Welcome to Ms. Singleton's English 9 Honors Quia page! Below you will find contact information, my schedule, and weekly class objectives.
English 9 Honors
Instructor: Ms. Singleton
Contact Information:
Email- patricials@wcs.k12.va.us
Phone- 276-739-3200
Spring 2013
Third Period
Ms. Singleton's Schedule:
1st Period- Conference 8:10 to 8:57
2nd Period- English 9 9:02 to 10:34
3rd Period- English 9 Honors 10:39 to 12:36
4th Period- English 9 12:41 to 2:13
5th Period- Conference 2:18 to 2:55
Parking lot Duty in East Lot - Everyday from 2:55 to 3:20
1/10-1/11
Thursday-Go over syllabus and check out literature books from the libraray
Friday- Begin discussing the big question for Unit One: Can truth change?
Read and discuss the following stories:
"The Giant's House"
"Desiderata"
There will be a reading quiz on Monday.
1/14-1/18
Monday- Bellringer #1 Describe a person you admire who is very different from you.
*Complete a Quiz on "The Giant's House" and "Desiderata"
*Read "The Washwoman" in class
Tuesday: Bellringer #2 Have you ever disliked someone for a ridiculous reason?
*Complete Quiz on "The Washwoman" and "New Directions"
*Discuss Edgar Allan Poe and read "The Cask of Amontillado"
*Complete plot diagram
Wednesday: Snow Day
Thursday: Bellringer #3 Have you ever liked someone immediately when you saw them?
*Read and discuss "Checkouts"
*Quiz tomorrow
Friday: Snow Day
1/21-1/25
Monday: Bellringer #4 What do you know about JFK? What about Lyndon Johnson?
*Complete quiz on "The Cask of Amontillado" and "Checkouts"
*Read "A White House Diary"
Tuesday: Bellringer #5 What do you like to daydream about?
*Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
*Quiz on "A White House Diary" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" tomorrow
*Homework: Read "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth . . ."
Wednesday: Bellringer #6: Do you have any strange relatives? Describe your relative. Why are they strange?
*Read "Uncle Marcos"
*What is magical realism?
*Homework: Read "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth . . ."
Thursday: Bellringer #7: Do you believe in global warming? Why or why not?
*Review for Unit One Test
*Discuss "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth . . ."
*Read "Silent Spring"
*Complete questions at the end of each story
*Homework: Study for Test on Tuesday
Friday: Snow Day
1/28-2/1
Monday- Bellringer #8: What is an allusion? Give an example.
*Go over quizzes
*Review for test
*Read "The Jade Peony"
*Test tomorrow
Tuesday: Bellringer #9: What is a static character? What is a dynamic character?
*Complete Unit One Test
*Classwork: Finish "The Jade Peony"
Wednesday: Bellringer #10 What do you think "The Most Dangerous Game" is about?
*Read and Discuss "The Most Dangerous Game"
*Quiz tomorrow on "The Jade Peony" and "The Most Dangerous Game"
Thursday: Snow Day
Friday: Snow Day
2/4-2/8
Monday: Snow Day
Tuesday: Bellringer 11 What is the definition of irony? Give an example
*Complete Quiz
*Discuss O. Henry
*Read "The Gift of the Magi"
*Discuss Saki
*Read "The Interlopers"
*Quiz on these stories tomorrow
Wednesday: Bellringer #12 What is the biggest lie you've ever told? What were the consequences?
*Complete quiz
*Read and discuss "The Necklace"
*What is a surprise ending?
Thursday: Bellringer #13 What are the Blues? Why do you think the Blues would be compared to a mockingbird?
*What is dialect?
*Read and discuss "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"
*Quiz tomorrow
Friday: Bellringer #14 What do you know about Mark Twain? What do you want to know about Mark Twain?
*Quiz on "The Necklace" and "Blues Ain't Not Mockin Bird"
*Read "The Invalid's Story" and discuss Mark Twain.
*What does it mean to write in the vernacular?
*Read "The Scarlet Ibis" for homework
2/11-2/15
Monday: Bellringer #15 Write down the lyrics to your favorite song and analyze them. Why do you like this song so much?
*Discuss "The Scarlet Ibis"
*Read "Rules of the Game"
*Quiz tomorrow
Tuesday: Bellringer #16 What is your favorite fairy tale and why? What do you remember your parents reading to you when you were little?
*Complete Quiz
*Read and discuss "Bluebeard"
*Complete fairy tale assignment
*Review for Unit Two Test on Friday
Wednesday: Bellringer #17 What do you know about the American South in the 1930s?
*Review for Unit Two Test
*Discuss and view a PowerPoint presentation on Harper Lee
Thursday: Bellringer #18 Why do you think Lee included so much information in Chapter 1? What was the most interesting information that she gave us?
*Read and discuss Chapter 1 in class
*Homework: Study for your test and have Chapters 2 and 3 completed by Monday
Friday: Bellringer #19 Why did Lee make sure to include a description of her first day at school? What do we learn about Maycomb and the people that live there?
*Complete Unit 2 Test
Homework: Read assigned Chapters
2/18-2/22
Monday: No Bellringer
*Discuss Chapters 2 and 3
*Read Chapter 4 in class
*Work on Chapter questions
*Homework: Read Chapter 5
Tuesday: Bellringer #20 People often credit their successes to having a good attitude. Explain the benefits of having a good attitude, even during a difficult time. Provide examples from your own experience of from having witnessed this in others.
