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English 9 - Semester 2

Day 1 - January 15, 2025:
 
Assignment #1: Email Your Teacher
 
Using your Office 365 Account, Email your teacher introducing yourself. Answer the following questions in your email?
 
What areas in school were you successful Semester 1?
 
What areas in school did you struggle the most Semester 1?
 
How would you describe your effort in Semester 1?
 
What are your goals for Semester 2?
 
This assignment is due by the end of the period.
 
Assignment #2:  Join Khan Academy
 
Please be sure to use your district email address to make your account. 
 
Assignment #3:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Adjectives and Articles
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Adjectives and Articles". There are four video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 2 - January 16, 2025:
 
Assignment #4:  OneNote: The Cost of Survival
 
Read Pages 126-127 of the textbook and complete pages 128 and 129. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Assignment #5:  OneNote: The Seventh Man
 
Read Pages 133-144 of the textbook and complete pages 145, 146, and 148.
You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
take pictures, and insert them into your OneNote.
 
Day 4 - January 21, 2025:
 
 
Day 5 - January 22, 2025:
 
Assignment #6:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Adverbs
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on Adverbs". There are two video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 10 - January 29, 2025:
 
Assignment #7:  Khan Academy - Adjective Order and Commas with Adjectives
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Adjective Order and Commas with Adjectives". There are two video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Day 11 - January 30, 2025:
 
Assignment #8:  OneNote: "The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt" by Nancy Sherman
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 153-157 in the textbook. You will complete a SOAPSTONE Summary of the essay as well as complete Pages 157, 158, and Page 160. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 12 - January 31, 2025:
Day 14 - February 4, 2025:
 
Performance Task #1:  Argument Essay
 
Day 15 - February 5, 2025:
 
Assignment #9:  Khan Academy - Comparative, Superlative, Intensifiers, and Adverbs of Degree
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Comparative, Superlative, Intensifiers, and Adverbs of Degree". There are three video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Test #2: Khan Academy - Modifiers Unit Test
 
 Day 19 - February 11, 2025:
 
Assignment #10:  OneNote: "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 487-489 in the textbook. You will complete a narrative literary analysis of the story as complete Pages 490 (Questions 1-3) and Page 491 (Analyze the Text 1-4, Why These Words? and Word Study). You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 20 - February 12, 2025:
 
Assignment #11:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Prepositions
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Prepositions". There are four video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 22 - February 18, 2025:
 
Test #4: "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid
 
 
Day 23 - February 19, 2025:
 
Assignment #12:  Khan Academy - Types of Prepositions and Phrases
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Types of Prepositions and Phrases". There are three video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 24 - February 20, 2025:
 
Assignment #13:  OneNote: "Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy or a Just a Tragic Misunderstanding?"
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 360-361 in the textbook. You will complete a SOAPSTONE analysis of the article on Page 362 and complete the QuickWrite on Page 363. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Here is a video on Determinism vs. Free Will:
 
Day 25 - February 21, 2025:
 
Assignment #14:  OneNote: Romeo and Juliet - Act I
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 377-396 in the textbook. You will complete questions 1-4 on Page 396 and complete Analyze the Text, Why These Words? and the Word Study on Page 397. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 28 - February 26, 2025:
 
Assignment #15:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Conjunctions
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Conjunctions". There are two video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 33 - March 5, 2025:
 
Assignment #16:  Khan Academy - Correlative Conjunctions
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Correlative Conjunctions". There are two video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Test #5: Khan Academy - Prepositions and Conjunctions Unit Test
 
 
Day 31 - March 3, 2025:
 
Assignment #17:  OneNote: Romeo and Juliet - Act II
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 401-420 in the textbook. You will complete questions 1-5 on Page 420 and complete Analyze the Text, Why These Words? and the Word Study on Page 421. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
 
 
 
Day 36 - March 10, 2025:
 
Assignment #19:  OneNote: Romeo and Juliet - Act III
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 425-446 in the textbook. You will complete questions 1-3 on Page 446 and complete Analyze the Text, Why These Words? and the Word Study on Page 447. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 38 - March 12, 2025:
 
Assignment #20:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Commas
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Commas". There are three video assignments and three quizzes.
 
