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If you are a parent or 9th grade student interested in getting easy reminders/updates about what is going on in class and about due dates, please follow these directions: To receive messages via text, text   @culver9 to (772) 261-2092. You can … Continue reading →

Ninth Grade Exam—skills, not content based, exam (click on links for help!) Know the following:  inference, summarizing, noun clauses, verb phrases, subjunctive mood in subject verb agreement, central idea in a text, comparing different artistic mediums, parallel structure, subject verb … Continue reading →

Ninth Grade Table of Contents for folder—due on Wed. Dec 11: 1. Figurative Language from CC 11/25 2. Connotations/Impact of Word Choices (CC) 11/25 3.  Semicolons/Colons/Commas (CC) 11/25 4. Spelling  (CC) 12/2 5. Vocabulary Part 2 Odyssey (find in lit … Continue reading →

*Turn in folders on Monday! 1. Summary squares 12-31 2. Semicolons and Colons Pg. 733-735 3. Commas with Nonessential Elements…pg 742, Ex. 10 4. Easily Confused Words Notes 5. Appositives  WC Page 521-522 6.  Aftermath TKAM  Worksheet 7. Reaction TKAM … Continue reading →

1. Gatsby quotes—know who said what 2. Questions related to rhetorical devices and “I Have a Dream” (find online or get a copy from me) And “Letter from a B’ham Jail” (find online or get a copy from me) 3. … Continue reading →

Benchmark will be given on Tuesday. Please use the following to study for the benchmark: To know: Connotation, Idiom, Inference, First Person Point of View, Main idea, Summary (use your foldable to review these!) Semicolons and Colons, Appositives and Appositive … Continue reading →

The Great Gatsby Chapters 4 and 5 combined from FrustratedTeacher Here is a nice review of chapters 4 and 5 of Gatsby.

Answer these tonight as you read Chapter 2. 1. What is the “valley of ashes”? 2. What are “the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?” 3. Who did Tom take Nick to meet? 4. Identify Myrtle and George Wilson. 5. What … Continue reading →

Because of family business, I must be out of town tomorrow. I have postponed the test on “Cask of Amontillado”, “Lady or the Tiger”, “Ballad of Birmingham” and all vocabulary terms we discussed today to FRIDAY. Notebooks will be due … Continue reading →

Here are the questions for my 11th grade classes: Winter Dreams PDF Winter Dreams online (and other stories) 1.  At the end of the story, Dexter is obviously undergoing a significant life crisis. What would you tell him if you … Continue reading →