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August 20-24, 2018: Welcome Back!
Term 1: "Why?" and "How to..."

Monday, August 20 (Back-to-School Night, 6:00 P.M.)
Tuesday, August 21

• This term you will learn HOW TO...
• ...ask questions.
• ...keep an amazingly organized English Notebook.
• ...write on demand every day for a variety of purposes.
• ...develop an argument: evidence, reasoning, counterclaim/rebuttal, conclusion.
• ...write a text-based informational and/or argumentative essay.
• ...close read and annotate text.
• ...deduce the meaning of an unfamiliar word by recognizing its "cells.".
• ...define and classify words according to their parts of speech.
• ...accept responsibility.
• ...analyze the elements of fiction in various texts.

So, let's get started!
Wednesday , August 22: A Day
Thursday, August 23: B Day

• Seating Chart: Find your seat!
• Read. Write. Repeat.
• [Reading Literature] Poem o' the Day: "Invitation" by Shel Silverstein
• [Word Study] "In the beginning was the Word...."
• Suffixes that refer to people create nouns: -ant / -ar / -ard / -arian / -ee / -ent / -er / -ess / -eur / -ier/yer / -or / -ist
• These are nouns: servant, liar, wizard, librarian, payee, resident, painter, countess, chauffeur, cashier, lawyer, doctor, biologist
• Prewrite: Think of nouns that apply to you. (Who are you? What do you do?)
• I am a(n)....breather, eater, friend, swimmer, brother, writer, metalhead, ranter, resident (of Utah), technophile...
• [Reading/Writing Informational] Now let's get a bit more descriptive: Are you the kind of student who...?
• [Composition] Finish/Discuss/Turn in.
• So, what are we in for?
• [Reading Informational] Letters from the past....
• Discussions, and Didgeridoos
• If possible, have a 1½” three-ring binder (for this class only) with you on or before August 30/31.
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Friday, August 24: A Day

• Is this good writing? Why or why not? (Discussion)
• Poem o' the Day: "Did I miss anything?" by Tom Wayman
• (This puts the Tone in SOAPSTone!)
• Lesson: How you say something is often as important as what you say.
• Review scored Are you the kind of student who...?
• Assignment: Write a one-page letter to yourself at the end of the school year.
• Staple/Turn in.
• Details, Disclosures, Discussions, and Didgeridoos
• Parents: NEXT WEEK, please log in to your MyDSD Account and digitally "sign" to indicate you have seen the class disclosure.
• Here's why you need that 1½” three-ring binder by next week!
• (Listen not only to what they say but also to how they say it.)
• How does Thompson do business?
• Website Review: Look around for a few minutes.
• Hall Passes: You get one per term. Use it wisely.
• Want to keep the ogre happy? Don't say or do any of these things. (Tone!)
• If possible, have a 1½” three-ring binder (for this class only) with you on or before August 30/31.
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August 27-31, 2018

Monday, August 27: B Day

• Is this good writing? Why or why not? (Discussion)
• Poem o' the Day: "Did I miss anything?" by Tom Wayman
• (This puts the Tone in SOAPSTone!)
• Lesson: How you say something is often as important as what you say.
• Review scored Are you the kind of student who...?
• Assignment: Write a one-page letter to yourself at the end of the school year.
• Staple/Turn in.
• Details, Disclosures, Discussions, and Didgeridoos
• Parents: Please log in to your MyDSD Account and digitally "sign" to indicate you have seen the class disclosure.
• Here's why you need that 1½” three-ring binder by Friday!
• (Listen not only to what they say but also to how they say it.)
• How does Thompson do business?
• Website Review: Look around for a few minutes.
• Hall Passes: You get one per term. Use it wisely.
• Want to keep the ogre happy? Don't say or do any of these things. (Tone!)
• If possible, have a 1½” three-ring binder (for this class only) with you on or before August 30/31.
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Tuesday, August 28: A Day (Writing Lab 202)
Wednesday, August 29: B Day (Writing Lab 202)

• Welcome to the Computer Lab: Our Home Away from Home!
• Seating Chart
• Reading Inventory: NetApps > Students > Read 180 Reading Inventory
• Login, take test, write down your reading (lexile), log out.
• Poem o' the Day: "Writer Waiting" by Shel Silverstein
• Here's your first (timed) argumentative essay topic!
• Read the Instructions and the Texts
• Open a Word document and save it to a place you can access from home or another lab.
• Specifications: No Spacing, Times New Roman, size 12
• Heading: First and Last Names, Period, Date (Justify Right)
• Write the best argumentative essay you can in the time allotted.
• Print a copy from Word AND submit it to Utah Compose!
• Turn in printed copy.
• Here's how it will be evaluated.
• Homework: Bring a three-ring binder next time!
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Thursday, August 30: A Day
Friday, August 31: B Day

