High School Honors English 9 Online
Description:
Honors English 9 is a comprehensive introductory language arts course designed to create effective readers and writers. Students are presented with a wide variety of literary forms including short stories, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and novel excerpts. Through implementation of basic literary analysis skills, students understand and apply strategies to maximize reading comprehension and develop analytical skills. Analytical techniques include making inferences, applying visualization, predicting, and awareness of organizational patterns. Vocabulary development is interwoven in each module page and reading selection. Written literary analysis practice promotes student growth of previously learned writing skills.
Textbook: English 9 - © Excel Education Systems, Inc. - 2019
Course objectives:
Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:
- Read, examine, and analyze a variety of literary genres.
- Identify literary characteristics of specific genres.
- Analyze and identify plot structure, character development, and author’s purpose.
- Apply literary analysis skills to increase comprehension of a variety of genres.
- Compare and contrast works of literature with similar themes.
- Acquire new vocabulary identified in reading selections.
- Demonstrate written proficiency in literary analysis.
- Enhance expository and persuasive writing skills.
Contents:
Semester A
Unit 1: Elements of Narrative Structure
Unit 2: Elements of Characterization
Unit 3: Setting and Mood
Unit 4: Literary Theme
Unit 5: Author’s Purpose
Semester B
Unit 6: Rhetorical Analysis
Unit 7: Poetic Form
Unit 8: Literary Humor
Unit 9: Literature and History
Unit 10: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Unit 11: The Odyssey
Grade Weighting
Unit Quizzes.........................40%
Written Assignments........................30%
Mid-Term/Final Exams......30%
Total.......................................100%
Grading Scale
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = under 59%
