2008-2009+Curriculum

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El Cajon Valley High School English Department 9th Grade Curriculum 2008-2009

The school year has been divided into four blocks of time (each block represents a quarter). This will allow teachers to address the major department requirements, each within a specified block of time.

Major requirements:

Department Diagnostic Assessment Identity Project Literature – Short Stories and Poetry – Glencoe Anthology Literature – __Of Mice and Men__ Narrative Benchmark Essay Expository Benchmark Essay Department Assessments – Reading 1.0/2.0 Reading 3.0 Writing Strategies/Written & Oral Conventions Career Project Research/Presentations
 * Term 1: **

Literature – __The Odyssey/The Adventures of Ulysses__ Persuasive Benchmark Essay Literature – Glencoe Anthology Portfolio Department Assessments – Reading 1.0/2.0 Reading 3.0 Writing Strategies/Written & Oral Conventions 1.0 *Vocabulary – throughout the year Grammar and Usage – throughout the year Eight Keys – throughout the year ******************************************************************************************************************* Block One: Term 1 * Quarter 1: August 22 – September 12 ---Q1 Progress Grades *Quarter 1: September 15- October 17 --- Q1 Final Quarter Grades
 * Term 2: **

Block Two: Term 1 *Quarter 2: October 20- November 14 --- Q2 Progress Grades *Quarter 2: November 17- December 18--- Q2 Final Quarter Grades

Block Three: Term 2 *Quarter 3: January 5- January 30 --- Q3 Progress Grades *Quarter 3: February 2- March 13 --- Q3 Final Quarter Grades

Block Four: Term 2 *Quarter 4: March 16 – April 24 --- Q4 Progress Grades *Quarter 4: April 27 – June 4 ---Q4 Final Grades

BLOCK ONE
August 18 – September 12

Week 1: Monday – Thursday Orientation and testing for placement Friday, 8/22 Syllabus, Student data sheets, “ Two-voice poem”

Saturday (8/23) Score Baseline Essay - all freshman teachers

Week 2: Monday Identity Project (introduction)- Name Poetry Tuesday Short story “ONLY DAUGHTER” - Cornell Notes-Modeling Reading Focus Quick Write Author Introduction Vocabulary Read story pg. 314-317 Answer Questions Theme connection (#8) for free write. In class - One paragraph due – FAMILY Wednesday Author’s Purpose Model creating sentences – assign for homework In class - Two paragraphs due - FRIENDS AND HOBBIES Thursday In class - Two paragraphs due - CULTURE/TRADITIONS and TRAVEL/FUTURE In class – All 5 paragraphs due - Rough Draft Friday Projector - Mac overhead or presentation - how to create a Microsoft Document. Make sure everyone is internet approved. Peer Editing-5 paragraphs

Week 3 & 4: Tuesday, 9/2 Department Diagnostic Assessment Wednesday, 9/3- Use the short stories and/or poems from Glencoe (see list) 9/10 to assist them with their project. Sign up in LAB for 1 or 1 1/2 days. Practice using Editing Marks with Identity Paragraphs

Week 4: Monday, 9/8 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 1 Thursday/Friday, 9/11- Present Identity Projects 9/12 // Friday, 9/12 Quarter 1 Progress Grades //

September 18 – November 22


 * // By October 16: Administer Department Reading 3.0 Standards Assessment //**

Quarter 1 Literature – Of Mice and Men Teach designated Reading 3.0 Standards
 * Weeks 5-9: ** 9/15 – 10/16 Teach Narrative Essay

Week 6: Monday, 9/22 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 2

Week 7: Monday-Friday Review for Narrative Benchmark Essay Wednesday, 10/1 Write Narrative Benchmark Essay // Thursday - Friday Score Narrative Benchmark Essay (Scoring team) //

Week 8: Monday 10/6 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 3

Week 9: // Friday, 10/17 Quarter 1 Final Grades ---Mini-Day //

**Curriculum References**

=** Throughout **= =** Block One: ** Teach: Editing Marks w/ Exercises =

Parts of Speech Noun – grammar book pages 93-97, wkbk. Pg. 47-49 Verb – grammar bk. Pg. 105-108, wkbk. Pg. 55-59 Adjective – grammar bk. Pg. 110-113, wkbk. Pg. 61

Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 1 – __Improving Vocabulary Skills__, Townsend Press

Glencoe Short Stories and Poems with Identity themes

1. The Winner 8. Horned Toad 2. Tia Chucha (poem) 9. I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid (poem) 3. Gaston 10. Scarlet Ibis 4. The Leap 11. The Open Window 5. Only Daughter 12. The Space and who are you, little I (poem) 6. My mother combs my hair (poem) 13. My poetry (poem) 7. American History