• If you didn't turn them in last time, turn in essays now!
• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
• Chapter 1: Meet John!
• Chapter 2: Meet Lorraine!
• Note the different narrative tones!
• In-Class Assignment: First Impressions (of John and Lorraine).
  • Find and copy a sentence in each of the first two chapters in which the voices of John and Lorraine seem particularly strong.
  • Now look at that thing you did last time: Are you the kind of student who...?
  • Write a sentence about each narrator: John is the kind of _________ who.... Lorraine is the sort of________ who...
  • Do the sentences you copied serve as textual evidence to support these claims? (They should!)
• Which narrator would you be more likely to befriend? With whom do you have the most in common?
• Who will make the better narrator? Do these characters remind you of anyone you know? (Who and why?)
• This assignment goes in the Reading/Literature of the English Binder, which brings us to....
• ...Three-ring Binder (in class today!): Journal, Word Study, Composition, Reading/Literature, Grammar/Conventions
• Journal Entry #1:
• Write for ten minutes. Introduce yourself! How is ninth grade different than eighth grade? What did your do over the summer? How was the first week of school? What you write about is not as important as the fact that you write a coherent and complete reflection, story, or description. You may be called upon to share parts of this entry aloud. Fill the page!
• The Pigman: Chapter 3
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September 3-7, 2018

Monday, September 3: Labor Day

• No School: Labor Day Holiday
• Poem o' the Day: "What Work Is" by Philip Levine

Tuesday, September 4: A Day
Wednesday, September 5: B Day

• The Pigman: Chapter 4
• Reading/Literature: Pigman Chapter Titles. None of the chapters in this novel have chapter titles...yet. You are going to give each chapter a title and explain why it is appropriate. On the next blank page in your Reading/Literature Section, number (1-15) on every other line. As we finish each chapter, assign it a title that you believe works for the content of that chapter and write a brief explanation of why you think that is an appropriate title for the chapter. Leave room on the same page to do this with the remaining chapters. (There are 15 in all, so you will be returning to this page often for the next couple weeks.)
• Reading/Literature -- Literary Concepts to Review and Watch For (Handout)
  Today: Setting, Foreshadowing, First-Person Narrator (x2), Motif
• Humorous Devices in The Pigman: Euphemism
• [Add this to your Literary Concepts handout.]
• What euphemisms do you use and why?
• The Pigman: Chapter 5
• Poem o' the Day: "Writing" by Howard Nemerov
• Close Reading & Annotation: What does it mean? (Models)
• Do YOU actually close read stuff, Thompson?
• Now you close read the Poem o' the Day. (Ten Quiet Minutes)
• Strategies for Close Reading:
• The physical act of reading (eyes) vs. Making meaning (brain)
• Metacognition: Know what you don't know! And don't just ignore it.
• CARE! Everything is boring to those who don't.
• Connect the text to your experience/life in some way.
• Minimize distractions, mental and otherwise.
• Journal #2: Handwriting (Write Now!) -- Copy the sentence in your neatest cursive. [If time permits] Respond to the prompt (not necessarily in cursive).

Thursday, September 6: A Day (Writing Lab)
Friday, September 7: B Day (Writing Lab)

• Turn in your close read of the Poem o' the Day.
• Log in to MyDSD and sign your computer use agreement. Immediately!
• Elements of the Argumentative Essay: Analyze your scored essay from last week. (Yes, use a pencil and fill in the blanks!)
• Revision: What is it?
• Rubric/Suggestions (from human reader) for Improvement: Junk Food Essays from Last Week
• Follow the Academic Essay Format.
• Don't be a Bubba by announcing yourself: "I am going to tell you...," "I have to write about...," "Thompson is forcing us to write...."
  • Don't make it more about you than about the topic: Third-person, avoid "I" and "me".
• Revise your essay from last week, making significant improvements.
  • When you are finished, save it with a new file name.
  • Print a revised copy.
  • Staple it on top of the analysis and the first draft with the scorer's rubric still attached.
• Log in to Utah Compose.
• Submit your revision for a score.
• Write the Utah Compose score at the bottom of your analysis.
• DO NOT PRINT ANYTHING FROM UTAH COMPOSE!
• Turn in the stapled packet of stuff.
• This one will be scored on quality of writing/revision!
• If you have extra time in the lab, do one or more of these things:
• Handwriting, Continued....
• Finish Journal #2
• Finish the close read of the Poem o' the Day from last time according to these standards....
• ...so it looks sorta like this when you're done.

