9th Grade English Syllabus
by Carol Braun
August 10, 2008
Ninth Grade English
Mrs. Cordry
2008-2009
Welcome to ninth grade English. The purpose and objective of
ninth grade English is to challenge you into working hard to
set, maintain, and achieve high goals in grammar,
vocabulary, spelling, writing, and literature in order or
prepare you for what lies beyond your high school years.
Materials needed for class:
Paper
Blue pen
Pencil with eraser
3 ring binder
6 dividers for the binder, labeled: Reading, Writing,
Vocabulary, Grammar, Projects, Literature
Journal for journaling daily
First Nine Weeks:
Essential Vocabulary Pre-test
Essential Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Literature terms, including project for terms
Traits of Effective Writing Unit
Traits of Effective Communication
Essay: Goals for Five and Ten Years
Essay: Descriptive Writing
Personal Reading Time
Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives,
Pronouns
Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points,
and Commas
Mechanics of Writing: Capitalization, Singular and Plural
words
Novel: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and
project
Literature book: “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The
Scarlet Ibis,” “Amigo Brothers,” “The Gift of the
Magi,” “A Death in the House,” “The Woman Who Had No
Eye for Small Details,” “The Rule of Names”
Journaling
Second Nine Weeks:
Essential Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Poetry Unit, including a project
Literature book: Unit 3 and Unit 7
Modern Short Stories
Essay: Descriptive Essay
Essay: Personal Short Story (Biography-Narrative)
Grammar: Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection
Mechanics: Sentence Structures, Acronyms, Numbers, and
Abbreviations
Punctuation: Semicolon, Colon, and Quotations Marks
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Third Nine Weeks:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville: Movie
Speech
Essential Vocabulary throughout the nine weeks
Writing: Compare/Contrast Essay
Writing: Descriptive Essay
Writing: Personal Commentary on Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare Unit, Literature book: Romeo and Juliet; Unit 4
Grammar: Phrases and Clauses
Review Grammar
Review Punctuation
Persuasive Speech
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Novel: Night by Elie Weisel
Fourth Nine Weeks:
Essay: Descriptive
Essay: Expository
Essay: Persuasive
Essential Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Review Grammar, Mechanics, and Punctuation
Journaling
Debates
Literature book
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Makeup work must be complete within two days of return to
school. It is up to the student to come to me to get makeup
work. If it is not made up, it will result in a zero for
that grade. If a student knows they will be out prior to the
absence, they must get work before absence and turn it in
before absence.
A student caught cheating, including plagiarizing, will
receive a 0 and a detention.
I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding year. If you
have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact me at the school at (402) 645-3326, at my home (402)
806-6876, or via email at
scordry@esu5.org
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cordry
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