aa9coursedescription

COURSE OUTLINE

Grade Level: 9th Course #: EN 27W
Course Name: AA English # Of Credits: One (1)

Course Description:

This course is an accelerated study of composition (writing), literature, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, research, and study skills.

Course Objectives:

1. Students will use the writing process.
2. Students will compose a persuasive essay.
3. Students will compose a limited research paper.
4. Students will read a variety of literature and analyze for elements of fiction.
5 Students should know and be able to acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts.
6. Students should know and be able to employ strategies to comprehend text.
7. Students should know and be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements
    of literature.
8. Students should know and be able to recognize and apply knowledge of historical and cultural aspects of American,
    British, and world literature.
9. Students should know and be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements
    of expository text.
10. Students should know and be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements
      of functional text.
11. Students should know and be able to explain basic elements of argument in text and their relationship to the author’s
      purpose and use of persuasive strategies.

Reading:          AIMS Test Prep                                                           Writing:          AIMS Test Prep
                          Drama, Romeo and Juliet                                                                       Daily Oral Language
                          Epic, The Odyssey                                                                                 Editing
                          Literary Elements                                                                                  Grammar
                          Non-fiction, Farewell to Manzanar                                                      Literary Analysis
                          Non-fiction, Into Thin Air                                                                     Paragraph Writing
                          Non-fiction, Red Scarf Girl                                                                   Personal Narrative
                          Novel, Animal Farm                                                                              Poetry
                          Novel, Bless Me, Ultima                                                                        Research Paper
                          Novel, Cold Sassy Tree                                                                         Revising
                          Novel, Great Expectations                                                                     Six Traits of Writing
                          Novel, I Am the Cheese                                                                         Spelling of Vocabulary
                          Novel, Out of the Dust                                                                          Terra Nova Test Prep
                          Novel, The Bean Trees                                                                          Persuasive Essay
                          Novel, The Giver                                                                                  Vocabulary
                          Poetry
                          Short Story
                          Terra Nova Test Prep
                          Vocabulary

Testing:
• District Test (Writing/Communication: Persuasive Letter)
• Terra Nova (Reading Fiction/Non-fiction, Vocabulary, Language Mechanics, Spelling)

*Selection of reading and writing materials is at the sole discretion of the teacher as long as the materials fit within MPS policies and curriculum. Reading and writing materials are subject to change throughout the semester.