Sunday, December 11, 2005

Speech

Speech Syllabus
December 12-16, 2005



Monday, December 12, 2005

• We will go over Chapter 4 in the speech book-pp. 81-102.
• We will review speech sign up.
• Demonstration speeches begin on Wednesday, December 15.
• Discuss portfolios.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

• Today I will answer any questions, and we will review outlines.
• I will go over the peer evaluation sheets that will be used for each Demonstration Speech.
• If have time, you may finish any work you need for your outlines.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

• Today we will begin Demonstration speeches.
• Please make sure you are evaluating each speech/speaker.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

• Continue with Demonstration Speeches.

Friday, December 16, 2005

• Continue with Demonstration Speeches.

English 9A

English 9A Syllabus
December 12-16, 2005
Week Five of Trimester II

Monday, December 12, 2005

• Review for Vocabulary two test.
• Vocabulary Two test is on Tuesday.
• Complete the “Rainbow Revision” activity for Personal Narrative essays.
• Final essays are due on Wednesday.
• Red dot book tests today.
• Journal entries checked today.
* Hand out Problem Solving Sheet over the short story "Poison."
* This is due on Tuesday.


Tuesday, December 13, 2005
• Test over Vocabulary Two.
• Hand out Vocabulary Three words and go over.
• Vocabulary Three words due on Wednesday.
• Test over Vocabulary Three words on Friday.
• Correct Personal Narrative Essays.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005
• Collect corrected “Personal Narrative” essays.
• We will go over Vocabulary Three words.
• We will begin the short story “The Birds.”
• We will discuss the meaning of foreshadowing and the “Words to Own Words.”

Thursday, December 15, 2005
• We will go to the lab for Criterion Writing.
• I will discuss how to gloss (show where you have made corrections) your essays.
• Remember Vocabulary Three test is on Friday, December 16.

Friday, December 16, 2005
• You will have the test over Vocabulary Three.
• You will finish the short story “The Birds.”
* I will give you an Essay Evaluation Sheet to keep in your portfolio.


Reminders:

 You will have two vocabulary tests this week.
 All of you need to get another red dot book.


Indiana State Standards over material covered this week:

• 9.3.5 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.
• 9.3.2 Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres (different types of writing) to explain how the selection of genre shapes the theme or topic.
• 9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
• 9.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist with specific examples of corrections for frequent errors.
• 9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
• 9.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply and interpret what the words imply.