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English Department
English Department
English Department
Grade 9 Curriculum
~First Quarter~
Short Story/Nonfiction
Structure of language:
Parts of Speech
Parts of Sentence
*Assess summer reading.
*Composition: Collins Writing
Open Response Questions Response in Literature (Library Orientation)
~Second Quarter~
Classical Literature: The Odyssey
Drama: Romeo and Juliet
*Structure of Language:
Modifiers and Sentence Structure
*Composition: Collins Writing
Creative Writing Research
~Third Quarter~
Novel - Nonfiction (biography, personal narrative, Literary criticism)
*Structure of Language:
Functions of Phrases and Clauses
*Composition: Collins Writing
Open Response question
Multi-Paragraph Response in Literature
~Fourth Quarter~
Poetry
(atleast one poem from each section)
*Structure of Language:
Verb Tenses, Irregular Verbs, and Verbals
*Composition: Collins Writing
Poetry Writing
Multi-Paragraph Response to Literature
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