

In addition, you should write FIVE sentences, each one using a vocab word from Unit 3, an appositive phrase and an absolute phrase. Next Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have a vocabulary test on Unit 3. You will be expected to write TEN sentences, ALL with a vocab word from unit 3, ALL with an appositive phrase, FIVE with an absolute phrase and FIVE with a participial phrase.

Example:

His power usurped by the army, Mohamed Morsi, the once eminent Egyptian president, was arrested and taken into custody.

Explained:

His power usurped by the army (absolute phrase), Mohamed Morsi (subject), the once eminent Egyptian president (appositive phrase), was arrested and taken (verbs w/ tense) into custody.

10/22-23

Do the vocabulary review exercise under 9R/VocabularyWorkshop9R/Unit 3.

Also, next Thursday and Friday (10/24-25), we will have a quiz on The Color of Water. Be familiar with the terms from exercise B of the summer reading assignment - you will be tested on it.

There will be no HW for Columbus Day weekend BUT by next Thursday/Friday you should have completed the following exercises for Unit 3: Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms and Completing the Sentence, as well as flashcards for the unit.

For the vocabulary test on Unit 2:

The first part of the test will be multiple choice. The second part will be your writing ten sentences. All of the sentences should include an appositive phrase (noun phrase) and a vocabulary word from unit two. In addition, five of the sentences should include a past participial phrase; the other five, a present participial phrase. Examples:

Past:

Compensated well for her babysitting efforts, Tammam, a first year student at Preston High School, spent the money on a new book.

Present:

Jeering the opposing team, Sivan, a normally compassionate young woman, allowed her unbridled school spirit to get the best of her.

Blocks 1 & 2 for 10/8 and Block 7 for 10/9:

Do the Vocabulary Review under 9R/Vocabulary Workshop 9R/Unit 2. Remember the vocabulary/grammar test at the end of next week.

Blocks 1 & 2 for 10/4 and Block 7 for 10/7:

Do the unscrambling exercise under 9R/Grammar/Appositive Phrases. In addition, you should write two sentences, using the unscrambled sentences as models, with vocabulary from Unit 2. We will have a vocab test on Unit 2 and appositive phrases on 10/10 (Bls 1 & 2) and 10/11 (Bl 7).

Blocks 1 and 2 for 10/2 and Block 7 for 10/3:

Read the article on lynching and answer the questions. Below is a link:

9R/To Kill a Mockingbird/NYTimes Article about Lynching.

You do not need to copy and paste the article for class. You do not need to recopy the questions. You can write the answers in your notebook.

Block 7 for October 1:

Do the following exercises for Unit 2 in your vocabulary book: Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Completing the Sentence, as well as flashcards for Unit 2. Also, if you want the extra credit, the movie poster assignment is due for your class on Tuesday.

Blocks 1 and 2 for 9/30:

Make flash cards for Unit 2 in the vocabulary book. The extra credit assignment is also due on Monday.

Block 7 for 9/27:

You will take the second part of the vocab test on Friday, the 27th. You will have limited time. In preparation, you will write the sentences in advance. For the test, you will need to write the 10 sentences, each with a vocabulary word from Unit 1, five with a past participial phrase and five with a present participial.

Below are examples of sentences:

Past participle:

Admonished for not doing her homework, the student tried not to cry.

Present participle:

The movers, struggling with the couch on the staircase, set down the cumbersome piece of furniture for a moment of rest.

HW for Blocks 1 and 2 for 9/26:

Do the following exercises for Unit 2 - Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms and Completing the Sentence

HW for Block 7 for 9/25:

Go to the exercise under 9R/Grammar/Particpial Phrases and unscramble the sentences that you find there. Be sure to write them out in your notebook.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:

1. Create a movie poster for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird or the memoir The Color of Water

Your poster should include:

1. Names of the actors you will choose for the main roles.

2. One sentence summarizing the themes of the novel.

Example: "A coming-of-age story about a boy who desperately tries tohold on to childhood but soon learns that at some point we're all going to have to grow up..."

