English 9

VHS Catalog 12-13

Course Title:	English 9
Course Code:	glininfs
MA NCES Code:	01001
Discipline:	Language Arts
Grade Level:	09, 10, 11, 12
Level:	Standard
Offering:	Full Year (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:	33 weeks
Prerequisites:	None
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:	Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility (VHS School Code: 221356); Northwest Accreditation Commission
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students: No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor (see additional details below): No
Description: Description: This course will concentrate on three areas of study: literature, language, and writing. Our study of literature will include short stories, poetry, non-fiction, novels, and drama. You will increase your language skills and polish your grammar skills with vocabulary lists and quizzes. These skills will go hand in hand with the writing lessons, as you work on improving your written communication. · Literature: In semester one, we will concentrate on short fiction (including the short story and poetry) and short non-fiction. In semester two, we will enjoy a novel and a Shakespearean play (Romeo and Juliet). · Language: In semester one, we will cover parts of speech and sentence elements and in semester two, mechanics of the language, phrases and clauses, and usage. · Writing: We will be doing some creative writing in the first half of the year as well as an expository essay. In the spring, we'll do some persuasive writing and two projects. Each week, students may have a reading often with an accompanying discussion, a vocabulary assignment, a writing assignment, and a grammar lesson and assignment. Individual projects/activities and group work will also be part of this class.

MediaKit Contents:

Syllabus:
Semester 1

Week 2
2.1 Introduction to the Course Content Reading
2.2 Literary Terms Plot Plot Chart
2.3 Vocabulary
2.4 Read and Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”
2.5 Plot “Most Dangerous Game”
2.6 Grammar: Parts of Speech
2.7 The Ballad: Read and Discuss “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes

Week 3
3.1 Literary Terms Conflict
3.2 Vocabulary
3.3 Read and Discuss “The Interlopers”
3.4 Grammar: Vivid Verbs
3.5 Writing: Using Dialogue in Narrative Writing
3.6 Sentence Structure Techniques in Narrative Writing

Week 4
4.1 Literary Terms Theme
4.2 Vocabulary
4.3 Read and Discuss “The Necklace”
4.4 Writing: Narrative Writing
4.5 Grammar: Pronouns
4.6 Literary Terms: Foreshadowing
4.7 Vocabulary Quiz 1

Week 5
5.1 Narrative Non-Fiction vs Narrative Fiction
5.2 Literary Terms: Irony
5.3 Read and Discuss a Personal Narrative
5.4 Post Your Parable/Fable
5.5 The Writing Process and Narrative Writing
5.6 Narrative Essay Pre-write
5.7 Post Your Foreshadowing Cartoons

Week 6
6.1 Narrative Non-Fiction vs. Narrative Fiction log Assignment
6.2 Literary Terms: Figurative Language
6.3 Two Poems About Hopes and Dreams
6.4 Grammar: Parts of Speech - Adjectives
6.5 Post Your Narrative Rough Draft
6.6 Read and Discuss “Metaphor” by Eve Merriam
6.7 Writing: Description- Painting a Picture with Words

Week 7
7.1 Narrative Writing: Peer Review
7.2 Literary Terms: Figurative Language
7.3 Vocabulary: “To Build a Fire”
7.4 Read and Discuss “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
7.5 Garbage Words: From General to Specific
7.6 Produce a Poem
7.7 Grammar: Parts of Speech - Adverbs
7.8 Narrative Essay: Post Your Final Draft

Week 8
8.1 Introduction to Group Setting Project
8.2 Literary Terms: Character
8.3 Vocabulary: “The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
8.4 Read and Discuss “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
8.5 Methods of Characterization
8.6 Grammar: Parts of Speech - Conjunctions and Interjectins

Week 9
9.1 Literary Term: Point of View
9.2 Vocabulary: "The Cask of Amontillado"
9.3 Group Setting Part 2
9.4 Read and Discuss “The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
9.5 The Unreliable Narrator
9.6 Non-fiction Descriptions
9.7 Parts of Speech Test

Week 10
10.1 Review for Your Literature Test
10.2 Expository Description
10.3 Writing: Let's Try Our Hand at Descriptive Writing
10.4 Literature Test
10.5 Vocabulary Quiz 2

Week 11
11.1 Writing: Descriptive Essay First Draft
11.2 Grammar: Sentence Elements Review
11.3 Grammar: Five Basic Sentence Types
11.4 Career Connections
11.6 Punctuation: Adjectives

Week 12
12.1 Cultural Traditions: Read and Discuss "Magic Carpet"
12.2 Final Draft Descriptive Essay
12.3 Introducing the Illustration Essay/Project
12.4 Tips for Researching Your Culture
12.5 Grammar: Compound Sentences

Week 13
13.1 Culture Illustration Project: Part 2
13.2 Discuss Immigration and Culture
13.3 Introducing the Illustration Essay/Project
13.4 Grammar: Complex Sentences
13.5 Gather Illustrations for Your Project

Week 14
14.1 Visual Literacy: Tips on Choosing Visuals
14.2 Culture Project Part 3: Write Your Illustration Essay
14.3 Virtual Education Discussion
14.4 Grammar: Sentence Elements Quiz
14.5 Post Your Culture Project

Week 15
15.1 View Culture Projects
15.2 What Did You Learn
15.3 Cultural Intolerance and Films
15.4 Reflections on Your First Semester

