First quarter centers on study and test-taking strategies, reading comprehension, phonics/spelling, analogies, listening comprehension, writing, grammar and usage. While your emphasis in English I is centered on improving your writing, our class will work on other, essential skills to help you succeed.

Attached is a copy of the policy and procedures sheet you received in class. Feel free to refer to it as needed.

JOURNALS: This assignment consists of 24 entries (columns of writing) or approximately 12 pages in your stenographer's notebook. Aim for at least 8-10 words on a line across a page (or 4-5 words on a line across a column) in order to receive full credit for each entry. If you write large, write more entries. To earn extra credit, you may submit the journal early or you may write more than the required 24 entries. If a journal is submitted late (it must be received by the next day) you may receive a maximum of only 50% of the points possible. No journals will be accepted one day after they're due.

DEADLINES:
September 11, 2013
October 9, 2013
November 6, 2013
December 4, 2013
January 8, 2014

Using the "Literary Terms" sheet from summer school, memorize all terms and be able to find them in the selections assigned. Also, be able to apply the stories to the "Plot Triangle," also in summer school materials.

The following literary selections will be included in our study as well as appear on the final exam in December.

OUTSIDE READING: PERCY JACKSON and the SEA of MONSTERS

HOMEWORK:

Due Monday, August 26: Focus on the PLOT, CHARACTERS and SETTING of "The Cegua," p. 85. Complete both sides of a short story template. Also read and take notes on "Fiction," p. 19-20 and "Adventure," p. 84. 

Due Friday, September 13: Focus on PLOT, CHARACTERS, IRONY, CONFLICT and CLIMAX of "Just Lather, That's All." Complete both sides of a short story template. Review "Fiction," p. 19-20 and "Adventure," p. 84. 

Due Monday, September 23: Focus on PLOT, CHARACTERS, IRONY CONFLICT and NATURALISM in "The MaAster and the Man," page 91. Complete both sides of a short story template. Also read and take notes on "Naturalism," page 84.
                                                 

                                  
Other stories will be assigned. Check your homework board for deadlines and further information.     

Phonics is one of the most critical skills in reading. If you can't pronounce a word, you don't know what it is. If you don't know what a word is, you can't understand the sentence. And that's where problems begin. Also, taking the time to "sound-out" words slows down your reading rate, which causes you to forget what you just read. So to polish-up your knowledge of phonics and to help your reading comprehension, the class will be placing emphasis on this skill.

The following lists contain the phonics/spelling words you'll need to know for phonics tests. Make sure you study the correct spellings and the definitions so you can place the words into sentences that show the word meanings. At the end of 5 lists of words, we will have a unit exam covering all 100 words and definitions.

UNIT A PHONICS WORDS

For Test on August 21, 2013
1. strengthen
2. advertisement
3.negotiate
4. recognition
5. itinerary
6. lenient
7. excessive
8. particularly
9. vicinity
10. environment
11. allergic
12. veteran
13. persuasion
14. hypothesis
15. antenna
16. inconceivable
17. eventually
18. publicly
19. dependable
20. miniature

For test on SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
1. caffeine
2. veterinarian
3. disastrous
4. translucent
5. vacuum
6. revolutionary
7. savory
8. offensive
9. anarchist
10. prevalent
11. ingenious
12. vandalism
13. advisable
14. affable
15. demise
16. compensation
17. pedestrian
18. despise
19. promotion
20. testify

For Test on OCTOBER 8, 2013:
1. revenue
2. occupy
3. synopsis
4. jealousy
5. exaggerate
6. involuntary
7. regal
8. survival
9. susceptible
10. pageant
11. soloist
12. symphony
13. ambiguous
14. vaccinate
15. auditory
16. exhaust
17. stimulate
18. reliable
19. international
20. satellite

For Test on
1. knowledgeable
2. mischievous
3. sculpture
4. petroleum
5. prodigy
6. dissent
7. nuisance
8. regulation
9. melancholy
10. enlightened
11. collision
12. anxiety
13. moderator
14. contraband
15. flammable
16. neutral
17. chaperon
18. preclude
19. coincidence
20. nausea

For Test on :
1. Epidemic
2.Anesthesia
3.Obituary
4.Introvert
5.Significant
6.Scissors
7. Invalid
8. Infamous
9. Dormitory
10. Laudable
11. Monotonous
12. Pathetic
13. Villain
14. Chronological
15. Dissatisfied
16. Avalanche
17. Bouquet
18. Castigate
19. Parole
20.Tedious

100-WORD SPELLING BEE:
100-WORD SPELLING UNIT TEST: