Course Description
Basic English 9 is a course focused on developing literary skills across the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The course incorporates many reading strategies to allow students to again access to high level reading materials. Specific emphasis will be placed on writing development including structure, grammar and essay completion.
- Units of Study
- First Semester Second Semester
- Short Story Unit Poetry
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel West Side Story/Romeo and Juliet
- Taking Sides by Gary Soto Capitalization/Punctation
- Parts of Speech Introduction/ Conclusions
- Paragraph Structure Essay Writing
- Mythology