Welcome to Back to School Night PVHS 2012/2013 English 9P Mrs. Flory Welcome to Back to School Night PVHS 2012/2013

A Little Bit About Me… I am in my 14th year of teaching. (5th at PV) I have taught grade levels ranging from 5th – 12th grades within the past 14 years. So far, this has been a great and positive start to the new year

My Family… My husband, Bill, teaches Science at PVHS. He is also in charge of the Athlete Committed Program. He coaches two sports this year as well. Our two sons graduated from PVHS (2005 & 2008) We are currently hosting a Chinese student at PVHS, so we are PV parents once again!

My Solution for Empty Nesting…

On the Academic Front… We are transitioning to the California Common Core State Standards… The new standards provide a way of examining and enriching the learning environment and the current curriculum to best help our students be both college and career ready upon graduation from PVHS. I have placed a link on the website home page that briefly explains the rationale for the ccss implementation. It is worth the watch if you have a few minutes…

English 9P Textbook – HOLT Language and Literature (Third Course) Various Novels / Plays Vocabulary (academic and textual) Writing (various genres and lengths) Reading (close reading, informational text, literature, poetry, AoWs, and SSR)

Core Textbook and Grammar Resources Each student should have a book at home. We use the class set of books during school time. Grammar Resource Books are kept in class. HOLT Literature & HOLT Handbook Writer’s Inc. Language Arts

Semester 1 Short stories/Elements of Fiction Grammar/Punctuation/Vocabulary Units of Focus: (Steinbeck’s) Of Mice and Men ERWC Writing Unit (1) AoW and Ted Talks MLA format

Semester 2 Continue AoW and Ted Talks Poetry Plagiarism Writing with a purpose ERWC writing unit (2) Vocabulary Novel and Drama Study Units

Poetry 

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Possible additional novels…

Research, MLA, Plagiarism

Wow, what a busy year… Please sign up for the English 10 Remind 101 Texting Service (it is free) Stay current and updated by checking the website The BEST POSSIBLE way to contact me is by email: jflory@chicousd.org

Thanks for coming out tonight! GO VIKINGS!