1. MEREDITH WARDY (714) 241-5000 MEREDITH.WARDY@SAUSD.US OFFICE HOURS: WEDNESDAY 3-3:30PM English 9

2. The year in a (tiny) nutshell: Unit 1: Fiction (plot, setting, character, voice) Unit 2: Themes (point of view, narrator, voice) Unit 3: Irony and ambiguity/symbolism, allegory) Unit 4: Intro to Mythology (Selected myths, “The Odyssey”) Unit 5: Epic and Myth (“The Odyssey”) Unit 6: Consumer and Workplace Docs (Business letter) Unit 7: Literary Criticism/Biography and History (selected short stories) Unit 8: Poetry (selected poems, writing your own!) Unit 9: Drama: Tragedy (Romeo and Juliet—the greatest love story ever written…) Unit 10: Novel (The House on Mango Street)

3. Grading Policies Grade Categories Essays, writing, projects: 35% Tests, quizzes: 30% Class work, homework: 25% Independent Reading: 5% Class Participation: 5%

4. Turnitin.com Class IDs and Passwords Period 4: ID = 8542194 PW = Jaguars2018 Period 5: ID = 8542199 PW = Jaguars2018 Period 6: ID = 8542209 PW = Jaguars2018

5. My website! My school website is under the “Teachers” link at http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/segerstrom. (Search by last name.) http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/segerstrom Turnitin.com and other relevant, helpful information is under the “Links” tab on the left side of the page. The 9 th Grade Materials link takes students to relevant documents and PPTs.

6. Required Reading

7. Independent Reading Reading at home is required. IR assignments will be collected every six weeks. Some suggested titles: Harry Potter series, Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, The Kite Runner, Flowers for Algernon, Lord of the Flies, Catch-22, Divergent series, The Hunger Games, Call of the Wild See list near classroom library for other great suggestions! Also, visit my website for popular books and authors!

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