English I Course Guidelines
Use the following guidelines as you work independently on your English I course work. Each week is outlined below and details what work you should have completed and turned in at the end of that week.
Texts:
9th Grade English Textbook (Teal) and Reader’s Notebook
Writing and Grammar Textbook (Gold Edition/Green)
Assorted Handouts (Grammar and Reading Comprehension)
* TB - textbook
* WB – workbook
* RN – Reader’s Notebook
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WEEK #1:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Nouns
TB Exercise 1, pg. 218
TB Exercise 4, pg. 221
2) Common and Proper Nouns
TB Exercise 3, pg. 220
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 3
WB Exercise 1, pg. 4
3) Concrete and Abstract Nouns
TB Exercise 5, pg. 221
TB Exercise 7, pg. 221
WB Exercise 2, pg. 2
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) From “The Giant’s House,” RN p. 4-9, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins
2) “Desiderata,” RN p. 10- 16, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins. For assignment on p. 16, this can be a written report rather than an oral presentation.
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WEEK #2:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Personal Pronouns
TB Exercise 13, pg. 224
TB Exercise 17, pg. 231
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 5
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 6
2) Indefinite Pronouns
TB Exercise 16, pg. 229
TB Exercise 19, pg. 231
WB Exercise 2, pg. 11
WB Exercise 1, pg. 12
3) Other Pronouns
TB Exercise 15, pg. 228
TB Exercise 18, pg. 231
WB Exercise 2, pg. 9
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 10
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “The Washwoman” and “New Directions,” RN p. 17 – 26, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
2) Reading Informational Materials: “Instructions: Recipes,” RN All reading and activities p. 27-30.
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WEEK #3:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Action Verbs
TB Exercise 2, pg. 235
TB Exercise 3-4, pg. 237
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 13
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 14
2) Linking Verbs
TB Exercise 9-10, pg. 239
TB Exercise 11, pg. 240
TB Exercise 12-13, pg. 241
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 15
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 16
3) Helping Verbs
TB Exercise 17, pg. 233
TB Exercise 18, pg. 244
TB Exercise 20-21, pg. 245
WB Exercise 2, pg. 19
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 20
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “Sonata for Harp and Bicycle,” RN p. 33 – 43, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
2) The Jade Peony” p. 76 – 89, RN activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
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WEEK #4:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Adjectives
TB Exercise 2, pg. 250
TB Exercise 5, pg. 252
TB Exercise 11, pg. 257
WB Exercise 1, pg. 21
WB Exercise 1, pg. 22
2) Types of Adjectives
TB Exercise 7, pg. 253
TB Exercise 13, pg. 257
TB Exercise 1-2, pg. 23
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 24
3) Pronouns used as Adjectives
TB Exercise 9, pg. 254
TB Exercise 10, pg. 255
TB Exercise 14, pg. 257
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 25
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 26
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “The Most Dangerous Game” RN p. 94 – 117, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
2) Reading Informational Materials: “Signs and Instructions” RN p. 118 – 121 activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
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WEEK #5:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Adverbs Modifying Verbs
TB Exercise 20, pg. 259
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 27
WB Exercise 1, pg. 28
2) Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
TB Exercise 25, pg. 263
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 29
WB Exercise 1, pg. 30
3) Adverbs Modifying Adverbs
TB Exercise 21, pg. 261
TB Exercise 23, pg. 262
TB Exercise 26, pg. 263
WB Exercise 2, pg. 30
WB Exercise 1, pg. 31
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “The Gift of the Magi,” RN p. 123 – 131, activities, reading, and answer all questions in
margins.
2) “Rules of the Game,” RN p. 135 – 146, activities, reading, and answer all questions in
margins.
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WEEK #6:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Prepositions
TB Exercise 1, pg. 267
TB Exercise 4, pg. 271
WB Exercise 1, pg. 33
WB Exercise 1, pg. 34
2) Prepositional Phrases
TB Exercise 2, pg. 268
TB Exercise 5, pg. 271
WB Exercise 2, pg. 33
WB Exercise 3, pg. 34
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird,” RN p. 151 – 161, activities, reading, and answer all questions in
margins.
2) Reading Informational Materials: “Brochures” RN p. 165 – 168, activities, reading, and answer all
questions in margins.
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WEEK #7:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions
TB Exercise 11, pg. 274
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 37
2) Subordinating Conjunctions
TB Exercise 14, pg. 277
WB Exercise 1-2, pg. 38
WB Exercise 1, pg. 39
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “Before Hip-Hop Was Hip-Hop,” RN p.168 – 179, activities, reading, and answer all questions in
margins.
2) Reading Informational Materials: “Technical Documents,” RN p. 206 – 210, activities, reading,
and answer all questions in margins.
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WEEK #8:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Articles
TB Exercise 4, pg. 251
WB Exercise 2, pg. 21
WB Exercise 2, pg. 22
Reading Comprehension/Practice
1) “I Have a Dream,” RN p. 222 – 230, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
2) Reading Informational Materials: “Case Studies”, RN p. 261 – 265, activities, reading, and answer
all questions in margins.
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WEEK #9:
Writing & Grammar Handbook/Workbook Practice:
1) Interjections
TB Exercise 13, pg. 276
TB Exercise 16, pg. 277
WB Exercise 2, pg. 39
WB Exercise 2, pg. 40
Reading/Practice:
1) “Poetry Collection 1,” RN p. 266 – 272, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
2) “Poetry Collection 1,” RN p. 276 – 284, activities, reading, and answer all questions in margins.
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