Mrs. Staten’s 9th Grade English Tentative Syllabus (Subject to Change)
This list is not exhaustive. We will cover sixty-two state standards in preparation for the End of
Course Assessment in May.
1st NINE WEEKS:
Daily Grammar Practice*
Vocabulary-Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes*
Parts of Speech
Paragraph/Essay Writing -Narrative*
Paragraph/Essay Writing –Informational*
Novel study: The Book Thief
Informational texts: Germany and the Holocaust
Analyzing literature and other media
(e.g. setting, characterization, figurative language)
Oral Presentation and Group Dynamics*
Research skills*
2nd NINE WEEKS:
Daily Grammar Practice*
Vocabulary- Analogies
Punctuation
Sentence Structure Revision
Paragraph/Essay Writing -Narrative*
Paragraph/Essay Writing –Informational*
Oral Presentation and Group Dynamics*
Novel study: To Kill a Mockingbird
Informational texts: 1930’s and The Great Depression
Research skills*
3rd NINE WEEKS:
Daily Grammar Practice*
Vocabulary-Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes*
Agreement
Tense of Verbs
Pronoun usage and agreement
Paragraph/Essay Writing-Argumentative*
Oral Presentation and Group Dynamics*
Outside Reading: Romeo and Juliet
Informational texts: Shakespeare and theatre
Research skills*
4th NINE WEEKS:
Daily Grammar Practice*
Vocabulary- Academic Vocabulary
Commonly Confused Words
Poetry
Paragraph/Essay Writing-Argumentative*
Arguments and Methods Unit (analyze speeches)
Research skills*
Oral Presentation and Group Dynamics*
*Indicates a year-long activity