Short Story – Poetry
Reading 3.0 3.5 – Explain how two literary works share a common theme 3.6 – Identify the literary elements used to develop time and sequence Foreshadow Flashback 3.7 – Identify and explain: Simile Metaphor Irony Plot structure Imagery 3.9 – Define point of view and explain how it relates to tone, plot, and credibility

Identity Project
Listening and Speaking 1.0 1.3 – Choose logical patterns of organization 1.4 – Choose appropriate techniques for developing the introduction and conclusion 1.7 – Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal of presentations 1.8 – Produce concise notes for extemporaneous delivery (note cards) 1.9 – Analyze the occasion and the interests of the audience and choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques for presentation


 * BLOCK TWO (Quarter 2) **
 * // October 19 – December 18 //**
 * // Before Dec. 17 Administer Department Standards Assessments: //**
 * // Reading 1.0/2.0 and Reading 3.0 //**
 * // Writing Strategies/Written & Oral Conventions 1.0 //**

Weeks 10-15: 10/20 – 11/26 Teach- __The Adventures of Ulysses__ and/or __ The Odyssey __ Weeks 10-17: 10/20-12/12 Teach- Expository Writing Career Essay and Career Project *Sign up for computer labs/library time Coin3/research/typing

Week 10: Monday, 10/20 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 4

Week 12: Monday, 11/3 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 5

Week 13: Tuesday

// Friday, 11/14 Quarter 2 Progress Grades ---Mini-Day //

BLOCK TWO (continued)
Teach designated Reading 1.0/2.0 Standards
 * Weeks 14-18: ** 11/27 – 12/20

Week 15: Monday, 11/24 Begin Vocabulary – Unit 1, Chapter 6 Week 16: Wednesday, 12/3 Expository Benchmark Thursday/Friday Score Expository Benchmark (scoring team)

Week 17: Monday, 12/8 Vocabulary – Unit 1 Review & Test Week 18: Monday-Wednesday Career Presentations (academies choose a day) 12/15-12/17

Thursday, 12/18 End of 2nd Quarter- LAST DAY for STUDENTS Friday, 12/19 Quarter 2- **//Final Grades for Term 1 (Faculty Work Day)//**

Winter Break 12/22 – 1/2 Curriculum References Beginning Teach: simple sentence structure (identify run-ons, fragments, etc.) Block Two Grammar book Chapter 2, pages 130-142, wkbk. Pg. 75-83 uses of prepositional phrases Grammar book Chapter 3, pages 147-149, wkbk. Pg. 89 uses of commas • in a series G-bk. Ch. 11, pg. 320-321, wkbk. Pg. 253 • before and after interrupting elements G-bk. Ch. 11, pg. 326-327, wkbk. Pg. 257 • after introductory elements G-bk. Ch. 11, pg. 327-329 subject verb agreement G-bk. Ch. 6, pg. 214-227, wkbk. Pg. 161-175 punctuation of dialogue Narrative writing - G bk. Pg. 453 Quotation marks - G bk. Pg. 339, wkbk. Pg. 271 pronoun antecedent agreement G-bk. Ch. 7, pg. 242-247, wkbk. Pg. 187-193
 * Throughout Term One: **

Parts of Speech Adverbs – G-bk. Ch. 1, pg. 114-117, wkbk. Pg. 63 Prepositions – G-bk. Ch. 1, pg. 118, wkbk. Pg. 69 Pronouns – G-bk. Ch. 1, pg. 98-104, wkbk. Pg. 51-53

Vocabulary – Unit 1 – Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5

its, it’s – G-bk. Pg. 60 your, you’re – G-bk. Pg. 81 there, their, they’re – G-bk. Pg. 76 too, two, to – G-bk. Pg. 77
 * During Quarter 1:** Correct usage of:

G-bk. Ch. 4, pg. 164-172, wkbk. Pg. 101-103 uses of commas G-bk. Ch. 11, pg. 322, wkbk. Pg. 251 use of semicolons G-bk. Ch. 11, pg. 318-319, wkbk. Pg. 249 = use of consistent verb tense = G-bk. Ch. 5, pg. 206, wkbk. Pg. 153 Correct usage of: than, then – G-bk. Pg. 75, wkbk. Pg. 227 where, wear, were – G-bk. Pg. 79-80 who’s, whose – G-bk. Pg. 80 loose, lose – G-bk. Pg. 63-64, wkbk. Pg. 225
 * During Quarter** ** 2: ** Teach: compound sentences (independent/dependent clauses)
 * in a compound sentence before a coordinating conjunction