Egyptian English Language School

American Department
Scholastic Year 2016/2017
English Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: 9
Number of Weeks: 5
Number of days: 25
Quarter: 1st
By the end of the following grade students will know and be able to do everything in the previous grade and master the following
content: 12 lessons per week.
Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

Week 1 Literature Literary Elements +The Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (14-27)
Treasure of Lemon Brown Second Course Research the author’s
online and find how his
background has affected
his writings
Vocabulary Lesson 1 (Dialects) Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (1-6) and extra
Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 1 Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar C.W. (141-144) and extra
Parts of Speech and Language Workbook sheets given to students to
be done as a H.W.
Writing Argumentative Essay Handouts
Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

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Week 2 Literature The Treasure of Lemon Brown Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (14-27)
Second Course Discuss the previously
covered parts and try to
guess what will happen
next

Vocabulary Lesson 1 (Dialects) Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (1-6) and extra
Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 1 Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar C.W. (145-148) and extra
Parts of Speech and Language Workbook sheets given to students to
be done as a H.W
Writing Argumentative Essay Handout
Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

Week 3 Literature The Treasure of Lemon Brown Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (14-27) Discuss the
Second Course previously covered parts
and try to guess what will
happen next
Vocabulary Lesson 2 Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (7-12) and extra
(Help and Improvement) Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 1 Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar C.W. (149-1omework52)
Parts of Speech and Language Workbook and extra sheets given to
students to be done as a
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H.W
Writing Argumentative Essay Handout
Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

Week 4 Literature The Treasure of Lemon Brown Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (14-27) Discuss the
Second Course previously covered parts
and summarize the whole
story, characters, and the
moral of the story.
Vocabulary Lesson 2 Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (7-12) and extra
(Help and Improvement) Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 6: Tenses Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar C.W. (153-156) and extra
Verbs: Compatibility of Tenses. and Language Workbook sheets given to students to
be done as a H.W
Voices of Verbs: Active and
Passive.
Writing Argumentative Essay Handout

Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

Week 5 Literature The Medicine Bag Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (280-293) Research
Second Course the author’s online and
find how his background
has affected his writings
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Vocabulary Lesson 3 (Fairness and Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (13-18) and extra
Unfairness) Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 7: Subject Verb Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar C.W. (161-164) and extra
Agreement and Language Workbook sheets given to students to
be done as a H.W
Subject Verb Agreement
Subject Verb Agreement and
Intervening prepositional
Phrases.
Writing Argumentative Essay Holt Elements of Literature P. (344) Prewriting:
Second Course Students will write an
essay that describes a
place.

Week Language Area Topic/Content Resources/Activities Evaluation

Week 6 Literature The Medicine Bag Holt Elements of Literature C.W. (280-293) Discuss
Second Course the previously covered
parts and try to guess what
will happen next

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Vocabulary Lesson 4 (Happiness and Vocabulary for Achievement Second C.W. (13-18) and extra
Unhappiness) Course practice to be done as
H.W. in the students’
copybooks
Grammar Unit 7: Subject Verb Glencoe Language Arts, Grammar and extra sheets given to
Agreement and Language Workbook students to be done as a
H.W
Subject Verb Agreement and
Linking Verbs
Subject Verb Agreement in
inverted sentences
Writing Argumentative Essay Holt Elements of Literature P. (344) Drafting and do
Second Course the your turn exercise as a
homework