9 HONORS SUMMER READING REQUIREMENTS ARE BELOW THE CALENDAR
REMINDER: Absent students should make up all tests/exams and hand in homework as soon as possible.
Tests/quizzes will be marked as "Incomplete" (zero) until the test/quiz is made up.
*Students who miss a test/quiz will be required to make up missing assignments during their designated 5th period remediation day. This may be the same day the student returns.
Tests/quizzes will be marked as "Incomplete" (zero) until the test/quiz is made up.
*Students who miss a test/quiz will be required to make up missing assignments during their designated 5th period remediation day. This may be the same day the student returns.
Required Summer Reading for 9 honors composition (KEEP READING FOR ASSIGNMENT)
Animal Farm (George Orwell) is a satire, fable, and allegory. It is the story of unhappy animals on Manor Farm that stage a revolution against their human owners. Published in 1945, its themes relate to the horrors of WWII, and it is an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917.(Note: You may also see this book titled Animal Farm: A Fairy Story- this is the same book.)
A description of how these characters parody the Russian Revolution can be found at:
Animal Farm Comparison Chart
Students in 9 Honors should read the book and take notes on major events and character development. You will not be allowed to print out or use Sparknotes, Cliff's Notes, Shmoop, etc. in class.
Optional Reading Comprehension Questions: Animal Farm Questions
Note: You are not required to read Orwell's longer novel, 1984, but it's a good idea to read this sometime before college.
A description of how these characters parody the Russian Revolution can be found at:
Animal Farm Comparison Chart
Students in 9 Honors should read the book and take notes on major events and character development. You will not be allowed to print out or use Sparknotes, Cliff's Notes, Shmoop, etc. in class.
Optional Reading Comprehension Questions: Animal Farm Questions
Note: You are not required to read Orwell's longer novel, 1984, but it's a good idea to read this sometime before college.
Required summer reading for 9 honors composition
Night (Elie Wiesel--Trans. Marion Wiesel) is Wiesel’s memoir of his experiences surviving a Nazi death camp during the Holocaust. It’s an account of a young Jewish boy who witnesses the many horrors of Auschwitz –and his view of humanity is forever transformed.
Students in 9 Honors should read the book and take notes on major events and character development. You will not be allowed to print out or use Sparknotes, Cliff's Notes, Shmoop, etc. in class.
Optional Night Reading Comprehension Questions: Night Questions
Students in 9 Honors should read the book and take notes on major events and character development. You will not be allowed to print out or use Sparknotes, Cliff's Notes, Shmoop, etc. in class.
Optional Night Reading Comprehension Questions: Night Questions
Summer reading Assignment:
Students are expected to have both books read by the first day of the semester. We will be completing an in-class writing assignment within the first few days of school. Students will be able to use their annotated books and handwritten notes for the assignment.
Please bring books for citation purposes (e-copies are much more difficult to reference).
Please bring books for citation purposes (e-copies are much more difficult to reference).
The 9 Honors Curriculum
Please see the curriculum guide for an overview of the course. As stated, this is primarily a composition course. This means that we will be focusing more on learning how to research and write essays that are either expository or argumentative in nature. We will read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the end of the semester. We may read a few short stories in class to use as introduction to the academic literary essay. Therefore, there is no other list of readings for this course. Learners and parents can preview the course content and Google Presentations by scrolling through the various 9 Comp units under the "9 Comp" tab. Honors learners will also be expected to study all parts of speech, parts of the sentence, and basic clauses. The "Grammar and Style" tab will preview the concepts we will study this year. Learners will also be quizzed on 20 vocabulary words per week using the Sadlier-Oxford Level E program.
We will not be writing poetry, drama, or any type of fiction as a graded component of this course.
Further down on this page is a preview of the literature that will be required reading for the 10 Honors course.
Learners considering continuing the honors program through to AP Literature and the AP Lit Exam (Grade 12) should begin reading titles from the AP list on their own time. Recommended Reading for AP Literature and Composition Test
We will not be writing poetry, drama, or any type of fiction as a graded component of this course.
Further down on this page is a preview of the literature that will be required reading for the 10 Honors course.
Learners considering continuing the honors program through to AP Literature and the AP Lit Exam (Grade 12) should begin reading titles from the AP list on their own time. Recommended Reading for AP Literature and Composition Test
Articles of Interest:
If you struggle in class, consider taking notes--by hand.
"Here's Why Writing Things Out By Hand Makes You Smarter"
"Reading a Novel Changes Your Brain"
"Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds"
Final exam review - Grammar
Parts of Speech Study Guide for Final Exams
Answer Key
Parts of the Sentence Study Guide for Final Exams
Answer Key
The grammar portion of the final exam is 60 questions.
You should be able to:
Define the eight parts of speech
Identify the eight parts of speech
Identify simple subjects and simple predicates
Identify prepositional phrases
Identify parts of the sentence (DO/IO/OC/PA/PN)
Match sentence patterns to sentences
Identify clauses as subordinate, independent, or neither.
You should be able to:
Define the eight parts of speech
Identify the eight parts of speech
Identify simple subjects and simple predicates
Identify prepositional phrases
Identify parts of the sentence (DO/IO/OC/PA/PN)
Match sentence patterns to sentences
Identify clauses as subordinate, independent, or neither.
Sadira's Comma Corner (Extra practice in using commas)
Tools to create online study groups
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