L. Fragale's English Classes

BLOCKS 1 and 3: 9th Literature - Week of 8/25-8/29

FRIDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: Response to Quote

2. 3-minute Vocabulary Review

3. Week 3 Vocabulary Quiz

4. Review Short Story Terms as a class

5. Introduce Plot Chart

6. Read "The Interlopers" and complete plot chart

7. Final Bellwork

THURSDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "Favorite Short Story"

2. Review Week 3 Vocabulary - Squares and Quiz for TOMORROW!

3. Short Story Pre-Test

4. Short Story Terms - Use your textbook to define the terms

5. Final Bellwork

WEDNESDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "School Memory"

2. Review Week 3 Vocabulary

3. Collect Summer Reading Projects

4. Summer Reading Test

5. Finish Peer Editing

TUESDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "Holiday"

2. Introduce Week 3 Vocabulary - second five words

3. Homework Check: ROUGH DRAFT

4. Peer Editing - 2 editors

5. Final Bellwork

MONDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "Invisibilty" or work on brainstorming with Narrative Prompts

2. Vocabulary All-Stars :)

3. Introduce Week 3 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Pick topic for Narrative Writing - 6 Minute Freewrite

5. Complete Sensory Wheel for Narrative

6. Begin working on Rough Draft - DUE TOMORROW!

Week 3 Vocabulary

1. implausible (adj)
2. impudence (n)
3. incorrigible (adj)
4. indomitable (adj)
5. ingenuity (n)
6. innate (adj)
7. innocuous (adj)
8. lampoon (n)
9. levity (n)
10. lurid (adj)

BLOCKS 1 and 3: 9th Literature - Week of 8/18-8/22

Additional copy of the syllabus can be found here: Download 9th_syllabus_fall_2008.doc

FRIDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "On Writing"

2. 3-minute Vocabulary Review

3. Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz

4. The Writing Process: An Introductory Workshop

5. Read an excerpt from Stargirl - complete sensory wheel and character analysis

6. Introduce Narrative Essay Prompts - COMPLETE WS FOR CLASS ON MONDAY!

THURSDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: LISTENING - "I was a Kaleidoscope" - Death Cab for Cutie

2. Introduce Sensory Wheel

3. Review Week 2 Vocabulary - Squares and Quiz TOMORROW!!

4. Finish Seedfolks Presentations

5. Seedfolks Open Note Quiz

WEDNESDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "VIVID memory of your best friend"

2. Collect Syllabi!

3. Review Week 2 Vocabulary - REMEMBER* - Squares and Quiz on FRIDAY :)

4. Seedfolks Group Work Presentations

5. Final Bellwork

TUESDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "Character Analysis for your Best Friend"

2. Introduce Week 2 Vocabulary - Second five words

3. Finish Seedfolks Group Work - due tomorrow!

4. Final Bellwork

MONDAY AGENDA

1. Journal: "First Week of High School"

2. Vocabulary All-Stars :)

3. Introduce Week 2 Vocabulary - First five words

4. Begin working on Seedfolks Group Work

Week 2 Vocabulary

1. deliberate (adj/v)
2. diversity (n)
3. elusive (adj)
4. erratic (adj)
5. esoteric (adj)
6. exacerbate (v)
7. exemplary (adj)
8. extraneous (adj)
9. hiatus (n)
10. hoard (v)

Week 1 Vocabulary

1. abridge (v)
2. abstemious (adj)
3. abhor (v)
4. aesthetic (adj/n)
5. ambiguous (adj)
6. amorphous (adj)
7. apathy (n)
8. conflagration (n)
9. conventional (adj)
10. detrimental (adj)

BLOCK 1: Week of December 17-21

FINAL EXAM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 - 1ST TEST

Wednesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 11-15 for Final Exam!

2. Finish Act V

3. Review Study Guide - DUE BEFORE THE FINAL!

4. Book Return Party!

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 6-10 for Final Exam!

2. Acts III and IV Quiz

3. Student-Teacher Conference - Grades and Poetry Research Project

4. Review Study Guide for Act IV

5. Begin reading Act V

Monday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 1-5 for Final Exam!

2. Finish reading Act III

3. Answer Study Guide Questions - Paraphrase with a Partner!

4. Read Act IV for HOMEWORK - There will be a quiz!

BLOCK 1: Week of December 10-14

ELECTRONIC VERSION OF R&J STUDY GUIDE: Download romeo_and_juliet_study_guide_packet.doc

Friday Agenda

1. SPEAKING: Mrs. Fragale's Check-In - This is your last check-in for the semester. What is your final thought? What do you want me to know?

