English 9

Note: Sequencing of units will vary by teacher. Eng 9 page 35 weeks What is valuable? Students will:-analyze developmentof characters, plot,themes-Cite textual evidenceto support analysis5 weeks Research/Rhetoric-SpeechesAmerican/FoundationalTextsBiographyStudents will:- recognize rhetoricaldevices- investigate topic(speech)- gain an introductionto databases- examine credibility ofweb sources- determine key wordsto streamline searches- discover and practiceproper MLA format- practice paraphrasing,summarizing, andintegrating quotes- include parentheticalcitationUnit test,Compare/contrastessayShort, sustainedresearch project(Power PointPresentation),Speech writing(persuasive),Explanatoryparagraphs withworks citedincluding internalcitationsRL 1-6RL 7, 9RL 11W2W3RI – 1, 2, 4, 5, 9S – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Odyssey, “The Necklace” (text)Yeats – “Leda and the Swan”poem + artwork, + mythPainting “Fall of Troy” (PH FineArt Transparencies #17 and 18)“The Gettysburg Address”Excerpt from Sandburg’s “ALincoln Preface” (text 452)FDR “First Inaugural Address”,King’s “I have a Dream” speech(text)- Students will producea couple of shortresearch projects(power point, oral orparagraph whichinclude works cited