Mrs. Cordry's Classes
Mrs. Cordry
2009-2010
Welcome to ninth grade English. The purpose and objective of ninth grade English is to challenge you into working hard to set, maintain, and achieve high goals in grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, and literature in order or prepare you for what lies beyond your high school years.
Materials needed for class:
Paper
Blue pen
Pencil with eraser
3 ring binder
6 dividers for the binder, labeled: Reading, Writing,
Vocabulary, Grammar, Projects, Literature
Journal for journaling daily
First Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary Pre-test
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Literature terms, including project for terms
Traits of Effective Writing Unit
Traits of Effective Communication
Essay: Goals for Five and Ten Years
Essay: Descriptive Writing
Personal Reading Time
Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Pronouns
Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, and Commas
Mechanics of Writing: Capitalization, singular and plural words
Novel: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and project
Literature book: “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” “Amigo Brothers,” “The Gift of the
Magi,” “A Death in the House,” “The Woman Who Had No Eye for Small Details,” “The Rule of Names”
Journaling
Second Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Poetry Unit, including a project
Literature book: Unit 3 and Unit 7
Modern Short Stories
Mythology unit
Essay: Descriptive Essay
Essay: Personal Short Story (Biography-Narrative)
Grammar: Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection
Mechanics: Sentence Structures, Acronyms, Numbers, and Abbreviations
Punctuation: Semicolon, Colon, and Quotations Marks
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Third Nine Weeks:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville: Movie, symbolism work
Speech
L-J Vocabulary throughout the nine weeks
Writing: Compare/Contrast Essay
Writing: Descriptive Essay
Writing: Personal Commentary on Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare Unit, Literature book: Romeo and Juliet; Unit 4
Grammar: Phrases and Clauses
Review Grammar
Review Punctuation
Persuasive Speech
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Novel: Night by Elie Weisel
Fourth Nine Weeks:
Essay: Descriptive
Essay: Expository
Essay: Persuasive
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Review Grammar, Mechanics, and Punctuation
Journaling
Debates
To Kill a Mockingbird
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam-Comprehensive over entire year including L-J vocabulary
Makeup work must be complete within two days of return to school. It is up to the student to come to me to get makeup work. If it is not made up, it will result in a zero for that grade. If a student knows they will be out prior to the absence, they must get work before absence and turn it in before absence.
Any student caught cheating, including plagiarizing, will receive a 0 and a detention. A work detention will be given to any student not completing homework, as they have plenty of time to complete it.
I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding year. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school at (402) 645-3326, at my home (402) 806-6876, or via email at
[email protected]
Sincerely
,
Mrs. Cordry
Student signature and date
Parent signature and date
2009-2010
Welcome to ninth grade English. The purpose and objective of ninth grade English is to challenge you into working hard to set, maintain, and achieve high goals in grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, and literature in order or prepare you for what lies beyond your high school years.
Materials needed for class:
Paper
Blue pen
Pencil with eraser
3 ring binder
6 dividers for the binder, labeled: Reading, Writing,
Vocabulary, Grammar, Projects, Literature
Journal for journaling daily
First Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary Pre-test
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Literature terms, including project for terms
Traits of Effective Writing Unit
Traits of Effective Communication
Essay: Goals for Five and Ten Years
Essay: Descriptive Writing
Personal Reading Time
Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Pronouns
Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, and Commas
Mechanics of Writing: Capitalization, singular and plural words
Novel: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and project
Literature book: “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” “Amigo Brothers,” “The Gift of the
Magi,” “A Death in the House,” “The Woman Who Had No Eye for Small Details,” “The Rule of Names”
Journaling
Second Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Poetry Unit, including a project
Literature book: Unit 3 and Unit 7
Modern Short Stories
Mythology unit
Essay: Descriptive Essay
Essay: Personal Short Story (Biography-Narrative)
Grammar: Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection
Mechanics: Sentence Structures, Acronyms, Numbers, and Abbreviations
Punctuation: Semicolon, Colon, and Quotations Marks
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Third Nine Weeks:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville: Movie, symbolism work
Speech
L-J Vocabulary throughout the nine weeks
Writing: Compare/Contrast Essay
Writing: Descriptive Essay
Writing: Personal Commentary on Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare Unit, Literature book: Romeo and Juliet; Unit 4
Grammar: Phrases and Clauses
Review Grammar
Review Punctuation
Persuasive Speech
Journaling
Personal Reading Time
Novel: Night by Elie Weisel
Fourth Nine Weeks:
Essay: Descriptive
Essay: Expository
Essay: Persuasive
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Review Grammar, Mechanics, and Punctuation
Journaling
Debates
To Kill a Mockingbird
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam-Comprehensive over entire year including L-J vocabulary
Makeup work must be complete within two days of return to school. It is up to the student to come to me to get makeup work. If it is not made up, it will result in a zero for that grade. If a student knows they will be out prior to the absence, they must get work before absence and turn it in before absence.
Any student caught cheating, including plagiarizing, will receive a 0 and a detention. A work detention will be given to any student not completing homework, as they have plenty of time to complete it.
I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding year. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school at (402) 645-3326, at my home (402) 806-6876, or via email at
[email protected]
Sincerely
,
Mrs. Cordry
Student signature and date
Parent signature and date
