Syllabus English 9 2013-14
English 9 Dr.
Cohen Room
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Hollywood High School SLC: MET New Media Academy
Asterisked (*) text is credited to the following sources:
Elements of Literature, 4th
Course (Holt-Rinehart-Winston, Publishers)
Holt Literature and Language
Arts
Holt Perspectives in
Multicultural Literature (Purple Workbook)
Vocabulary Workshop Levels “C
and D ”
A Night to Remember by Walter
Lord
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott
Card
Key
to Abbreviations:
EL Elements
of Literature (Home)
A Holt
Lit and Language ARTS Anthology
ML Multicultural
Literacy Workbook
Common Core College and
Career Ready Standards:
·
Building Knowledge through
content-rich non-fiction and informational texts (Read)
·
Reading and writing grounded
in evidence from the text (Back it up!)
·
Regular practice with
complex text and its academic vocabulary (Highlight, Annotate, Think
Critically)
Scope and Sequence: Semester Overview
(Subject to Change)
Aug. 13-16 Authors Covered: Bob Herbert and Robert Cooke
Rising Tides and An Arctic Floe of Climate
Questions
Academic
Vocabulary Pp. 3
PROJ: Register for Engrade.com and register
for Turnitin.com
PROJ: Cornell Notes on All Readings
Aug. 19-23 Authors
Covered: Bob Herbert and Robert
Cooke
Rising Tides and An Arctic Floe of Climate
Questions
PROJ:
Highlight and Annotate assigned texts
PROJ: 5- paragraph essay Evaluation of
Credibility of an Author
Aug. 27-30 Authors
Covered: Oliver Stone and Kirk
Douglass
Where I find My Heroes and Heroes with Solid
Feet
PROJ:
5-paragraph essay Evaluating an
Authors argument
Exam
on Academic Vocabulary PP. 3-115
Library Orientation
Sept.
2-6 Author Covered: Jackie Robinson and Larry Schwartz
Free Minds and Hearts at Work, and Jackie
Changed the Face of Sports
PROJ: Primary and Secondary Sources
Proj:
Character Analysis Table using STEAL (say, thinks, effects, actions, looks)
9/3 P2 Opp. Day Writing Project
Sept.9-13 Author
Covered: Hank Aaron
Jackie
Robison
PROJ:
5 paragraph Character Analysis of
Jackie Robinson
Sept.16- 20 Author
Covered: Martin Luther King,
Dudley Randall and Barack Obama
I Have A Dream, Ballad of Birmingham
PROJ: Allusion Chart
Proj: Evaluate the credibility of a
political speech
Back to School
Night 9/19 Parent/Guardian Visits
Sept.23-27 Author Covered: Gary Soto
The
Grandfather
PROJ: Symbolism Chart
PROJ. Evaluate argument that avocado tree is
a symbol of the grandfather.
Sept.30 -4__ Author
Covered: Cesar Chavez Sor Juana
Ines de la Cruz, Chadis, Saftner
Caesar Chavez Lives, World, in hounding me
Proj: Analyze political cartoons
PROJ:
Persuasive Letter
P4 Opp. Day 10/1 Writing Project
Oct. 7-11 Authors
Covered: African Proverbs
PROJ:
Persuasive Speech
Oct. 14- 17 Authors
Covered: Walter Lord A Night To Remember
PROJ:
Complete Multiple Points of View Chart
Lenses of poverty, degrees of wealth, and gender aboard the
Titanic.
PHAbao
Oct. 17 Parent/Guardian Conferences
SPA Exam English Persuasion
Oct.21- -25 Authors
Covered: Walter Lord A Night To Remember
PROJ:
800 Word Essay on Multiple Points of View
Oct. 28 –Nov.1 Authors Covered: Richard Rodriguez, Rennecike,
Smithsonian Institution
PROJ:
Academy Vocabulary for Exposition
PROJ: Synthesizing Sources Table
Nov. 4– Nov. 8 Authors
Covered: Adreinne Su
Codes of Conduct
PROJ: Denotation and Connotation and Extended Metaphors Elements of
Style Chart
Proj:
Analyze Presidential Election and Victory Speeches
11/5
Opp. Day P2 Writing Project
Nov. 12-Nov. 15 Authors
Covered: Legget, Brinnin, Derek
Kirk Kim
Hurdles
PROJ: 5-paragraph essay on Irony in a cartoon
Nov.18-232 Authors
Covered: John Lewis
Prologue to Walking with the Wind
PROJ:
Allegory Project
11/19
Opp. Day P4 Writing Project
Nov. 25-29 Authors
Covered: Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game
PROJ: 1500 Word Enders Game Essay
Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 2-6 Authors
Covered: Orson Scott Card Enders Game
PROJ:
1500 Word Essay
December 9-13 Authors Covered: Orson Scott Card Enders
Game
PROJ:
Final Exam
Useful Web Sites:
Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Modern Language Association citation formatting
Oxford English Dictionary
Vocabulary for the collegebound student
Teacher Web Log
http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments
Turn It In
Online originality reports for composition
College Board Online
Preparation for post-secondary education endeavors
New York Times The Learning Network
Samples of Student Writing Common Core Standards
Homework, Late Work, and
Grading Policy
Organization and preparedness are skills
you will need regardless of your post-secondary plans.
Homework will be writing compositions, studying for
tests, or reading. DO ALL OF IT.
- Late work will not be accepted! An extension can be granted by the teacher 24 hrs prior to a deadline provided the student shows evidence of progress.
- Papers must be clearly labeled with First and Last Name, Period, Assignment name, and date or paper will drop a grade and feedback will be delayed.
- Some work can NOT be made up, especially the oral assignments.
- See me before 7:30 or during Lunch about make-up work, not right as the class is about to begin.
- Students who are absent from class and provide an acceptable excuse may make up tests by appointment with the teacher.
- If students miss a class for sports or field trip activities, they are required to submit the assigned work the day it is due, either before school or during the school day; excuses such as “I was not in class” are not acceptable.
- End-of-semester deadline is the first day of stop week; no work will be accepted after that date. It is in the students’ best interest to meet deadlines and submit work of the highest quality by due dates.
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