World History and Literature I
In ninth grade Humanities, we will read novels and other texts that help us hone our reading, writing and discussion skills. Through an examination of a yearlong theme of "power" we will discuss and understand how power drives human behavior.
Use this website to find a list of homework and assignments for each day, as well as other resources and documents you will need for this course.
Due Monday (homework for the weekend):
- Read pages 215-241 in Kaffir Boy
- Read and answer focus questions for pages 24-25 in coursepack
- Bring all flashcards on Monday
Monday:
- Read pages 241-259 in Kaffir Boy
- Read and answer focus questions for pages 31-34 in the coursepack
Tuesday:
- Read pages 259-287 in Kaffir Boy
- Read and answer focus questions for pages 28-29 in the coursepack
Wednesday:
- Read pages 287-304 in Kaffir Boy
- Read and answer focus questions for pages 35-39 in the coursepack
Thursday:
- Read pages 304-232 in Kaffir Boy
Friday:
- Finish Kaffir Boy and be prepared for a quiz on Tuesday.
For Friday, all students should have read to page 211 in Kaffir Boy and be prepared for a quiz over the novel.
What we did in class today:
- Today, we worked with our injustice speeches and practiced with the excerpts that we've been memorizing.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Complete flashcards for your final speech on Tuesday
- perform your speech and get written feedback from at least 3 people tonight!
What we did in class today:
- Today, we listened to a lecture about Apartheid in South Africa and continued to refine and practice our speeches.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Final draft of your injustice speech is due on Thursday! I need a hard copy and so do you!
- Notecards for your speech are due on Friday!
- Quest on Thursday!
- Read Kaffir Boy pages 130-150
- Complete your Apartheid Timeline/Mindmap assignment.
What we did in class today:
Today, we continued on our march toward excellent speeches about injustice. We also reviewed vocabulary and comma use.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Read in Kaffir Boy: pages 109-119
- Annotate pages 15-17 in your Coursepack
- Complete the footnoted draft of your Kaffir Boy speech (final draft due next Wednesday!)
- Complete flashcards for List 4.3
What we did in class today:
- Today, we worked on reflecting on our major essay assignment (due the Friday before last).
- We also began talking about our newest vocabulary list and continued working on the rough drafts of our speeches.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Read pages 74-91 in Kaffir Boy
- Complete a So Basically/Definition Annotation for pages 8-11
- Complete the Rough Draft of your speech by Friday!
What we did in class today:
- Today, we learned about how to punctuate series as well as spending time working on our speech outlines in class.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Read pages 55-74 in Kaffir Boy
- Finish the worksheet on series
- Speech outline due in morning meeting!
What we did in class today:
- Today, we took a Quest on the two latest vocabulary lists, and continued our work with rhetorical devices in speech-writing.
Homework for tomorrow:
- For tomorrow, prepare for our upcoming quest by reading the sample story and studying the skills and content that you missed.
What we did in class today:
- Today, we continued working with vocabulary skills and introducing our new unit about injustice.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Read pages 1-15 in Kaffir Boy.
- Complete Injustice Homework part 2.
What we did in class today:
- Today, we worked on making writing more interesting by eliminating dead words, and doing final edits of our essays from Friday.
Homework for tomorrow:
- Complete the injustice homework sheet.
- Write a poem that uses at least 5 vocabulary words.
