East Penn School District
Secondary Curriculum
A Planned Course Statement
for
9th Grade English, GP Seminar
Course #
108SM
Department:
Grade(s)
9
English
Length of Period (mins.)
Periods per Cycle:
84
Total Clock Hours:
6
Length of Course (yrs.)
Type of Offering:
required
Credit:
Adopted:
2.0
6/2006
Developed by:
Nichole Cavanaugh
Stuart Speicher
elective
120
1.0
Description of Course
Course Title:
9th Grade English, GP Seminar - # 108SM
Description:
The ninth grade G. P. Seminar English curriculum is a literature based program. Students will
study elements of fiction along with certain literary devices and apply them to such works as
Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, and various short stories and poetry. The study of these
literary selections will result in a variety of companion writing assignments. In addition to the
vocabulary that is derived from the literature, a vocabulary series (Vocabulary Through
Pleasurable Reading) will be utilized. This course has been designed to develop in general
students’ higher skills in thinking, listening, speaking, and writing.
Goals:
By the end of ninth grade students will be able to write five coherent paragraphs containing
transition elements, sentence variety, central idea, and thesis sentence. They will be able to
define and apply essential elements of fiction.
Requirements:
Romeo and Juliet
Of Mice and Men
Selected short stories and poems from Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes
Two book reports (one written, one oral)
Text:
Grammar and Composition Handbook Level 9, Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2002
Vocabulary and Composition Through Pleasurable Reading I, Amsco School Publications
Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Gold Level, Prentice Hall, 2005
Key to Levels of Achievement (Listed with each learning objective)
Awareness (A):
Students are introduced to concepts, forms, and patterns.
Learning (L):
Students are involved in a sequence of steps and practice
activities, which involved further development and allow
evaluation of process.
Understanding (U):
Students demonstrate ability to apply acquired concepts and
skills to individual assignments and projects on an independent
level.
Reinforcement (R):
Students maintain and broaden understanding of concepts and
skills to accomplish tasks at a greater level of sophistication.
Course Objectives –
Unit
9th Grade English, GP Seminar
Num Objective
Level
Evaluation
1Students will define, recognize,
and apply the following
terms/concepts: characterization,
climax, comic relief, conflict,
contrast, drama, foreshadowing,
irony, plot, setting, style, theme,
tone, tragedy and tragic flaw,
soliloquy, aside couplet, prose,
and blank verse.
2Students will discuss the
historical aspects of the
Elizabethan period and the play
L
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
Romeo and Juliet in Timeless
Voices
Videotape: Romeo and Juliet
Recording of the play
Literary terms handbook in the
text
Short quizzes
Writing assignments
Major tests
Packet activities
Oral interpretation of scenes
Semester exams
l
Teacher prepared outline and /or
lecture
3
3Students will give facts about the
life of William Shakespeare and
the Globe Theatre.
L
Teacher prepared outline, lecture,
and/or student fact gathering
SHORT STORY
4
U
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
- “The Most Dangerous Game”
- “The Interlopers”
- “Checkouts”
- “The Machine that Won the
War”
- “The Man to Send Rainclouds”
Two teacher-chosen options
NON-FICTION
5
4Students will define, recognize,
and apply the following literary
terms: characters (antagonist and
protagonist), climax, figurative
language, flashback, imagery,
irony, narrative, plot, point of
view, prose, satire, setting, style,
symbolism and theme,
foreshadowing, inference,
characterization, tone, and mood.
7Students will recognize the
following literary terms:
characterization, tone, inference,
figurative language, flashback,
imagery, irony, narrative, plot,
point of view, prose, satire,
setting, style, symbolism and
theme.
Short quizzes
Major tests
Packet activities
Projects
Semester exams
Short quizzes
Writing assignments
Major tests
Packet activities
Projects
Semester exams
Short quizzes
Writing assignments
Tests
Application of literary terms
Semester exams
L
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
- from Rosa Parks: My Story
- from Tuesdays with Morrie
- from Lost Moon: The Perilous
Voyage
- from A White House Diary
- “The Washwoman”
Two teacher-chosen options
DRAMA
1
Content
2
Short quizzes
Writing assignments
Tests
Application of literary terms
Semester exams
Page 1
Standard
1.1.11.A
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 G
1.1.11 H
1.2.11 A-C
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 A
1.6.11 A-E
1.7.11 A-C
1.1.11 B
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
1.7.11 A-C
1.1.11 B
1.4.11 A
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
1.7.11 A-C
1.1.11 A-H
1.3.11 A-D
1.4.11 A
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
1.1.11 A-H
1.3.11 A-D
1.3.11 F
1.4.11 A
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
Course Objectives –
Unit
9th Grade English, GP Seminar
Num Objective
Level
6
9Students will analyze the
structure of international
materials.
POETRY
7
1Students will recognize the
0following terms and their
application: alliteration, allusion,
assonance, characterization,
consonance, hyperbole, imagery,
irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia,
persona, personification, rhyme,
rhythm, satire, simile, stanza,
symbolism and tone.
U
NOVEL
8
1Students will understand how the
1author uses literary devices in his
writing to illustrate the historical
and social events of the time.
