English 9 at Station Camp High School, taught by Mr. Dittes

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**May 24 to 28: We Finish Romeo & Juliet, We Finish the Year!**
Define the Word Bank words on page 760 and use each one correctly in a sentence. Read Romeo & Juliet, Act 5, Pages 761-775 Complete a "She Says--She Means" Table Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 775	C.O.W. Research Romeo & Juliet WebQuest BONUS: research a famous love affair from history. (+5 bonus points each)	Watch Romeo & Juliet video in Class	No class, we've already taken our final exam!	School dismissed at 11:30 Have a great, safe summer.
Bonus: Choose any writing activity from the Idea Banks on pages 696, 719, 745, 749 or 777. For every 1/2 page completed, you will receive +5 points.

**May 17 to 21: Romeo & Juliet**
Copy lines 9-18, Act 2, Scene 3. Add text helps to explain the text. Identify thrree metaphors. Read Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, Scenes 3-6 Identify 3 examples of Stage Directions, and Suggest 3 of your own (be sure to identify the line number) Blank Verse Activity	Blank Verse Activity Go over the parts of the stage Read Romeo & Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1 For lines 104-132, write a script. Include at least four stage directions, be sure to identify where the actors are placed on the stage.	Final Reading-Day Wednesday Students will act out other groups' scrips for Act 3, Scene 1	Reading Strategy #1, p 745 Discuss Metaphor: "carrion flies" Read Romeo & Juliet: Act 3, Scenes 2-5 Complete a "She Says--She Means" Table Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 744	Define the Word Bank words on page 746 and use each one correctly in a sentence. Read Romeo & Juliet, Act 4 Complete a "She Says--She Means" Table Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 758
Bonus: Choose any writing activity from the Idea Banks on pages 696, 719, 745, 749 or 777. For every 1/2 page completed, you will receive +5 points.

**May 10 to 14: Romeo & Juliet & EOC**
EOC Review Read Romeo & Juliet: Act 1: Scene 1	EOC Review View "Romeo & Julie, Act 1, Scene 1 Read "Romeo & Juliet: Act 1, Scenes 2 & 3. "How stands your disposition to be married?" Create a Modern Context for the Play	END OF COURSE EXAM	EOC Recap Go over Director's Template Read "Romeo & Juliet: Act 1, Scene 5" The lovers meet. Watch Act 2, Scene 2. The Balcony Scene Complete a Director's Template for our first three readings.	Direct Jeff and Lily in the Balcony Scene Discussion Circle: The Prologue to Act 2
BONUS: Visit the Tennessee Renaissance Festival one weekend between now and the end of the year. Bring back your ticket stub and write a 1/2-page paper connecting your experience with our learning in the class. +25 points.

**May 3 to 7: Transition to Romeo & Juliet, Prep for EOC**
No School Flooding	No School Flooding	Practice the End of Course Exam Grade exams and reflect on learning	EOC Review With the C.O.W. we will research a trip to Italy	"Two Households" activity Discussion Circle
BONUS: Visit the Tennessee Renaissance Festival one weekend between now and the end of the year. Bring back your ticket stub and write a 1/2-page paper connecting your experience with our learning in the class. +25 points.

**April 26 to 30: Forms of Poetry Week**
Narrative Poetry What are some songs that tell a story? How do they use Poetic Tools? Read "The Raven," pp 832-835. Do Comprehension + 2 fo Critical Thinking p 835 How is it a poem? How is it a story? Read "Casey at the Bat" pp 36-38. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 38 How is it a poem? How is it a story?	Dramatic Poetry Describe the way you feel about something/someone through a poem Read "Seven Ages of Man" Read "Astonishment" Read "Siren Song," p 927 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking for each poem.	Reading Day Wednesday Go over Rubric: The Poem	Form Poems	Perform poems written for class Discussion Cicle: "The Listeners" p 104
On Thursday, earn up to 12 bonus points by bringing lyrics to a song and telling how it is Narrative or Dramatic.

**April 19 to 23: Poetry/Figurative Language Week**
Go on a walk. Find something outside to describe. Return and write seven clues without using that object or a part of the object. Share clues with the class. Go over Simile, Metaphor, personification Read "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" p 789 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 789-90	Build Vocabulary: word bank, p 791 Go over Top-10 Hits: Figures of Speech Help Timbaland with the song, "Carryout," by writing five of your own figures of speech, comparing ideas to items at a fast food restaurant Read "The Eagle," "'Hope' is the thing with feathers--," "Dream Deferred," and "Dreams" pp 795 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, pp 797 & 799	Go over Rubric: Song Lyric Outside, we will use our senses to explore the world Read "Blackberry Eating," "Memory," "Woman's Work" and "Meciendo" pp 804-807 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 805, 807	Sound Devices in Poetry Sounds at the Baseball Game Read "Uphill," "Summer," "Ecclesiastes 3:1-8," and "The Bells" pp 814-821 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 815, 821	Students will present their song lyrics Discussion Circle: the poems "Sympathy," p 246 and "Caged Bird," p 247

**April 2 to 19: Spring Break**
Spring Break Bonus Activities Visit the Frist Center for the Arts and check out their exhibit on Heroes (+25 points). Watch a movie or TV show and complete a CSPCT Outline. Be sure to include an informed evaluation (+20 points). Read a new book (one that you haven't reported on a Monthly Reading Log and complete a CSPCT Outline (+30 points).

