ENGLISH $9 —— SYLLABUS Texts Read Quarter 1: Quarter 2: Quarter 3: Quarter 4: All Year Assignments CHOICEBOOK Throughout Year: Students choose any novel and fill out a reading sheet; Move through books. GRAMMAR Start QI: | Parts of Speech in class Throughout Year: Students progress at own rate through No Red Ink *Not required outside class|Writing Assignments Ne ee aa Topic: The Odyssey Topic: Prejudice Topic: Various - First Essay of Year - Students researcha - Argumentative and - Body Paragraphs only Prejudice that exists today Informative - Rewrite to aB - Multiple steps over - Twoclass periods months - Practice for AIR tests Deters Students will write a short story from the perspective of a Pa arNaetas oteR OITA etiam tats rei Save Uatone aoe Skills this Year ata easter) Textual Evidence =o) FeT Na Thinking Non-fiction iNerle td VocabularyPermission Slip The following are films/books readin class ten Explanation: In English 9 students have the opportunity to read articles and watch videos that discuss a variety of issues connecting to the novels in class. | have included the list of topics that may have mature content and the reasons for the classification. coeeeeeeeees 1. Prom Night in Mississippi (Documentary about a high school that still has a segregated prom; Includes profanity, discussion/images of violence and history of race relations, "n” word used) ce 2. ALong Way Gone (A class novel that describes battle and war in Sierra Leone. Some descriptions are graphic.) Eee RoT ROUT 7K My student the checked items in English this year. Comments: