English+9+Module+1

Mid November: We are beginning //Of Mice and Men// we are starting the unit with a Web Quest. See Attached. We have completed reading //The Scarlet Ibis// and have created a PEA essay. See Attached. //The Scarlet Ibis:// Here are the questions and activities we have done so far with the Scarlet Ibis. Please see me if you need additional help. //Lamb to the Slaughter:// After reading Lamb to the Slaughter we filled out a plot diagram filling out the elements of the story. These worksheets will help you to finish the assignment. Please see me if you need extra help. Short Story Unit: Here are the short stories that we have read in class. The short stories are available via the web using google and then typing in the story's title. //On Dumpster Diving// //Lamb to the Slaughter// //The Scarlet Ibis//

Daily writings: Here are the daily writings that we have done in class the last three weeks! Make sure you are not missing any and that you only have up to two free writes.

September 7- September 11 During this week in class we began reading On Dumpster Diving and began working on our first process writing assignment. We also took the acuity test and the 9th grade grammar pre assessment. Please come see me to make up these assignments. Hetzel

August 26th -August 31st: We finished creating our glogster posters. We will begin presenting glogsters on 8-31 and 9-1. Please see attached sheet for questions.

Hetzel

August 24th and 25th, 2009: Today in class we finished our wiki quests and began creating our blogs on blogger.com. Please see the attached handout for instructions and further direction. You should have finished blog assignment # 1 by today. The assignement is on the back of the attached sheet. Hetzel



August 21, 2009: Today in class we learned what a wikispace is and how to do basic navigation around the wikispace that Hetzel designed for our class. We watched a video calle Wikispaces in Plain English. This video can be found at www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english After we finished watching the video Hetzel explained how to join the wikispace and gave the following handouts and assignments.

Assignment # 1: Wiki Quest