The HAPPENINGS

 

Pre-AP:  Students are currently working on comma rules, semi-colon rules, and co-ordinating conjuction rules.  Students will correct sentences and also write compound sentences using correct punctuation and grammar.  Annotating will be taught and applied first to short paragraphs, then to larger fiction selections.  Students will move from teacher led annotating, to group annotating, to individual annotating.  A presentation where they have annotated a selection of their choice will follow. 

 

Students will also begin reading Farhrenheit 451.  Class discussions, answering questions in short answer and essay format, and annotating will be compiled with this text.  Students will also compare the text to modern day issues.

 

SOL:  9.3, 9.6, 9.7, *9.2

 

Regular:  Students will be focusing on a quick review of fiction vocab including, but not limited to:  plot, personification, imagery, static and dynamic characters, setting, denotation and connotation, etc.  Students will interact with these terms daily, repeating them out loud for memorization of definitions.  Students will also be applying these terms to fiction short stories.  They will start with one term, but by the end be expected to complete a paper showing answers to all terms.

 

Students will also begin learning to annotate short stories.  Students will be working with Wikki Stix to appeal to kinesthetic learners.  They will also create posters and other hands on activities to increase learning.  Teacher will lead lessons, followed by some group work, and individual work.

 

SOL 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

SOL:  9.3, 9.6, 9.7,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room 218

 

A day:  2A, 3AB, 4A

B day:  1B, 3AB, 4B

 

School Schedule:

Homeroom:  8:25-8:35 

1st period:  8:40-10:15

2nd period:  10:20-11:55

3rd period:  12:00-1:15

          2nd lunch:  12:25-12:55

4th period:  1:20-3:05

The HOMEWORK

Regular: none

 

Pre-AP:  none

 

 

 

 

 

I was Mrs. Oni, but am now Ms. Cunningham.  So, if you knew me as Mrs. Oni, it's still me, just a different name!  J

 

Regular 9:

Mostly 1st Marking Period

 

Intro

Intro to Library

Fiction/Poetry/Non-fiction Vocabulary

Short Stories – There Will Come Soft Rains, The Last Spin, The Lady or the Tiger, etc.

Learning to read orally

Writing Emphasis – Character & Setting Development, “Writing to Cause Visualization”

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

Grammar Emphasis – Daily Warm Ups

SOLs Grammar permeates ALL SOLs *9.7

 

Mostly 2nd Marking Period

 

Writing Emphasis (Creative, Persuasive, Opinion) – “Tell Me A Story”, Allegory Story

SOLs 9.6, 9.7

 

Poetry Emphasis (with individual oral presentation)

Includes Poetry Vocab/application

SOLs 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

The Giver

Utopian Society Project (with group oral presentations)

SOLs 9.3, 9.6

 

Mostly 3rd Marking Period

 

Exams included in these weeks

Includes Poetry Vocab/application

Non-Fiction Emphasis

SOLs 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

“The History Of”…Informational Short Research Project

SOLs 9.2, 9.3, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9

 

Mostly 4th Marking Period

 

Short Stories Emphasis

Essay Emphasis – “A Modest Proposal”, Seinlanguage Essays

Tone & Voice Writing Emphasis

Includes Poetry Vocab/application

SOLs 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

Drama – Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

Shakespeare Information

SOLs 9.1, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7

 

Buffer time due to snow days, classes behind, assemblies, etc…

 

Review

Final Exams

Watch Dead Poets Society

 

 

 

 

Specifics

 

** Students will be doing:  reading/responding, critical thinking, creative/critical/informational /persuasive/research/and expository writing, and oral presentations.

 

** Students will be assessed by the standard of excellence of each assignment they turn in, class discussions, journal entries, short answers, essays, and tests.  To acquire their grades, all points from each assignment possible are divided by the total points achieved to receive a point average (turned into a percentage).  Each marking period’s possible points vary. 

 

*** Literature circles will be developed and used through out this year.

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Pre-AP 9: 

Mostly 1st Marking Period

 

Intro

Learning to Read Orally

Literary Terms/Fiction vocab/Poetry vocab

Literary Criticism by the S.I.F.T. Method

Literature Emphasis – Short Stories:  There Will Come Soft Rains, The Last Spin, The Lady or the Tiger?, One Ordinary Day with Peanuts, etc.

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

Fahrenheit 451 (approx. 25 pages/PM), answering multiple paragraph style questions related to text

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

 

Mostly 2nd Marking Period

 

Writing Emphasis – 5 Paragraph Essay (will write many!), Character and Setting Development, “Tuning Your Voice”, Allegory Story, “Tell Me a Story”, “Writing to Cause Visualization”

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

Includes poetry vocab/application

 

Exams included in these weeks

Anthem (approx. 14 pages/PM), answering multiple paragraph style questions related to text

Short Stories

SOLs 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

 

Mostly 3rd Marking Period

 

Writing Emphasis – Rhetorical Analysis

Begin 5 full page Expository Paper (MLA format) – Give out syllabus (certain days will be reserved for the different steps of the paper).  To be done on Anthem.  Mostly to be done at home as homework. 

SOL 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

HMWK SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9

 

Includes poetry vocab/application

 

Research Paper due

MLA Documentation

1 Autobiography or 1 Biography

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

Silas Marner (approx. 20 pages/PM), answering multiple paragraph style questions related to text

Short Stories

SOLs 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

 

Mostly 4th Marking Period

 

 

Drama – Othello/Twelfth Night:  Or What You Will

Shakespeare Information

SOLs 9.1, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7

 

Poetry Emphasis (in-class only)
Includes poetry vocab/application

SOLs 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

More Application of Literary Criticism through

Short Stories Emphasis

Essay Emphasis – A Modest Proposal, Seinlanguage excerpts

Writing Emphasis – Tone & Voice

SOLs 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7

 

A Christmas Carol (approx. 20 pages/PM), answering multiple paragraph style questions related to text

Short Stories

SOLs 9.3, 9.6, 9.7

 

Review

Final Exams

Watch Dead Poets Society

 

Specifics

 

**  Pre-AP 9 students will be journaling/doing extensive note-taking and writing responses to each novel, essay, short story, and article read/evaluated (for comprehension and literary criticism).  Writing will be completed as a process and will be a large part of this class (at times done in groups).  Writing will usually be done on a bi-daily basis in response to quotes or controversial topics, as essays, arguments, with appeals to emotions/ethics/logic. Students will also present (SOLs 9.1, 9.2) their responses orally in class at times. 

 

** Students will be assessed by the standard of excellence of each assignment they turn in, class discussions, journal entries, short answers, essays, and tests.  To acquire their grades, all points from each assignment possible are divided by the total points achieved to receive a point average (turned into a percentage).  Each marking period’s possible points vary. 

 

**  There will also be a focus on grammar via daily warm ups at the beginning of most classes.  Grammar will always be focused on during all writing.  All writing will be done in a structured, correct manner.

 

** Literature circles will be developed and used through out this year.