Welcome to College Prep and Honors 9th Grade English Mrs. Hilliar

Literature / The class will be reading selected short stories, plays, memoirs, and poetry. Students will learn skills, concepts and vocabulary relating to the following works: / To Kill A Mockingbird / The Merchant of Venice or Julius Caesar / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Night / Antigone / The Hunger Games / “The Open Window” / “The Amigo Brothers” / “The Most Dangerous Game” / “The Fifty-first Dragon” / “The Smuggler” / “Sweet Potato Pie” / “Split Cherry Tree” / “The Scarlet Ibis” / The class will be reading selected short stories, plays, memoirs, and poetry. Students will learn skills, concepts and vocabulary relating to the following works: / To Kill A Mockingbird / The Merchant of Venice or Julius Caesar / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Night / Antigone / The Hunger Games / “The Open Window” / “The Amigo Brothers” / “The Most Dangerous Game” / “The Fifty-first Dragon” / “The Smuggler” / “Sweet Potato Pie” / “Split Cherry Tree” / “The Scarlet Ibis”

Grammar / Grammar review of… / Parts of speech. / Subject-verb agreement and tense agreement. / Punctuation within a sentence. / Subordinate and independent clauses. / Sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) / Gerunds, infinitives, and participles. / Grammar review of… / Parts of speech. / Subject-verb agreement and tense agreement. / Punctuation within a sentence. / Subordinate and independent clauses. / Sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) / Gerunds, infinitives, and participles.

Compositions / Speeches, writing, and research includes… / Students learning strategies from “Step Up to Writing” to develop multi-paragraph essays. / Students writing and creating a scrapbook in the persona of a main character from a novel. / Students giving oral presentations in groups and alone while utilizing the technological media available at Warwick. / Speeches, writing, and research includes… / Students learning strategies from “Step Up to Writing” to develop multi-paragraph essays. / Students writing and creating a scrapbook in the persona of a main character from a novel. / Students giving oral presentations in groups and alone while utilizing the technological media available at Warwick.

Vocabulary / Tri-weekly reviews and testing of twenty vocabulary words. / Students will develop word and analogy skills. / Every Monday and Friday sections of the unit in the vocabulary book should be completed. / Every third Friday is a test day. / Tri-weekly reviews and testing of twenty vocabulary words. / Students will develop word and analogy skills. / Every Monday and Friday sections of the unit in the vocabulary book should be completed. / Every third Friday is a test day.

Activating Strategies / Students will begin each class with an “activating strategy” that warms them up for the class. These activities can include: / Interpreting quotes / Journaling / Daily Oral Language / Quick grammar reviews / Word knowledge / These journals are collected quarterly and graded. / Students will begin each class with an “activating strategy” that warms them up for the class. These activities can include: / Interpreting quotes / Journaling / Daily Oral Language / Quick grammar reviews / Word knowledge / These journals are collected quarterly and graded.

Policies and Procedures Consequences: / Verbal warning / Teacher detention (after school only) / Parent/teacher conference / Principal involvement Consequences: / Verbal warning / Teacher detention (after school only) / Parent/teacher conference / Principal involvement

Absences / Assignments given prior to the absence are to be handed in upon student’s return to school. / Assignments given during absences are due within one day after student’s return to school. / I will not ask for missing work. It is the student’s responsibility to hand in missed work. / Talk to study partners… / If a student is absent for an extended period time, special arrangements will be made. / Assignments given prior to the absence are to be handed in upon student’s return to school. / Assignments given during absences are due within one day after student’s return to school. / I will not ask for missing work. It is the student’s responsibility to hand in missed work. / Talk to study partners… / If a student is absent for an extended period time, special arrangements will be made.

Learning Lab / Learning Labs are held three days each week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. / There will be a science, math, and English teacher available for the students who attend. / It can be used as a study hall after school as well as a teaching opportunity. / Learning Labs are free for all students. / Learning Labs are held three days each week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. / There will be a science, math, and English teacher available for the students who attend. / It can be used as a study hall after school as well as a teaching opportunity. / Learning Labs are free for all students.

Feel free to contact me… / Contact Mrs. Hilliar by calling the High School office. / / / Contact Mrs. Hilliar by calling the High School office. / /

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