Mr. Jarot

English 9 Honors

Course Syllabus

This is an advanced introductory course designed to provide students with an overview of literary genre and develop the students’ skills in composition. Grammar study will emphasize elimination of usage and mechanics errors in composition. Students will read selected short stories, poetry, drama, novels, and an epic. They will also write a variety of compositions including reflective journals, paragraphs, multi-paragraph essays, and complete a research project.

Texts

Literature from Glencoe (provided)

Animal Farm or 1984 by George Orwell

or A Separate Peace by John Knowles (*Summer 2005)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (*second semester)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (*second semester)

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (*second semester)

First Semester

Summer Reading

Short Stories

Poetry

Romeo and Juliet

Second Semester

Of Mice and Men

To Kill a Mockingbird

A Tale of Two Cities

Research Project

Mythology

The Odyssey

Both semester one and two will cover various writing styles, journaling, vocabulary, literary terms, grammar, and poetry.

*Each student is responsible for purchasing the required novels, which are available in the school’s bookstore.

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