3. A significant quote from the novel or memoir

4. Images that reflect an understanding of the novel, its themes and its symbols.

Go to the site below for advice on how to design a movie poster:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/02/7-elements-of-a-great-movie-poster-design/

This extra credit opportunity is due on Monday/Tuesday, September 30, October 1.

Don't forget the vocabulary test on Unit 1: Monday (9/23) and Tuesday (9/24)

For A day classes: You will take both parts of the vocab test on Tuesday. You will have limited time for both parts of the exam. In preparation, I strongly suggest that you write the sentences in advance. For the test, you will need to write 10 sentences, each with a vocabulary word from Unit 1, five with a past participial phrase and five with a present participial.

Below are examples of sentences:

Past participle:

Admonished for not doing her homework, the student tried not to cry.

Present participle:

The movers, struggling with the couch on the staircase, laid down the cumbersome piece of furniture for a moment of rest.

For the B day class: see below. You will do the multiple-choice part of the exam on Monday. You will do the second part on Wednesday.

For 9/19 (A days) and 9/23 (B days)

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise under 9R/Vocabulary Workshop9R/VR - Unit 1

For 9/17 (A days) and 9/18 (B days)

Make flashcards for the Unit 1 vocabulary words.

For 9/13 or 9/16:

Do the following exercises for Unit 1 in your vocabulary book:

Choosing the Right Word, pages 17/18

Synonyms, pg. 18

Antonyms, pg. 19

Completing the Sentence, pgs. 19/20

Also, on those days (9/13 and 9/16), you will have quiz on parts of speech.

Do the For 9/11 (A days) and 9/12 (B days)

Do section B on the Literary terms worksheet, matching with the words in A with their definitions in B. Do not do section C; we will do it in class.

For 9/9/13

1. Bring Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop, your summer reading assignments and your summer reading books, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Color of Water.

2. Do the exercise under 9R/Schoolhouse Rock: Parts of Speech. Do not TYPE this assignment - HANDWRITE IT!

3. Copy and paste the information under 9R/Literary Terms and bring to class. Do not copy and paste the illustration and do not DO the worksheet. We will work on it in class.

On Monday (9/9), we will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird.

For the last class:

Your I-search paper: If you hand in your paper (hard copy to me and a pdf file to turnitin.com) on Thursday, the 6th, or Friday, the 7th, you will get five extra points. Otherwise, the paper must be handed in by the exam on Monday.

For the Poetry Test:

You need to know the poetry terms on the worksheet you downloaded from this website.

You must be able to match the name of the poet to the title of the poem.

You must be able to identify which poet wrote certain lines.

Lastly, we will be assembling our portfolios tomorrow. ANYTHING you have written this year should go in your portfolio. If you do not have hard copies with my comments, you will need to go to turnitin.com and download the paper from there WITH MY COMMENTS AND GRADE.

The final comprises:

28 questions on vocabulary units 5 through 8.

37 questions on Romeo and Juliet

5 questions on poetry terms

3 PSAT error identification questions

12 questions on two poems.

An essay comparing the same two poems. (15 points)

For next week,

You must have either a printed copy of your paper or a flashdrive with your paper or a laptop where you can work on your paper forTuesday's class. We will go straight to the library. Also, we will be assembling your portfolios next Thursday (in addition to taking a test on the poetry terms and poems) so you should make sure to have any papers you have written this year to include in your portfolio.

Friday, May 31st

If you have a laptop, bring it to class. Be prepared to work on your i-search paper. We will finish the poetry projects and then go to the library to work on your i-search projects, which will be due next Thursday. We will also be in the library on Tuesday. Thursday we will take a short test on the poetry we have read, as well as the terms on the poetry worksheet, and we will start reading Pride and Prejudice.

For Friday, May 10th

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 8. Don't forget $5 for Pride and Prejudice! Also, please copy and print the poetry terms under Poetry on this website and bring it to Tuesday's lesson.

