English 9
- Natasha Utterback -
Course Description
This course is a year-long course intended for freshman in the ED/Reach program. The objective is to build written language skills, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension while also exposing students to a variety of literature.
Students Will:
- Read and understand a variety of material.
- Write and speak to a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Identify the different parts of speech, edit for grammar, write in complete sentences, capitalize punctuate and spell correctly on written assignments.
- Write a 5 paragraph essay based on the 6 traits of writing.
- Use reading and writing to define, identify, make predictions, and propose solutions.
- Learn and practice various genres of writing
- Participate in a Slam Poetry Unit and perform a poem in front of class.
Novels are decided on with the input of the students and teacher...
The 57 Bus
Short Stories Summer Reading Packet
The Secret Life of Bees
Moon Over Manifest
The House On Mango Street
Woman Hollering Creek
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Giver
Romeo and Juliet
Old Man and the Sea
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Grading
Writing assignments will be graded using the 6 Traits of Writing rubric: organization, ideas, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions.
Grades are calculated using a point system. Class participation, homework, group work, projects, tests, and citizenship are evenly weighted.