Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Final Essay Prompt


 9th Grade Final Essay
"I will" statement due Thursday at beginning of class.
Essay due to turnitin.com by 5PM Sunday. Lock out at 5:001 PM.  You MUST have an MLA Format Works Cited List ( purdueowl.edu).


Should travel to other parts of the world be part of the high school curriculum? After reading sections of the Odyssey and Their Eyes were Watching God that illustrate journeys to identity, write an essay in which you address the question and argue whether travel should be a required part of the high school curriculum. Support your position with evidence from both texts.  Make sure your address the potential counterarguments. Provide an MLA format Works Cited List for all texts.



Work with a partner to analyze the task to determine what you will need to do to successfully complete it. Highlight or underline each element or step of the task you need to consider, using a different color for each element. Once you have color coded each element of the task, create an “I will” statement to address what it is you will do to address each element of the prompt.

I will have read ______________________________________.(yellow)
I will write a  ____________________________________________(blue)
I will address the question (whether one should ______________________________________).
(pink)
I will argue either for or against students being required to  ________________________(or to what extent we should have that expectation). (red)
I will use evidence from both texts  _______________________________________________    to support my argument. (green)
I will address the counterarguments. “Others may think that_________________________
___________________________________________________________________(black).


Sunday, December 7, 2014

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Week 17 and 18

9th Grade Week 17 and 18
Day
Date
Assignment  
Monday
12/8
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE RETURNED YOUR NOVELS (CATCHER IN THE RYE, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER) SO YOU CAN GET THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD.
OTHER CLASSES NEED THE NOVELS!  Please be Considerate.

Epic and Myth Unit
The Odyssey
Driving Questions:

·      How do humans find/search for identity?
·      How do we face “tests”?
·      Does mythology hold up a mirror to our modern selves?

Final Exam will cover The Odyssey
Short answers
And The Essay will examine Journeys and Identity in the Odyssey and Their Eyes were Watching God Ch.1-8.
Prompt will be issued Monday or Tuesday. Essay will be Due to Turnitin.com.


Class work

Hour of Code


The Odyssey 

Homework


Driving Questions:

·      How do humans find/search for identity?
·      How do we face “tests”?
·      How does gender and race impact the “tests” one faces? 


Their Eyes Were Watching God 
Packet: Chapter 5

Tuesday
12/9


Class work

The Odyssey

Homework

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Packet: Chapter 6


Wednesday
12/10


Class work

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Packet: Chapter 7
BRING BOOK and PACKET TO CLASS


Homework

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Packet: Chapter 8


Thursday
12/11


Class work

The Odyssey

Homework


Their Eyes Were Watching God
Packet: Chapter 9 and 10


Friday
12/12


Class work

The Odyssey and Greek Picnic



Homework

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Packet: Chapter 11 and 12


Monday
12/15




The Odyssey

Finals Start Wednesday


Winter Break
Assignment
Read or reread Romeo and Juliet
Complete Romeo and Juliet Reading Questions

To be distributed on 12/12.
Start the semester off with POINTS!

Don’t get rusty!