9 Dec. 2009

Test on i before e and plural rules tomorrow.

 

Story due Friday

 

Arabian Nights test on Tuesday

18 Nov. 2009

Bring in a good magazine tomorrow if you have one.  We will learn how to do MLA for a magazine.

 

5 Nov. 2009

Finish the verb sheet and the vocabulary sheet we did in class.  You can find the context clues sheet and the movie clip here: http://www.lordalford.com/vocabulary/eng1voc/voc9.htm

 

 

Last Week of the 1st Quarter

Allusion Sheet is due Tuesday (can be found on our Lord of the Flies page)

Finish class work from Monday

 

HTFE Test on Wednesday

 

Verb Conjugation test on Thursday

 

No school on Friday

 

All make up/replacement work is due by Wednesday.

20 Oct. 2009

Finish Chapter 6 – probably did it in class.  We will have a quiz tomorrow.  It will be open notes.  These are the questions:

 

1.       Who says, “Conch, conch!  We don’t need the conch anymore!”

2.       Where do they think the beast may live?

3.       Who doesn’t believe in the beast?

4.       Who goes over the bridge first?

5.       What color is the rock here?

6.       Where does Ralph want to go next?

 

Extra Credit will be: What is the foreshadowing in this chapter?

 

 

15 Oct. 2009

Finish reading chapter 5.  Forgot your book?  Read it online from our web site (www.lordalford.com/lotf/lotf.htm).

 

Since you took the time to check here, I’ll give you the questions:

 

1.       What does Simon think the beast may be?

2.       Does the group vote YES or NO on the question, “Do ghosts exist?”

3.       Who says, “Who cares?” when he is told that he is not following the rules?

4.       What is Ralph afraid of happening if he blows the conch?

5.       Piggy tells Ralph that Jack hates Piggy and __________.

6.       Besides wishing his dad was there, what else does Ralph wish for?  (The answer to this one is the second to last paragraph)

 

Extra Credit – what can’t Percival Weyms Madison remember?

 

 

8 Oct. 2009

Finish class work.

 

3^rd Period, get short story test II signed and get corrections on that test and the plurals test.

5 Oct. 2009

1^st Period – get Short Story II test signed.  Do corrections for Plurals and Short Story II tests.

 

Everyone – Term Quiz tomorrow – here are the questions:

 

1.       A comparison using like or as

2.       Referring to another story/book/poem/TV show/etc.

3.       Point of view that uses YOU as the narrator

4.       Using one thing to represent something else

5.       A main character

6.       Type of irony where the unexpected happens

 

Extra Credit – What is the symbol in Lord of the Flies for law and order?

21 Sept. 2009

Short Story Test tomorrow – study plot line, you can go online and read the story that you will be tested on, and you can review your literary terms that will most likely be on the test (setting, character types, conflict, irony  types, point of view).

You might also want to remember the word Fantasia.

 

Early Release on Wednesday

 

Vocabulary 1 Test on Friday (how to spell plurals)

 

15 Sept. 2009

 

Get progress report signed.

11 Sept. 2009

Conflict sheet is due Tuesday

 

Short Story Test is on Tuesday – You will not need to remember any story that we read.  You will read a story and answer questions on it.  You can find the story on our web page – www.lordalford.com

 

8 Sept. 2009

Finish your Spider-English worksheet.

2 Sep. 2009

Finish the story of “The Lady or the Tiger.”  Your ending is completely up to you.  You may alter things as you see fit, as long as it does not change what the original story tells.  You begin where it says he opened the door on the right.  This is due FRIDAY.

 

The story should be ¾ to 1 page in length. 

 

Can’t remember the story?  Here it is online:

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml

 

Also, we have a term quiz tomorrow.  One of the questions will be setting.  One will be climax.  A third question will be simile.  I would know my irony types and character types if I want to make a high grade.

31 Aug. 2009

Finish the context clues hand out for Beauty and the Beast. You can find all handouts, directions, and the movie clip here: http://www.lordalford.com/vocabulary/eng1voc/voc9.htm

Don’t forget there is a quiz tomorrow. The questions will be on these terms, so know them!

1. Metaphor

2. Protagonist

3. 1^st person point of view

4. Situational irony

5. Pun

6. Onomatopoeia

Good luck!

25 Aug. 2009

Take syllabus home for parent or guardian to read.  Return the sheet for parent signature.  Keep the syllabus in your notebook.

 

If you are school supply shopping, you need a 3 ring notebook (may be shared with other classes), notebook paper, and pencils.

 

6 Apr. 2009

You need to label this sentence:

 

The jet black cat quickly climbed the old oak tree in my backyard.

 

You may use your how to find everything chart to complete this.  You can download a version here:

http://www.lordalford.com/grammar/HTFE%20adv.doc

When you print this out, you need to select scale (at the bottom of the print screen) and choose Letter.

24 Mar. 2009

Complete the THERE / THEIR / THEY’RE worksheet.

 

Don’t forget that there is a homophone test on Thursday.

March 16, 2009

Finish the grammar review worksheet – both sides!

9 Mar. 2009

Vocabulary Test tomorrow on list three.

 

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Get progress report signed and get Odyssey test signed.

23 Feb. 2009

Finish the vocabulary List 3 and HTFE sentences:

 

1.       I am reading a really good book.

2.       In the morning we will take a term quiz.

Plus ANYONE who was not here last Friday needs to take the Odyssey test tomorrow!!!!!!!!!

 

February 19, 2009

TEST tomorrow!

Plus, since I was not here today, you get an extra day to complete your monster project.

Mark Alford
English I
www.lordalford.com
732-6133  X 20111

February 17, 2009

Read the Helios, Charybdis, and Calypso sheet.  Tomorrow we will have an open notes quiz.  You can find this sheet at: http://www.lordalford.com/9grade/odyssey/ody.htm if you forgot yours.  It is listed under Stop 10, 11, and 12 (scroll down).

 

The Monster Project is due Thursday.  The handout for that is also at the above link.  Just look for Cookie Monster on the right (scroll down).

 

Odyssey test is on Friday.  A test review will be put on the web page.

 

February 10, 2009

Finish the back of the vocabulary sheet.  It is the reading passage with the 10 questions and the word READ really big on top.  If you’ve lost it, go to the Odyssey section of our website www.lordalford.com and you will find it there.

 

 

January 8, 2009

Study verb conjugation.  Remember that the progressive tenses are just the “to be” verb plus the verb you are conjugating with an –ing on the end.

 

Exam Schedule:

Monday – 4^th Period

Tuesday – 1^st Period

Wednesday – 2^nd Period

Thursday – 3^rd Period

Friday – Make Up/Retest

January 7, 2009

The Quest is due tomorrow!

 

Study for 10-15 minutes your How to Find Everything chart.  Remember you can use your chart on the exam.  I would study by practicing on this sentence.  The answers are available if you scroll down to the next post.

 

 

The hairy boy with the bad smell gave the girl a love note in class.

Answer

 

 

Here is the answer to our practice sentence:

 

 

 

The = art

hairy = adj

boy = s

with = p

the = art

bad = adj

smell = op

gave = av

the = art

girl = io

a = art

love = adj

note = do

in = p

class. = op

Jan. 6, 2009

Study vocabulary words (you do NOT have to study: benefactor, curator, rampage, coterie, goon, menagerie, coup, emphasize, sordid).

 

Work on correcting your Quest (due Thursday)