- Merrillville High School
- Scope & Sequence: Composition Honors
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Merrillville High SchoolCourse Scope & Sequence
Department: Enter your department hereComposition HonorsInstructor: Enter your name here Email:Enter your email hereCourse Expectations, Goals & Routines
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.(Enter Course expectations, goals & routines here)Course DescriptionComposition, 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
WeekStandardsInstructional ContentActivities, Readings, Labs, Interactive Notes, Assignments, etc.AssessmentsOther19.4
9. 66 + 1 Traits
Expository ParagraphEtymons in notebooks
Writing Paragraphs
Grammar WorksheetsEtymon quiz
Assess Paragraphs29.4
9.6Practical Application of 6+ 1 TraitsGrammar Worksheets
Nonfiction termsEtymon Quiz
Nonfiction quiz39.4
9.1
9.6Organizing written work
Begin Expository Essay OutlinesTimed Writing Response
Exercises in "Clear Writing" handbook
Media CenterEtymon Quiz
Oral questions on
"Clear Writing Handbook"49.4
9. 6COIN Activity
Writing Intro's
Complete EssaysComplete outlines
Grammar Worksheets3 week assessment
Etymon quiz59.3
9. 4Great Speeches in History assignment
Speech video clipsResearch historic speech
Plan Expository Speech
Media CenterEvaluate Essays
Etymon quiz69.4
9. 6
9.1Informative speakingPresent speeches
Grammar WorksheetsEvaluate Speeches
Etymon Quiz79.6
9.46+1 Traits as applies to
Personal Narrative EssayBegin Essay Outline
Grammar WorksheetsEvaluate outlines
Etymon Quiz89.4
9.6Complete Personal Narrative OutlinesPeer Edit EssaysEvaluate Essays
Etymon Quiz99.3
9.1
9.6Fallacies
Persuasive RhetoricGroup Presentation on
FallaciesEvaluate Presentations
Etymon Quiz109.4
9.6Assign Persuasive Essay SubjectsOutline EssaysEvaluate Essay Outlines119. 6
9.1Essays CompletedType EssaysEvaluate Essays129.4
9.6
9.3Final Exam ReviewFinalFinal