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Curriculum Manager: Course Outline
Course: English 9 A (Standard)
Display Name: English 9 A
Units & Lessons
Thrillers (Unit)
Lessons
Learning About Literature
Setting Background for "The Cask of Amontillado"
Reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
Common and Proper Nouns
Vocabulary and Prewriting a Set Description
Drafting a Set Description
Revising a Set Description
Editing and Publishing a Set Description
Understanding Poetry
Setting Background for "The Most Dangerous Game"
Beginning "The Most Dangerous Game"
Completing "The Most Dangerous Game"
Pronouns and Antecedents
Vocabulary and Prewriting an Attorney's Brief
Drafting an Attorney's Brief
Revising an Attorney's Brief
Editing and Publishing an Attorney's Brief
Standardized Test Preparation
Setting Background for "The Red-headed League"
Beginning "The Red-headed League"
Completing "The Red-headed League"
Coordinate Adjectives
Vocabulary and Prewriting a Detective Story
Drafting a Detective Story
Revising a Detective Story
Editing and Publishing a Detective Story
Learning How to Read Nonfiction
Reading a News Article
Background for "Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese"
Reading "Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese"
Proper and Compound Adjectives and Vocabulary
Unit Review Lesson
Thrillers Unit Test
People, Dreams, and Cultures (Unit)
Lessons
Understanding Poetic Devices
Reading Poems About Dreams
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Understanding Persuasive Speeches
Author's Purpose and Tone in Literature
"I Have a Dream" and "Glory and Hope":The Speeches
Action Verbs
Linking and Helping Verbs
Vocabulary and Prewriting to Compare-and-Contrast
Drafting a Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Revising a Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Edit and Publish a Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Standardized Test Preparation
Setting Background for "Old Man of the Temple"
Reading "Old Man of the Temple"
Adverbs
Vocabulary and Prewriting a Travel Brochure
Drafting and Revising a Travel Brochure
Editing and Publishing a Travel Brochure
Setting Background for "Rules of the Game"
Reading "Rules of the Game'
Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary and Prewriting an Advice Column
Drafting an Advice Column
Revising an Advice Column
Editing and Publishing an Advice Column
Connecting Literature and Media
Standardized Test Preparation
Analyzing Theme in Poetry
Vocabulary and Parenthetical Expressions
Unit Review Lesson
People, Dreams, and Cultures Unit Test
Animal Farm: A Novel (Unit)
Lessons
Biography of George Orwell
Understanding Literary Elements
Setting Background for Animal Farm
Beginning Animal Farm
Story Mapping Animal Farm
Animal Farm, Studying Chapters I-II
Animal Farm, Studying Chapters III-IV
Animal Farm, Studying Chapters V-VI
Animal Farm, Studying Chapters VII-VIII
Animal Farm, Studying Chapters IX-X
Completing the Story Map for Animal Farm
Writing About Animal Farm
Writing as a Character in Animal Farm
Unit Review Lesson
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Animal Farm Unit Test
English 9A Final Exam (Unit)
Lessons
English 9A Final Exam Review
English 9A Final Exam
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