2. Agenda Check

3. 3-Minute Vocabulary Review - COLLECT ALL WEEK 15 VOCABULARY SQUARES

4. Week 15 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Finish Act II and begin Act III in Romeo and Juliet

6. Answer study guide questions for Romeo and Juliet

Thursday Agenda

1. Bellwork: Week 15 Practice Vocabulary Quiz

2. Check study questions for Act I of Romeo and Juliet for a grade!

3. Begin reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet

4. Answer study questions for Romeo and Juliet

5. Watch film version of Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday Agenda

1. Finish Week 15 Vocabulary Words - Vocabulary Squares due Friday before the Quiz!

2. Finish reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet

3. Answer Study Guide Questions for Act I - PACKET CHECK TOMORROW!

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Respond to this "Reduced" version of Romeo and Juliet. In your half-page response, imagine that you are a film critic. What do you think of THIS version of the play?

2. Review Week 15 Vocabulary - first five words

3. Continue reading Romeo and Juliet, Act I Scene ii

4. Answer Study Guide Questions for Romeo and Juliet

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Do you believe in love at first sight? Why or why not? In your half-page response, include at least one example of this type of love.

2. To Room 708 for Performance Series Testing

3. Introduce Week 15 Vocabulary - FINAL WEEK OF NEW WORDS!

** Remember to turn in ALL Poetry Research Project Assignments ASAP! **

Week 15 Vocabulary

1. tract (n.)
2. tranquility (n.)
3. truant (n.)
4. truncate (v.)
5. tumultuous (adj.)
6. unbiased (adj.)
7. ubiquitous (adj.)
8. unanimity (n.)
9. undermine (v.)
10. unethical (adj.)

BLOCK 1: Week of December 3-7

Friday Agenda

1. Meet in classroom to collect cellphones and pass out testing sheets.

2. Then, move to Media Center to begin working on PART TWO OF THE 9th LIT EOCT!

3. Return to classroom!

4. Review EOCT - comments, suggestions, questions, etc.

5. Compare/Contrast - Act I, Prologue and Scene i of Romeo and Juliet

• Baz Luhrman Version
• Thames River Company
• Zefferelli Version

Consider the following concepts for each of the different versions of the play:

1. Prologue
2. Setting (Location and City)
3. Time Period
4. Dialogue
5. Costumes
6. Weapons

Thursday Agenda

1. Meet in classroom to collect cellphones and pass out testing sheets.

2. Then, move to Media Center to begin working on PART ONE OF THE 9th LIT EOCT!

Wednesday Agenda

1. EOCT Practice Questions - 10 minutes

2. Last minute review for EOCT - TESTING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

3. Review Shakespeare's life and elements of Drama

4. Watch Baz Luhrman film clip from Romeo and Juliet

5. Read Prologue - Classroom Poetry Analysis

6. Begin Reading Act I - FILL IN STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AS WE READ!

*GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AND BREAKFAST BEFORE TOMORROW'S EOCT!  LOOK OVER ANY OF THE REVIEW HANDOUTS AND BRING YOUR THINKING CAPS!*

Tuesday Agenda

TO THE COMPUTER LAB TO FINISH POETRY RESEARCH PROJECT!

• Complete FAQ Research Project
• Complete Works Cited Page

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Is this REALLY the biography of William Shakespeare? Why or why not? If not, who is the biography describing? What key words give you important information regarding Shakespeare's life? Why do you think that we are watching this clip?

2. Turn in EOCT Grammar Review Packets - ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

3. Introduction to Shakespeare - CLASS COMPLETION OF KWL CHART

4. Read Shakespeare Background Packet INDIVIDUALLY and answer questions on a separate sheet of paper

5. Poetry Research Project Check: Letter to Poet due TODAY!

6. Complete any makeup work!

* NO VOCABULARY FOR THIS WEEK! REMEMBER EOCT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY! *

BLOCK 1: Week of November 26-30

Friday Agenda  - SUBSTITUTE IN CLASS TODAY! TURN IN ALL EXTRA CREDIT AND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS TO THE BLUE BIN!

