San Diego
Jewish Academy |
The California Language Arts Content Standards - Grades
9/10
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/stand/std.html#9WA
Feb
05-09 | Feb
12-16 | Feb
19-23 | Feb
26-Mar 02 | Mar
05-09 |
Mar
12-16 | Mar
19-23 | Mar
26-30 | Apr
2-6 | Apr
16-20 | Apr
23-27 |
Apr 30-May
04 | May
07-11 | May
14-18 | May
21-25 | May
28-June 01 |
June
04-08 | June
11-15 | June
18-22
Note: As in life, changes will occur. When they do, we will notify the students in class and modify this site as soon as possible. Week 1 (Jan 28-Feb 02)
Turn in or have
ready Questions 2,3,4 Vocabulary quiz Bring personal reading book Read 30 min. Read WH pp. 428-29 on Shakespears's background, questions
2,3,4 on p 430 due Tues. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Vocabulary due Wed Read 30 min. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Vocabulary due Wed Read 30 min. Read 30 min. Vocabulary quiz Fri Bring personal reading book Fri Read 30 min. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed
Week 3 (Feb-12-16) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Sonnet Exercise
- paraphrase Bring personal reading book Read 30 min. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Read 30 min. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Begin Sonnet
Exercise - paraphrase line by line - Fri Read 30 min. Continue Sonnet
Exercise - paraphrase line by line - Fri Read 30 min. Continue Sonnet
Exercise - paraphrase line by line - Fri Bring personal reading book Fri Read 30 min. Reading
Journal Letter due Wed
No School
Week 4 (Feb 19-23) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Romeo and Juliet Bring personal reading book Bring personal reading book Bring personal reading book Vocabulary quiz Sonnet Exercise
- recital Bring personal reading book Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Vocabulary due Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Vocabulary due Thur Sonnet Exercise
- recital - Fri Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Sonnet Exercise
- recital - Fri Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Vocabulary quiz Fri Sonnet Exercise
- recital - Fri Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Complete R&J Promptbook 2.2 due Tues Reading
Journal Letter due Wed
No School
Act 1 quiz
Week 5 (Feb 26-Mar 02) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring personal reading book Complete R&J Promptbook 2.2 Bring personal reading book Bring personal reading book Vocabulary quiz Bring personal reading book Romeo and Juliet Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Read R&J 2.3 Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Vocabulary due Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Read R&J 2.4 Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Vocabulary quiz Fri Complete R&J Act 2 Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed
Act 2 quiz
Week 6 (Mar 05-09) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring personal reading book Binder check Bring personal reading book R&J 3.1 Tableaux Vivants presentations Bring personal reading book Shakespearan Scene using five Vocabulary
words - draft due R&J 3 Review Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed From the Vocabulary lists of 2-05
to 2-26, select any five words. Show your clear
understanding of each by appropriately incorporating them
into your Shakespearean Scene for Friday. Read 30 min. Organize binder Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed R&J 3.1 Tableaux Vivants Exercise - snapshot -
Wed Read RJ 3.3-5 and summarize Shakespearan Scene using five Vocabulary
words - draft due Thur Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Review R&J 3 Shakespearan Scene using five Vocabulary
words - draft due Thur Read 30 min. Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed
Week 7 (Mar 12-16) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring personal reading book Scholarship record update due Bring personal reading book Summary paragraph due Bring personal reading book Bring personal reading book R&J Review 3 due Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Tues Update scholarship record Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Write a summary paragraph identifying what you feel to be
the points of major importance in R&J 3.3-5 Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book R&J 3 Review due Fri - typed, edited,
using complete sentences
and correct citation format for quoted lines Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book R&J 3 Review due Fri - typed, edited,
using complete sentences
and correct citation format for quoted lines Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Subtext
exercise - R&J 4.1-2 Reading
Journal Letter due Tues
Week 8 (Mar 19-23) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring personal Subtext
exercise - R&J 4.1-2 Fear Writing due Bring personal Plot outlines due Bring second lunch Poem due Bring personal Bring personal Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Reading
Journal Letter due Wed Write about a fear you've had Read 4.3 and circle any unfamiliar words Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Read 4.4-5 and write a plot outline of those scenes due
Wed Bring second lunch for Wednesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Complete poem Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Fate questions
due Monday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Fate questions
due Monday
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
Week 9 (Mar 26-30) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Fate questions
due Bring personal "Final Words" paragraph due Bring personal Bring personal Bring second lunch Promptbook and character report due Bring personal Bring personal Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Write "Final Words" paragraph - due Tuesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Promptbook Review Bring second lunch for Wednesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Complete promptbook and character report - due
Thursday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Memorize lines - presentation Monday Review - R&J unit quiz Wednesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Memorize lines - presentation Monday Review - R&J unit quiz Wednesday
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
Week 10 (April 02-06) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Presentations Bring personal Bring personal Review - R&J unit quiz Bring personal Bring second lunch Bring personal Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Review - R&J unit quiz Wednesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Review - R&J unit quiz Wednesday Bring second lunch for Wednesday Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Read 30 min. each day Bring personal reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
