9th - English

Core 24 requires --> 4.0 Credits

Clarification:

To help ensure student success three of these credits involve successful completion at each grade level in sequential order (English 9, English 10, and English 11). The senior year involves choosing from several electives offered. Students who consider themselves college-bound should incorporate as much writing in their choices as possible. Additionally, students who know they are heading for a four-year university may take advantage of the Advanced Placement (AP) program and take the AP Exam. Students can receive up to ten college credits depending on how well they do on the exam. College in the High School credit is available for Junior AP English Language and Composition, Senior College Writing and AP English Literature and Composition.

English 9 - 1.0 credit

Grade: 9

Students will continue to develop and reinforce communication skills taught in the eighth grade. In addition, they will:
- Begin to work on speaking and listening standards
- Learn and develop critical reading strategies through interactions with selections from the My Perspectives text and additional longer texts from a district-approved list to increase competency of reading and writing standards
- Focus on expository and argumentative writing standards
- Independently read books of their choice in and outside of class

English 9 (Advanced) - 1.0 credit - NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED

Grade: 9

Prerequisite: A or B in Writing and Reading; recommendation from 8th grade English teacher
Advanced English 9 is the first class in a sequence leading to senior Advanced Placement English and ultimately the AP Exam.
This class will continue to develop and reinforce communication skills taught in middle school, including a strong focus on expository and argumentative writing skills introduced in the eighth grade but with more analysis and collegiate approach to learning.
Students will begin working with the AHS presentation scoring guide and learn critical reading strategies through My Perspectives and other texts.
They will experience a more rigorous curriculum than English 9, including more time outside of class. THIS COURSE REQUIRES A SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT.
1st Semester
- Interact with the following literature: Lord of the Flies, The Old Man and the Sea, a choice novel and Warriors Don’t Cry
- A research project that may extend into second semester or end with a culminating presentation
2nd Semester
- Prerequisite: C or better in Advanced English 9 - 1st Semester, students below a C might be placed in an English 9 class.
- Interact with literature that may include: Fahrenheit 451, Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, The Road, and two non-fiction books
- Continue with research project from term 1 or complete a second project

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