English 9Literature
Unit 1: Short Stories (3 weeks) “The Most Dangerous Game” “Poison” “The Scarlet Ibis” “The Cask of Amontillado” “Harrison Bergeron” Unit 2: Epic (4 weeks) “The Myth of the Golden Apple” Troy (excerpts from the movie) The Odyssey (read) O Brother Where Art Thou (movie comparison) Unit 3: Drama (3 weeks) Shakespearean background Romeo and Juliet (play and movie) Unit 4: Poetry (3 weeks) -Lyric: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” “When I Heard the Learned Astronomer” “The Road Not Taken” “Fire and Ice” “In Just” “Maggie, Millie, Molly and May” “El Dorado” “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” -Dramatic: “Incident in a Rose Garden” “The Seven Ages of Man” -Narrative: “Casey at the Bat” “Charge of the Light Brigade” Unit 5: Novel (3 weeks) Animal Farm (allegory, satire, fable) Lord of the Flies (personality types, coming of age) Grammar Unit 1: Comma Use (5 weeks) Unit 2: Subject/Verb Agreement (6 weeks) Unit 3: Capitalization (4 weeks) Note: Vocabulary, spelling, literary terms, and EOC practice tests will also be covered throughout the semester. General Information
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