1. 3 Minute Vocabulary Review - Study Week 14 Vocabulary in Pairs

2. Collect Week 14 Vocabulary Squares

3. Week 14 Vocabulary Quiz

4. Continue working on 1 Page Letter to Poet - due Monday!

5. Continue working on EOCT Grammar Review Packet - due Monday!

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING - Listen and Respond to the following song. How does it make you feel? If there were lyrics, what would they be? If it played in a movie, what would be happening? (COMPOSER: Dvorak, SONG: "Slavonic Dances")

2. EOCT Review - Reading Comprehension

3. Review Week 14 Vocabulary Words - Remember to study these words from previous weeks:

1. synthesis
2. superficial
3. sanction
4. objective
5. speculation

4. Turn in Poetry Study Guide

5. Poetry Unit Test

6. Work on 1-Page letter to Poet from Research Project - DUE MONDAY!

7. Complete EOCT Grammar Review Packet - DUE MONDAY!

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: Student-selected Silent Reading for 20 minutes! ENJOY :)

2. EOCT Review: Reading Comprehension Questions

3. Review Week 14 Vocabulary Words

4. Poetry Share: "Daybreak" (DUE TODAY!)

5. Complete Study Guide for Poetry Test - DUE TOMORROW BEFORE THE TEST!

6. Work on Imitation Poem (at least 10 lines) and Explanation Paragraph (3-5 sentences) for Poetry Research Project - DUE TOMORROW!

** REMEMBER POETRY TEST TOMORROW **

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Write a 2 stanza long haiku poem about last night or your Thanksgiving Break. * YOU MUST USE ALLITERATION AND ONOMATOPOEIA *

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Week 14 Vocabulary - second five words

4. Introduce Imitation Poem and Paragraph - DUE THURSDAY, November 29

5. "Daybreak in Alabama"

• Class Poetry Analysis
• Write Your Own "Daybreak" -  Due Tomorrow

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from 10 Things I Hate about You. What is your first reaction to this "modern-day" sonnet? Love it? Why or why not?

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Introduce Week 14 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Discuss the sonnet - complete Sonnets and Haikus Worksheet - DUE TOMORROW!

5. Finish working on Visual Representation for Poetry Research Project - DUE TOMORROW!

==Absent students MUST turn in Poetry Analyses!==

==Fill-In-The-Blank Sonnet for 10 Points Extra Credit!==

1. ______ eradicate
2. ______ orange
3. ______ exacerbate
4. ______ door hinge
5. ______ girls
6. ______ barbeque
7. ______ curls
8. ______ tennis shoe
9. ______ boys
10. ______ cat
11. ______ toys
12. ______ hat
13. ______ apple
14. ______ Snapple

Week 14 Vocabulary

1. tacit (adj.)
2. tactful (adj.)
3. taint (v.)
4. taper (v.)
5. temper (v.)
6. tenet (n.)
7. terrestrial (adj.)
8. theologian (n.)
9. theoretical (adj.)
10. thesis (n.)

BLOCK 1: Week of November 19-20

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING BREAK! :) :)

Tuesday Agenda

1. Poetry Pop Quiz - OPEN NOTE!

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Turn in Poetry Analyses to Poetry Folder in Red Box

4. Discuss "Visual Interpretation" and NEW due dates

• TWO Poetry Analyses - due Tuesday, 11/20
• Visual Representation of Poet - due Tuesday, 11/27
• Imitation Poem and Explanation Paragraph - Thursday, 11/29
• Letter to Poet - Monday, 12/3
• FAQ Paper with 10 Questions - BY THE END OF THE DAY on Tuesday, 12/4
• FINAL COMPLETE PORTFOLIO WITH WORKS CITED - Thursday, 12/6

5. Introduce the Haiku - page 955 in textbook. Complete Handout!

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Respond to the image on the Interwrite Board. Write a poem of at least 15 lines inspired by this painting.

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Review Poetry Analysis Process

4. Check for two poems by Research Poet

5. Complete Poetry Analyses for BOTH Poems by Research Poet - DUE TOMORROW!

** NO VOCABULARY THIS WEEK! Happy Thanksgiving! **

Week of November 12-16

FAQ RESEARCH PROJECT DUE DATE MOVED TO DECEMBER 4! Directions and Sample Paper can be found here:Download faq_project_instructions.doc and Download faq_example_paper.doc

Friday Agenda

1. SPEAKING: Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: What is the worst thing you ever did when you were little? (For Example, "Painting" the carpet with jelly)

2. Agenda Check

3. 3-Minute Vocabulary Review

4. Week 13 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

6. 15 Minutes to Prepare Group Presentations

7. Poetry Analysis Group Presentations :)

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING (ARTIST: Old Crow Medicine Show, SONG: "I Hear Them All")

