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English 9

Course Description
This course is based around three foundational texts: The Odyssey by Homer, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Night by Elie Wiesel. A fourth text may be teacher selected. Students will focus on narrative writing, compare/contrast writing, descriptive writing, and research based writing. Vocabulary acquisition is emphasized, as students will complete word of the week assignments that focus on words that all high school freshmen should know along with learning the etymology of words, general prefix and suffix knowledge, definitions, root word meanings, sentences using context clues, and proper MLA citation will be introduced. In addition, a short story unit and poetry unit will be an important part of the curriculum. Oral communication and group projects will be required. Grammar will be addressed on a needed basis with such issues of proper usage, composition, sentence structure, paragraph development, and comma usage. Students are expected to bring their laptops with them daily and to have them in working order. It is highly recommend that each student own a flash drive to save their work.

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