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English 9 Literature Overview and Curriculum

Join us for an introduction to the English 9 curriculum, including an overview of the texts, homework rules, and the upcoming study of "Of Mice and Men". Class participation, speaking, writing, and vocabulary will be emphasized.

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English 9 Literature Overview and Curriculum

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  1. English 9 Main Hall Room 16 Teacher Kate Jones kate.jones@westtown.edu

  2. Thursday, September 8th1:45-2:30pm • Welcome to English 9 • Texts • Curriculum • Homework rules • Of Mice and Men overview • 1st Trimester overview

  3. Literature • Novels: • Of Mice and Men • Things Fall Apart • Short Stories • Drama • The Elephant Man • Antigone • Sophocles • Jean Anouilh • Macbeth • Poetry • Prose • Essays • Articles • Criticism

  4. Writing • Essays • Responding to and interpreting literature • Persuasive writing • Personal narrative • Descriptive writing • Creative writing • Stories • Poetry

  5. Speaking Participation in class discussions Oral presentations

  6. Vocabulary • Vocabulary for the High School Student • 4th edition • Words drawn from our readings • Literary terms

  7. Grammar and Mechanics • A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker • Teacher Kate’s P’s and Q’s for written work: • Contractions and abbreviations should not be used in formal writing: isn’t, wouldn’t, can’t, it’s, etc. • Use of the 2nd person (you, your, etc.) is seldom justified. • Titles should be underlined or italicized (I prefer italics). • Do not split infinitives: to not depend should be not to depend • Avoid ending sentences or clauses with a preposition: The person he gave it to should be the person to whom he gave it. • Avoid beginning sentences with an indefinite pronoun: it or this.

  8. Homework Rules Written work for this class should be type-written and double-spaced. Submit homework by e-mail to: kate.jones@westtown.edu In the subject box of your e-mail, identify the assignment for which you are submitting. Your full name should be on the top left corner of your work. Give your written work a title.

  9. Of Mice and MenPreview of the days ahead • Friday, 9/9 10:30 - 11:30 A • John Steinbeck: the author and his times • Of Mice and Men: Plot overview • Vocabulary: Red Book • Monday, 9/12 10:30 - 11:30 B • Character foils • George and Lennie • Slim and Carlson • Candy and Crooks • Curley and his wife

  10. Of Mice and Men: Preview • Tuesday, 9/13 8:10 - 8:55 B • Character foils (continued) • Setting • Play-novelette form • Wednesday, 9/14 No class B

  11. Of Mice and Men: Preview • Thursday, 9/15 2:30 - 3:15 B • Topics and themes • The American Dream • Loneliness and rootlessness • The Common Man • Naturalism vs. realism • Steinbeck’s politics • Search for the Holy Grail • Cain and Abel

  12. Of Mice and Men: Preview • Friday, 9/16 10:30 - 11:30 B • Themes and topics (continued) • Steinbeck’s style • Point of view • Form and Structure • Review of literary terms • Allegory • Allusion • Foreshadowing • Symbolism

  13. Of Mice and Men: Preview • Monday, 9/19 2:30 - 3:15 A • Small group activity: • Chapter 1: At the River • Chapter 2: In the Bunkhouse • Chapter 3: Violence Erupts • Chapter 4: The Outcasts • Chapter 5: Death in the Barn • Chapter 6: Death at the River

  14. Of Mice and Men: Preview • Tuesday, 9/20 10:30 - 11:30 A • Small group activity (continued) • Critical Response • Wednesday, 9/21 No Class A • Thursday, 9/22 1:45 - 02:30 A • In-class writing workshop • Friday, 9/23 10:30 - 11:30 A • Short paper due on Of Mice and Men

  15. First Trimester 2011September 8th – November 19th • Novels • Of Mice and Men • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • Short stories • Vocabulary for the High School Student • Chapters 1 and 2

  16. First Writing Assignment • Write a short (one page) composition: • Describe yourself OR • an experience you had this summer OR • where you see yourself in five years.

  17. John Steinbeck(1902-1968)

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