English 9

English 9: (Full year class - Open to all ninth grade students)

Ninth grade English students will begin the transition to learning the kind of reading and writing skills necessary for success at the high school level. Using literature (short stories, poetry, essays, plays and novels) suitable for the ninth grade level, students will develop reading comprehension and coherent sentence/paragraph writing skills. Grammatical principles that apply to good sentence structure will be studied and/or reviewed. Students can expect to read several short stories, poems, essays, and at least one play and one novel.

Academic English 9: (Full year class - Open to all ninth grade students but It is recommended that students have passed 8^th grade English with at least a B average before enrolling in Academic English 9).

In addition to the content and skills covered in regular English 9 class, students in the academic class will have more reading and writing opportunities and should expect to be held to more demanding standards.