Monday
Film
“A Thief of Time”
no assignment
Tuesday
Finish film
Discussion
Block
Group work based on individual readings. Presentations
Introduce webbe booklet project
Friday
Computer lab working on webbe booklets
Webbe booklet due dates:
Research page due Sept 4
Storyboard due Sept 5
Booklet due Sept 7
Monday—Elements of a story
Clip of Tell Tale Heart
Pass out journals
Journal 1: is the narrator crazy?
Literary Terms group work
Essay one assigned:
1. write a scary story, or a story with a mysterious theme (appropriate for publishing). 2. Interview someone you know and tell their story. No more than 3 pages.
Essay due Friday
Tuesday August 28
Quiz on Tell Tale Heart and lit terms
Discuss essay further
A Rose for Emily
Journal: Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
Assignment: Read a Rose for Emily sections I through IV. Do discussion guide.
Block
Journal: What is your impression of Miss Emily?
Finish reading the story
Discussion
Dead Poet’s clip—what was the hardest part for this boy?
Second half in computer lab
Assignment: complete essay
Friday
Verbavores—review verbs
Get out essays. Underline thesis. Underline favorite sentence twice. Turn into the box.
Finish discussion on A Rose for Emily
No assignment
Monday
Quiz
Journal: “life is to be lived by the strong…”
Plot Diagram of MDG
No assignment
Tuesday
Journal
Literary terms group work
Assign essay one
Essay one due Sept 5
Block
Journal
Literary Terms continued
Group work and mini presentation on MDG
Assignment: Read Poison by Roald Dahl
Friday
Journal
Essay writing strategies
Poison discussion
Assignment: work on essay
Tuesday
Welcome
Course overview
Expectations and rules
Assignment: one page on goals and expectations. Be specific and creative.
Block
Pass out course description
Discuss goals
Semester Anticipation Guide
Introduce reading—Edgar Allen Poe’s Tell Tale Heart (reading packet and guide)
Assignment: read Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart
Friday
Broken Arrow
English 9 Agenda
August 21-24
Tuesday, August 21
Welcome
Course Overview
Expectations and rules
Assignment—one page on goals for the year
Block August 22/23
Pass out journals
Explain journal etiquette
Journal: tell one story you love. Explain why you love it.
Pass out textbooks
Semester anticipation guide
Introduce Most Dangerous Game
Pass out study guides
Assignment: read Most Dangerous Game, due Friday. Pg. 14
Friday
Broken Arrow Day
Monday
Journal: respond to one of the quotes on the overhead concerning the story.
Discuss responses
Group work on stories
No homework
