Sept 6

To find the syllabus for the course, check this link which will take you to a Google Doc:

2013/2014 English 9 Syllabus

Memorize poem for Tuesday:

"We Real Cool" by Gywendolyn Brooks

We real cool. 
We Left school.
We Lurk late. 
We Strike straight. 
We Sing sin. 
We Thin gin. 
We Jazz June. 
We Die soon.

Icarus "about me" assignment.
Using the template provided, make a collage representing you. As a starting point, refer to all of the things that you wrote in your journal: "I Am"
After you've done that, think a bit more about what kind of person you are. Then select a magazine from the table at the front of the room, grab a pair of scissors, and start finding pictures, words, parts of pictures, parts of words, colors, etc. that you'd like to glue to your collage. 

One extra thing that you should consider doing is finding a quote somewhere that helps us understand who you are and writing it over part of the collage. 

This is a creative assignment, so you might think of other ways to improve your collage so that it expresses who you are (applying some paint, for example).

20 points, due Monday

Journal:
I am . . .
In your notebook, date today's journal entry (Tuesday, September 3) and write "I am . . ." at the top.
Then answer the following 5 questions:
1. a character from a book, movie, poem, or song who is similar to me
2. something most people don't know about me
3. how most people see me
4. the part of myself I feel most proud of
5. an adjective that describes me (pick a word other than "fun," "cool," or other common words)
*6. a sentence explaining what you like to do when you have a choice 
*7. two sentences telling me how you feel about your classes and/or school this year.


See "Resources" tab for how to set  up your class notebook, which has a journal section

Tomorrow we will discuss the cool artist Matisse: Matisse website
And the Icarus myth from Greek mythology: Icarus
Vocabulary, Odyssey
Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Extra credit words (not required) Set 1
Extra credit words (not required) Set 2