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=**MR. KRALL**= =**9th Grade English**=

**Room 21**
= PLEASE SCROLL DOWN ON THIS PAGE for: = = 1) an __April READING CALENDAR__ = = 2) TKAM (//To Kill a Mockingbird)// __Chapter questions__ (saved as PDF files; please email Mr. Krall if you absolutely need these as a Word file) = Contact Mr. Krall at:

krallj@npenn.org
Access the NPSD website:

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Check for updated homework assignments, project and presentation instructions and due dates, curriculum details, the grading policy, classroom expectations and supplemental materials**.**
= CURRICULUM: = =**I. Novels and Plays**=

//The Ilustrated Man// (Summer Reading) by Ray Bradbury

// The Lord of the Flies // by William Golding

//Night// by Elie Weisel

// To Kill A Mockingbird // by Harper Lee

=//**To Kill a Mockingbird**// **__Reading and Class Work Calendar__:** =

//**To Kill a Mockingbird**// **__Chapter Questions__ (Grouped by every couple of Chapters for Chs. 17-31)**


excerpt, ​" The Cyclops " ​from //The Odyssey// by Homer //The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet// by William Shakespeare // Animal Farm // by George Orwell

=II. Short Stories=

//The Language of Literature// (McDougal Littell) Text Book
===[|ClassZone - //The Language of Literature//, //Grade 9//]===

Every student will be issued a text book to take home with them. Text books are to be returned at the end of the school year.
=III. Vocabulary=

Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop (Jerome Shostak)
Check out this site offered by the workbook to help you study: [|www.vocabularyworkshop.com]

All vocabulary quizzes will be taken on-line through [|Quia]com
Period 1: Level D vocabulary **QUIZ DAYS** (every "A" Day in computer lab 39)

Unit 1 - Sept.12 Unit 2 - Sept. 20 Unit 3 - Sept. 30 Unit 4 - Oct. 8 Unit 5 - Oct. 17 Unit 6 - Oct. 25 Unit 7 - Nov. 14 Unit 8 - Nov. 22 Unit 9 - Dec. 5 Unit 10 - Dec. 16

Feb. 14 = unit 11 Feb. 28 = unit 12 Mar. 14 = unit 13 Mar. 21 = unit 14 Mar. 28 = unit 15

=IV.Writing= The formal writing goal is a five paragraph essay format that is graded on the **Pennsylvania State Standard Assessment Rubric** as well as specific Focus Areas individualized to the students' writing needs.



** How To Create a THESIS STATEMENT for your Essay: **
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** The structure of an Essay: **
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** Daily Writing: **
[|The One Minute Writer]

V. Grammar =V. Grammar=

Gerund Phrase
 * 1) == **PHRASES:** ==
 * ===Gerund Phrase===
 * ===Participial Phrase===


 * ===Infinitive Phrase===



Students learn to define, identify and create the following grammatical concepts: [|Phrases: //Verbal Phrases//: Talk Soup — Infoplease.com]

2. **CLAUSES:**
 * ====Noun Clause====


 * Adjective Clause
 * Adverb Clause

===[|Using //Clauses// as //Nouns//, //Adjectives, and Adverbs//]===



=** GRADING POLICY: **=

Reading assignments create the majority of the homework. Students will be assigned chapters or sections of stories to read so they can speak, write and take quizzes about what they read the next day.
 * HOMEWORK POLICY:**

There will be four student presentations during the school year, one for each marking period. Presentations will be in the form of writing and reading a critique, writing and reading an original poem, participating in a class debate, and scripting and acting out a scene from something that was read in class during the year. Each presentation will be worth 100 points of the total marking period grade.
 * PRESENTATIONS:**

Students will write on a daily basis. All students writing will be kept in a student writing folder or within their writing journals in the classroom. Papers will be worth 100 points each. Grades for papers are NOT final until the end of the marking period so students are encouraged to rewrite papers for better grades at any time during the course of a marking period.
 * WRITING:**

Letter grades represent the points a student has earned compared to the total number of points possible for an assignment, a marking period, or a school year. The grading scale is as follows:
 * GRADING SCALE:**


 * Grade Earned || Numeric Range ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * A+ || 97 – 100 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * A || 89.5 – 96 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * B+ || 87 – 89 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * B || 79.5 – 86 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * C+ || 77 – 79 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * C || 69.5 – 76 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * D

F || 64.5 – 69

0-64.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Each marking period total will be made up of a combination of grades from vocabulary, grammar, literature terms, presentations, literature content quizzes or tests, and at least one project.
 * TOTAL POINTS PER MARKING PERIOD:**

Students who miss class, or are absent from school, will have one day for each day of class missed to make up homework, quizzes, or tests. Please remember that it is the students' responsibility to make up missed assignments. Any assignments that are not made up or not made up in the appropriate time span will become zeroes.
 * MAKE-UP WORK:**

Bonus may be offered randomly each marking period. Although bonus points can help a student's grade, the student should not rely on the prospect of bonus for good grades.
 * BONUS:**

NEED HELP?
Students who want better grades should seek extra help during their daily LUNCH STUDY period. I am available to tutor before school between the hours of 7:30am and 8:00am. I will also be available after school from 3pm to 4pm, Oct. 17th through the end of the school year.