English 9 Course Schedule

(Schedule subject to revision) Can the Individual Overcome Injustice? Date  Reading Assignment  Writing Assignment July 6  Bullfinch Mythology Reader pp 1-8    July 10  “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” p.3 July 11  “I Have a Dream” p.499   July 13  “Sonata for Harp and Bicycle” p.33 Persuasive Paragraphs July 17  “The Lady or the Tiger” p.49  Persuasive Draft July 18  The Odyssey excerpt p.681   July 20  The Odyssey excerpt   July 24  The Odyssey excerpt   Persuasive Essay July 25  The Odyssey excerpt    July 27  Antigone    July 31  Antigone    Epic Adventure Draft Aug 1  Antigone    S C Literati I R #1 Aug 3  Antigone  Aug 7  Unit Review    Epic Adventure Aug 8  Unit Exam #1    Research Assign #1 Aug 10  from A Lincoln Preface, p.439  Aug 14  “Beware of the Dog” p.147  Research Assign #2 Aug 15  “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” p.628 Aug 17  “The Woman Who Had No Eye for Small Details” p.91 Biography Draft Aug 21  from Kon-Tiki, p. 465 Aug 22  “The Listeners” p. 638   Aug 24  “The Loch-Ness Monster” p. 489 Biography Paper Aug 28  from Hunger of Memory, p.533   Aug 29  “The Spreading ‘You Know,’” p. 523  Aug 31  “A Dream Deferred” & “Dreams” p.630 S C Literati (IR #2) Sept 4  “Ecclesiastes 3:1-8” p. 645    Sept 5  Unit Review and Test Prep  Problem-Solution Draft Sept 7  Unit Exam #2 Sept 11  “The Raven” p. 563 Sept 12  “Shakespeare of London” p.527 Sept 14  “The Seven Ages of Man” p.579  Problem-Solution Essay Sept 18  Romeo & Juliet, Act I   Sept 19       S C Literati (IR #3) Sept 21  Romeo & Juliet, Act II  Sept 25  Romeo & Juliet, Act III    Response to Literature Sept 26       Research Assign #1 Sept 28  Romeo & Juliet, Act IV   Sonnet      Oct 2       Research Assign #2 Oct 3  Romeo & Juliet, Act V     Oct 5  “The Cask of Amontillado” p.139 Oct 9  Unit Review    Research Draft Oct 10  Unit Exam #3 Oct 12  Semester Review and Portfolio  Research Paper Due Oct 16  Semester Review and Portfolio  PLAN Testing Oct 17  FINAL EXAM – Portfolio Due IR #4 Oct 19  FINAL EXAM   PLAN Testing Oct 23  Last Class “ The Gift of the Magi” p.183 Off-Track Readings:  Gulliver’s Travels, To Kill a Mockingbird and Black Boy

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