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Language Arts 9

Course Number: #1403

This Language Arts course introduces the development of college level writing skills with a focus on literary response and practice in narrative, expository, and persuasive forms of writing. Students embark on a chronological journey of mankind through time in literature, beginning with the epic poem The Odyssey and ending with the novelette Of Mice and Men. Language Arts 9 begins the development of the strong analytical skills necessary for success in later Language Arts and other AP classes. Students will analyze fiction and non-fiction and will be exposed to AP style objective testing and essay writing. Concentration on PSAT and SAT skills will also be a major focus of the course, including but not limited to, the development of vocabulary and critical reading skills.

Prerequisites: Required summer reading: Watership Down. All students also required to purchase their own copy of A Pocket Style Manual 5th Edition by Diana Hacker through the school at a discount.

Credit(s): 1

Open to Grade(s): 9

Texts and Materials: The Language of Literature; The Writer's Craft; Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level D; The Odyssey; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Romeo and Juliet; Of Mice and Men; Jan Eyre; Pygmalion