Aye Dois Mio

English 9 Syllabus
Lee High School 2012-13

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9th Grade Benchmarks
Communication, Speaking, Listening, & Media Literacy:
• The student will make planned oral presentations independently and in small groups. (9.1)
• The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate auditory, visual, and written media messages. (9.2)
Reading:
• The student will apply knowledge of wordorigins, derivations, and figurative language to extend vocabulary development in authentic texts. (9.3)
• The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of literary texts including narratives, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and drama. (9.4)
• The student will read and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts. (9.5)
Writing:
• The student will develop narrative, expository, andpersuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes. (9.6)
• The student will self- and peer-edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing. (9.7)
Research:
• The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product. (9.8)
A detailed copy ofthe revised English Standards of Learning can be found online.

Texts

Prentice Hall Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes
Elements of Writing (Grammar & Writing)

Core Reading/Viewing

Summer Reading (Open Choice)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Excerpts from The Odyssey by Homer
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Poetry
Short stories & passage excerpts to include:• “Cemetery Path” by Leo Rosten
• “The Tin Box” by James Thurber
• “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
• “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck

Choice Reading/Viewing

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (text and/or film)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)
Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
RedScarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
The Pact by Samson Davis, George Jenkins, & Remeck Hunt, with Lisa Frazier Page
Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Core Writing
The focus of our English 9 writing program is the development and mastery of the fundamental skills of good writing. These include:
• Grammatical sentenceconstruction
• Paragraph structure
• Thesis construction
• Essay organization and structure
• Summary and paraphrase writing
• Introduction and practice responding to an SOL essay prompt
• Development of narrative writing skills
• Development of analytical writing skills (Examples: compare/contrast writing; character development and analysis)
• Persuasive writing• Expository writing

Core Research
Ninth grade research is coordinated with and co-taught by the Lee librarians and focuses on the basic skills needed to conduct effective research. These skills include:
• An understanding of what constitutes plagiarism and the consequences of plagiarism
• MLA documentation for print and electronic sources
• Using parenthetical in-textcitations in writing for both print and online sources
• Using both print and online sources
• Translating information from a note card into writing to demonstrate an understanding of paraphrasing and summarizing
• Producing a Works Cited Page
• Producing electronic notes that include page number and source

Quarterly Grades
You should expect a minimum of two graded assignmentsper week.
You should expect a minimum of two major assignments per quarter.

Your final average for each quarter is weighted as follows:
• Major Assignments 30% (To include projects, essays/major writing assignments, presentations, tests)
• Minor Assignments 60% (To include in-class writings/journals, quizzes, class work, etc.)

• Homework 10%


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