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Port Angeles High School 9th English      

9th English assignments

Unit 1: Learning the Basics/ Short Stories

  1. Essay #1: Personal Expository rubric
  2. Essay #1: Personal Expository outline
  3. Speech #1: What is important to me
  4. Vocabulary #1 wordlist
  5. Vocabulary #1 list practice
  6. Vocabulary Quiz #1
  7. On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read wkst
  8. A Celebration of Grandfathers wkst
  9. A Mother in Manville wkst
  10. The Necklace wkst
  11. The Pigman wkst 1
  12. The Pigman wkst 2

Unit 2: Novel

  1. Essay #2: Character Analysis (writing about supporting detail in a story) rubric
  2. Essay #2: outline
  3. The Pigman quiz
  4. Button, Button wkst
  5. The Way Up wkst
  6. Li Chang's Millions wkst
  7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings wkst
  8. Cask of Amontillado story
  9. Cask of Amontillado wkst
  10. Cask of Amontillado quiz
  11. High School and Beyond Plan
  12. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment story
  13. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment worksheet
  14. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment quiz
  15. Vocabulary #2 wordlist
  16. Vocabulary #2 list practice
  17. Vocabulary Quiz #2

Unit 3: Drama and Poetry

  1. MLK extra credit essay
  2. CQI fact opinion practice
  3. essay #3: winter benchmark (expository essay)
  4. essay #3: winter benchmark (expository essay) EXAMPLE ESSAY
  5. A Sunny Morning wkst
  6. The Miracle Worker Act 1 wkst
  7. The Miracle Worker quiz
  8. Essay #4: Literary Analysis (The Miracle Worker) rubric
  9. Essay #4: Literary Analysis (The Miracle Worker) OUTLINE
  10. Speech #2: poetry recitation and commentary
  11. The Walrus and the Carpenter poem
  12. The Walrus and the Carpenter wkst
  13. Fog poetry packet
  14. Rainbow poetry packet
  15. Beowulf test
  16. Vocabulary #3 wordlist
  17. Vocabulary #3 list practice
  18. Vocabulary Quiz #3
  19. 9th grade extra credit opportunities

Unit 4: Romeo and Juliet

  1. Essay #5: Persuasive Essay on Romeo and Juliet rubric
  2. Essay #5: outline
  3. Essay #5: Persuasive Essay on Romeo and Juliet EXAMPLE
  4. Essay #5: Persuasive Essay on Romeo and Juliet EXAMPLE 2
  5. Speech #3: Shakespearean Recitation

  6. Romeo and Juliet electronic text
  7. Romeo and Juliet Act 1 summary sheet
  8. Romeo and Juliet Act 2 summary sheet
  9. Romeo and Juliet Act 3 summary sheet
  10. Romeo and Juliet Act 4 summary sheet
  11. Romeo and Juliet Act 5 summary sheet
  12. Romeo and Juliet Final Test

  13. Vocabulary #4 wordlist
  14. Vocabulary #4 practice
  15. Vocabulary Quiz #4
  16. Caps 2 wkst

Unit 5: The Odyssey and Research

    Essay #6: April Benchmark Essay
  1. Essay #7: hero essay annotated bibliography rubric
  2. Essay #7: hero outline
  3. annotated bibliography directions
  4. Taming of the Shrew test
  5. Odyssey wkst 1
  6. Odyssey wkst 2
  7. Odyssey wkst 3
  8. Odyssey wkst 4
  9. Odyssey final test
  10. point of view practice
  11. Vocabulary #5 wordlist
  12. Vocabulary #5 practice
  13. Vocabulary Quiz #5
  14. extra credit opportunities

Unit 6: Novel #2 / Short Stories

  1. Last Leaf - text
  2. Last Leaf wkst
  3. Retrieved Reformation - text
  4. Retrieved Reformation wkst
  5. Gift of the Magi - text
  6. Gift of the Magi wkst

  7. Tom Sawyer - text
  8. Tom Sawyer chapters 1-5 wkst
  9. Tom Sawyer chapters 6-10 wkst
  10. Tom Sawyer chapters 11-15 wkst
  11. Tom Sawyer chapters 16-20 wkst
  12. Tom Sawyer chapters 21-25 wkst
  13. Tom Sawyer final test

  14. Speech #4: Hero speech
  15. Essay #8: Tom Sawyer compare/contrast essay rubric
  16. Essay #8: outline
  17. Speech #5: Extra Credit Interdisciplinary Presentation

  18. Vocabulary #6 wordlist
  19. Vocabulary #6 practice
  20. Vocabulary Quiz #6