Mars Hill Lexington

Course Description: 9th Grade English

English 9 Assignments for Week #4

DAY 1:
   READ & MEMORIZE: Ozymandias.
   READ: "Hermes & Apollo", from Tales of the Greek Heroes, by Roger Lancelyn Green
   READ: "One Writer's Process", from Writer's INC. (WI), pp. 9-20

DAY 2:
   READ & MEMORIZE: Ozymandias.
   READ: "The Story of Prometheus", from Tales of the Greek Heroes, by Roger Lancelyn Green
   READ: "Writing Clear, Natural, Acceptable Sentences; Combining, Modeling, Expanding Sentences; Sentence Writing Tips", from Writer's INC. (WI), pp. 85-94
   WRITE: begin the draft of your history paper paying special attention to the sentence helps in assignments for this week
   WRITE: A brief biography of Percy Blythe Shelley. Use any resources you have on hand, including the Internet. Write no less that 5 sentences and no more than 3 paragraphs. Use what you have learned this week in regard to sentence structure.
   STUDY: Vocabulary assignment (handed out in class)

DAY 3:
   READ & MEMORIZE: Ozymandias.
   READ: "Sentence Clarity," in Handbook of Grammar and Composition (HGC), 15.1-20.4
   CONTINUE: work on your writing assignment for Mr. Grissom's history class
   REVIEW: Vocabulary assignment
   COMPLETE: Practice Matching Quiz.
   COMPLETE: Practice Crossword Quiz.

DAY 4:
   READ & MEMORIZE: Ozymandias.
   COMPLETE: work on your writing assignment for Mr. Grissom's history class
   REVIEW: Vocabulary assignment
   RETAKE: Practice Quiz (now under construction)
   COMPLETE: Final Matching Quiz
   COMPLETE: Final Crossword Quiz

FOR THE NEXT CLASS:
Hand in biography of Shelley
Be prepared to recite poem