Hutchinson Central Technical High School
Course Syllabus
Course Name: English I
Instructor: Mr. Stanek Contact Time: 8:57-9:38 or 1:12-1:53 Phone Ext: 1406
Grading Policy
Grades will be determined from tests, journal, notebook, quizzes and homework.
Homework Policy
Daily journal writing is a daily homework assignment. Textbook assignments will also graded as homework.
Test Policy
Tests are administered at the completion of topic. Students are always given prior notice to any test.
Quiz Policy
Quizzes will be administered according to topic and time availability.
Projects
Students may be responsible for a project each quarter. During the " Romeo and Juliet" and poetry units, students will have projects due upon completion.
Course Outline
The curriculum for grade 9 is the beginning step toward success on the grade 11 State Regents Assessment.
We will read much from Literature and Language and The Language of Literature, the district literature books-as well as independent reading of novels. English 9 students develop a firm understanding of the use of literary elements and techniques as they read fiction and nonfiction. Our introduction to Shakespeare is accessed through "Romeo and Juliet". Vocabulary will be an integral part of reading and responding to literature.
Ninth grade students are expected to strengthen their writing skills through intensive practice. Our writing curriculum will use the basic writing process plus the incorporation of the use of six traits writing-voice, ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice and conventions.
The grade 9 curriculum also entails a more intensive study of the newspaper.