U
WRITING
9
1Students will use consistency of
2tenses in all types of sentences
and will use sentence variety,
simple, compound, complex,
compound complex.
L
10
1Students will write a unified and
3coherent five-paragraph essay
containing an introductory
paragraph, thesis statement,
central idea, topic sentences,
supporting details and conclusion.
L
Content
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
- from Rosa Parks: My Story
- from Tuesdays with Morrie
- from Lost Moon: The Perilous
Voyage
Other teacher-chosen options
Poems:
- “Fifteen”
- “Slam, Dunk, and Hook”
- “Shoulders”
- “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”
- “All Watched Over by
Machines of Loving Grace”
- “There Will Come Soft Rains”
- “Sonnet 30”
Other teacher-chosen options
Of Mice and Men
Additional options: The Contender
OR Necessary Roughness
Students will define terms using
the handbook of literary terms in
the text and discuss definitions
with the teacher
Terms include: characterization,
climax, conflict, figurative vs.
literal language, foreshadowing,
irony, point of view, plot, setting,
stereotyping, style, theme and tone
Writing Assignments
Student generated sentences
Writing Assignments
Essay writing according to state
released and teacher generated
prompts
Evaluation
Short quizzes
Writing assignments
Tests
Application of literary terms
Semester exams
Tests
Instruction assignments
Apply poetry terms
Student written poems
Projects
Semester exams
Page 2
Standard
1.1.11 A-H
1.3.11 A-D
1.3.11 F
1.4.11 A
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
1.1.11 A-H
1.3.11 A
1.3.11 C
1.3.11 D
1.3.11 F
1.4.11 A
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
Test
Writing assignments
Application of literary terms
Semester exams
1.1.11 A-H
1.4.11 A
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 C
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Essay test questions
Book reports
Semester exams
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Essay test questions
Book reports
Semester exams
1.4.11 A-C
1.5.11 A-F
1.2.11 A
1.4.11 A-C
1.5.11 A-F
1.6.11 F
Course Objectives –
Unit
VOCABULARY
9th Grade English, GP Seminar
Num Objective
Level
Content
Evaluation
11
1Students will learn to use
4transitional elements in a fiveparagraph composition.
L
Writing Assignments
12
1Students will use various methods
5of book reporting
U
Writing Assignments
13
1Students will prepare a two to
6three page research paper using
the MLA guidelines for
documentation using five sources.
A works cited page is required.
L
Students will take notes from
similar sources, combine and
document into a paper
Students will create a works cited
page
Students will use note cards
Primary and secondary sources
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Essay test questions
Book reports
Semester exams
14
1Students will learn to prepare
7various oral reports for
presentation.
U
Students will read a selected and
approved library book
Students may memorize passages
from plays or poetry
Teacher assigned speech (2-3
min.)
15
1Students will learn to define and
8use unit words.
U
Vocabulary from textbook.
16
1Students will learn to differentiate
9and use the derivatives of the unit
words.
U
Vocabulary from textbook
17
2Students will demonstrate
0knowledge of synonyms and
antonyms for the unit words.
U
Vocabulary from textbook
Tests
Quizzes
Exercises in text
Writing assignments
Semester exams
Tests
Quizzes
Exercises in text
Writing assignments
Semester exams
Tests
Quizzes
Exercises in text
Writing assignments
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Essay test questions
Book reports
Semester exams
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Essay test questions
Book reports
Page 3
Standard
1.4.11 A-C
1.5.11 C
1.6.11 F
1.1.11 A-F
1.2.11 A-C
1.4.11 A-C
1.6.11 F
1.8.11 A-C
1.11.1 A
1.1.11 B
1.1.11 D
1.2.11 A-C
1.4.11 A-C
1.6.11 F
1.7.11 A-C
1.8.11 A-C
1.1.11 D
1.2.11 A-C
1.6.11 C
1.6.11 D
1.6.11 E
1.8.11 A-C
1.1.11 C
1.1.11 F
1.1.11 C
1.1.11 F
1.7.11 B
1.1.11 C
1.1.11 F
Course Objectives –
Unit
9th Grade English, GP Seminar
Num Objective
Level
Content
Evaluation
Page 4
Standard
Semester exams
GRAMMAR
18
2Students will apply conventional
1grammar to both oral and written
assignments.
L
LISTENING
19
2Students will learn and practice
2successful listening skills and
techniques.
U
SPEAKING
20
Students will learn to prepare
various oral reports for
presentation.
R
Review Part of Speech
Sentence Parts
Sentence Structure
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronoun-antecedent Agreement
Modifiers
Fragments
Run-ons
Apostrophe
Commas, Colons, and Semicolons.
Class discussion
Group word
Tests
Quizzes
Response to worksheets
Assignments from texts
Writing assignments
Rewrites
Semester exams
1.5.11 D
1.5.11 E
1.5.11 F
Presentations, lectures, oral
reading
Class discussion
Collaborative work
Presentations
Lectures
Oral reading
Speeches
1.6.11 A
1.6.11 B
1.6.11 D
1.6.11 E
1.6.11 C
1.6.11 D
1.6.11 E