September 10-14, 2018

Monday, September 10: A Day
Tuesday, September 11: B Day

• Handwriting, Continued: Finish Journal #2
• Humorous Devices in The Pigman: Hyperbole & Understatement
• [Add these to your Literary Concepts handout.]
• Literature: The Pigman
• Poem o' the Day: "Thoughts in a Zoo" by Countee Cullen
• [How are the characters in The Pigman like the animals mentioned in the poem?]
• Read Chapter 6
• Update Pigman Chapter Titles (Reading/Literautre Section)
• Journal #3: "Thoughts in a Zoo" Handout
• Reading: SOAPSTone Strategy [See the back of the Reading/Literature divider in your English Binder.]
• Analyze this cartoon by answering all the questions on the worksheet, including the SOAPSTone.
  (Also complete the back.)
• Homework: Finish whatever you did not get done in class.
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Wednesday, September 12: A Day
Thursday, September 13: B Day

• Turn in/Discuss this cartoon and the elements of argumentation on the back!
• Poem o' the Day: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
• The Pigman: Chapter 7 -- Three-part Reading: I read; John reads; you read.
• (Motif: Death)
• How-to Lesson: The RACE Strategy for Writing Constructed Responses
• RACE explanation (literary example)
• RACE Response/Speaker Analysis Assignment: After filling in the blanks on the worksheet, write a RACE paragraph that responds to this question: What do the speaker in "Do Not Go Gentle..." and John in Chapter 7 of The Pigman have in common?
• Don't just copy Thompson's model.
• Homework: Finish if you didn't get done in class.

Friday, September 14: A Day

• Put the completed Speaker Analysis Assignment in the Composition section of your binder.
• Turn in the RACE Response.
• The Pigman: Chapter 8
• Reading / Literature: Update Chapter Titles
• Journal #4: Include all this in the Journal section.
• Poem o' the Day: "At the Galleria Shopping Mall" by Tony Hoagland
• Close Read and SOAPSTone the Poem o' the Day
• Look back at Chapter 8 and the poem you just analyzed. How do you feel about going shopping? Is it joyful or torturous? Why? What do you shop for, and with whom do you go? Tell a shopping story of your own if you have one. Fill the page!
• The Pigman: Read Chapter 9 on your own. (It's short!)
• Grammar & Conventions: Parts of Speech Review (Handout -- Never lose this!)
• Nouns: common, proper, concrete, abstract, countable, collective, compound, possessive, and gerunds
• Pronouns: personal, reflexive, demonstrative, interogative, indefinite, and possessive
  (Common Pronoun Problems) & A little big quiz!
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September 17-21, 2018

Monday, September 17: Professional Day (No School for Students)

• Wish you were here....

Tuesday, September 18: B Day

• Put the completed Speaker Analysis Assignment in the Composition section of your binder.
• Turn in the RACE Response.
• The Pigman: Chapter 8
• Reading / Literature: Update Chapter Titles
• Journal #4: Include all this in the Journal section.
• Poem o' the Day: "At the Galleria Shopping Mall" by Tony Hoagland
• Close Read and SOAPSTone the Poem o' the Day
• Look back at Chapter 8 and the poem you just analyzed. How do you feel about going shopping? Is it joyful or torturous? Why? What do you shop for, and with whom do you go? Tell a shopping story of your own if you have one. Fill the page!
• The Pigman: Read Chapter 9 on your own. (It's short!)
• Grammar & Conventions: Parts of Speech Review (Handout -- Never lose this!)
• Nouns: common, proper, concrete, abstract, countable, collective, compound, possessive, and gerunds
• Pronouns: personal, reflexive, demonstrative, interogative, indefinite, and possessive
  (Common Pronoun Problems) & A little big quiz!
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Wednesday, September 19: A Day (Writing Lab 202)

Thursday, September 20: B Day (Writing Lab 202)

