Mr. Eric Cunningham
Conference periods: 6th and 8th
e-mail: ecunning@austinisd.org
Voice Mail: 841-4113
Welcome to English 9!
Our Major Units of Study:
Students will study various works of literature, vocabulary, grammar, writing, and TAKS practice and preparation. This course will cover the Language Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Materials and Textbooks:
Students will be issued all literature textbooks and novels necessary for this class; however, we recommend that students purchase their own new or used copies of the following works to annotate:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (AP)
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Odyssey by Homer (Fitzgerald translation (AP))
Please have these materials with you in class EVERYDAY:
A large three-ring binder
An abundant supply of lined notebook paper
Blue or black ink pens (virtually all assignments are expected to be completed in ink)
Pencils Five Tabbed dividers Highlighters Post-it Notes Planner White-out Index cards Markers
Here is a look at our next two weeks of class. This is a guideline for both the parent and the student.
ENGLISH I Academic – Mr. Cunningham 2007 - 2008
**********BRING YOUR ENGLISH 3-RING BINDER / Agenda EVERYDAY!!!*********
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ENGLISH I – Mr. Cunningham 2007 - 2008
M 2-4 NO SCHOOL (Staff Inservice)
T 2-5 Complete Propaganda Project; Discuss Propaganda as it relates to Animal Farm and our own lives; Poster Walk; Quiz #3 for 7th period; HW: Finish Chapter 10
W 2-6 Discuss Chapter 10; Animal Farm movie
TH 2-7 Finish Animal Farm movie; Review connections to Russian Revolution notes; Review symbols and symbolic characters
F 2-8 ANIMAL FARM TEST
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M 2-11 Animal Farm Group Work; Extended Activity
T 2-12 Survival Activity (Warm-Up for LOTF)
W 2-13 Discussion of LOTF Exposition; Begin reading as class
TH 2-14 Poetry Introduction; How to annotate a poem; HW: POEMS
F 2-15 SSR for LOTF; HW: POEMS
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