For Tuesday, May 14th

By class on Tuesday, you must send me the sentences for the Unit 8 Vocabulary test. If you worked alone, you must send me 10 sentences. If you worked with someone, you must send me 5 sentences. The subject of your email should be Unit 8 vocab test. Explicit instructions can be found below. Five of your sentences should be fill in the blank; five should be choose the correct word. You will be graded according to how many sentences follow the guidelines. If any of your sentences do not follow the guidelines, you will not recieve any points for it. Also, each of your sentences should be about something we have read in school this year.

Each of the sentences should use a word from Unit 8 as well as a word from another vocab unit of your choice. Each sentence should use at least two of the phrases we have learned, one of which must be either a participial phrase or an absolute phrase. Below is an example:

Standing on the precipice of the coastal cliff, Rainsford, a world-class hunter, felt ______________________ by the fresh, cool air.

For Monday, May 6th

We will be beginning your Sophomore summer reading novel, Pride and Prejudice, this quarter. If you want to order a copy of the book from me, the price is $5. You can give it to me next week.

Your Works Cited page is due on Wednesday. That means that you should be reading and writing your i-search paper.

We will have a test on Acts 3, 4 and 5 of Romeo and Juliet on Monday.

For Tuesday, April 30th

Do the the exercises on 103-106 in your vocabulary book, NOT including "Writing: Words in Action". Also, rewrite your introduction and give me both the old and new copies.

For Monday, April 22nd

The introductory paragraph to your I-search paper is due. Also, we will have a vocabulary quiz on Units 4, 5 and 6. On Wednesday, we will have a test on Unit 7. For the test, you will write 10 sentences, using the various phrases we have learned this year, about the subject of your I-search paper or Romeo and Juliet. All of the sentences should include an appositive phrase. Five should have a particpial phrase, five an absolute phrase and there should be at least one sentence which has a relative clause with "whom" and one sentence which has an adverbial phrase with "although".

Example: Maligned by the Capulets, Romeo, a sprightly, Verona youth whom Juliet loves, fails to assimilate to his new life in Mantua, a northern Italian metropolis.

For Tuesday, April 16th

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 7 under 9R/Vocabulary Workshop/Unit 7

For Wednesday, April 10th

Complete the exercises on pgs. 93 to 96 in Vocabulary Workshop.

You do not need to do "Writing: Words in Action" on pg. 96.

Also, remember that your letter of intent for the i-search project is due on Friday.

For Easter vacation:

Read Act IV, scenes i and ii and answer the questions on this website. We will have a quiz on the first 3 acts on Thursday. For the Easter break, you should finish reading R & J and answer the questions. Also, I will give an automatic 100 test grade score to anyone who memorizes one of the monologues/soliloquoys below and performs it in front of the class. Since the monologues below are of varying lengths, you must memorize at least 20 to 25 lines. You must know it by heart. If you do not know it completely, you will not get the extra credit. Also, in the fourth quarter, you will write an I-search paper. During the break, you should give some thought to what topic you would like to focus on.

Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,

Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--

Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,

That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

On pain of torture, from those bloody hands

Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,

And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,

By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,

And made Verona's ancient citizens

Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,

To wield old partisans, in hands as old,

Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:

If ever you disturb our streets again,

Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

For this time, all the rest depart away:

You Capulet; shall go along with me:

And, Montague, come you this afternoon,

To know our further pleasure in this case,

To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.

Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.

She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes

In shape no bigger than an agate-stone

On the fore-finger of an alderman,

Drawn with a team of little atomies

Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep;

Her wagon-spokes made of long spiders' legs,

The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,

The traces of the smallest spider's web,

The collars of the moonshine's watery beams,

Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film,

Her wagoner a small grey-coated gnat,

Not so big as a round little worm

Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid;

Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut

Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,

Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.

And in this state she gallops night by night

Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;

O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight,

O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees,

O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream,

Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,

Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are:

Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose,

And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;

And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail

Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep,

Then dreams, he of another benefice:

Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,

And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,

Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,

Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon

Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,

And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two

And sleeps again.

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,

That thou her maid art far more fair than she:

Be not her maid, since she is envious;

Her vestal livery is but sick and green

And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.