 
Day 41 - March 17, 2025:
 
Assignment #21:  OneNote: Romeo and Juliet - Act IV
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 451-462 in the textbook. You will complete questions 1-3 on Page 462 and complete Analyze the Text, Why These Words? and the Word Study on Page 463. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 43 - March 19, 2025:
 
Assignment #22:  Khan Academy - Commas in Time and Space
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Commas in Time and Space". There are three video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Day 44 - March 20, 2025:
 
Assignment #23:  OneNote: Romeo and Juliet - Act V
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 467-478 in the textbook. You will complete questions 1-3 on Page 479, Analyze the Text on Page 480, and Why These Words? and the Word Study on Page 482. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
 
 
Day 48 - March 20, 2024:
 
Assignment #24:  Khan Academy - More Ways to Use Commas
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "More Ways to Use Commas". There are four video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Test #9: Khan Academy - Commas Unit Quiz
 
 
 
Day 51 - April 8, 2024:
 
Performance Task #2:  Argument Essay
 
Day 53 - April 10, 2024:
 
Assignment #25:  Khan Academy - Apostrophes and Contractions
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Apostrophes and Contractions". There are three video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Day 56 - April 15, 2024:
 
Assignment #26:  EdPuzzle - Clash of the Gods: Zeus
 
Day 58 - April 17, 2024:
 
Assignment #27:  Khan Academy - Introduction to the Possessive
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to the Possessive". There are three video assignments and two quizzes.
 
Day 59 - April 18, 2024:
 
Assignment #28:  EdPuzzle - Clash of the Gods: Hercules
 
Day 61 - April 22, 2024:
 
Assignment #29:  EdPuzzle - Clash of the Gods: The Minotaur
 
Day 63 - April 24, 2024:
 
Assignment #30:  Khan Academy - "Its" vs. "It's" 
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Its" vs. "It's". There are three video assignments and one quiz.
 
Test #11: Khan Academy - Comma and Apostrophe Unit Test
 
Day 64 - April 25, 2024:
 
Assignment #31: EdPuzzle: The Iliad - The Story of Paris
 
Assignment #32:  EdPuzzle: The Iliad - The Story of Helen
 
Assignment #33:  EdPuzzle: The Iliad - A Tragic Love Story
 
Day 66 - April 29, 2024:
 
Assignment #34:  EdPuzzle: The Iliad - War Begins
 
Assignment #35:  EdPuzzle: The Iliad - Menelaus' Challenge 
 
Assignment #36:  EdPuzzle: The Iliad - Tragic Prophecy
 
Day 68 - May 1, 2024:
 
Assignment #37:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Colons
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Colons". There are two video assignments and one quiz.
 
Day 69 - May 2, 2024:
 
Assignment #38:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - Sailing From Troy
 
Day 70 - May 3, 2024:
 
Assignment #39:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - The Cyclops
 
Day 71 - May 6, 2024:
 
Assignment #40:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - The Land of the Dead
 
Day 72 - May 7, 2024:
 
Assignment #41:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - The Sirens
 
Day 73 - May 8, 2024:
 
Assignment #42:  Khan Academy - Introduction to Semicolons
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Introduction to Semicolons". There are two video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Test #12: Khan Academy - Colon and Semicolons Quiz
 
Day 74 - May 9, 2024:
 
Assignment #43:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - Scylla and Charybdis
 
Assignment #44:  OneNote: "The Odyssey - Part 1"
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 561-589 in the textbook. You will complete Page 590 and 591. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
 
Day 75 - May 10, 2024:
 


Day 76 - May 13, 2024:
 
Assignment #45:  EdPuzzle: The Odyssey - 20 Years Gone and Back Again
 
Day 78 - May 15, 2024:
 
Assignment #46:  Khan Academy - Hyphens, Dashes, and Ellipses
 
In this assignment, you will go to khanacademy.org and complete the assignments on "Hyphens, Dashes, and Ellipses". There are three video assignments and three quizzes.
 
Test #14: Khan Academy - Colon and Semicolons Unit Test
 
Day 79 - May 16, 2024:
 
Assignment #47:  OneNote: "The Odyssey - Part 2"
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 595-616 in the textbook. You will complete Page 617 and  620. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
 
Test #15: "The Odyssey - Part 2"
 
 
Day 80 - May 17, 2024:
 
Assignment #48:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 1-3
 
Day 81 - May 20, 2024:
 
Assignment #49:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 4-6
 
Day 82 - May 21, 2024:
 
Assignment #50:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 7-9
 
Day 83 - May 22, 2024:
 
Assignment #51:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 10-12
 
Day 84 - May 23, 2024:
 
Assignment #52:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 13-15
 
Day 85 - May 24, 2024:
 
Assignment #53:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 16-18
 
Day 86 - May 28, 2024:
 
Assignment #54:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 19-21
 
Day 87 - May 29, 2024:
 
Assignment #55:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 22-24
 
Day 88 - May 30, 2024:
 
Assignment #56:  EdPuzzle: The Hunger Games - Chapters 25-27
 
Day 17 - February 7, 2025:
 
Assignment #10:  OneNote: "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
 
In this assignment, you will read Pages 203-210 in the textbook. You will complete a narrative literary analysis of the story as complete Pages 211 and Page 212. You must complete the textbook pages in order to receive credit for your OneNote.
 
Day 17 - February 7, 2025: