Monahan, Joe

 Student's will begin everyday with  Daily Oral Language. One example start each day. Therefore, each student is expected to have the materials necessary to begin work immediately. Students should be on time and respectful of the teacher and to one another during the course of each period. Each student should also have a binder or notebook for each class.

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Course Description

 

Composition, a course based on Indiana's Academic Standards for English/Language Arts and emphasizing the High School Composition Standards, is a study and application of the rhetorical (effective) writing strategies of narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.  Using the writing process, students demonstrate a command of vocabulary, English language conventions, research and organizational skills, an awareness of the audience, the purpose for writing, and style. Students read classic and contemporary literature or articles and use appropriate works as models for writing.  Students write a variety of compositions with a focus on fictional narratives, reflective compositions, academic essays, and responses to literature.

·         Grade Level:  9 – This is a required English course for grade 9 beginning with Class of 2013

·         Recommended Prerequisites:  Honors English 8 or Teacher Recommendation

·         Credits: 1 trimester course for 1 credit

·         Fulfills an English/Language Arts requirement for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas

·         A Career Academic Sequence or Flex Credit course