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Honors 9th Lit & Comp Week #8 (9/16-20)

Monday, September 16, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Dialect introduction
3. Being reading “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston (chunks 1-3)
   1. Take dialect notes
   2. One sentence summary per chunk

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Continue reading “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston (chunks 4-6)
   1. Take dialect notes
   2. One sentence summary per chunk
3. Write 3 fragments in Hurston’s style to describe a scene from your day

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. “Sweat” text-dependent questions & Levels of Diction (p. 459)

Thursday, September 19, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Write a real or imagined dialogue script with DIALECT
   1. Download Scriptwriting How To Write Killer Dialogue
   2. Download Dialogue Script Practice

Friday, September 20, 2019

1. SAT/ACT Vocab 1-3 Test
2. Enjoy your September break!

American Lit Week #8 (9/16-20)

Monday, September 16, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Ideally, narrative should be finished
3. Work on body paragraphs of 2^nd prompt
   1.  Download How to CEI Paragraph

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Ideally, body paragraphs should be finished
3. Work on introductions & conclusions
   1. Download How To Introductory Paragraph 
   2. Download How To Conclusion Paragraph

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Editing & revising
3. Download MLA Template
4. Download MLA on Notebook Paper

Thursday, September 19, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Projects are due
3. Continue watching Smoke Signals

Friday, September 20, 2019

1. SAT/ACT Vocab Unit 1-3 Test
2. Have a wonderful September break

Honors 9th Lit & Comp Week #7 (9/9-13)

Monday, September 9, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Grade vocab unit 3 workbooks
3. Begin reading “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
   1. Lit terms sheet: connotative words & GRQs

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Continue reading “The Cask of Amontillado” with connotative words & GRQs

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Finish “The Cask of Amontillado”
3. Begin working on 5-panel comic strip with original, connotative captions
   1. Due Friday

Thursday, September 12, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Continue working on 5-panel comic strip
   1. Due tomorrow

Friday, September 13, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Vocab unit 3 quiz
3. Finish & submit 5-panel comic strip

American Lit Week #7 (9/9-13)

Monday, September 9, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Submit vocab workbooks
3. Read/listen to “Remembering” (215-218) & “Talking About Turtles” (219-230)
4. Continue watching Smoke Signals

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Media Center for Native American annotated bib w/ NoodleTools
3. Download MLA Template

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Begin Part-Time Indian projects
   1. Download PTI Final project 
   2. Download Part-Time Indian Project Schedule
   3. View this photo (Vivid Verbs)
      
   4. View this photo (Strong adjectives)
      

Thursday, September 12, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Part-Time Indian Test
3. Work on Part-Time Indian Project

Friday, September 13, 2019

1. Root Word of the Day
2. Vocab unit 3 quiz
3. Work on Part-Time Indian project