Enriched English 9 Syllabus

 
ENRICHED ENGLISH 9
2007 - 2008

I.	Short Stories
   A.	Survival of the Fittest  
     1.	“The Most Dangerous Game” 	Richard Connell 
     2.	“A Sound of Thunder”	Ray Bradbury
     3.	“The Birds”	Daphne du Maurier 
     4.	“The Interlopers”	Saki 
     5.	Signs	video 

   B. Other Possible Texts
     1.	“Thank You, Ma’am”	Langston Hughes 
     2.	 “Harrison Bergeron”  	Kurt Vonnegut		
     3.	“The Washwoman” 	Isaac Bashevis Singer 
     4.	“The Gift of the Magi”	O. Henry 
     5.	“The Necklace”	G. de Maupassant 
     6.	“The Gift” 	Ray Bradbury 
     7.	“The Scarlet Ibis” 	J. Hurst 
     8.	“The Cask of Amontillado” 	Edgar A. Poe 
       9.	“A Man Called Horse”  	Dorothy M. Johnson 
     10. “When I Lay My Burden Down”	Maya Angelou 

II.	Novels 
   A)	To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee		
   B)	Lord of the Flies 	William Golding
   C)	Realistic fiction or autobiography or biography	reader's choice  -
        Accelerated Reading book

III.	Assessments
   A)	Writing Assignments	
     1.	book report	To Kill a Mockingbird
       2.	compare/contrast 	Survival of the Fittest 
     3.	literary response	Lord of the Flies 
   B)	Research Activities / Application Activities 
     1.	Deep South	To Kill a Mockingbird 
     2.	On the wild side	Survival of the Fittest 
     3.	Human nature's darker side	Lord of the Flies 

   C)	Quizzes
     1.	Accelerated Reading/ comprehension	To Kill a Mockingbird 
     2.	On the wild side	Survival of the Fittest 
     3.	The human condition	Becoming Stronger
     4.	Than and now	Making good choices
     5.	Accelerated Reading/comprehension	Lord of the Flies 

   D)	Quarter Review Test 
     1.	Story elements skills

                            Second Quarter 
I.	Persuasive Writing Samples 
   A.	“An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs”	Chief Joseph
   B.	“The Writer’s Purpose”	Janet Burroway
   C.	“Darkness at Noon”	Harold Krents
   D.	“Homeless”	Anna Quindlen
   E.	“Save Hillhouse”	
   F.	“A Little Respect, Please”

II.	Novels of Class Reading 
   A)	War story	reader's choice  
   B)	story in another country	reader's choice 

III.	Assessments
   A) Writing Assignments	
      1.      Write a persuasive essay
   B) Research Activities / Application Activities 
      1.	Persuasive Research Topic	essay
      2.	Media Application project
   C) Quizzes
      1.	persuasive elements
      2.      Quarter Review Test 

Third Quarter 
I.	Poetry –  
   A)	Elements of Poetry - possible samples
     1.	“Elements of Literature” John Malcolm Brining 
        a)	“Imagery: Seeing Things Freshly”
        b)	“Figures of Speech”
        c)	“Sound of Poetry”	
        d)	“You've Got Rhythm”

     2.	Alliteration/ Assonance/ Consonance
        a)	“The Listeners” - Walter de la Mare 
        b)	“The Fish” - Elizabeth Bishop 

     3.	Onomatopoeia
        a)	“The Peacock” - Deborah Chandra 
        b)	“Winter” - William Shakespeare 

     4.	Word choice (diction)
        a)	“Meeting at Night” - Robert Browning 
        b)	“I Never Saw a Moor” - Emily Dickinson
        c)	“Kidnap Poem” - Nikki Giovanni

     5.	Imagery 
        a)	“The Girl Who Loved the Sky” - Anita Enrezze
        b)	“The Great Figure” - William Carlos Williams 
        c)	“Meeting at Night” - Robert Browning

     6.	Metaphors / Similes
        a)	“Fog” - Carl Sandburg 
        b)	"Willow and Ginkgo” - Eve Merriam 	

     7.	Allusion/ apostrophe/ clichés/ hyperbole
        a)	“A Negro Speaks of Rivers” - Langston Hughes
        b)	“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” -   Anonymous  
        c)	“Heart We Will Forget Him” - Emily Dickinson

     8.	Personification
        a)	“Check” - James Stephens

     9.	Symbols 
        a)	“The Road Not Traveled”	Robert Frost 
        b)     "The Girl Who Loved the Sky - Anita Endrezze 
        c)     “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers” - Emily Dickinson

B)	Structure of Poetry (possible choices)
    1.	Traditional Poetry - lyric poems
        a)	“Winter” - William Shakespeare 
        b)	“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” - William Wordsworth 
        c)	“There Will Come Soft Rains” - Sara Teasdale
        d)	“My Papa's Waltz” - Theodore Roethke

    2.	Blank Verse 
        a)	"The Mending Wall" - Robert Frost
        b)	“Memory” - Margaret Walker 

    3.	Free Verse 
        a)	“maggie and milly and molly and may - 	E. E. Cummings 
        b)	“The Gift” - Li-Young Lee 
        c)	“Combing” - Gladys Cardiff 
        d)	“American Hero” - Essex Hemphill

    4.	Sonnets
        a)	“The Sound of the Sea” - Henry Wadworth Longfellow
        b)	“Sonnet 30” - William Shakespeare
D)	Written Samples 
   1.	Elements of Poetry – one of each type
   2.	Structure of  Poetry – one  of each type  
   3.	Types of Poetry – one of each type  

E)     Application/Research
   1.  Research poetry books for samples of lyric, blank, and free verse poems
   2.  Use multi-media sources to find figurative language

F)   Assessments
   1.  Pre-test assessment
   2.  Figurative Language quiz 
   3.  Poetry samples quiz
   4.  Poetry Post test assessment

II.    Animal Farm
   A.  Novel Activities
   B.  Research Activities
   C.  Quizzes
                           FOURTH QUARTER
I.	Drama: 
A.	Elements of Drama 	Robert Anderson
B. 	Romeo and Juliet		William Shakespeare 
C. 	Romeo and Juliet film		Frank Zefferelli, Director 
D. 	Romeo and Juliet film	Bas 

III.	Assessments
A) Writing Assignments	
1.	Act I: Who are the players?	Descriptive essay
2.	Act II: Romeo in Love 	Narrative response
3.	Act III: Juliet’s choices	Narrative response
4.	Act IV: Who is responsible?	Opinion essay

B) Research Activities / Application Activities 
1.	Act I and II – Reader’s Choice	Application 
2.	Act III, IV and V – Reader’s Choice	Application
3.	Film Research activity – tragic lovers	Research bullets
4.	Renaissance and Shakespeare	Power point and presentation 
5.	Find and Identify the Characters	chart

C) Quizzes
1.	Acts I, II, III, IV and V	quizzes 
2.	End of play 	test
3.	Quote quiz	test
 
II.	Science Fiction
A.	Fahrenheit 451	Ray Bradbury
B.	“Harrison Bergeron”	Kurt Vonnegut 
C.	Minority Report	Steven Spielberg, Director 
D.	
III.	Assessments
A) Writing Assignments	
1.	Censorship Research 	Research Report	
2.	Science Fiction	Cause and Effect essay	

B) Research Activities / Application Activities 
1. 	Historical research topics	Research report/presentation
2.	Censorship 	essay 

C) Quizzes
1.	Fahrenheit 451	AR test
2.	Science Fiction	multiple choice test