Honors 9th Sept. 14-18
9th Lit Honors
Planning Your Week: September 14-18
M 9/14—Artifact day (bring in the physical object and the archival label you created); be prepared to give a brief 1-2 minute presentation on what you’ve discovered about the artifact’s history and connection to your family.
W 9/16—Family Artifact article due (extended due date)
Th 9/17—Portfolio Check #1
F 9/18—Nonfiction Book Assignment due;
*No vocabulary this week.
*PSAT Language Practice through USATestPrep this week.
Monday, September 14
LG: Develop presentation skills. ELACC9-10SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas
- **Due to the Pep Rally, we did not finish presenting artifacts, so please bring yours for presentation.** Artifact Day—share artifacts and the archival information you’ve discovered from family interviews and last week’s research.
- Revise and edit your family artifact article DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose artifacts based on interest and research skill. Individual instruction provided in the lab via Google Docs to develop writing skills.
Tuesday, September 15
LG: Develop and strengthen writing by planning, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. ELACC9-10W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.)
- Practice writing a reflection for the portfolio with your Where I’m From poem, Malcolm X article, or family artifact article
- Continue revision of family artifact article due tomorrow DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose artifacts based on interest and research skill. Individual instruction provided in the lab via Google Docs to develop writing skills.
- HOMEWORK: Family artifact article due tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 16
LG: Develop and strengthen writing by planning, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. ELACC9-10W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.)
- Compose reflections for the portfolio pieces (all 5 originals and 2 famous works) and compile materials, including cover sheet. (See document in Google Drive for reflection tips.)
- Continue revision of nonfiction book assignment due Friday. DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose books based on interest and research skill. Individual instruction provided in the lab via Google Docs to develop writing skills.
- HOMEWORK: Portfolio Check #1 DUE TOMORROW.
Thursday, September 17
LG: Develop and strengthen writing by planning, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. ELACC9-10W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.)
- Continue revision of nonfiction book assignment due Friday. DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose books based on interest and research skill. Individual instruction provided in the lab via Google Docs to develop writing skills.
- HOMEWORK: Nonfiction Book Assignment DUE TOMORROW.
Friday, September 18
LG: Become acclimated to Shakespeare’s language by exploring words and phrases from the play and using them to represent an image.ELACC9-10RL9: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
- View images Visual Texts and Shakespeare’s Language; Word/Phrase Bank; write poems/prose passages and share
- Discuss themes that emerge from the images and writing and create a list for the unit study of The Tempest.
**September Break—Sept. 21-25** We will start the novel The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern soon after you return from break. If you would like to obtain a copy and read ahead, feel free. Consider some form of annotation (either write in the book or use Post-it Notes). Here is a sample method for annotation.