Media Lit Project

See the new page for Media Lit project materials, including the rubric.  The HW tab has due dates listed.  Remember to submit your abstract to Turnitin.com before you come to class on Thursday—the whole project is due that day!

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE your speech!!!!

Welcome 9th Honors Class 2010-2011!

Welcome to room 506, the land of language and literature.  Over the next year, we’ll be reading, writing, talking, presenting, examining, exploring, and—of course—learning.  Prepare for the journey.  It won’t be easy, and sometimes, you’ll get frustrated…but I promise, it will be worthwhile.  Most importantly, we won’t end up like this:

 

Syllabus 2011-2012

See the attachment below for this year’s 9th Honors syllabus:

9H Syllabus 2011-2012

Literature Selections for 2011-2012

One of the first questions students ask is, “What are we going to read this year?”  I have mapped out the major works we will cover in the list below.  ****It is strongly encouraged that you purchase your own copy of each text we read.  These texts will be analyzed extensively in class, and students consistently perform better when they are able to mark and write in their texts directly.****

Semester One: Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and possibly also Animal Farm

Semester Two: Romeo and Juliet, poetry and nonfiction unit, The Odyssey* (no purchase of Odyssey is needed–the text is in our textbook)

Short stories, poems, and nonfiction selections will also be included within each unit.

Style Guide

Use the style guide for information regarding: MLA page formatting, writing steps, outlines, documenting sources in text, and creating a works cited page.

NHS Style Guide

Supplies

Please have the following supplies as soon as possible:

1.  Binder–FOR THIS CLASS ONLY–Students will be responsible for random notebook checks periodically throughout the school year.

• loose-leaf paper
• 5 divided sections
• pockets in front and back

2.  Post-It Notes–any size or color

• Students will learn to become close readers this year.  These handy adhesive notes will be used for annotating texts in class.

3.  Pens AND Pencils

4.  Highlighters

5. 2 Dry-Erase Markers

6. Index Cards (4×6 or 3×5 please)

STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

1. USB Flashdrive (any size–doesn’t have to be for use just in Language Arts)

Georgia Performance Standards

For a description of the standards to be taught throughout the year, please see the link below.

9th Grade Standards