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Home / Saint Peter Middle - High School Staff Directory / Paulette Topel
English 9
English 9 Syllabus
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January 2010
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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2
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3
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4 review paper topics/outlines and thesis statements due Tuesday
papers due Friday
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5 watch modernization
check outlines and thesis statements
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6 finish modernization
act IV and V review questions
quote search
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7 jeopardy review
paper time
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8 Final draft of Romeo and Juliet due *NO PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 1/15
Romeo and Juliet Final test
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10
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11 introduce The Lord of the Flies
read chapter one
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12 read chapter 2 character chart
read chapter 3&4
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13 background notes
vocabulary
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14 discuss chapters 3&4
read chapter 5
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15 LAST DAY FOR ROMEO AND JULIET PAPERS
discuss signs of breakdown
read chapters 6&7 for Monday
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18 Island map
discuss 6&7
read chapter 8
discuss
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19 Read chapters 9&10
discuss symbolism
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20 Discuss 9&10
read chapters 11&12
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21 review book
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22 Lord of the Flies Final
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December 2009
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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*see last week in November for this week's plans
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7 Read Act I, scene 5
sympathetic attraction
review questions due Wednesday
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8 watch act I
time to work on reveiw questions
storyboard act I
sonnets
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9 act I reveiw questions due
start act II
Tybalt challenge letter
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10 finish act II
writing exercise
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11 watch act II
act II review questions
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12
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14 go over pronouns
finish act II
review questions due Wednesday
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15 Tybalt challenge letter due
MOCK WRITING TEST (no period 2 class)
watch act II/storyboard
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16 questions act II due
sonnet
writing exercise
start act III
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17 act III, i newspaper story
keep reading
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18 finish act III
Review Questions due Tuesday
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21 start reading act IV
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22 Act III review questions due
continue reading
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23 Finish Romeo and Juliet
paper topics- outline due after break
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November 2009
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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2
group project presentation
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3 finish group project presentation
paper work time/edit rough drafts
Last day for late work (descriptive papers)
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4 rough draft/paper time
start reviewing for test
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5 review for myth test
personality papers due today or tomorrow
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6 Last day of quarter
myth test
Hercules/heroes
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9 Teacher work day
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10 "Housekeeping"-tests/grades/books
Hero notes
Review Perseus
Hercules
12 Modern Labors due Wed.
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11 finish Hercules collect Modern Labors
Begin the Odyssey
Trojan War film
Intro. p640
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12 finish intro notes
writing exercise
start reading The Odyssey
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13 Continue reading the Odyssey part one
writing exercise
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16
finish the Odyssey part 1
Home poem
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17 Odyssey part 1 movie
postcard project (due Monday 11/23)
review questions
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18 writing exercise
begin/finish part 2 of the Odyssey
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19 movie part 2
lab time for postcards
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20 Home poem due
Odyssey paper prep.
possible Ody test
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23 if no test Friday Ody test today
lab time for paper
postcards due
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24 lab time for paper
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25 lab time for paper ?
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30 Odyssey papers due
begin Romeo and Juliet
notes
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background on Shakespeare
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start reading act I of writing exercise Romeo and Juliet
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keep reading R&J
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keep reading R&J
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October 2009
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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1 Of Mice and Men chapter 1
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2 Of Mice and Men vocab (due 10/7)
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3
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4
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5 Watch chapter one Of Mice and Men
Read Chapter 2
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6 Characterization of Mice and Men
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7 Of Mice and Men vocab due
Read Chapter 3
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8 Watch chapters 2&3 Of Mice and Men
writing exercise
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9 Of Mice and Men vocab part 2
Chapter 4 due Monday
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10
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12 Discuss Chapter 4 Of Mice and Men
writing exercise
Read ch. 5
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13 descriptive writing assignment
finish book/discuss irony, foreshadowing
To A Mouse poem
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14 Early Release
Vocab due
Theme of loneliness
time for writing assignment pre-writing
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15 MEA
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16 MEA
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19 Watch M& M movie
prep for test
work time on descriptive writing
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20 Take Of Mice and Men test
MAP testing- language usage
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21 Start Mythology
- notes
12 Olympians
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22 Rough draft of descriptive writing due (final due Tuesday)
12 Olympians
worksheets (god/goddess due Fri)
writing ex
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23 worksheets Myths of creation
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26 create a god due
myths of explanation
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27 descriptive writing due
worksheets
group project introduction/begin
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28 worksheets
4 paragraph essay assignment/outline
work time group projects
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29 outline check/paper work time
group project work time
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30 last day to work on group projects
lab time for rough drafts
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September 2009
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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8 seating chart/introductions
R.A.G. activity part one
syllabus
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9 R.A.G. activity part two
writing exercise
review literary terms
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10 finish review of lit. terms (if needed)
lit books
vocabulary
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11 terms review
read: The Most Dangerous Game
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14 smart rev. terms
Apply terms to the Most Dangerous Game
work time on vocab
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15 MAP testing
Vocab due
Vocab review
writing ex.
Read Thank You M'am
characterization
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16 Mother to Son
Characterization assignment (due Monday)
Nonfiction selections
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17 Show don't tell concept
The Sniper- characterization
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18 time to work on characterization sheet
Read: The Interlopers
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21 writing ex.
read "The Scarlet Ibis"
discuss theme and symbolism
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22 characterization due
Vocab ss#2 (due Fri)
Read The Lady or the Tiger
Homework: read The Gift of the Magi
ending due Mon
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23 Read "The Necklace"
discuss
compare/contrast Della and Mathilde
theme poster
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24 The Cask of Amontillado
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25 vocab due
watch video
Coat of Arms assign. (due Wed)
Read Poe nonfiction
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