English 9
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Welcome, Freshmen! English 9 is a course designed to help you excel in at reading and writing and to build the core skills necessary to succeed in future classes. In this class, you will work hard to become better readers and writers, while developing skills for studying, test-taking, note-taking, vocabulary usage, and research. Throughout the year, we will read a variety of texts such as short stories, novels, plays, poetry, nonfiction, and essays. The course includes frequent assessments in a variety of forms, such as quizzes, tests, projects, and different types of writing you will produce.
Essential Learning Outcomes (ELO's)
Reading:
By the end of Grade 9, the student is able to...
1. Understand the content and meaning of the text
2. Explain the main idea of the text
3. Identify the theme in a text
4. Infer meaning of unfamiliar words through context, roots, and affixes
5. Analyze the evolution of a character throughout a story
6. Identify author’s purpose and provide textual evidence to support
7. Identify examples of figurative language in a text
8. Produce an effective summary of a single text
9. Recognize the different organizational structures of text
10. Understand cultural context and its influence on text
Writing:
By the end of Grade 9, the student is able to...
1. Write for a purpose to convey a message or idea to a specific audience.
2. Write a narrative to demonstrate typical plot structure
3. Demonstrate an order of a procedure in a written work
4. Understand the steps of the writing process
5. Construct a proper response to a question or prompt using appropriate format
6. Construct a concise summary or paraphrase including all relevant details
7. Formulate an argument using a thesis statement
8. Cite textual evidence to support literary analysis
By the end of Grade 9, the student is able to...
1. Write for a purpose to convey a message or idea to a specific audience.
2. Write a narrative to demonstrate typical plot structure
3. Demonstrate an order of a procedure in a written work
4. Understand the steps of the writing process
5. Construct a proper response to a question or prompt using appropriate format
6. Construct a concise summary or paraphrase including all relevant details
7. Formulate an argument using a thesis statement
8. Cite textual evidence to support literary analysis