9th Grade Curriculum Guide
Fifth Six Weeks
Theme:
Loss of Innocence
These selections may be included as time allows, and others may be substituted as long as
they are thematically linked, grade appropriate and approved by department head.
Major Reading Focus:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
*A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Short Story: “The Interlopers,” “A Man Called Horse,”
“Marigolds,” “Scarlet Ibis,” “Sound of Thunder”
Non-Fiction: “Black Boy,” “Dear Juliet,” “My Very Dear
Sarah,” “The First Appendectomy”
Poetry: “In just,” “How Do I Love Thee,” “Your Laughter”
TEKS Correlation: 6A-B, 7A-I, 8A-D, 10A-C, 11A-H, 12A
Supplementary Suggestions:
Writing Focus:
Scene summaries and journaling
TP-CASTT
Compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet to West Side
Story (movie and/or book)
Sonnet creation: Shakespearean, Petrarchan, Spencerian
Impulsive behavior/betrayal paper
TEKS Correlation: 1A-C, 2A-D, 3A-B
Grammar/Literary Focus:
Puns, oxymoron’s, soliloquy, asides, foreshadowing,
imagery, allusion, dramatic irony, assonance, comic relief,
couplet, inversion, foil, parts of plot, paraphrasing, iambic
pentameter, comparing and contrasting, paradox,
interpreting, anachronism, alliteration, extended metaphor,
blank verse, archaic language, end stop lines, adjective and
adverb clauses, phrases, conjunctions
TEKS Correlation: 3A-B
Word Study:
Words to Own (addressed in each story)
Vocabulary Workshop, Sadlier (Level D)
*Vocabulary Workshop, Sadlier (Level E)
Supplementary Vocabulary
*Vocabulary for the College Bound Student, Vocabulary
for the High School Student
TEKS Correlation: 6A-C, 6E-F
9th Grade Curriculum Guide
Fifth Six Weeks
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Viewing and Representing:
Presentation of Romeo and Juliet memorization
Presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream project
West Side Story video
A & E Biography of William Shakespeare
TEKS Correlation: 18A-B, 19A-C, 20 A-B, 20F
Technology:
*Power point presentations
Word processing components
Elements of Literature internet link (www.go.hrw.com) to
define literary and poetic elements
Barrett Kendall internet link (www.bkenglish.com) to
enhance and review grammatical skills
TEKS Correlation: 21B-C, 21E
Listening and Speaking:
Listening to CD Rom (provided by HRW)
Listen to cassettes of Romeo and Juliet
Oral reading of text
Various films
Presentations of projects
Class discussions/feedback
*Note taking of presentations and/or film(s)
TEKS Correlation: 14A, 14C, 15D-E, 16A-F
Ancillary Materials:
Cassette tapes of Romeo and Juliet
Elements of Literature Teacher Kit, Barrett Kendall
Teacher Kit
West Side Story video, Romeo and Juliet video, A&E
Biography of Shakespeare, A Midsummer’s Nights’
Dream video
*denotes Honors Curriculum / Items in BOLD are required of all teachers
BENCHMARK TEST DATES AND SKILLS (MARCH 24-28)
Each teacher has the option to test within the dates provided above. Skills to be
covered: Research MLA Style, plagiarism, thesis statements, summarizing, paraphrasing,
punctuation, and capitalization. Dramatic elements will include irony, comic relief, puns,
asides, foreshadowing, imagery, allusion, foil, stereotypes, theme, and characterization.