English 9 (Period 5) Assignments

Act III Packet due 3/10! All questions should be completed in complete sentences.

 

Your essay packet must be completed for full credit!

 

 

POETRY QUIZ!!!

Know the first ten terms on your poetry terms list (poetry, speaker, ballad, epic poetry, free verse, haiku, limerick, ode, sonnet, couplet).

 

Bring your completed introduction and conclusion paragraph templates to class on Thursday, 11/14!!!

Using the nine quotes you found from The Odyssey in class...

Format each of your quotes using either:

For each formatted quote, write one sentence of analysis (connecting back to your prompt).

These are due Tuesday, 11/12 or Wednesday, 11/13 depending on your block!

Extra Credit Opportunities - Due Friday, 10/18!

 

Make a book cover for your SSR book! Your book cover must focus on a specific symbol from your book. If you are unsure of what a symbol for your book is at this point in your reading, you may look it up. In addition to this, you must write a detailed paragraph explaining how your book cover showcases the symbol you chose, and why this symbol is important to your novel.

To get the full 15 points, your book cover must be detailed, have a lot of effort put into it, and your paragraph must be grammatically correct and in complete sentences!

For 10 points...

Think about the concept of Hubris! Write two detailed paragraphs discussing a character from a novel, movie, or television show, and how their excessive pride causes their downfall.

 

To receive full credit, your two paragraphs must be detailed and typed with few to no grammatical errors.

Study guides for your Short Story Exam due Monday, 9/30. Make sure to complete all sections of the study guide, and answer in complete sentences! (We will be completing the majority of this assignment in class).

Your assignment is to send me an email! Email me at [email protected].  Your email must follow all of these guidelines:

• Must have a clear subject line
• Must be addressed to me with an appropriate salutation (Example: Dear Ms. Hanley,)
• Must be formatted correctly
• Must have an appropriate closing (Example - Sincerely, “Your Name”)
• Must be free of spelling and grammar errors.
• Must be 4-5 sentences long.

• Must be sent from your Mary Star Email Address!!!

You can email me about anything regarding our class, something you would like me to know about you, any questions or concerns you have about your grade, or any other information you think I should know about you and your experience so far at Mary Star. If you have your phone in class with you today, you can use your phone to send me this email with the rest of our class time. If you do not, draft out your email on a sheet of paper, and send it to me when you have access to a phone or computer. This is due by the beginning of the school day (8:00am) on Monday, 9/23!

Vocabulary quiz on "The Gift of the Magi" Terms on Friday, 9/20 - study!!

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Plot Map due Wednesday, 9/18 at the beginning of class!

 

Option #1 (For 10 Points):

• Think of your favorite book. Write one paragraph where you discuss the novel’s theme, one paragraph where you discuss the climax of the novel, and one paragraph where you describe the setting of the novel. You will be writing three paragraphs total. Paragraphs must be detailed with no spelling or grammar errors to receive full credit. Paragraphs may be typed or handwritten.

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Study for "The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 9/13!

Have your SSR book in class on Tuesday, 9/10 or Wednesday, 9/11 depending on your block day!

Study both the Short Story Vocabulary Terms and your Indirect and Direct Characterization notes for the quiz on Tuesday, 9/3 (periods 2 and 3) or Wednesday, 9/4 (periods 4-6).

Have either a single subject notebook or a composition notebook designated for this class only in class on Tuesday 8/27 or Wednesday 8/28 (depending on which day your block schedule is).

Based on the summaries of the books that we have reviewed, choose which novel you would be the most interested in reading. Write a paragraph that details why you would want to read this novel - what sounds the most interesting about it to you? We will begin in class today, and this will be due first thing in class on Tuesday or Wednesday (depending on your block schedule)!

 

Books to Choose From:

1. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

2. A Separate Peace by John Knowles

3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

4. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Have your "About the Author" page turned into your class folder at the beginning of the period on Friday, 9/23 (most of you completed this in class, but everyone needs to include a photograph of themselves on it).

 

Instructions:

In the top left corner, you will have your personal statement. Include your goals, hopes, and dreams for the future.
In the top right corner, you will have your “have-do-be” section. Include all you want to have, all you want to do, and all you want to be.
In the lower left corner, you will have your inspirations. Include people, ideas, music, books, or quotes that inspire you.
In the lower right corner, you will have five little known facts about you!
This is due Friday, 8/23! We will finish most of it in class, it is your job to print out a picture of you to put in the middle for homework!
These will go inside of your Writer’s Journals (due 8/27)