The Romantics are coming....

This week marks not only the start of book club love, but the beginning of  understanding The Romantics; a group of various writers, painters, poets and musicians and how their contributions have helped shape American society. This is the powerpoint that we are using in class this week. Use it for reference in case your notes are lacking or you forgot to write something down.  The Romantics Powerpoint

Book Club Love Eng. 11 & 9TL

Hello fellow readers! This week will mark the start of our book club lit. circles. Remember, you must have your books by Tuesday, September 28th. Our first book club meeting will take place on Thursday, September 30th. It is not fair to your group if you have not gotten your book, you will all work together in discussing books and study for the final test. The more you contribute the better you will do.

Besides, who doesn't love a good book?


Here's to the written word,

Mrs. Ordway :)

9TL Vocabulary Homework Week One

Well, we're almost done with our first full week of school; how do you like high school so far? In case you didn't have a chance to write down our vocabulary this week the words are:  Flash-Forward, Resolution, Flashback, Climax, Sequence, Exposition, Atmosphere, Foreshadowing, Plot, Setting and Conflict. Your homework for vocabulary was:

Monday: Define each vocabulary word and identify its part of speech (is it a verb, adjective, noun, etc.)

Tuesday: Write a sentence for each vocabulary word using context clues. An example would be: Mrs. Ordway said that a novels climax is the most exciting part of the whole story. This sentence gives the reader an idea of what the underlined word actually means if they are unsure.

Thursday: Create a plot diagram or find make one here at Read Write Think using their Online Plot Diagram if you create one online please don't forget to PRINT IT out.

Friday: All vocabulary work is due, staple and make sure that each page has the correct MLA format in the top LEFT hand corner of your paper. You will also have a quiz on these words, you will match words to definitions as well as put the words in sentences using context clues to help you.

On a side note, we will talk about quoting someone or something next week and I thought you should know what a proper quotation looked like.  Whenever you quote something that already has quote marks you will have double quotes on the outside and single quotation marks inside, it will look like this: " 'Ugh! It's like moist black velvet' "(7, Connell). Notice that after the quote you have to tell me where and whom wrote what you are quoting and this information is always in paraenthesis ( ) and then the period goes after the paraenthesis. In this case this quote can be found on page 7 of our Holt text book and the story was written by Richard Connell.

Happy Wednesday!

English 9TL

Here is our class syllabus. You will be given ONE syllabus in class; if you need another you must print out another one here. Remember, if you do not return your class syllabus you will not receive your bathroom passes. English 9 & 9TL Class Syllabus

English 9 & 9TL

Here is our Novel Term Dictionary that we will be using in class this year. You will be given ONE in class. If you lose or misplace yours it is up to you to download and print it out and complete what we have done in class to catch up.

English 11 Class Syllabus

English 11 students here is our class policies and expectations handout. You can look over and print it out in case you lost yours. Remember, no signed syllabus = NO bathroom passes.  English 11 Syllabus

Welcome Back to School

Welcome back everyone! This year promises to be full of great learning adventures. I will update this blog once to twice weekly with class assignments or information that I feel that you need to know in order to keep you up to date. I'm new to the world of blogging so please be patient if something does not go up as fast as I am hoping.  Here's to a brand new year.

Mrs. Ordway