118 - English 9

Grades: 9
Duration: 1 Year
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: None

This course is designed to meet the individual needs of students, while emphasizing reading, listening, and speaking skills to reinforce the Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts. The writing curriculum allows for the production of effective written communication. Strategies will embrace writing as a thoughtful, analytical, interpretive process. The literature component covers the different genres: short stories, poetry, drama, novels, as well as nonfiction. Students will be required to evaluate, develop, support, and revise ideas.