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| CLASS English 9/10A | |
| GRADE | 8/9 gr |
| TEACHER | X X  |
| TIME | 3:15-4:15 |
| LOCATION | |
| ROOM | 305 |
| TEXTBOOKS | |
| STUDENTS | |
| Subject | English |
| PROGRAM | Course: English 9/10 Fall 2012 Objective: To prepare each student for honors and advanced placement level English courses. Additionally, the course is designed to facilitate each student’s understanding of writing, reading comprehension, and critical thinking, which will offer each student an opportunity to prepare for the college experience. Since these skills are required for individuals to excel in any career, instruction is differentiated to ensure each student is challenged and students will gain important insight into the need to utilize these skills beyond high school, the SAT, and their college experience. The following materials will be utilized (list may expand based on each student’s ability): • Snowball: Warren Buffett and the business of Life by Alice Schroeder • Wide Open by Larry Bjornson • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (excerpts of this novel only) • Frekonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner • Rendezvous With Destiny by Craig Shirley • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (excerpts of this novel only) • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King • Short texts on the U.S. Constitution • Additional texts may be added Course addressed Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards/ |
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