Course Syllabus
ENGLISH 9: Exploration of Literary and Nonfiction Genres Course Description Aligned to the Common Core Standards, English 9, a writing and reading-skills developmental course, integrates a variety of literary genres with various writing techniques and writing projects. It is designed to strengthen the student’s comprehension of a wide range of reading materials found in high school and the world beyond, and to give students the opportunity to develop as a writer by introducing and incorporating many different writing strategies into the student’s own work. The literary genres covered will include short stories, poetry, novels, as well as non-fiction memoirs, personal essays, and expository texts. Students will be required to write a personal essay, poetry, a short story or fable, short analysis essays, and an expository essay. The class will break each genre down by investigating the author’s use of literary devices. A list of these devices (fou...