English 9

• Reviewed the year: Writing, Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary.

• How to build an essay
• Rock climbing essay planning - intro, several points, conclusion
• Had students plan a five paragraph essay
• Have a beautiful Yomtov!

• Gave back tests

• Review subject and predicate
• Subjects and predicates in questions and commands
• Discuss sentence fragments

• Subject Predicate Classwork (PDF)

• Vocab/Spelling Test 1

• Sentences
• Subjects and predicates

• The Speckled Band review and discussion - plot, themes.

• 8 parts of the English language
• Nouns (Part 1 of 8) - Concrete vs abstract, common vs proper, singular vs plural vs collective

• Nouns classwork (PDF)

• The Speckled Band discussion
• Author vs narrator, narrator's point of view
• Setting

• Vocab Test Sep 15

• Vocabulary list 1 (PDF)

• Why we communicate (to inform, collaborate, learn, persuade, and many more)
• Ways we communicate (oral, written, electronic, body language, smoke signals)

• Pre-writing - think, plan, organize, take notes.
• Assignment - Think and plan an essay about the greatest communicator you know.

• Finish reading The Speckled Band

Due: Thursday, September 10

• Discussed questionnaire results, class goals
• Hand out class rules
• Students should have a four section loose leaf and a pen.

• Class rules (PDF)

• Reviewed six-word story results

• Read the first ten pages of The Speckled Band

Due: Thursday, September 3

• Welcome to class
• Gave out student questionnaire
• Six-word story