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Miss Raub:
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Phone: 610.965.1650 x21514
Email: braub@eastpennsd.org
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English 9 Honors
Emmaus High School
Room 514
http://chugiakpegasus.com/category/artsentertainment/literature/
Date: September 29,2010
Time: 7:00
Miss Bonnie Raub
Room 514
English 9 Honors
Course Overview
First Semester Curriculum
Literature
Summer reading: Great Expectations and
two student-selected novels
Second Semester Curriculum
Literature:
Nonfiction (Excerpts from larger works)
Single Room, Earth View by Sally Ride
A Celebration of Grandfathers by Rudolfo A.
Anaya
Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese by
Keay Davidson
Glory and Hope by Nelson Mandela
This syllabus is subject to minor changes. A
copy of the curriculum is also accessible on
the schoolʼs website: http://
www.eastpennsd.org/Curriculum/
English.html
Drama: Shakespeareʼs Romeo and Juliet
Short stories:
One Ordinary Day with Peanuts by Shirley
Jackson
Blues Ainʼt No Mockingbird by Toni Cade
Bambara
Uncle Marcos by Isabella Allende
The Invalidʼs Story by Mark Twain
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Novels:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and A
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Grammar: parts of a sentence, phrases,
and punctuation
Vocabulary: Part I: Units 1-7 in the Word
Wealth Text
Writing: summer reading essay, literary
analysis, and constructed responses
Grammar: clauses, agreement, verb tenses,
and punctuation
Vocabulary: Part I: Unit 8 and Part II: Units
1-5 in the Word Wealth text.
Writing:
Research Paper: Students will be evaluated
on the process as well as the final product.
Students may seek assistance during periods
one and four during the school day. They may
also make appointments before and after
school. I usually arrive early and stay late.
English 9 Honors
Emmaus High School
Room 514