**March 29 to April 2: Setting/Theme in Story Week**
Grammar from papers Read "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" pp 522-525. Group: Identify CSPCT elements in the story Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 525	Build Grammar Skllls, Punctuating Dialogue, p 532. Working with Theme. One posession, activity. Read "The Necklace," pp 536-541. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking	Reading Day Wednesdsay Wrap-up CSPCT. Applying to a Movie Begin chosen movie in class. Turn in Monthly Reading Logs	Complete chosen movie Fill out CSPCT form Turn in FInal Drafts, Short Stories	Good Friday Have a great Spring Break.
Monthly Reading Log due Wednesday, 31 March BONUS: As a group, take one of the outlines you created (the city or the characters) and turn it into an orginal story, video, song, play or poem. Performances will be held Thursday, 2 April. +15 points

**March 22 to 26: Character in Story Week**
Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird" pp 496-503 Identify Conflict, types of Characters, Setting Go over the Short Story HW: 1D Short Storydue Wednesday	A&E: Idenify two dynamic characters and three static characters for a story (use pictures from magazines). Use the Computer on Wheels to identify Conflict, Climax, POV and Character in news stories.	A&E: Identify direct and indirect characterization for original characters Reading Day Wednesday: bring a book of your own to class today for 30 minutes of silent reading Go over 1st draft, Short Story Grammar: Posseessive Nouns, p 513 Read "Checkouts" pp 236-240	Mr. Dittes will be away at a Youth in Government Conference Build Grammar Skills practice, p 242. Read "The Interlopers" pp 262-267 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking p 267-268 OR Identify Conflict, Setting, Point of View and Characters Do Build Vocabulary, p 268, Using the Word Bank #s 1-6	Mr. Dittes will be away at a Youth in Government Conference Do Grammar Skills p 268. Write sentences 1-5, choose the correct word. Watch "The Eyes of Me" Complete worksheet identifying real-life CSPC.
Monthly Reading Log due Wednesday, 31 March BONUS: As a group, take one of the outlines you created (the city or the characters) and turn it into an orginal story, video, song, play or poem. Performances will be held Thursday, 2 April. +15 points

**March 15 to 19: Conflict in Story Week**
Review class rules Go over weekly vocabulary. Sentence-combining: Appositives Conflict in stories Read "Gift of the Magi" pp 456-464	TO: Grammar: Sentence Fragments, p 465 AE: Design a city for your group. Develop a rivalry. Read "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind" pp 150-156 Do Comprehension, p 156, Reading Strategy, p 157 and Word Bank: Context, p 157	Reading Day Wednesday Develop conflict for our group cities	Build Grammar Skills: Action Verbs & Linking Verbs Resolve one of the conflicts you chose for your city in about 1/2 page. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" pp 488-494 Identify the resolutions to the four conf	Vocabulary/Grammar Review Socratic Circle: "The Rules of the Game" pp 222-231
Monthly Reading Log Due Friday

**March 8 to 12: Greek Week 3**
			Wiork on an Odyssey Monster Map. We go to the library to research a site on Odysseus's journey	We go to the library to research a site on Odysseus's journey Travelogue Presentations
For up to 35 points: Prepare a three-page report (including illustrations) about Greek architecture. In your discussion of Greek Architecture, be sure to mention three to five famous buildings from the Greek world and describe their unique architectural features. At the end, be sure to discuss three modern buildings and describe how they use elements of Greek architecture.

**March 1 to 5: Greek Week 2**
Time Capsule: The Cyclops, pp 866-877 Work on Greek vases	Time Capsule, The Bewitching Queen of Aeaeam (Handout) Finish Work on Greek Vases	Reading Day Wednesday--bring a book to class Time Capsule: Land of the Dead, pp 877--881 Our vases will be due Wednesday, 10 March	Time Capsule: Sirens, Scylla & Charybdis, pp 882-887	Time Capsule: Cattle of the Sun, pp 887--892
Big-time Bonus: The Frist Center in Nashville has a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit called "Mortals and Mythis in Ancient Greece," showing until April 25. Bring back your ticket to the exhibit, and describe four of your favorite works of art, and you'll receive up to 25 Bonus Points. Don't miss out!