• Turn in Journals for scoring!
• Writing Assignment!
• Cursive Handwriting: There is much recent debate over whether or not schools should continue to teach cursive handwriting as they once did. Typing and texting are now much more common than longhand, and some cursive critics argue that time in school would be better spent teaching students to master those skills instead of requiring them to practice writing letters that, while attractive and flowery, serve little purpose in the modern world. Others, however, claim that the discipline and fine-motor-skill development of learning cursive is a valuable and necessary way to spend time in school. Using textual evidence from any/all of the sources (and this website), write a multi-paragraph argumentative essay in response to this question: Should schools teach cursive handwriting to students?
• Organize it according to the Academic Essay Format.
• The Cursive Debate: New York Times Articles
• Write the essay.
• Elements of the Argumentative Essay: Here is how it wil be scored. Check yours against this rubric before you print.
• Print one copy (two-sided) and turn in.
• Submit the essay to Utah Compose. Request peer review.
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Friday, September 21: A Day [Autumnal Equinox]

• [Return scored journals/Review the rules: Keep them in the Journal section of your binder.]
• Journal #1: There are approximately 1,025,000 words in the English language. If you are an average native English speaker, you will only ever use about 30,000 of them. But maybe you are not average! How big is your vocabulary? Do you like knowing the meanings of long, fancy words? Do you use them when you speak and write, or are you basically monosyllabic, expressing most of your thoughts with low grunting noises? What do you notice about people and the way they use words? How does it influence the way you approach them? Do you think a large vocabulary is a sign of intelligence? Why or why not? Discuss words! Fill the page!
• Word Study: Intro to Word Cells
• Ever had pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
• Do you have sesquipedalian predilections?
• Podcast on Morphology (Listening + Quiz)
• Podcast on Etymology (Listening + Quiz)
• Cells o' the Week: Start your lists!
• -log- / -ology-
• -form- / -morph-
• -chrom-
• The Pigman Personality Profile
• The Pigman: Chapter 10
• (Reading / Literature: Update Chapter Titles)
• Poem o' the Day: "Alexander Throckmorton" by Edgar Lee Masters
• Copy it.
• Summarize it.
• Paraphrase it.
• (Do you know the difference?)
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September 24-28, 2018

Monday, September 24: B Day

• [Return scored journals/Review the rules: Keep them in the Journal section of your binder.]
• Journal #1: There are approximately 1,025,000 words in the English language. If you are an average native English speaker, you will only ever use about 30,000 of them. But maybe you are not average! How big is your vocabulary? Do you like knowing the meanings of long, fancy words? Do you use them when you speak and write, or are you basically monosyllabic, expressing most of your thoughts with low grunting noises? What do you notice about people and the way they use words? How does it influence the way you approach them? Do you think a large vocabulary is a sign of intelligence? Why or why not? Discuss words! Fill the page!
• Word Study: Intro to Word Cells
• Ever had pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
• Do you have sesquipedalian predilections?
• Podcast on Morphology (Listening + Quiz)
• Podcast on Etymology (Listening + Quiz)
• The Pigman Personality Profile
• The Pigman: Chapter 10
• (Reading / Literature: Update Chapter Titles)
• Poem o' the Day: "Alexander Throckmorton" by Edgar Lee Masters
• Copy it.
• Summarize it.
• Paraphrase it.
• (Do you know the difference?)
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Tuesday, September 25: A Day
Wednesday, September 26: B Day [PT Conferences -- by appointment]

• Summarizing vs. Paraphrasing (Turn it in!)
• Word Study
• Resources: Prefix/Suffix Lists
• Word Cells o' the Week: Start your lists!
• -log- / -ology-
• -form- / -morph-
• -chrom-
• -gram-/-graph-, -scrib-/script-
  -string- / -strict- / -strain-
• Neologolusion: Creating New Words & Making Sense of Unfamiliar Ones
• Using your lists of prefixes/suffixes and the Word Cells we've learned so far, create two new words and their dictionary definitions. Fill in ALL the blanks!
• The Pigman: Read/Discuss Chapters 11 & 12
• [Update Chapter Titles]
• Poem o' the Day: "The Rider" by Naomi Shihab Nye
• Follow all the instructions and answer all the questions on this worksheet. (Includes Journal #2)
• Turn it in when you are finished.