*Discuss Chapters 5
*Read Chapter 6 in class
*Work on Chapter questions
*Homework: Read Chapters 7 and 8
Wednesday: Bellringer #21
*Discuss Chapters 7 and 8 in class
*Read and discuss Chapter 9 in class
*Work on Chapter questions
*Homework: Read Chapter 10 for Homework
Thursday: Bellringer #22
*Discuss Chapter 10
*Read Chapter 11
*Work on questions
*Homework:Read Chapter 12 (Beginning of Part II) and study for Part I quiz
Friday: Bellringer #23
*Discuss Chapter 12 and the division of TKM into two parts
*Reading Chapter 13
*Work on questions
*Quiz on Part I
*Homework: Read Chapters 14 and 15
2/25-3/1
Monday: Bellringer #24 Describe a time when you asked someone an embarrassing question.
*Discuss Chapters 13-14
*Participate in a debate
*Begin working on map of Maycomb (Finish for Homework)
*Homework: Read Chapter 16 and work on Maycomb map
Tuesday: Bellringer #25 Why doesn't Miss Maudie want to go to the trial?
*Discuss Chapters 15 and 16
*Go over questions and discuss important characters
*Students turn in map for a grade
*Read Chapter 17 in class
*Read Chapter 18 for homework
Wednesday: Bellringer #26 If you were a member of the jury, what would you think about Mayella's testimony? Is she reliable? Why or why not?
*Discuss Chapter 18
*Read and discuss Chapter 19 in class
*Work on Chapter questions
*Homework: Read Chapter 20 for Homework
Thursday: Bellringer #27 How does Dolphus Raymond explain himself to the children? What does he say is wrong will Dill?
*Discuss Chapter 21
*Read Chapters 22 and 23 in class
*Work on questions
*Homework:Finish reading Chapter 23, read Chapter 24 and study for character quiz
Friday: Bellringer #28 Why is Jem upset? How is this a loss of innocence for Jem?
*Discuss Chapter 24
*Read Chapter 25 in class
*Work on questions
*Quiz on characters
*Homework: Read Chapters 26 and 27
3/4-3/8
Monday: Bellringer #29 Fix the following sentences:
1. buddy and his cousin is happy to spend there money on camping supplies
2. buddys cousin is glad theirs is a good hiking trale, near the river
*Discuss Chaoters 26 and 27
*Turn in Brainstorming, Prewriting and Rough Draft (Three Body Paragraphs)
*Read Chapter 28
*Work on Rough Draft for Homework
Tuesday: Bellringer #30 Fix the following sentences:
1. the captive might have imagined his familys reaction to story’s about his stay with the crow people
2.on arriving home made only a brief comment that started with I lived with crows for a while
*Discuss Chapter 28 and work on questions
*Work on rough draft of essay
*Read Chapter 29
Homework: Work on essay and read Chapter 30
Wednesday: Snow Day
Thursday: Bellringer #31
1. many youngsters have to take on extra responsibilities such as bringing their siblings to school
2. despite his rush to get the other children to school salvador never became fretfull
*Discuss ending of To Kill A Mockingbird
*Complete chapter questions
*Work on essay
Friday: Bellringer #32
1. i know where some children have a hard time getting a good education diane said
2. they have to many responsibilities so they cant prepare their schoolwork good enough her friend added
*Review for Test on Tuesday
*Proofread and edit essay
*Homework: If you are behind, take the weekend to get caught up! Everything you've worked on so far is due no later than Monday! Including make-up work!
3/11-3/15
Monday: Bellringer #33
*Today we will be typing out final drafts in the library
Homework: Study for Test
Tuesday: No Bellringer!
*Complete Test
Wednesday: No Bellringer!
*Students who still need time to work on their Test will finish it today.
*View TKM film and take notes. Students will be writing a newspaper review of the film and will compare the film to the novel
Thursday: No Bellringer
*Finish Film and article in class
*Begin Poetry Unit
Friday: No Bellringer
Ryan will visit to present a lesson on Poetry
Homework: Complete newspaper article assignment. Remember, it must contain at least three of the differences that you wrote down on Wednesday. This assignment is due Monday!
3/18-3/22
Monday: Bellringer #34 What is onomatopoeia? Give an example.
*Take notes on Poetry, page 608
*Read poems on pages 620, 621, 623 and 624.
*Complete Figurative Language Assignment
Homework: Read "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday: Bellringer #35
*Complete Poetry Quiz
*Figurative Language Assignment
*Poetry Selection 2
*Study for Quiz
Wednesday: No Bellringer
*Quiz
*Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
*Poetry Selection 3
*Study for Quiz
Thursday: No Bellringer
*"Some Nights" Assignment
*Quiz
*Poetry Selection 4
*Study for Quiz
Friday:
4/29-5/3
Monday: Bellringer: What questions do you have before we take the test? What are you worried about? What are you confidant about?
*Take Romeo and Juliet Test
*Work on Romeo and Juliet/ Pyramus and Thisbe Essay
Tuesday: Bellringer Rate your ability to follow directions on a scale from one to ten. Why are you so good at/bad at following directions? (Five sentences)
*Work on Contrast Essay
Final Draft is due tomorrow!
Wednesday: Bellringer
*Finish Contrast essay
Thursday: Bellringer
*Begin watching Romeo and Juliet
*Make sure you have ten differences between the novel and the movie
Friday: Bellringer
*Finish watching Romeo and Juliet
*Turn in your paper on Romeo and Juliet. Why do you think the director decided to create a modern version of Romeo and Juliet, but keep the language?
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