Upcoming Assignments/Due Dates

All details/assignment pages are located on Google Classroom.

Please note that dates are subject to change. 

NEW UNIT: All For Love

-Literary and Dramatic Terms Quiz (Formative): FRI 4/26/19

-Plot and Characterization Quiz (Formative): FRI 5/3/19

-Text Structure Close Read (Formative): WED 5/8/19

-Chracterization Close Read (Formative): THURS 5/9/19

-Dramatic Irony Close Read (Formative): FRI 5/10/19

-Sonnet Presentation (Formative): 

• Introduction to presentation: TUES 5/6/19
• Begin/work on in class: Wed 5/7 - FRI 5/10/19
• DUE/Presenting: MON 5/13/19

-"Veriest Knaves" Close Read (Formative): THURS 5/16/19

-Unit 4 Test (SUMMATIVE): THURS 5/23/19

-District Multiple Choice Test: FRI 5/24/19

-Final Project (Summative):

• Introduce Final Project 5/15/19
• Begin/work on in class: THURS 5/16/19 - WED 5/22/19
• DUE/Presenting: TUES 5/28 - THURS 5/30 

Last day of school for freshman is THURS 5/30.

GRADUATION -  FRI 5/31/19

Hello all! 

Welcome to English 9! I am excited to have you in my class. 

English 9 is the mandatory course for 9th grade students at Vista in order to graduate.

Units:
Unit One: Leadership - various short stories
Unit Two: Empathy - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Unit Three: Dreams and Aspirations - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 
Unit Four: All for Love - Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

Much of our class information will be found on our Google Classroom OR on Study Sync.  Parents - please contact me if you are interested in receiving auto-updates from our Google Classroom.

Welcome to Vista del Lago High School and English 9!

Contact information:

E-mail me: bandreasenparkins@fcusd.org

Spring 2019 Schedule 

1st Block: English 9 - H-103

2nd Block: English 9 - H-103

3rd Block: English 9 - G-105

4th Block: Prep

MATERIALS:  The suggested materials list includes:

• a blue or black pen
• sharpened pencil with eraser
• red pen (not a crayon, marker, pencil, or highlighter) for correcting only
• highlighter
• binder with loose-leaf paper AND 5 dividers,
• workbook if assigned (Not applicable yet),
• school agenda/planner
• Flash Cards - (You can always cut them in half to make them last longer.)
• If you are not able to obtain these items, please contact me IMMEDIATELY!
• Final drafts of writing assignments and reports must be word-processed.