Thursday, September 27: A Day [PT Conferences -- 3:45 - 7:15 P.M.]
Friday, September 28: B Day

• Journal #3: "Honesty is the best policy." Or is it? Is there ever a time when it is right to lie? Consider the many different sorts of lies that have been told in The Pigman. Are you a good liar? Why or why not? (Give an example of a time you either lied very well and got away with it or lied poorly and got caught.) What are some of the reasons we lie? Fill the page!
• The Pigman: Chapter 13 & 14 [40 minutes]
• [The Fly]
• Update Chapter Titles
• Poem o' the Day: "The Grammar Lesson" by Steve Kowit
• Grammar/Conventions: Pieces o' Eight!
• Grammar/Conventions: Parts of Speech Review
• Adjectives & Adverbs (modifiers)
• Verbs
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October 1-5, 2018

Monday, October 1: A Day
Tuesday, October 2: B Day

• Poem o' the Day: "October" by Don Thompson (no relation)
• Finish The Pigman: Chapter 15 [12 minutes]
• Identify Motifs (on board)
• The Pigman Papers
• Pigman Chapter Titles [15 of 'em]
• First Impressions/Final Impressions
• Handout: Last Lines [today]
• Copy the quotation that you think best applies to the last chapter of The Pigman and explain why.

  "It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do." --John Baptiste Moliére "Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility." --Albert Einstein "When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone." --George O'Neil "A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make." --Denis Waitley

  R(eword): This statement best applies to the last chapter in The Pigman because...
• A(nswer): ...
• C(ite): In Chapter 15 John says, "........"
• E(laborate): This shows that John..., which is exactly what the quotation above is referring to. Also, .....
• Turn in!
• Word Study
• Word Cells o' the Week: -dict-, -terra-/-terr-, -tact- [define them]
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Wednesday, October 3: A Day
Thursday, October 4: B Day [Ozzy!]

• Poem o' the Day: "To Help the Monkey Cross the River" by Thomas Lux
• (See any common motifs?)
• Look at the RACE Responses from last time. Which one is most like yours? (Models)
• How-to Lesson: The RACE Strategy for Writing Constructed Responses
• RACE explanation (literary example)
• Pigman RACElaboration Samples
• All-Together-Now: RACElaboration
• Ask me a question about what you do not understand. (That's an order!)
• Reading/Literature: Turn in The Pigman Papers
• RACElaboration [Top]
• First Impressions/Final Impressions
• Pigman Chapter Titles [15 of 'em]
• Handout: Last Lines & Motifs [Bottom]
• Literary Elements w/ Assignment (?)
• These will be on the test: foreshadowing, theme, protagonist/antagonist, narrative point of view, conflict types, hyperbole/understandment, euphemism, symbolism
• Word Study
• Word Cells o' the Week: -chron-, -pre-, -post-
• Neologolusion: Creating New Words & Making Sense of Unfamiliar Ones Using your lists of prefixes/suffixes and the Word Cells we've learned so far, create a new word and its dictionary definition. Fill in ALL the blanks! (Now the front of the worksheet should be complete!)
• Grammar/Conventions: Pieces o' Eight!
• Grammar/Conventions: Parts of Speech Review
• Adjectives & Adverbs (modifiers)
• Verbs
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Friday, October 5: A Day (Writing Lab 202)

• [Return 6 Assignments/Place them in the appropriate section of your binder.]
• Pigman Objective Test
• Writing Assignment: The Pigman on Trial (Book Review)
• Independent Reading Assignments: Assign New Books [B Day did this yesterday.]
• Return signed contracts by October 11/12!
• Homework: Start reading that book!
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October 8-12, 2018

Monday, October 8: B Day (Writing Lab 202)

Tuesday, October 9: A Day
Wednesday, October 10: B Day

• Grammar/Conventions: Pieces o' Eight!
• Grammar/Conventions: Parts of Speech Review
• Adjectives & Adverbs (modifiers)
• Verbs
• Prepositions [video], Conjunctions [video], and Interjections [video]!
• Mr. Morton slays the Jabberwock!
• Sentence Structure Exercises (back)
• Speaking of Sentences, do you really know what they are?
• Journal #4: It's that time of year again! What scares you?
• Independent Reading Contract due next time!
• Keep reading your assigned book!
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Thursday, October 11: A Day
Friday, October 12: B Day

• Word Cells o' the Week: -bene-, -mal-, -phil-
• Neologolusion: Creating New Words & Making Sense of Unfamiliar Ones
  • Using your lists of prefixes/suffixes and the Word Cells we've learned so far, create a new word and its dictionary definition. Fill in ALL the blanks!
• POEms o' the Day: "Alone" and/or "Annabel Lee" (Check this out!)
• (Read by Basil Rathbone and/or Sam Waterston)
• Journal #5: "A Poison Tree" (Answer questions: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13 + paragraph response) & Grammar Exercise about "Annabel Lee"
• "Don't get mad. Get even!"
• Prereading: Background Info
• Poe's Unreliable Narrators: "The Cask of Amontillado"

