Welcome to 9 Honors English!
As 9th grade English students, you will be exposed to many different cultures this year through films, literary works, and nonfiction. What can learn from reading articles and stories and from viewing films about different cultures? Why is it so important for young students in today’s society to be exposed to these different cultures? Although both of these questions will be revisited throughout the year, it is how I would like to begin your first marking period of 9th grade English.
You will be using the film we
will be watching, the articles we will be reviewing, the short stories and novel
we will be reading this marking period to help answer the above questions. Eventually, you will answer the question in a
formal thesis paper. All the tools you
will need to be a successful high school English student will be given to you
during the first marking period.
The following are the items we will be working on over the
next marking period:
·
Quote Analysis
·
Critical Thinking Skills
·
Writing Skills (Thesis Statements, Paragraph
Organization, MLA format, Citations, Works Cited Page, etc.)
To learn and strengthen these skills we will use the following
for our discussions:
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Summer Reading Choice
·
The Sirens
of Baghdad, The Swallows of Kabul,
or The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
·
“Marriage is a Private Affair” and other
selections from World Literature: An
Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry
·
Osama
·
2012 summer and fall current event articles from
around the world
·
Nonfiction Sample