**February 22 to 26: Greek Week 1**
We will complete our Inspiration projects in the library Read poetry, pp 410-416 Complete RBL	Favorite Superheroes Activity Read "Perseus" pp 184-193 HW: Have masking tape by Wednesday	Reading Day Wednesday, begin work on next month's Reading Log BG: p 194 Read "The Invocation" pp 860-862 Work on Character Quiz HW: Memorize 1st 5 lines of The Odyssey for Friday	Begin work on vases Watch video: "Great Books: The Odyssey" Pop Quiz over video	Present memorized lines Introduction to the Time Capsule Read "The Lotus-Eaters" pp 863-865. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking , p 865 or Time Capsule Work on vases

**February 15 to 19: Science & Environment Week**
No School Presidents' Day	No School SNOW	Build Grammar Skills, use of "Its and It's" p 563 A&E: List five things you love about living in Tennessee. Then identify how each might be affected by pollution. Go over Read Between the Lines Read from "Silent Spring" pp 430-433, RBL Read silently from "To the Residents of AD 2029" pp 434-437, RBL	Build Vocabulary, p 438 Connotation & Denotation Activity Read "If I Forget Thee Oh Earth..." pp 426-429 RBL Go Over Inspiration HW: Bring in an article that expresses an opinion	Monthly Reading Logs Due 1st Half will be in the Library, working on Inspiration Present opinion articles and your responses.

**February 8 to 12: Nonfiction Week**
Build Grammar Skills, Adjective Clauses, p 328 Read "Children in the Woods" pp 212-218 Read?Read,Read! We take a nature walk of our own to find hidden details about our world.	No School SNOW	No School SNOW	Build Grammar Skills, 219 Connotation & Denotation Activity, p 633 Google Earth Activity Read "Single Room, Earth View" pp 556-562 Go over Rubric for R?R,R! Demonstration Read?Read,Read! Connotation & Denotation from SREV	Reading Day--bring a book for 30 minutes of silent reading. Avoicing shifts in tense, p 601 Read?Read,Read! Demonstration

**February 1 to 5: Silliness Week**
No School SNOW	No School SNOW	No School SNOW	Applying Language Skills: Active and Passive Voice, p 160, 161 Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," pp 299-304 Do Read?Read,Read! With a partner, illustrate one of the sections of the story with sound effects	Applying Languae Skills: Walter Mitty Read either "Go Deep to the Sewer" pp 318-323, or "Fly Away" pp 324-327 Read?Read,Read! Quiz With a partner, illustrate one of the sections of the story with sound effects
Connection Question: Suspense is everywhere we read, both in fiction and nonfiction. Describe how suspense was presented in your reading this week.

**January 25 to 29: Suspense Week**
Real-World Reading Skills, p 207 Read "The Cask of Amontilado," pp 2 to 10 Read?Read,Read!	Mr. Dittes will be away, watching The Tempest Do Build Vocabulary and Build Grammar Skills activities, p 11 Read "The Most Dangerous Game," pp 16-31 Read?Read,Read!	Our class will be at TPAC, watching Romeo & Juliet	A&E: Describe an animal attack--involving a surprising animal Read "The Birds" pp 44 to 71" Read?Read,Read!	No School SNOW
Connection Question: Suspense is everywhere we read, both in fiction and nonfiction. Describe how suspense was presented in your reading this week.

**January 18 to 22: Remembrance Week**
No School: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Context Clues Vivid verb activity Describe your greatest athletic achievement--use vivid verbs to do so Read from "I Had a Hammer" pp 41-43 Read?Read,Read!	Reading Day Wednesday If you had to leave school today, how would you support yourself, your family? "New Directions" pp 168-170 Read?Read,Read! Go over Rubric: Oral Interpretation	Context Clues Vivid Verbs What's the most bizarre, most different place you've ever been to? "Single Room, Earth View" pp 559-562 Read?Read,Read!	Pick up Reading Notebooks Oral Interpretations
Connected to Reading: What is one obstacle that you have had to overcome in your life? What about your reading--what is an obstacle you found or saw overcome?

**January 11 to 15: Civil Rights Week**
Missed Day Snow Day	The Pearl Summer Reading Test How much is one class worth? The 2nd half of the block we will go to the library to learn about BisonScribe and check out books for January	Reading-day Wednesday: 30 minutes of silent reading TPW: Context Clues and Prefixes/ Suffixes, p 123 Read from "In My Place" pp 250 to 251, work together on a Read?Read,Read!	ALS: Do the Vivid Verb activity, p 76 What would you have done that day in Athens, GA? Take any role you wish Read from "Rosa Parks, My Story" pp 143-44 Read?Read,Read!	From papers: critique & improve vivid verbs A&E: Outside we walk, talk and imagine 50 years from now Read "I Have a Dream" pp 140-42 Read?Read,Read!
Connected to Reading: What is one obstacle that you have had to overcome in your life? What about your reading--what is an obstacle you found or saw overcome?

**January 5 to 8: Welcome Back, Let's get busy writing**
No School Teachers plot & plan	Welcome Back! Go over course Synopsis Class Rubric Activity Go over Class Syllabus/Reading Pearl Review: The Songs, the Characters Your personal soundtrack	Review school rules Review previous day's questions Pearl Review: Imagery and Figurative Language	No School Snow Day	No School Snow Day
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