October 15-19, 2018

Monday, October 15: A Day
Tuesday, October 16: B Day

• Review "The Cask of Amontillado" (video/notes)
• Irony: Define/Discuss (Literary Terms to Know)
• Watch the video and keep notes of every example of irony you observe. Note which kind of irony it is. Bring these notes next time!
• Word Cells o' the Week: -fer-, -port, -lat-, -aster-, -mort-, -rupt-
• Listen to the podcasts (headphones in lab) and finish Neologolusion page for First Term Word Cells!
  • Using your lists of prefixes/suffixes and the Word Cells we've learned so far, create two new words and their dictionary definitions. Fill in ALL the blanks!
• You will finish and turn in completed Neologolusion next time!
• Poem o' the Day & Close Read/Analysis Assignment: The Raven
• Read, Listen, and Translate!
• Ask your questions now!
• Paraphrase your assigned section.
• Should be written in the first person -- I, me, myself – as though you are the narrator
• Should include all the details: setting, description, quotations, what happened, etc.
• Does not include any rhyme or repetition
• Present paraphrased passages aloud.
• Summary Statements for Each Stanza
• Study Questions
• Terror of the Soul: Poe Biography (nope -- no time)
• Poe Bio notes
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Wednesday, October 17: A Day (Writing Lab 202)

• Finish & Turn in completed Neologolusion! (Do the last one using any two+ cells of your choice!)
• Turn in Journals.
• Edgar Allan POEm o' the Day: "A Dream Within a Dream"
• Term Paper: Using your notes from last time, write a multi-paragraph constructed response explaining how "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe illustrates all three types of literary irony.
• Make sure that you not only define the type of irony but provide and fully explain as many examples from the story as you can find.
• Suggestion: Use the RACE strategy in each body paragraph. Identify and explain two examples of each type of irony.
• These words are verbal irony because....
• This is an example of situational irony because the expectation of....
• This scene is dramatic irony because the reader knows...
• Here's a simplified retelling of the story.
• Homework: Finish your Independent Reading Book!
• Test is next week!
  

Thursday, October 18: Fall Recess
Friday, October 19: Fall Recess

• Reminders:
• Finish your Independent Reading Book! Test is October 23/24!
• Term Test is also next week!
• Is there anything we can study for the term test?
• Yes. Remember all those handouts I told you never to lose?
• Elements of Literature
• Parts of Speech
• SOAPSTone
• First Term Word Cells
• Learn 'em! Know 'em! Live 'em!
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October 22-26, 2018

Monday, October 22: B Day (Writing Lab 202)

• Finish & Turn in completed Neologolusion! (Do the last one using any two+ cells of your choice!)
• Turn in Journals.
• Edgar Allan POEm o' the Day: "A Dream Within a Dream"
• Term Paper: Using your notes from last time, write a multi-paragraph constructed response explaining how "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe illustrates all three types of literary irony.
• Make sure that you not only define the type of irony but provide and fully explain as many examples from the story as you can find.
• Suggestion: Use the RACE strategy in each body paragraph. Identify and explain two examples of each type of irony.
• These words are verbal irony because....
• This is an example of situational irony because the expectation of....
• This scene is dramatic irony because the reader knows...
• Here's a simplified retelling of the story.
• Homework: Finish your Independent Reading Book!
• Test is next time!
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Tuesday, October 23: A Day
Wednesday, October 24: B Day

• Counselors: CCR Registration (5 minutes)
• Independent Reading Book Test/Turn in Books!
• Finish the Close Read/Analysis Assignment: The Raven
• Read, Listen, and Translate!
• Share your paraphrase of your assigned section.
• Write summary statements for each stanza.
• Turn in!
• Is there anything we can study for the term test?
• Yes. Remember all those handouts I told you never to lose?
• Elements of Literature
• Parts of Speech
• SOAPSTone
• First Term Word Cells
• Learn 'em! Know 'em! Live 'em!
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Thursday, October 25: A Day
Friday, October 26: B Day (First Term Ends)

• Term Test
• Return Journals (to back of Journal section) & Neologolusion (to Word Study section)
• POEm o' the Day: "To One in Paradise" (It's probably about "Lenore," eh?)
• Journal #1: First Term Reflection -- Your first term of high school is now behind you. How do you feel about that? How did it go? What were the highlights and lowlights? Were there unexpected things that happened, or did it go about as you thought it would?What did you learn during the last 10 weeks? Do you like 9th grade? Why or why not?
• English Binder Check: Everything in its place!
• Turn in Hall Pass for extra credit.
• See you next term!
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