(April 06-15)
Spring Break - Pesah - Starts 04-06 -
Friday
Fill
the Well
Week 11 (April 16-20) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring personal Bring personal Bring second lunch Bring personal California by
Rail Magazine Article Draft due Bring personal Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Bring second lunch for Wednesday California by
Rail Magazine Article Draft - due Friday California by Rail
Magazine Article Assignment Sheet - due Next Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book California by
Rail Magazine Article Draft - due Friday California by Rail
Magazine Article Assignment Sheet - due Next Wed Read 30 min. each day Bring personal reading book California by
Rail Magazine Article Draft - due Friday California by Rail
Magazine Article Assignment Sheet - due Next Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book California by Rail
Magazine Article Assignment Sheet - due Next Wed
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
Week 12 (April 23-27) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Vocabulary quiz Bring personal California by Rail
Magazine Article Bring personal Bring second lunch Bring personal Bring fill-the-well book Bring personal Bring fill-the-well book Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book California-by-Rail
Magazine Article - due Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Bring second lunch for Wednesday California-by-Rail
Magazine Article - due Wed Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Bring fill-the-well book Read 30 min. Bring personal reading book Bring fill-the-well book
reading book
reading book
reading book
reading book
Week 13 (April 30 - May 04) - Checklist of what to bring for Cal-by-Rail trip
California-by-Rail Trip - Starts April 29 - May 04
Week 14 (May 07-10) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring fill-the-well book Bring second lunch Pieces for Cal-by-rail magazine Read 30 min. Vocabulary due Wed Read from J.F. Bierlein's Parallel Myths -
Cultural
Literacy Table due Tuesday, May 15th "The Greek and Roman Pantheon" pp. 24-9 Greek Creation Myths" pp. 46-8 "The Five Ages of Man" pp. 103-4, Vocabulary due Wed Bring personal reading book Bring second lunch for Wednesday Work on pieces for Cal-by-rail magazine, due Thur Read from J.F. Bierlein's Parallel Myths -
Cultural
Literacy Table due Tuesday, May 15th "Prometheus and Epimetheus" pp. 114-5 "Greek and Roman Love Myths" pp. 136-147 Work on pieces for Cal-by-rail magazine, due Thur Read from J.F. Bierlein's Parallel Myths -
Cultural
Literacy Table due Tuesday, May 15th "Greek Morality Tales" pp. 165-170 "Theseus" pp. 185-191
Week 15 (May 14-17) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring second lunch Read from J.F. Bierlein's Parallel Myths -
Cultural
Literacy Table due Tuesday, May 15th Redue Vocabulary due Thur Bring personal reading book Bring second lunch for Wednesday Redue Vocabulary due Thur Read 30 min. Read 30 min.
Week 16 (May 21-25) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring second lunch Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Bring second lunch for Wednesday Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes.
Week 17 (May 28-June 1) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring second lunch Paragraph on "Lot's Wife" Bring R&J text Paragraph on R&J Print ad or news article with mythological allusion Printout of god/goddess Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Bring second lunch for Wednesday Complete paragraph for "Lot's Wife" for Thursday (typed,
12-point, double spaced, use quotes) Bring R&J text Find print ad or news article with allusion to mythology
for Friday Find and print picutre with url or source of god/goddess
archetype from our readings that interests you or with whom
you identify for Friday Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Complete paragraph for R&J for Friday (typed,
12-point, double spaced, use quotes) Find print ad or news article with allusion to mythology
for Friday Find and print picutre with url or source of god/goddess
archetype from our readings that interests you or with whom
you identify for Friday Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Edit paragraphs
Week 18 (June 04-08) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring second lunch Complete essay Bring The Pearl Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Combine paragraphs into an essay (one document with intro
and body paragraphs) Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Complete essay; final copy due on Thursday Bring second lunch for Wednesday Complete essay; final copy due on Thursday Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read ch. 1 in The Pearl and bring book to
class Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Vocab due Tuesday Read ch. 2-3 in The Pearl and bring book to
class Vocab due Tuesday Complete mosaic for Tuesday
Week 19 (June 11-15) | Top
Turn in or have
ready Bring The Pearl Collect mosaic and vocab Bring The Pearl Bring second lunch Bring The Pearl See The Tower Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Read ch. 4 in The Pearl and bring book to
class Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Complete The Pearl and bring book to class Bring second lunch for Wednesday Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Review for final exam Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Review for final exam Read until your eyes burn and your heart soars...at a
minimum...read 30 minutes. Review for final exam
Week 20
(June 18-22)
06-19-20 - Tues -Wed - Final Exams -
12:15 Dismissal
06-20 - Wed - Last Day of School
Final exam, Tuesday, June 19th
what do we wish for you,
on this, the first day of summer?
the dignity of freedom,
the song of wholeness,
the desire to twist your heart around,
the responsibility to repair the world.
and if the second or third
day
of summer
is grey or lonely,
and the fourth or fifth
is quiet or hopeless,
we wish for you
calm dignity,
clear song,
unfettered desire,
grounded responsibility.
we exhort you to
press on with your work
beyond fear,
which is the only barrier
to finding your treasure.*
and on the sixth and seventh
day,
we wish for you
understanding &endash;
the understanding that
you contain
the treasure
you seek.
melissa and doug &endash; 6-01
*Joseph Campbell, Myths to Live By
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