It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To twinkle in their spheres till they return.

What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.

See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!

O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

That I might touch that cheek!

Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face,

Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek

For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night

Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny

What I have spoke: but farewell compliment!

Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,'

And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear'st,

Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries

Then say, Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo,

If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully:

Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won,

I'll frown and be perverse an say thee nay,

So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world.

In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond,

And therefore thou mayst think my 'havior light:

But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true

Than those that have more cunning to be strange.

I should have been more strange, I must confess,

But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware,

My true love's passion: therefore pardon me,

And not impute this yielding to light love,

Which the dark night hath so discovered.

The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,

Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light,

And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels

From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels:

Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye,

The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry,

I must up-fill this osier cage of ours

With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers.

The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;

What is her burying grave that is her womb,

And from her womb children of divers kind

We sucking on her natural bosom find,

Many for many virtues excellent,

None but for some and yet all different.

O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies

In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities:

For nought so vile that on the earth doth live

But to the earth some special good doth give,

Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use

Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:

Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied;

And vice sometimes by action dignified.

Within the infant rind of this small flower

Poison hath residence and medicine power:

For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part;

Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.

Two such opposed kings encamp them still

In man as well as herbs, grace and rude will;

And where the worser is predominant,

Full soon the canker death eats up that plant.

Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay;

Romeo that spoke him fair, bade him bethink

How nice the quarrel was, and urged withal

Your high displeasure: all this uttered

With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd,

Could not take truce with the unruly spleen

Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts

With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast,

Who all as hot, turns deadly point to point,

And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats

Cold death aside, and with the other sends

It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity,

Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud,

'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and, swifter than

his tongue,

His agile arm beats down their fatal points,

And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm

An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life

Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled;

But by and by comes back to Romeo,

Who had but newly entertain'd revenge,

And to 't they go like lightning, for, ere I

Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.

And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.

This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.

Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,

Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a wagoner

As Phaethon would whip you to the west,

And bring in cloudy night immediately.

Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,

That runaway's eyes may wink and Romeo

Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen.

Lovers can see to do their amorous rites

By their own beauties; or, if love be blind,

It best agrees with night. Come, civil night,

Thou sober-suited matron, all in black,

And learn me how to lose a winning match,

Play'd for a pair of stainless maidenhoods:

Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks,

With thy black mantle; till strange love, grown bold,

Think true love acted simple modesty.

Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;

For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night

Whiter than new snow on a raven's back.

Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night,

Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

And pay no worship to the garish sun.

O, I have bought the mansion of a love,

But not possess'd it, and, though I am sold,

Not yet enjoy'd: so tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival

To an impatient child that hath new robes

And may not wear them. O, here comes my nurse,

And she brings news; and every tongue that speaks

But Romeo's name speaks heavenly eloquence.

Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?

Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name,

When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it?

But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?

That villain cousin would have kill'd my husband:

Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring;

Your tributary drops belong to woe,

Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy.

My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain;

And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband:

All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?

Some word there was, worser than Tybalt's death,

That murder'd me: I would forget it fain;

But, O, it presses to my memory,

Like damned guilty deeds to sinners' minds:

'Tybalt is dead, and Romeo--banished;'

That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,'

Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's death

Was woe enough, if it had ended there:

Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship

And needly will be rank'd with other griefs,

Why follow'd not, when she said 'Tybalt's dead,'

Thy father, or thy mother, nay, or both,

Which modern lamentations might have moved?

But with a rear-ward following Tybalt's death,

'Romeo is banished,' to speak that word,

Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet,

All slain, all dead. 'Romeo is banished!'

There is no end, no limit, measure, bound,

In that word's death; no words can that woe sound.

Where is my father, and my mother, nurse?

What if it be a poison, which the friar

Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead,

Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,

Because he married me before to Romeo?

I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,

For he hath still been tried a holy man.

How if, when I am laid into the tomb,

I wake before the time that Romeo

Come to redeem me? there's a fearful point!

Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault,

To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,

And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

Or, if I live, is it not very like,

The horrible conceit of death and night,

Together with the terror of the place,--

As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,

Where, for these many hundred years, the bones

Of all my buried ancestors are packed:

Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,

Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,

At some hours in the night spirits resort;--

Alack, alack, is it not like that I,

So early waking, what with loathsome smells,

And shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth,

That living mortals, hearing them, run mad:--

O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,

Environed with all these hideous fears?

And madly play with my forefather's joints?

And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?

And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone,

As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?

O, look! methinks I see my cousin's ghost

Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body

Upon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay!

Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee.

For Tuesday, March 19th

Read the rest of Act III and answer the questions on this website. Reminder: the extra credit assignment, drawing Mercutio's Queen Mab monologue, will be due in the next class. Thursday, March 21st, you will have a quiz on the first three acts of Romeo and Juliet. HW for the Easter break: read the remaining two acts of R & J and answer the questions on this website.

For Friday, March 15

Prepare for the writing part of the vocabulary test. Instructions can be found below under March 13th. Also, read III.ii and III.iii in Romeo and Juliet and answer the questions on this website. One more thing: the extra credit assignment, drawing Mercutio's Queen Mab monologue, will be due on Monday, March 18th.

For Wednesday, March 13th

Prepare for the vocabulary test on Unit 4. You will be expected to write sentences with adverbial phrases, as well as the other phrases you have learned. For the test, you will write 10 sentences - 2 participial (past and present), 2 absolute, 2 appositive, 2 relative clauses with who/whom and two adverbial phrases, one with 'although' and one with 'while'. However, the sentence writing part of the test will be on Friday.

For Monday, March 11th

Do the unscrambling exercise under Grammar/Adverbial Phrases. Prepare for a vocabulary test on Wednesday. Also, read Act III of Romeo and Juliet and answer the questions on the website.

For Tuesday, March 5th

Read the Prologue and the first three scenes of Act II and answer the questions under 9R/Romeo and Juliet/Prologue II.ii.iii Questions

For Monday, February 25th

Do all exercises from pg. 75 to pg. 79, except for "Writing: Words in Action"

For Thursday, February 21st

Read up to the end of Act 1 in Romeo and Juliet and answer the questions on the website. Remember to use textual evidence and cite.

For Friday, 2/15

In class, you will write 10 sentences, each with a vocabulary word from Unit 5. You will write two sentences for each of the 5 phrases/clauses we have studied. You will label each pair of sentences. For the participial phrases, one should use a past participial phrase, one a present. For the prepositional phrases, one should begin with a prepositional phrase, one a subject/verb split. For the relative clauses, one should use "who' and one "whom". For the absolute and appositives, you decide. Please wow me with your command and knowledge of English grammar! Feel free to write the sentences in advance, but you must have them memorized for the test. You cannot use any notes.

For Wednesday, 2/13

Do the unscrambling exercise found at Grammar/Relative Clauses

For Monday, 2/11

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise under 9R/Vocabulary Review/VR-Unit 5

We will have a test on Unit 5 once we have reviewed the vocabulary.

For Thursday, February 7th

Do the exercises for Unit 5 in your vocabulary book: Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Completing the Sentence.

For Tuesday, February 5th

Read Act 1, scenes 1 and 2 in Romeo and Juliet. Answer the questions under 9R/Romeo and Juliet/Act 1 questions.

Be sure to include TEXTUAL EVIDENCE (line number, quote) to support your answers.

For Thursday, 1/17

We will have a vocabulary test. It will follow the same format as the previous test. In addition, you will write 5 sentences, using at least one of the words listed below in each sentence:

abscond, arduous, auspicious, pompous, precipice, prototype, rectify, reprieve, revile

The first four sentences should each contain one of the phrases and at least one vocabulary word. The fifth sentence should include a vocabulary word and all of the four phrases we have learned: absolute, appositive, particpial, prepositional.

The first four sentences should be labeled and the phrases should be underlined.

All the sentences MUST be about The Catcher in the Rye.

