Welcome to English 9, English 9H

Final Exams

bmavrikos — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:34:09 +0000

All exams for English 9 will take place on Friday, June 11 during period 1.

Period A Honors: room 303

Period B: room 304

Period C: room 403

Period E: room 200

Period H: room 302

Week of 6/1

bmavrikos — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:09:00 +0000

Thursday

Period A Honors: Be prepared to analyze and discuss Book Three, symbols, and themes of The Chosen on Friday, June 4.

Periods B, C, E, H: Be prepared to analyze and discuss chapters 10-12 of Lord of the Flies for Friday, June 4.

Wednesday

Period A Honors: Be prepared to analyze and discuss Book Two of The Chosen on Thursday, June 3.

Periods B, C, E, H: Be prepared to analyze and discuss chapters 7-9 of Lord of the Flies for Thursday, June 3.

Tuesday

Period A Honors: Bring all materials and be prepared to review for final exam.

Periods B, C, E, H: Bring all materials and be prepared to review for final exam.

Monday

Period A Honors: Be prepared to analyze and discuss Book One of The Chosen on Tuesday, June 1.

Periods B, C, E, H: Be prepared to analyze and discuss chapters 4-6 of Lord of the Flies for Tuesday, June 1.

Week of 5/24

bmavrikos — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:31:40 +0000

Monday

Period A Honors: Read chapters 11-13 of The Chosen for Friday, May 28; research papers due (hard copy in class + Turnitin.com) on Wednesday, May 26.

Periods B, C, E: Read chapters 8-10 of Lord of the Flies for Friday, May 28; research papers due (hard copy in class + Turnitin.com) on Wednesday, May 26.

Period H: Read chapters 8-10 of Lord of the Flies for Friday, May 28; research papers due (hard copy in class + Turnitin.com) on Friday, May 28.

Week of 5/10

bmavrikos — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:14:02 +0000

Friday

All classes: Rough drafts due Wednesday, May 19. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED!!

Wednesday

All classes must continue to bring textbooks for the remainder of the week, and next week.

Tuesday

Period A Honors: Quiz on Part One of the Odyssey. Includes myth, epic, Homeric simile, alter ego, characters, plot, irony, personification; read chapters 3-4 of The Chosen by Monday, May 17.

Periods B, C, E, H: Quiz on Part One of the Odyssey. Includes myth, epic, Homeric simile, alter ego, characters, plot; read chapters 3-4 of Lord of the Flies by Monday, May 17.

Monday

All classes: Note cards due today.

Week of 5/3

bmavrikos — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:18:21 +0000

Thursday

All classes: Note cards due Monday, May 10.

Period A Honors: the Odyssey questions 1-7, 9 p. 924. Due Friday, May 7. Quiz on Monday, May 10.

Periods B, C, E, H: quiz on Tuesday, May 11.

Monday

All classes: Source cards due Thursday, May 6.

Week of 4/26

bmavrikos — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:59:37 +0000

Friday

All classes: Outlines due Monday, May 3.

Period A Honors: Read chapter 1 of The Chosen.

Periods B, C, E, H: Read chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies.

Tuesday

Periods B, C, E, H: Define vocabulary words from the list given. Be prepared for chapter reading assignments for Lord of the Flies on Friday, April 30.

Period A Honors: Be prepared for chapter reading assignments for The Chosen on Wednesday, April 28.

All classes: Students who are redoing thesis statements must hand them in on Thursday, April 29; outlines due Monday, May 3.

Week of 4/19

bmavrikos — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:43:21 +0000

Friday

All classes: Topic (poet) and thesis statement for research paper due Monday, April 26.

Thursday

All classes: Quiz Friday, April 23 on “The Seven Ages of Man”; “Fire and Ice”‘; “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”; extended metaphor; implied metaphor; tone.

Wednesday

All classes: “”Fire and Ice,” “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” q. 1-9 p. 544. Due Thursday, April 22; parent letter and pledge due Thursday, April 22; poetry quiz on Friday, April 23.

Tuesday

All classes: “The Seven Ages of Man” q. 1-8 p. 538. Due Wednesday, April 21.

Haiku!

bmavrikos — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:36:33 +0000

All classes: Post your haiku here! Due Thursday, April 15. Don’t forget the title in quotations and the name of the author – YOU!

Week of 4/12

bmavrikos — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:57:26 +0000

*All classes need to bring their textbooks to class this week.

Period A Honors: Must have The Chosen by Friday, April 30.

Periods B, C, E, H: Must have Lord of the Flies by Friday, April 30.

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Wednesday

All classes: p. 509 # 1-6 in your notebooks; post haiku in above comment box, due Thursday, April 15.

Tuesday

All classes: Poetry quiz on Friday, April 16. Includes “Daily,” “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” “Haiku,” “Fog,” “inJust-,” “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” imagery, catalog poem, scene, haiku, extended image, cliche, figure of speech, simile, and personification.

Week of 3/22

bmavrikos — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:34:06 +0000

All classes must bring textbooks to class on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30!