Happy Summer!!!

We made it!! Have a wonderful summer and make sure you get plenty of rest - you deserve it! :)

Summer Reading Assignments for 2019-2020 School Year

9^th Grade Literature & Composition (on-level and team-taught)

• Scythe by Neal Shusterman (hard copy, not an e-book please)
• For each of the 40 chapters, you will write a 3-sentence summary + a 2-sentence reflection.
• Reflection = opinions, predictions, questions, new understanding of something that occurred in that chapter.
• Chapter Notes can be handwritten or typed.
• Please bring your book and chapter notes to class on the first day of school.

10th World Literature Summer Reading – LotF Reading Guide Questions (on-level and team-taught) 

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding 
• Complete the reading guide.
• Please bring your book and completed reading guide to class on the first day of school.

11th American Literature Summer Reading (on-level and team-taught) 

May 13 - 17: 10th Grade World Lit

This Week: Summer is right around the corner!! This week we will wrap up our unit on Macbeth. You will need a copy of the book everyday in class. As you finish Macbeth, make sure that you are keeping up with your graphic organizer assignment. If you do not finish the assigned reading in class, finish it for homework. Keep up with the schedule posted on this blog.

If you do not have a copy of Macbeth at home, SparkNotes has a "No Fear" translation of the play on their website. The "Modern Text" side of the page is easy-to-understand and is similar to the text in the graphic novel. This is the link to the first scene.


Reading Checks Quizzes:
Expect a reading quiz after each act. Here is the schedule for reading quizzes:

• Act I Quiz: Wednesday, May 1
• Act II Quiz: Monday, May 6
• Act III Quiz: Wednesday, May 8
• Act IV Quiz: Monday, May 13
• Act V Quiz: Tuesday, May 14

Monday, May 13:

• Graphic Organizer Assignment
• Talk about Final - Study Guide
• Reading Quiz over Act IV
• Finish reading Macbeth
• Act V:
• Scene iii
• Scene iv
• Scene v
• Scene vi
• Scene vii
• Scene viii

Tuesday, May 14:

• Reading Quiz over Act V
• One-Pager Assignment
• Due Friday, May 17 at the END of class

Wednesday, May 15:

• Graphic Organizers DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS
• Work on concluding assignments for Macbeth

Thursday, May 16:

• Work on concluding assignments for Macbeth

Friday, May 17:

• Finish concluding assignments for Macbeth (due at the end of class)
• 7th Period: Final

Next Week:

Finals week. Make sure you study and get plenty of rest. Complete and turn in study guide before your final for extra credit.

Finals Schedule

May 13 - 17: 9th Grade Lit and Comp

This Week: Summer is right around the corner!! This week, we will complete our whirlwind unit on Twelve Angry Men!

**If you are absent, make sure you keep up with the reading; this is an online copy of the script.**

***Work on your Portfolio Assignment as you read  - it is due at the end of your class period on FRIDAY, May 17. I will NOT accept this assignment late.***

Monday, May 13:

• Anticipation Guide due
• Finish Act 1 of Twelve Angry Men
• Work on Act 1 Portfolio Activity

Tuesday, May 14:

• Read Act 2 and Act 3 of Twelve Angry Men
• Work on Act 2 Portfolio Activity

Wednesday, May 15:

• Watch Twelve Angry Men
• Work on Act 3 Portfolio Activity

Thursday, May 16:

• Watch Twelve Angry Men
• Work on Post Reading Portfolio Activity

Friday, May 17:

• Complete Portfolio Activities
• TURN IN PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF CLASS

Next Week:

Finals week. Make sure you study and get plenty of rest. Complete and turn in study guide before your final for extra credit.

Finals Schedule

May 6 - 10: 10th Grade World Lit

This Week: This week we will continue reading Macbeth. You will need a copy of the book everyday in class. As you are reading Macbeth, make sure that you are keeping up with your graphic organizer assignment. If you do not finish the assigned reading in class, finish it for homework. Keep up with the schedule posted on this blog. This week will also be our last vocab unit, Unit 13 - sentences are due Wednesday, May 8 at the beginning of class and the quiz is on Friday, May 10.

If you do not have a copy of Macbeth at home, SparkNotes has a "No Fear" translation of the play on their website. The "Modern Text" side of the page is easy-to-understand and is similar to the text in the graphic novel. This is the link to the first scene.

Unit 13 Vocab - Quiz on FRIDAY, MAY 10:

• PowerPoint
• Sentence Assignment (due WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 at the beginning of class)

Reading Checks Quizzes:
Expect a reading quiz after each act. Here is the schedule for reading quizzes:

• Act I Quiz: Wednesday, May 1
• Act II Quiz: Monday, May 6
• Act III Quiz: Wednesday, May 8
• Act IV Quiz: Monday, May 13
• Act V Quiz: Tuesday, May 14

Monday, May 6:

• Graphic Organizer Assignment
• Reading Quiz over Act II
• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act III:
• Scene i
• Scene ii
• Scene iii

Tuesday, May 7:

• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act III:
• Scene iv
• Scene v
• Scene vi

Wednesday, May 8:

• Unit 13 Vocab Sentences due at the beginning of class
• Reading Quiz over Act III
• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act IV:
• Scene i
• Scene ii

Thursday, May 9:

• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act IV:
• Scene iii
• Act V:
• Scene i
• Scene ii

Friday, May 10:

• Unit 13 Vocab Quiz
• Make sure you have all of Act IV read.

