English 9 Honors

HAPPY HOMECOMING 2012! Here are some photos of my great freshman English 9 classes in all their GRAY GLORY today. Enjoy! Ciao. ~ Vince DeMiero  

Part of your responsibilities as an English 9 Honors student is to do some serious reading outside the classroom. We’ve decided this year to have you read at least three books of your choosing from the College Board’s list of 101 books for college-bound students....

Rather than go into all the details here, just follow this LINK to the Collaborize site and you’ll see the instructions there. Besides, you need to do this project on Collaborize. One important note, however: For the FINAL, you need to bring a copy (printout,...

So, it’s time you do some teaching about poetry. • Read this: Poetic Devices Assignment 2012.pdf • Do it. • Go here for resources. • Oh, you can go here, too.Groovy, man. Groovy.

It’s time to lay down some slam poetry. You know, like grand champion Anis Mojgani did in his “Rock Out Like…” poem at the Seattle Slam Championships in 2006. Here’s Mojgani’s poem “Direct Orders” in which he tells you to “Rock Out Like…” – To alternative brand, spray...

Today we’re going to create some original poetry, but we’re going to do it in a very unusual way. Instead of writing, we’re going to find text in magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, manuals, etc. That’s why it’s called found poetry. It’s poetry that you, the poet,...

On behalf of all of us here at Café Venezia, we certainly hope that you are enjoying our setting along the Grand Canal and the Ponte Rialto. It is a pleasure serving you, and you seem to enjoy our new establishment, too. Proprietors Mike Cane and Vince DeMiero have...

Okay, so the football game didn’t exactly go our way, but other than that Homecoming Week 2011 was fantastic! Congratulations on all the crazy dress-up days, the great assembly and for figuring out most of my Terrace Trivia. Kudos to Daniel Reeber in 4th period for...

Author Anne Tyler’s (above) short story “Teenage Wasteland” was first published in 1983 as a piece in “Seventeen” magazine. Since then, the story has become one of the most often read pieces in American high school literature. Some people immediately think of The...

Sticking to our theme of young female protagonists, here’s a film that combines wonderful performances from the two lead actresses with a compelling coming-of-age story. The great thing is that there are also other highly complex issues and conflicts introduced in...

As you read Sylvia Plath’s “Initiation,” please consider some of the larger thematic issues that she addresses, including the act of hazing. Here are some resources to help you think about this topic: • Inside Hazing >> Definitions.pdf • StopHazing.org --...