9weeks1&2

2008-2009 ** ||    ** Week 1 ** || 1. Welcome/summer review 2. Activity 3. Turn in summer journal || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Discussion of journal 2. What’s silly and serious in __Haroun__? How do these relate? || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Mark light and dark images on pages 150-152, 166 and 172. In the margins, make notes about the symbolic or serious meanings of these passages. || 1. Introduction to course: use of notebook, laptops, and texts; skills in reading, writing, speaking and language structure. 2. Discuss assignment || **__ Assignment: __** D-Night || Parent/Advisee/Advisor Conferences || **__ Assignment: __** ||  ** Week 2 ** || Labor Day – No Class || **__ Assignment:  __** (See Friday assignment.) || 1. What makes a good discussion? 2. Begin //Haroun// discussion – Does Haroun change? If so, how? What are a hero’s qualaities? || **__ Assignment: __** 1. (For Friday) Pick 3-5 passages from the book and that seem to answer the question: “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” Make notes on each in the margins of your book. || Retreat at Camp St. Croix! || **__ Assignment: __** Bring your laptop to class on Monday, September 12th so you can write an in-class paragraph. || 1. Discussion: “True” stories and //Haroun// || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Bring your book marked with passages that answer the question, "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?" || || **__ Assignment: __** TBD ||
 * = English 9 – Assignment Sheet  =
 * Journeys in Literature
 * Cultures are defined and reflected by the stories they tell. ||
 * **__ Tuesday, August 26: __**
 * Journal #1 ** – Write a letter to me describing a physical or emotional journey you took this summer. Be sure to include details that will add vitality to your tale. ||
 * **__ Wednesday, August 27: __**
 * == __Thursday, August 28:__ ==
 * **__ Friday, August 29: __**
 * Journal #2 ** – Consider events, ideas, names or images that refer to speech or silence. Find three and write a journal entry explaining what message or meaning these might suggest.
 * ** English 9 – Assignment Sheet **
 * Journeys in Literature 2007-2008 ** ||
 * **__ Monday, September 1: __**
 * **__ Tuesday, September 2: __**
 * **__ Wed.-Thurs. September 3-4: __**
 * **__ Friday, September 5: __**
 * **__ Monday, September 8: __**
 * Benchmark #1 ** - In class paragraph writing (with book and laptop).
 * Benchmark #1 ** - In class paragraph writing (with book and laptop).