Next Week:

Next week, we will finish reading Macbeth and wrap up the semester. Make sure you have a copy of Macbeth that you bring it to class EVERYDAY.

Important Dates:

• Keep up with dates for Reading Checks.
• Friday, May 10: Unit 13 Vocab Quiz

April 29 - May 3: 10th Grade World Lit

This Week: This week we will begin reading Macbeth. You will need a copy of the book everyday in class. As you are reading Macbeth, make sure that you are keeping up with your graphic organizer assignment. If you do not finish the assigned reading in class, finish it for homework. Keep up with the schedule posted on this blog.

If you do not have a copy of Macbeth at home, SparkNotes has a "No Fear" translation of the play on their website. The "Modern Text" side of the page is easy-to-understand and is similar to the text in the graphic novel. This is the link to the first scene.

Reading Checks Quizzes:
Expect a reading quiz after each act. Here is the schedule for reading quizzes:

• Act I Quiz: Wednesday, May 1
• Act II Quiz: Monday, May 6
• Act III Quiz: Wednesday, May 8
• Act IV Quiz: Monday, May 13
• Act V Quiz: Tuesday, May 14

Monday, April 29:

• Graphic Organizer Assignment
• Begin reading Macbeth
• Act I:
• Scene i
• Scene ii
• Scene iii

Tuesday, April 30:

• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act I:
• Scene iv
• Scene v
• Scene vi
• Scene vii
• Act II:
• Scene i

Wednesday, May 1:

• Reading Quiz over Act I
• Continue reading Macbeth
• Act II:
• Scene ii
• Scene iii
• Scene iv

Thursday, May 2:

• Make sure you have read all of Act I and all of Act II
• Watch Acts I and II of Macbeth

Friday, May 3:

• Make sure you have read all of Act I and all of Act II
• Watch Acts I and II of Macbeth

Next Week:

Next week, we will continue reading Macbeth. Make sure you have a copy of Macbeth that you bring it to class EVERYDAY.

Important Dates:

• Keep up with dates for Reading Checks.
• Friday, May 10: Unit 13 Vocab Quiz

April 29-May 3: 9th Grade Lit and Comp

This Week: On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week, you will be taking the EOC.

April 22-26: 10th Grade World Lit

This Week: This week continue reading Night. I have changed the day of the test to Wednesday, April 24. I have also moved the Vocab Quiz scheduled for this Friday to Friday, May 10. As you finish reading Night, make sure that you are keeping up with the questions on your study guide (due April 23). PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VERSION OF MACBETH (details for which version you need are at the bottom of this post) NEXT WEEK. YOU WILL NEED TO BRING IT EVERYDAY STARTING ON MONDAY.

Night PDF

If you do not finish reading in class, here is a pdf of Night. While the content is the same and has the answers to the study guide questions, it is not 100% the same as the edition we have in class.

Monday, April 22:

• Catch-up day
• "A Snapshot of Images" due TOMORROW at the END of class

Tuesday, April 23:

• Finish "A Snapshot of Images" due TODAY at the END of class
• Work on Study Guide due TOMORROW at the BEGINNING OF CLASS

Wednesday, April 24:

• Study Guide due TODAY at the BEGINNING of class
• Night Test

Thursday, April 25:

• Intro to Shakespeare and Macbeth
• PowerPoint
• Notes
• Intro to Superstitions

Friday, April 26:

• Intro to Shakespeare and Macbeth (continued)
• Spring Fling!

Next Week:

Next week, we will begin reading Macbeth. Make sure you have a copy (information below) ON MONDAY and that you bring it to class EVERYDAY.

Important Dates:

• Tuesday, April 23: "A Snapshot of Images" due at the end of class
• Wednesday, April 24: Night Test (Reading Guide due at the beginning of class)
• Monday, April 29: Bring copy of Macbeth to class
• Friday, May 10: Unit 13 Vocab Quiz

For our final unit in World Literature, we will study Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The version of Macbeth that we will be reading is The No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth Graphic Novel. I have chosen this graphic novel adaption of the text as it accurately preserves the language of the original play while updating it for a modern audience. Additionally, the layout and images that appear alongside the text in this adaption are helpful for understanding the events that occur throughout the play.

We will begin our unit on Monday, April 29, and each student is required to have their own copy of the book in class that day. For reference, a picture of the cover and the ISBN of this exact edition are below.

Book ISBN: 9781411498716

Please let me know via email if you are unable to find a copy for your student or if you are able and would like to donate a copy to the class.