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On this page you'll find information about what we do every day in class, including the play-by-play of what happens in each class period, homework assignments, and due dates. Here's what to know: 

• Class activities are listed in reverse date order. Scroll down to find the date you seek.
• Access older units and lessons through the lesson archives
• An overview of English 9 can by obtained by reading the course syllabus
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CURRENT UNIT FOCUS:

• Reading and Writing Poetry - click here for the poetry handout

UP NEXT: Reading and Writing Mystery

Wed, Apr 11

DUE: n/a

HMWK:

• Finish poetry assignment #2;
• Draft poetry assignment #3
• Poetry assignments 2 and 3 DUE FRIDAY - TYPED

TODAY: metaphor; the process of writing

Read and answer the poetry prompts for "Theme for English B" and "The Writer"

Refer to the Poetry Handout

Tue, Apr 10

DUE: Draft of poetry assignment 2

HMWK: Work on developing poetry assignment 3

TODAY: Metaphor, simile, imagery

Introduction to poetry assignment 3

A quick read through "Theme for English B" and "The Writer"

• review of metaphor and simile
• review of imagery 

Work time while Mr. Rice reviews drafts of poetry assignment 2 

Mon, Apr 9

DUE: n/a

HMWK: Write a draft of the poetry assignment mentioned below (#2)

TODAY: New poetry writing assignment!

Poetry Writing - Assignment Two

The poems “Young”, “Hanging Fire”, “Song of the Open Road”, and “The Road Not Taken” all address a specific time in life. The first two are about adolescence, and the latter two talk about choosing a direction in life.

This poem assignment asks you to focus on a specific time in a person’s life, whether it’s infancy, first steps, first day of school, first time you rode a swing by yourself, first time driving a car, choosing a college, losing that first boyfriend/girlfriend.

Your goal is to capture the feelings surrounding that moment in a person’s life. The requirements for this poem are:

1. Write in first person
2. Develop a rhyme scheme that repeats in at least two stanzas
3. Make your poem at least twelve lines long
4. Capture an important moment in the life of a person
5. Capture a clear theme in the poem – What is life like at that moment?
6. Capture a clear tone from the speaker

CLICK HERE FOR POETRY ASSIGNMENT ONE

CLICK HERE FOR THE POETRY UNIT HANDOUT