Thursday, March 12, 2009

9th Grade Weekend Homework and Study Guide

You have a test covering The Knights of the Silver Shield, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and The Dinner Party on Monday.

The best way to study for this test is to study your class notes and comprehension questions, memorize the definitions of the literary terms connected with each story and be able to identify them or give an example of where they occur in the story or poem, and review the stories so that you will be able to compare and contrast their themes of courage.

The test will have:
  • comprehension questions
  • a few questions concerning some literary terms
  • a short essay section
Your short essay must compare and contrast the meaning of courage in The Knights of the Silver Shield and The Charge of the Light Brigade. Do both stories define courage in the same way?

You should be able to give some specific examples from each story to support your arguments about the meaning of courage-- therefore, you should memorize some of the key lines of The Charge of the Light Brigade and be able to give solid summaries of important moments in the The Knights of the Silver Shield so that you can support your arguments with solid proof.

OTHER IMPORTANT DUE DATES

Sunday, 7pm- your group must email me the answers to your comprehension questions and answers for The Story of King Arthur and His Knights so that I can post them on the website for everybody to copy.

Tuesday- You must have all 44 questions and answers copied into your notebook in the class novel section of your notebook.

9A- you must be able to give a six- eight minute verbal summary of your section of questions (i.e. Group 1 must give a summary of pages 1-13) and each person in the group must speak for an equal amount of time. I encourage you to draw timelines or write down key words so that you can write them up on the board for your classmates. This will help everyone get a clearer understanding of the events in the story.

Wednesday-
9B- you must be able to give a 6-8 minute verbal summary of your section of questions (i.e. Group 1 must give a summary of pages 1-13), and each person must speak for an equal amount of time. I encourage you to draw timelines or write down key words so that you can write them up on the board for your classmates. This will help everyone get a clearer understanding of the events in the story.

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