Homework

Homework will be posted each day by 4pm. Standing Homework: 1) Read 10 pages in your book of choice (SSR book) every night. Record on your index card when you start a new book and when you finish one. 2) Every Monday will be new vocabulary or new grammar. If it is a vocabulary week, STUDY it for the vocab game on Tuesday. If Monday is a grammar day, study your notes. 3) Most Fridays you will have a vocabulary or grammar test. Study vocab or your grammar notes a little each night and you'll do well.
 * 9CP English **

[|Here's a link to read Romeo and Juliet online:]

9/2/14 - Bring the __Student Information Sheet__ back by Friday. Be sure to have a marble copybook for a __Writer's Notebook__ on __Monday__ as well as a pack of __3x5 index cards for vocabulary__. 9/5/14 - Your student information sheet is worth 5 points if you bring it in by today! Having a marble copybook for a writer's notebook and a pack of 3x5 index cards by Monday 9/8 is worth 5 points. The Letter to My Senior Self is due next Friday 9/12. Here is the __return address__ to put on the envelope: Mrs. Kenney c/o Upper Moreland High School 3000 Terwood Road Willow Grove, PA 19040 YOUR address goes in the center of the envelope. Put a FOREVER stamp on it. I will mail this letter to you one week before the senior prom! By **Sunday at 3pm** you must produce a well-written paragraph on the topic "What Will Be My Verse?" Be sure that spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure are correct! It must be created on your google drive account and shared with me electronically. 9/8/14 - Be sure to study the roots and their meanings for the game tomorrow and the quiz on Friday. If you didn't complete the paragraph on "What Will Be My Verse?" I will still accept it if you get it done by Wednesday at 8am. (Period 4/5 only - We didn't get to this yet!) You can access this link - www.quizlet.com - to study the roots and the words that are made from the roots. The login is __mrskenney__ and the password is __vocabulary.__ Go to "My Sets" and click on umhsmrskenneyroots#1 to practice the roots and their meanings and go to umhsmrskenneywords#1 to practice the words and their meanings. There are games you can play and you can even test yourself! Don't forget that the "Letter To My Senior Self" is due this Friday 9/12. (See homework for 9/5 for the directions and proper address.) 9/9/14 - Study your vocab for the game tomorrow! Letter To My Senior Self is due on Friday. Be sure to bring your Writer's Notebook to class tomorrow. 9/15/14 If you didn't take the summer reading survey, please take it tonight. Here is the link? www.surveymonkey.com/s/LC7VY6S. Thank you. If you missed the video on Grammar, (or you just want to see it again!) here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc Please read your SSR book for at least 10 minutes tonight and every night. Be sure to help your group complete the google doc summarizing the NY Times article that you read on grammar today in class. Be prepared to discuss the author's stance on grammar and tell why you agree or disagree with him/her. 9/22/14 - Study new vocabulary for the game tomorrow and a quiz on Friday. Keep reading your SSR book. 9/23/14 - Study new vocab! Don't forget about quizlet to help you review. Did you hand in your Letter to My Senior Self? 9/24/14 - Quiz on Friday. Bring in your SSR book to read after the quiz. Did you hand in your Letter to My Senior Self? Work on it on Thursday and bring it in on Friday.

__**Homework will now be shared via a google doc. Check your "Shared With Me" section of your Google Drive. Check this document daily!! **__

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9 Honors English [|Here's a link to read Romeo and Juliet online:]
 * Standing Homework:**
 * 1) Read 10 pages in your book of choice (SSR book) every night. Record on your index card when you start a new book and when you finish one.**
 * 2) Most Mondays you get new vocabulary. STUDY it for the vocab game on Tuesday. If Monday is a grammar day, study your notes.**
 * 3) Most Fridays you will have a vocabulary or grammar test. Study vocab or grammar notes a little each night and you'll do well**
 * [[file:mrskenneyumhs/SSR BOOK REFLECTION TEMPLATE.doc|SSR BOOK REFLECTION TEMPLATE]].**

9/2/14 - Bring the __Student Information Sheet__ back by Friday. Be sure to have a marble copybook for a __Writer's Notebook__ on __Monday__ as well as a pack of __3x5 index cards for vocabulary__. 9/5/14 - Your student information sheet is worth 5 points if you bring it in by today! Having a marble copybook for a writer's notebook and a pack of 3x5 index cards by Monday 9/8 is worth 5 points. The Letter to My Senior Self is due next Friday 9/12. Here is the __return address__ to put on the evelope: Mrs. Kenney c/o Upper Moreland High School 3000 Terwood Road Willow Grove, PA 19040 YOUR address goes in the center of the envelope. Put a FOREVER stamp on it. I will mail this letter to you one week before the senior prom! By **Sunday at 3pm** you must produce a well-written paragraph on the topic "What Will Be My Verse?" Be sure that spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure are correct! It must be created on your google drive account and shared with me electronically. 9/8/14 - Be sure to study the roots and their meanings for the game tomorrow and the quiz on Friday. If you didn't complete the paragraph on "What Will Be My Verse?" I will still accept it if you get it done by Wednesday at 8am. You can access this link - www.quizlet.com - to study the roots and the words that are made from the roots. The login is __mrskenney__ and the password is __vocabulary.__ Go to "My Sets" and click on umhsmrskenneyroots#1 to practice the roots and their meanings and go to umhsmrskenneywords#1 to practice the words and their meanings. There are games you can play and you can even test yourself! Don't forget that the "Letter To My Senior Self" is due this Friday 9/12. 9/9/14 - Study your vocab for the game tomorrow! Letter To My Senior Self is due on Friday. Be sure to bring your Writer's Notebook to class tomorrow. 9/15/14 If you didn't take the summer reading survey, please take it tonight. Here is the link? www.surveymonkey.com/s/LC7VY6S. Thank you. If you missed the video on Grammar, (or you just want to see it again!) here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc Please read your SSR book for at least 10 minutes tonight and every night. Be sure to help your group complete the google doc summarizing the NY Times article that you read on grammar today in class. Be prepared to discuss the author's stance on grammar and tell why you agree or disagree with him/her. 9/22/14 - Study new vocabulary for the game tomorrow and a quiz on Friday. Keep reading your SSR book. 9/23/14 - Study new vocab! Don't forget about quizlet to help you review. Did you hand in your Letter to My Senior Self? 9/24/14 - Quiz on Friday. Bring in your SSR book to read after the quiz. Did you hand in your Letter to My Senior Self? Work on it on Thursday and bring it in on Friday.

__**Homework will now be shared via a google doc. Check your "Shared With Me" section of your Google Drive. Check this document daily!! **__

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 * Making Connections**
 * Visualizing**
 * Identifying Roadblocks**
 * Using Context to Clarify**
 * Chunking**
 * Getting the Gist**