For Tuesday, 1/11

Watch the youtube movie found here and think of ways these stages are expressed in Holden's behaviour.

For Monday 1/7

Do Choosing the Right Word, Completing the Sentence and Vocabulary in Context for Unit 4

For Monday, 1/3

From Unit 4 in your vocabulary book,

For the Christmas break:

Finish reading The Catcher in the Rye. You will be quizzed on your return.

Also, if you want extra credit, go to:

9R/The Catcher in the Rye/Extra Credit Movie Poster/Scene Rewrite Assignment

Do one of the two assignments described there.

DON"T FORGET!

11/7 - Vocabulary Test on Unit 3

11/13 - Draft of essay is due to turnitin.com. Have you signed up for Writing Center?

For Thursday, 12/20

Read up to Chapter 23 (pg 174) in The Catcher in the Rye.

Don't forget to bring the Erik Ericson worksheet! No excuses!!!

For Tuesday, 12/18

Read up to Chapter 21 (pg 157). Also, go to 9R/The Catcher in the Rye/Erik Ericson and cut and paste the info there onto a Word document and bring to class.

For Thursday, 12/13

Read up to pg 135, Chapter 18 in The Catcher in the Rye. Think about how the Frost poem and the novel connect on a thematic level.

For Tuesday, 12/11

Read up to chapter 17 (pg. 123) in The Catcher in the Rye

For Wednesday, 12/5

Do the unscrambling exercise under Grammar/Absolute Phrases and write 5 sentences, incorporating a vocabulary word from Unit 3, with an absolute phrase.

Read up to chapter 14 (page 98) in The Catcher in the Rye.

For Monday, 12/3

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise 9R/Vocabulary Workshop/VR-Unit 3

Read up to chapter 12 (pg 81) in The Catcher in the Rye

For Thursday, 11/29

Read up to chapter 9 in The Catcher in the Rye.

For Tuesday, 11/27

Read up to chapter 5 (pg. 35) in The Catcher in the Rye

Write the introduction and the topic sentences for each body paragraph for a critical lens (T4) essay comparing one of the short story and song pairs we studied in class. You may find your own quote or use the one provided below:

1. "Am I my brother's keeper?" from Genesis iv. 9 for "The Scarlet Ibis" and "Now That You're Gone"

2. "A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." said by Jonathan Swift for "The Necklace" and "Everything that Glitters"

3. "For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself." said by Norman Mailer for "American History" and "Society's Child"

Your introduction should follow the pattern found under Mr. Abel's Website/Writing/ABCD and MEAL formats.

You should have at least 4 topic sentences. They should each mention the specific literary work and literary tool you will be discussing. An example is given below:

Hurst uses the internal conflict of his first person narrator to discuss the idea that we are responsible for each other.

For Monday, 11/19

Do "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence" of Unit 3 in your vocabulary book.

We will have a quiz on literary terms. Study the definitions on the worksheet you recieved at the beginning of the school year and review how they are used in the short stories we have read.

For Friday, 11/16

Write 5 sentences, each wih an appositive phrase, a participial phrase and a vocabulary word from Unit 2. We will take the second part of the vocabulary test on Friday.

We will have a quiz on literary terms on Monday.

We will have a quiz on short stories on Wednesday. The following selections will be covered on the quiz: "The Necklace", "American History", "The Scarlet Ibis", "The Most Dangerous Game", "Checkouts" and the excerpt from The White House Diaries.

On Tuesday, November 29, your Task 4 (critical lens) essay is due on turnitin.com.

For Wednesday, 11/14

Read the excerpt from A White House Diary on pg 98 in your Literature textbook and answer the questions under Thinking about the Selection on pg 104

For Tuesday, 11/6

Prepare for your vocabulary test and do the unscrambling exercise under Grammar/Appositive Phrases.

For the weekend: Read "The Most Dangerous Game". You do not need to write out the answers to the questions under 9R/ Short Stories HW (but it might be a good idea to look at them and know the answers.) In addition, Block 4 needs to do the Unit 2 exercises up to page 30 in the vocabulary book, NOT including Writing: Words in Action. We will have a vocabulary test on Unit 2 next Wednesday and a test on literary terms next Friday. Don't forget $5 for next quarter's novel.

