All Quiet on the Western Front End Test -- Wednesday, October 15 (Quote Section) and Thursday, October 16 (Objective Section)

Yasmina Khadra novel -- We will discuss the project portion of the marking period end assessment during the week of October 20.  However, make sure you have been reading the novel!  Note the new due dates for the marking period assessment -- articles with paragraphs are due Monday, Oct. 27 and cultural analysis is due Wed., Oct. 29.

We will be doing some war poetry and viewing the film War Horse.  As this will close our unit of war literature, you will be writing a thesis paper focusing on the works studied this marking period.  However, we will most likely not begin this paper until the end of October/the beginning of November.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Finish All Quiet on the Western Front for Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Once you are done reading the novel, you should have a bit of "free-time" at home to work on reading and completing the project for your Yasmina Khadra novel.  The assignment and final due date is posted under the ABOUT section of google classroom.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front
Read Chapters 7 & 8 for Tuesday, September 30
Read Chapter 9 for Friday, October 3

Computer Lab #438 -- Webquest:

We will meet in the lab on Thursday, October 2 and Friday, October 3.

World War I Website 
http://www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm

The Christmas Truce
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm

Outside Resources/Study Guides:

 http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/suss97677  
(The above link is for the Gale On-Line database from the High Point On-line Resources .  Look in your planner for the password you must use.  Once you have access to it, Click on The Gale Virtual Reference Library only.  Once you get into the Reference Library, type in All Quiet on the Western Front in the Search box.)

 http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/all_quiet.pdf  

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front
Due Wednesday, September 24:  Chapters 1-4
Due Friday, September 26:  Chapters 5 & 6

The Week of September 15, 2014

Time to share your summer reading books!  On Monday, September 15, you will be asked to share your summer reading book with the rest of the class.  You may use your computer-generated project (which is due on the 15th!) to help you through your discussion.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the 9th grade guidance counselor will come into your class to share with you all that High Point has to offer!

On Wednesday, September 17, we will have our summer book discussion, "Marriage is a Private and begin discussing our first novel of the year...All Quiet on the Western Front.  Before we begin the actual reading of the novel, we will start by reading Luis Pirandello's "War." An in-class writing prompt pertaining to "War" will be given in class on Thursday and Friday (9/18 & 9/19).

You will also be assigned your independent reading for the first marking period.  This will be a Yasmina Khadra novel.  You will be given the books and the assignment on Friday, September 23. Due dates for the independent reading assignment and project will be given in class.

The Week of September 8-September 12

This week you will be learning about and discussing a few of the literary terms we will be using throughout the year.  The short story "Marriage is a Private Affair" and questions pertaining to the short story will be used in the discussion of literary terms. The homework questions will be assigned in class and a due date will be given.  A zero will be placed in the gradebook if the assignment is not competed by the due date.

Here is a link to the short story "Marriage is a Private Affair" --
http://peopleandstories.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/marriage-is-a-private-affair.pdf


Please study for the following quiz -- 
Thursday, September 11:  Literary Term Quiz (based off of PowerPoint presented in class on 9/8)

Do not forget to also be working on your summer reading project.  I handed the assignment to you in class and have also placed a copy of it in https://classroom.google.com .  The summer reading project is due Monday, September 15.  You will be penalized a letter grade for each day it is handed in late.

September 2014

Unit 1 of 9 Honors World Literature:  Below is a brief synopsis of what we will be doing during the first few weeks of school.

As 9^th grade English students, you will be exposed to many different cultures this year through films, literary works, and nonfiction.  What can we learn from reading articles and stories and from viewing films about different cultures?   Why is it so important for young students in today’s society to be exposed to these different cultures? 

All of the tools you will need to be a successful high school English student will be given to you during the first marking period. The following are the items we will be working on over the next marking period:

·         Quote Analysis

·         Critical Thinking Skills

·         Writing Skills (Thesis Statements, Paragraph Organization, MLA format, Citations, Works Cited Page, etc.)

The works we will be focusing on during marking period 1 include:

·         Summer Reading Choice

·         The Sirens of Baghdad, The Swallows of Kabul, or The Attack by Yasmina Khadra

·         “Marriage is a Private Affair” (http://peopleandstories.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/marriage-is-a-private-affair.pdf) and other selections from World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry 

·         Osama

·         2014 summer and fall current event articles from around the world

TAKING NOTES...

You are required to take notes while reading and viewing films.  

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