"Masque of the Red Death," ("The Third Bank of the River"), colons and semi-colons, phrases, literary terms: allusion and symbol, Greek and Latin roots/ prefixes/ suffixes; nonfiction unit: narrative (biography, autobiography), exposition, persuasion

10th grade AR - 5 points due 10/31 and 11/26

Read 180 curriculum unit - Survivors (shark attack, Juanes, Homeboy to the Rescue) -- mostly nonfiction

English 9 - Short stories: "The Cask of Amontillado"; Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird. Literary concepts: genres, anecdote, point of view and varying narrator, types of characters. Other: subjects and predicate, MLA format, sentence patterns, transitive and intransitive verbs, Greek and Latin roots of vocabulary.

9th grade AR - 3 points due 10/31 and 11/26

Study Skills & Binders, Effective Tutorials, Teambuilding, Effective Cornell Notes and studying, Binder Checks, Organization, Writing, College Project, College Info.

AVID AR - 4 points due 10/31 and 11/26

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College Bound Corner & AVID

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Class Schedule

• Period 2 -- 8:01-8:56 - English 9
• Period 3 -- 9:17-10:12 - Read 180
• Period 4 -- 10:20-11:17 - AVID 9/10
• Period 5 -- prep/conference period
• Period 6 -- 1:05-2pm English 10
• Period 7 -- 2:06pm-3:01pm English 10