Week 35
Monday5/22 Work on the study questions for the final exam on To Kill a Mockingbird. Tuesday5/23 Finish your outline for the essay portion of the final exam. Wednesday5/24 Work on the study questions for the final exam on To Kill a Mockingbird. We will go over all of the study questions that you need help with on Tuesday before finals. Thursday5/25 Finish answering the questions on “The Road Not Taken” if you didn’t finish in class. Friday5/26 Finish answering the questions on “The Poison Tree” if you didn’t finish in class.Week 30
Monday
4/13 Finish reading your IR book (if you have not done so already) and sign up an IR test for this week (Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday). Finish your “Poison Tree” question if you didn’t finish in class.
Tuesday
4/14 Finish your questions on “The Road Not Taken.” Hand them in on Google Classroom.
Wednesday
4/15 Finish your outline for the poetry essay. We will write the essays in class on Friday.
Thursday
4/16 Complete the introduction to Romeo and Juliet on Google Classroom.
Friday
4/17 Read in a new IR book. You won’t be tested any more this year, but there is great benefit in reading for pleasure so keep it up.
Old Assignments: Week 16
Monday
12/4 Choose a song that has lyrics that would be interesting to discuss in class as poetry. Copy and paste the lyrics into the class comment section on Google Classroom and then write a short paragraph about why you chose the song to hand in on Google Classroom.
Tuesday
12/5 Important Decision Writing: choose a decision that you’ve made and discuss what the decision was, what were the pros and cons, how you made the decision, and whether you’re still happy with the decision. Write at least one page.
Wednesday
12/6 Finish the questions on “The Road Not Taken.” Read in your IR book.
Thursday
12/7 Finish the questions on “A Poison.” Read in your IR book.
Friday
12/8 Read in your IR book. All second quarter reading tests are due next week by December 15.
"Introduction to Poetry"
"A Poison Tree"
Shakespearean Sonnets
"No More Cliches"
"American Hero"
Poetry Essay: In-class April 17
Independent Reading: April 17
Poetry Terms
English 9
1. Imagery
2. Metaphor
3. Simile
4. Personification
5. Rhyme Scheme
6. Meter
7. Iambic Pentameter
8. Extended Metaphor
9. Implied Metaphor
10. Alliteration
11. Stanza
12. Line
13. Speaker
14. Turn
15. Couplet
16. Free Verse
17. Blank Verse
18. Sonnet