For Thursday 10/25

Do the exercise under 9R/Vocabulary Workshop/Unit 2

For Tuesday 10/ 23

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and answer the questions under 9R/Short Stories HW/The Scarlet Ibis

For Wednesday, 10/17

Watch the JFK inauguration speech and answer the questions under 9R/Short Stories/American History.

Also, you will have a test on participial phrases and the vocabulary in Unit 1. You should be prepared to write 10 sentences, 5 with a past participle, 5 with a present participle, using the vocabulary from Unit 1.

Here are some examples below. Which one contains a dangling participle?

Unbridled in her enthusiasm, the young graduate, heading off to college, excitedly began the next chapter of her life.

Scattering debris across the countryside, the small town was destroyed by the tornado.

Breaching the laws of ettiquette, I was admonished by my mother for my bad manners.

For Monday, 10/15

Read the short story "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and answer the questions under 9R/Short Stories HW/ American History

For Wednesday, 10/10

Do the unscrambling exercise under Grammar/Participial Phrases

For Friday 10/5

Complete the exercise under 9R/Vocabulary Workshop/VR - 1/2

For Wednesday 10/3

Your completed Task 4 essay must be turned in to turnitin.com. For directions, please look under Mr. Abel's Website/How to use turnitin.com

For Monday 10/1

Complete your Task 4 essay based on the quote "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." Using the thesis in the intro you've already written, you should write AT LEAST 2 body paragraphs and a conclusion. Each body paragraph should focus on how either Lee or Smith uses a specific literary tool to explore the idea that hard times bring new understanding. For example if your thesis states:

Through setting, sybolism and characterization , Lee and Smith show how their protagonists' challenges lead them to undertsanding their world with a new clarity.

With this thesis statement, I would expect to see four body paragraphs. The first might focus on how Harper Lee uses setting, the second might focus on how Harper Lee uses symbolism, the third would focus on how Betty Smith uses symbolism and the last body paragraph would focus on how Betty Smith uses characterization. One novel and one literary tool per paragraph. The conclusion should sum up the essay and restate the main points in the essay. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at sabel@prestonhs.org.

On Monday, I will explain how to use turnitin.com. The essay will be due on turnitin by Friday, October 5th. However, if you do not have a hard copy in class, you should be prepared to discuss what each of your paragraphs is about and how they follow the MEAL format.

You do not need to bring the summer reading novels to class. You DO need to bring your vocab book and your literature textbook.

For Thursday 9/27

Watch the "Schoolhouse Rock" videos for the 8 parts of speech on youtube. (To find them, write in "Schoolhouse Rock" and the part of speech featured in the video.) Which is your favorite? Why? Rate them and provide a reason for your preferences.

Also, if you recieved FF/DA "0" on your Task 4 essay introduction, rewrite it and give it to me on Thursday. If you did not recieve a "0" but are, nonetheless, not satisfied with your grade, you may give me a second draft on Thursday.

For 9/10-14

Bring to class:

Your copies of To Kill a Mockingbird , A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and your Sadler vocabulary textbook

A copy of "Literary Terms R 2011". This can be found under 9R/Handouts

Your summer reading assignments

Monday we will have a quiz on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

For Wednesday 9/12

Wednesday we will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird

Complete exercise B on your lit terms worksheet

For Tuesday 9/18

Read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and answer the questions under 9R/Short Stories/The Necklace

For Thursday 9/20

Write the introduction for a critical lens essay based on the following quote:

"In a dark time, the eye begins to see." - Theodore Roethke

Follow the format presented under Writing/ABCD & MEAL formats. In order to write an effective controlling idea, you must give some thought to which literary tools you will focus on in your essay.

For Tuesday 9/25

Complete all of the exercises for Unit 1 in Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop (SVW), except for Writing: Words in Action on pg. 20.