Semester 2

Week 16
16.1 Let's Read a Novel
16.2 Anthropomorphism
16.3 Dog Breeds
16.4 Klondike Gold Rush
16.5 Grammar: Mechanics - Punctuation

Week 17
17.1 Chapter 1: Into the Primitive
17.2 Vocabulary Chapter 1
17.3 Chapter 1 Discussion
17.4 Read a Newspaper Article
17.5 Writing: Eyewitness Account
17.6 Grammar: Mechanics - Capitalization

Week 18
18.1 Chapter 2: The Law of Club and Fang
18.2 Vocabulary Chapter 2
18.3 Chapter 2 Discussion
18.4 Writing: Share an Eyewitness Account
18.5 Research: Endangered Species
17.6 Grammar: Writing Mechanics Quiz

Week 19
19.1 Introduction to the World Wildlife Fund Campaign
19.2 Chapter 3: The Dominant Primordial Beast
19.3 Vocabulary Chapter 3
19.4 Chapter 3 Discussion
19.5 The Iditarod
18.6 Grammar: Prepositional Phrases

Week 20
20.1 World Wildlife Project
20.2 Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership
20.3 Vocabulary Chapter 3
20.4 Write a Poem
20.5 The Iditarod: Zuma's Paw Prints
20.6 Grammar: Verbal Phrases

Week 21
21.1 Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 1-4
21.2 Chapter 5: The Toil of Trace and Trail
21.3 Vocabulary Chapter 5
21.4 Buck's Transformation
21.5 Writing: The Veterinarian's Visit
21.6 Grammar: Appositive Phrases
21.7 Post Your World Wildlife Campaign Project

Week 22
22.1 Check Out the Wildlife Projects
22.2 Let's Blabberize
22.3 Chapter 6 For the Love of Man
22.4 Chapter 6 Vocabulary
22.5 Discuss Loyalty and Devotion
22.6 Symbolism
22.7 Grammar Quiz: Phrases

Week 23
23.1 Symbols in Your World
23.2 Chapter 7 The Sounding of the Call
23.3 Chapter 7 Vocabulary
23.4 Darwinism and the Survival of the Fittest
23.5 Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 5-7

Week 24
24.1 Write About and Discuss Themes
24.2 A Newspaper Editorial
24.3 News-Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
24.4 Final Reflections on the Novel
24.5 Call of the Wild Test

Week 25
25.1 Origins of Drama
25.2 Elizabethan England
25.3 Elizabethan Theater- Descriptive Paragraphs
25.4 Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
25.5 Anticipation Guide
25.6 Grammar: Usage

Week 26
26.1 Tragedy and Comedy
26.2 Romeo and Juliet Setting
26.3 Shakespeare's Language
26.4 Iambic Pentameter
26.5 Let's Get Started: Prologue
26.6 Grammar: Subject Verb Agreement

Week 27
27.1 Act I Introduction
27.2 Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene 1
27.3 Act I Scene 2 Arranged Marriages
27.4 Act I Scene 3 Love & Marriage
27.5 Act I Scene 4 Queen Mab Questions
27.6 Act I Scene 5 Scene 5 Discussion
27.7 Grammar: Pronoun Case

Week 28
28.1 Act II Introduction & Reflections on Act I
28.2 Romeo and Juliet Act II Scene 1
28.3 Act II Scene 2 Similes & Authorship Discussion
28.4 Act II Scene 3 Should Friar Laurence Marry R & J
28.5 Act II Scene 4 Wedding Plans
28.6 Act II Scene 5 and 6 Fr. Laurence's Words
28.7 Grammar: Faulty Pronoun Reference

Week 29
29.1 Act III Introduction Critical Decisions
29.2 Romeo and Juliet Act III Scene 1
29.3 Act III Scene 2
29.4 Act III Scene 3 & 4 Friar Laurence's Advice
29.5 Act III Scene 5
29.6 Introduction to the Final Project
29.7 Grammar: Faulty Pronoun Reference

Week 30
30.1 Usage Review
30.2 Introduction to Act IV
30.3 Act IV Scenes 1 & 2 Irony
30.4 Act IV Scene 3 Juliet's Concerns
30.5 Act IV Scenes 4 & 5 Juliet's Eulogy
30.6 Project Check-in
30.7 Usage Test

Week 31
31.1 Introduction to Act V
31.2 Act V Scenes 1 & 2 Everlasting Love
31.3 Act V Scene 3 The Cause of the Tragedy
31.4 Character Web
31.5 Timeline
31.6 Project Check-In

Week 32
32.1 Romeo and Juliet Final Exam Part 1
32.2 Final Project
32.3 Romeo and Juliet Review 1
32.4 Romeo and Juliet Review 2

Week 33
33.1 Romeo and Juliet Final Exam Part 2
33.2 View and Comment on Projects
33.3 Extra Credit Survey
33.4 Reflections on the Course
33.5 Say Goodbye to Your Classmates

Course Objectives:
To provide a basic and lasting foundation for future literature and writing endeavors.
To expand student vocabulary and encourage the use of new vocabulary.
To read various forms of literature and examine them within the context of art and human experience.
To develop initial literary analysis skills by acquiring basic literary terminology and practicing analysis writing.
To review and improve grammar skills necessary for written communication and expression by exploring the writing process and purposes for writing.

This catalog description was last modified on 09/08/2012