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
