ENGLISH 9

Mr. Howard, Instructor

Class Rules:

• 1. Enter quietly, be seated and go to work.

• 2. Listen the first time.• 3. Come to class with materials.• 4. Respect others and their

property.• 5. Talk or leave seat only with

permission.• 6. Follow school rules and

classroom directions.

CONSEQUNCES:

• 1. Warning• 2. Work in isolation and additional

assignment.• 3. Parent, student, and teacher

conference.• 4. Office referral.

EXPECTATIONS:

• 1. Students are to submit all homework and class work on time. No late work will be accepted; if late work is permitted, student grade on that assignment will be lowered a letter grade for each day the assignment is late.

• 2. All handouts, notes, graded assignments, etc, should be kept in an organized portfolio.

EXPECTATIONS:

• 3. Students will get all make up work before or after school or during my planning period. A make up request sheet will be posted in the room and is to be completed in order to get missed work.

• 4. Each class will begin on time. Students are expected to be ready to begin class at the appointed time.

EXPECTATIONS:

• 5. Students are to bring materials (only those that pertain to this class), which includes textbooks, to class at all times.

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES:

• Loose leaf paper• Dictionary• 3 Ring binder• Black/blue ink pens only• Journal notebook (composition)

First Things First……

• 1. You should be in class, seated and ready to begin class (having all necessary materials) before the tardy bell rings.

• 2. When you enter the class, there will be a quote on the board. You are to spend 5-7 minutes writing in your journal about the quote. There are no right or wrong answer, just

First Things First……

• 2. When you enter the class, there will be a quote on the board. You are to spend 5-7 minutes writing in your journal about the quote. There are no right or wrong answer, just simply interpret the quote and relate the quote to your life, personal experience, etc.

First Things First……

• The heading for your journals should be as follows:

• Date(first line) Author• Quote• Interpretation:

First Things First……

• For all assignments, you are to make sure that you write legibly, use black or blue ink, and apply properly all rules of the English language. In other words, you should make sure that your assignments are grammatically correct. This includes spelling words correctly.

First Things First……

• You will be required to recite poems and, at times, interpret them.

• Also, you should make sure that you do not write on the back of your paper(s) or outside the margins.

First Things First……

• You should head your paper(s) accordingly:

• Name• Date• Grammar 9• Mr. Howard, Teacher

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• Your notebooks and binders should only include English work. Your notebook should be divided into the following categories:

• A. Grammar Notes/Assignments• B. Literature Notes/Assignments• C. Vocabulary Note/Assignments• D. Poetry/ Quotes Notes/Assignme

Student Identification Card

• Front of Card• Name• Date of Birth• Age • Emergency Contact Number• Parent Name• Address

• Back of Card• Class Schedule

UNIT 1

• Assignments and Activities

The Road Not TakenBy: Robert Frost

• Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;

• Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same

The Road Not TakenBy: Robert Frost

• And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back

• I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. 

BIOPOEM

• Line 1: First name• Line 2: Three adjectives to describe you.• Line 3: An Important relationship• Line 4: Three things you love• Line 5: Three feelings you experienced.• Line 6: Three fears you experienced.• Line 7: Accomplishment(s)• Line 8: Three things you want to see happen.• Line 9: Your residence.• Line 10: Last name.

BIOPOEM

• Christopher• Adventurous, Intelligent, Creative.• Father of Kia Madysen Howard.• Love run, teaching, reading.• Over joyed when kai was born, excited when I finished

high school, sad when my grandmother died. • There is not to fear, but fear itself.• Accomplished my goal of becoming a teacher.• I want to see my daughter become a successful

individual of society, all of my student finish high school, my entire family live a productive life

• Born in Minters, Alabama; live in Oxford, Alabama• Howard

Literary Terms

• 1. Symbol- something that stands for something else. • 2. Exposition- Introduction/ background information.• 3. Setting- where and when the story takes place.• 4. Theme- the central point or message “life lesson”.• 5. Plot- the series of actions.• 6. Rising action- adds to complications of conflict• 7. Conflict- problem to be solved.• 8. Climax- most intense part, turning point.• 9. Falling action- follows climax, reveals resolution.• 10. Resolution- the final outcome, solving of problem.

Literary Terms

• 11. Foreshadowing- hints of events to come.• 12. Flashback- an earlier events is inserted.• 13. Mood- the feeling or atmosphere of a piece of

writing.• 14. Point of view- voice through which the story is told.• 15. First person- character uses own voice, uses I. • 16. Third person limited- narrator reveals thoughts of

one person, uses he or she.• 17. Third person omniscient- narrator not a character,

knows everything about the characters.• 18. Protagonist- main character• 19. Antagonist- force that opposes the central

character.• 20. Foil- a character who contrast with another.

Literary Terms

21. Tone- the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject.

22. Diction- a writer’s choice of words.

23. Connotation- unwritten meaning associated with a word.

24. Dialect- language spoken by a group, often within a region.

25. Irony- contrast between appearance and reality.

26. Situational Irony- outcome is opposite of what is expected.

27. Verbal Irony- says one thing and means another.

28. Dramatic Irony- reader knows something the characters do not.

Literary Terms

• 29. Stream of consciousness- free- flowing thoughts, feelings, and memories.

• 30. Satire- ridicules vices and follies.• 31. Allusion- a reference in a work of literature to

history, art or literature. • 32. Analogy- a comparison to show similarities

between two things that are dissimilar.• 33. Figurative language- used for descriptive effect.• 34. Literal Language- simple, straight-forward,

opposite of figurative language.• 35. Imagery- language that appeals to the senses.• 36. Simile – comparison using like or as.• 37. Metaphor- comparison not using like or as.

Literary Terms

• 38. Alliteration- repetition of consonant sounds.• 39. Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds.• 40. Hyperbole – a figure of speech where exaggeration

is used.• 41. Personification- human qualities given to non-

human things.• 42. Onomatopeia – words that suggest sounds.

Alma Mater• A.H.S. dear Alma Mater,

• Listen while we sing:• To thy feet with deep devotion,

• Grateful hearts we bring.

• Though our paths of life may sever, • Though we wander far,

• Still our hearts are turning ever, • Where dear memories are

• Steadfast, loyal, ever true, • Through all the years to be;• Thus we sing our hearts’

• allegiance,• A.H.S to thee.

Bell Schedule

Essay Writing

• Five paragraph essay

• Five sentences per paragraph

• Topic: I am _____________

Journal Topic

• “Each of us must earn our own existence. And how does anyone earn anything? Through perseverance, hard work, and desire.”

• - Thurgood Marshall

Novel

• Tears of a Tiger • Author: Sharon Draper• Purchase the book at Books a

Million or order it on line.

Current Event

• All current events must be a paragraph. Five sentences per paragraph.

• The event must be recent.