English 9 Syllabus                                    Mrs. Baker                           2011-2012

Goals and Objectives:

English 9 is designed to introduce students to literary analysis while strengthening their basic reading and writing skills.  To achieve development of reading and writing, students will complete independent readings during the course of the year.  Students are required to read one independent novel or play each quarter and complete a written analysis and/or an accompanying project.  During class, students will complete a genre-based curriculum while practicing skills geared toward the NYS English Regents and achieving the goals of the NYS English Language Arts standards.

Course Textbook: McDougal Littell The Language of Literature

In-class Major Readings: The Wizard of Oz, Romeo and Juliet, and The Giver

Units:

1.     Survival                        3.  Monsters             5.  Consequences of Emotion

2.     Rite of Passage            4.  Cultures in Conflict           6.  Choices

Supplies:

1.      Pens (standard blue or black ink for class work; other colors will not be accepted.  For editing essays, please have a red, green, or purple pen)

2.      Highlighters

3.      Index cards

4.      1 1/2 inch binder with 5 section dividers

5.      Electronic Dictionary and flash drive, if possible

Grading Policy:

            Tests:               25%  (Test corrections will be available earning partial points)

            Classwork:       30%  (This includes projects and essays.  Late papers lose 10

                                              points per day from the earned grade.)

            Major

            Assignments:    25%  (Major Assignments must be completed with at

                                             least a 65 in order to take the Final Exam.)

Quizzes:           10%   (Reflect homework; there are no retakes) 

            Homework:      10%

                        (Homework that is collected will be accepted late (after I collected it)

                          at the consequence of earning only half credited for one-day late.  No

                          homework will be accepted after one-day late. Homework that is

                          essential to the class discussion or class assignments will NOT be

                          accepted late, earning a 0.)

Each quarter counts twice and the midterm and final count once each toward the final grade for the year, as per department policy.

Anticipated Assignments for all of English 9: research paper projects and independent readings with projects.