Saturday, December 13, 2008

TO ALL MY LITERATE GRADE 9 STUDENTS...

Before anything else, let me wish you and your families an ADVANCE MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2009...!

Now...down to business...! I have a number of HOLIDAY HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS for you to work on given the 15 days you are going to "miss" seeing me and/or “miss” being in my class.

FIRST…you have the entire break to re-read and understand the story POISON by Roald Dahl, in case you have not done so yet. Answer numbers 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 on page 91 (NB). I will be giving you a Check-UP Quiz on this story when we return from the holidays so be prepared…!

SECOND…be ready to discuss the story OMAM as soon as we get back. We will be working on that first before POISON...!

THIRD...you should be memorizing, planning, and working on your ROMEO & JULIET Scenes already. I am going to ask for an update from every group on what you have already accomplished by the time we get back to school in January. Make sure to take note of the workers and the slackers in your group for peer rating purposes…!

FOURTH…We will begin discussing ACT ONE of ROMEO & JULIET sometime before the Chinese New Year Break. Make sure to start understanding the lines little by little so that you will not have to do it all last minute again. By then, we should’ve been done with our OMAM and POISON discussion already

FIFTH…on an A4/F12/DS/TNR, write me an essay on how your Christmas Break was…try to be as honest as possible in relating the events that transpired during your holidays…if it was boring, then write about it…if it was fun, then tell me what made it fun. This one you will not be able to do until after the New Year, so I suppose you’ll have to leave it for last…!

LASTLY…you will be having your Literary Terms MT as soon as we get back from the holidays…I will be making an announcement regarding exemption from taking it by the time we get back…!

That’s All Folks! Have a Safe and Wonderful Christmas Holidays and come back refreshed and ready to Rock-N-Roll for the Second Semester. Be good and get all your homework/assignments out of the way as soon as possible so that you can enjoy your break to the max…CIAO!!!

Mr. A

Thursday, October 23, 2008

TO ALL MY LITERATURE 9A STUDES...

GREETINGS!

I am sure by now you miss me so much already and you just can't wait to start school and be with me in class again...I feel the same way!

Anyways...as I mentioned, you have until tomorrow evening, Saturday, 25 October 2008, to complete and respond to this blog. Answer it as honestly and as completely as possible.

"How did you spend your October Break and what instance in your vacation could you attribute or relate to our class? Think carefully and explain well please. Remember that this is a first-come-first-serve basis again...so before you post, check other postings first so you will not end up duplicating anything."

That's All Folks! Enjoy whatever is left of your holiday and do not miss me much...we'll be seeing each other in three days time---WOW! ---October Break is over...! Take care and be safe...CIAO!!!

Mr. A

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

TO ALL MY LITERATURE 9A STUDES...

GREETINGS!

I sure hope you are not missing me too much yet at this point...hehehe! Anyways, here are your Quarter Break Homework/Assignments which I will expect you to have completed by the time we get back to school on Monday, 27 October 2008.

I have a number of QUARTER BREAK HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS for you to work on given the 9 days you are going to "miss" seeing me and/or “miss” being in my class.

FIRST…you have the entire Quarter Break to read, review (if you’ve read it before!), and take notes on our next class novel, The Wizard of OZ…we are going to immediately get our discussion going as soon as we return from the break…!

SECOND…alone or with a partner, figure out what you think might have happened next after the climactic part of the story A Sound Of Thunder. Then, write a continuation of that story and give it a good “closed” ending. I am going to collect and check this as soon as we get back to class so make sure you have it on an A4/F12/DS/TNR. …!

THIRD…read and understand The BIRDS (pp. 50-75) and make sure to take notes on it for discussion purposes. Answer Reading Check, Shaping Interpretations, Extending the Text, and Challenging the Text on page 77 (NB)…!

FOURTH…prepare for a Literary Terms Test and a Vocabulary Terms Test as soon as we get back from the break. Be aware that the Literary Terms Test is already going to be an application of the words/terms and not anymore just meanings…!

FIFTH…now that we are done with Lord of the Flies, our next stop is Of Mice and Men. In case you have not started reading this story, may I suggest that you begin it because we are going to work on this for the Second Quarter. Do not forget to take notes so you won’t forget what you read.

LASTLY… on Friday, 24 October 2008, I am going to post a blog for you to respond to. You will have the whole day of Friday and the whole day of Saturday, 25 October 2008, to post your responses. I am going to close that blog on the evening of Saturday between 7:00PM to 11:59PM…!

That’s All Folks! Have a Safe and Wonderful Quarter Break and come back refreshed and ready to Rock-N-Roll for the second part of the semester. Be good and get all your homework/assignments out of the way as soon as possible so that you can enjoy your break to the max…CIAO!!!

Mr. A