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Week 13 Practice Vocabulary Quiz

4. Small Group Poetry Analysis: "Dream Deferred", "Incident", "We Real Cool", or "We Wear the Mask" - EVERY GROUP MEMBER MUST COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET

Wednesday Agenda

1. CHECK FOLDER FOR FAQ Research Project Information!

2. To the Computer Lab to work on FAQ Research Project - DUE FRIDAY!

             - Cover Sheet with List of Questions

             - Answers listed with website address

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Look at Langston Hughes' poem "Theme for English B." What do you think? Write your immediate reaction in one word. What do you see as you read the poem? Draw a picture. Which line is most important to you? Why? Which word is more important to you? Why?

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Week 13 Vocabulary - introduce second five words

4. Review Poetry Analysis for "Theme for English B"

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from Dead Poets Society. Do you agree with the teacher? Why or why not? Should we graph poetry? Would you like to have him for a teacher? In the play of life, what will your verse be???

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Introduce Week 13 Vocabulary - first five words

4. To Computer Lab

• Practice EOCT (SMALL)
• Research Poet

Week 13 Vocabulary

1. strident (adj.)
2. stylized (adj.)
3. stupefy (v.)
4. subordinate (adj. and n.)
5. subtle (adj.)
6. sullen (n.)
7. superficial (adj.)
8. suppleness (n.)
9. swindle (v.)
10. synthesis (n.)

BLOCK 1: Week of November 7 - 9

Friday Agenda

1. Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: If you were an animal, what would you be? Why?

2. Agenda Check

3. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

4. Review Poetry Analysis

5. Model Strategy for Poetry Analysis as a class with "Cynthia in the Show" by Gwendolyn Brooks

6. Paired Work: Poetry Analysis for "Summer" by Walter Dean Myers on Page 927 in textbook

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING - ARTIST: India.Arie SONG TITLE: "I am Ready for Love"

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Review Poetry Terms

• Small Group Work
• Classroom Review

4. Introduce Poetry Analysis

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: Reading - 20 minutes individual Student-selected Silent Reading

2. Daily Grammar Practice - Review for the EOCT

3. Turn in 10 Interview Questions for Poetry Research Project

4. Pass out Folders for Poetry Research Project and label necessary information

5. To the Computer Lab to work on Poetry Research Project

Tuesday Agenda

STUDENT HOLIDAY! No class today!

Monday Agenda

STUDENT HOLIDAY! No class today!

**** NO VOCABULARY THIS WEEK! ENJOY YOUR MINI-VOCAB VACATION :) ****

BLOCK 1: Week of October 29 - November 2

Friday Agenda

1. Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: Tell me one way in which your mom or dad really help you out :)

2. Agenda Check

3. 3 Minute Vocabulary Review - Turn in Vocabulary Squares!

4. Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz

5. To Computer Lab:

• Online SAT Registration
• Poetry Research Project - 10 Interview Questions for your Poet due Wednesday!

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING ("Tank!" from Cowboy Bebop)

2. Review Week 12 Vocabulary: REMEMBER TO STUDY THESE WORDS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS -

1. recluse
2. reconcile
3. provincial
4. prominent
5. redundant

3. Poetry Pre-Test

4. Poetry Background Information: Complete the Poetry Terms Worksheet using textbook

Wednesday Agenda

1. Bellwork: "The Odyssey" Questionnaire

2. "The Odyssey" Project Presentations

3. "The Odyssey" Party!

4. Watch O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Imagine you're a director and you're casting your own movie version of "The Odyssey." What actors would you pick? Why? Where would you film the movie? What kind of costumes would you pick?

2. Last minute "Odyssey" questions and collect study guides

3. Part 2 "Odyssey" Test

4. Week 12 Vocabulary - introduce second five words

5. "Odyssey" Party Planning - TOMORROW!!

6. Work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING

2. Introduce Week 12 Vocabulary - first five words

3. Last minute "Odyssey" questions and review - PART 2 TEST TOMORROW!

4. Take post-test for "The Epic"

5. Work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Week 12 Vocabulary Words

1. resolute (adj.)
2. retort (v. and n.)
3. revere (v.)
4. sanction (v. and n.)
5. sect (n.)
6. sentinel (n.)
7. skeptical (adj.)
8. slander (v. and n.)
9. sobriety (n.)
10. speculation (n.)