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• English 9
  
  

  English 9

  English 9 Q1

  In this course, we will study novels, plays, poetry, and articles as a means of improving critical thinking, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and written expression. Through written, audio, and video recordings, students share their reactions to the characters, themes, and issues of the works studied. Grammar, vocabulary, symbolism, plot points, and character development are among the language and literary techniques which students will study in this course. Throughout the course, students will make connections between the themes and characters of literature, and the events and interactions of their own lives.

  
  
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  • English 9 Q1 Moodle Course File
• Week 1
  
  

  Week 1

  Introductions

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    "I read so that I can live more than one life in more than one place." - Ann Tyler

  • Introduction

  • Glossary of Literary Terms URL
  • RESPOND: Who are you? Page
  • Pretest

  • The Outsiders

  • READ: Background on The Outsiders File
  • READ: The Outsiders Chapters 1-2

  • The Eight Parts of Speech

  • PRINT: Parts of Speech Handout Page
  • PRACTICE: Parts of Speech Practice Quiz Page
• Week 2
  
  

  Week 2

  Introduction to the Writing Process

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  • Introduction

  • The Writing Process

  • WATCH: Writing Presentation Page
  • WATCH: Screencast how to do clustering assignment Page
  • The Outsiders

  • WATCH: Identity and the Outsiders Page
  • READ: Chapters 3-4 of The Outsiders

  • Grammar

  • WATCH: Week 2 Grammar Instruction Subjects and Verbs URL
  • PRACTICE: Finding Subjects Page
  • PRACTICE: Finding Verbs Page
  • WATCH: Week 2 Usage Instruction There/Their/They're URL
• Week 3
  
  

  Week 3

  Tell your Paragraph Where to Go! Effective Topic Sentences

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  • Introduction

  • Topic Sentences

  • WATCH: Writing Process (Planning) URL
  • Plagiarism

  • WATCH: What is Plagiarism? Page
  • READ: A Magical Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism Page
  • The Outsiders

  • READ: Chapters 5-6 of The Outsiders

  • WATCH: Themes of The Outsiders Page
  • Subject-Verb Agreement

  • WATCH: Week 3 Usage Instruction URL
  • PRINT: Subject-Verb Agreement Handout Page
  • WATCH: Week 3 Grammar--Subject-Verb Agreement URL
  • PRACTICE: Subject-Verb Agreement Page
• Week 4
  
  

  Week 4

  Supporting Details: The Scenery Along the Journey

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    Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov
  • Introduction

  • Details and Support

  • WATCH: Week 4 Composition Instruction: Support URL
  • PRINT: Transitions Handout Page
  • PRINT:Paragraph Structure Handout Page
  • The Outsiders

  • READ: The Outsiders Chapter 7-8

  • Verb Shifts and Commonly Confused Words

  • REVIEW: Action vs. Linking Verbs Page
  • WATCH: Week 4 Grammar Instruction:Verb Shifts URL
  • LISTEN: Grammar Girl on Passive Voice Page
  • PRACTICE: Active vs. Passive Verbs Page
  • PRACTICE: Shifts in Tense Page
  • WATCH: Week 4 Usage--its/it's/your/you're URL
• Week 5
  
  

  Week 5

  Unity and Coherence

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    A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure. ~Henry David Thoreau
  • Introduction

  • Unity and Coherence

  • WATCH: Week 5 Composition Instruction: Unity and Coherence URL
  • The Outsiders

  • READ: The Outsiders Chapters 9-10
  • Run On Sentences

  • WATCH: Week 5 Grammar Instruction--Run-on Sentences URL
  • PRACTICE: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Page
  • WATCH: Week 5 Usage Instruction: knew, new, no, etc. URL
• Week 6
  
  

  Week 6

  Revising- "Seeing Again"

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    Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. ~From the movie Finding Forrester
  • Introduction

  • Revision and Peer Editing

  • WATCH: Week 6 Composition pt. 1: Revision URL
  • WATCH: Week 6 Composition Instruction part 2 Page
  • WATCH Week 6 Instruction part 3 URL
  • PRINT and READ: Peer Edit Guidelines and Example File
  • The Outsiders

  • READ: The Outsiders Chapters 11-12

  • Sentence Fragments

  • REVIEW: Subject-Verb Agreement Page
  • WATCH: Week 6 Grammar Instruction: Sentence Fragments URL
  • PRACTICE: Sentence Fragments Page
  • WATCH: Week 6 Usage Instruction then/than/loose/lose URL
• Week 7
  
  

  Week 7

  The Final Paragraph

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    If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison
  • Introduction

  • Composition

  • The Outsiders

  • WATCH: How to use Glogster Page
  • Slang and Cliche

  • PRINT: Week 6 Slang/Cliche Note-taking Guide Page
  • WATCH: Week 6 Instruction--Slang/Cliche URL
• Week 8
  
  

  Week 8

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    Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow
  • Introduction

  • Writing Assessment
    

  • REVIEW: Peer Editing Guidelines and Example Page
  • The Outsiders

  • REVIEW: The Outsiders Test Page
  • Visual Writing Prompt

  • Capitalization

  • PRINT: Capitalization Handout Page
  • WATCH: Capitalization Instruction Page
  • PRACTICE: Capitalization Page
• Week 9
  
  

  Week 9

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  • Introduction

  • Grammar, Mechanics, and Composition Test 

  • STUDY and ADD to: Grammar, Mechanics, and Composition Study Guide Page
  • IMPORTANT!: Read this BEFORE opening the exam Page
  • Composition

  • Types of Writing

• Week 10
  
  

  Week 10

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    “An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's" - JD Salinger
    
  • Introduction

  • STANDARDS: Week 10 Page
  • Five Paragraph Essays

  • WATCH: Week 10 Composition Instruction URL
  • VIEW: Sample 5-Paragraph Essay Page
  • PRINT: Week 10 Composition Assignment--essay organization Page
  • Informational Text

  • READ: Drop the Halloween Mask! It Might Scare Someone URL
  • Pronoun Case

  • *WATCH: Week 10 Grammar Instruction URL
  • READ and PRINT: Pronoun Case Page
  • PRACTICE: Pronoun Case Page
  • Affect vs. Effect

  • WATCH: Week 10 Usage Instruction: Affect/Effect URL
  • READ and PRINT: Affect vs. Effect Page
  • LISTEN: Grammar Girl on Affect vs. Effect Page
  • REVIEW: Confused Words Page