In this course students will explore the many aspects of ninth grade language arts. These aspects include writing, literature, grammar, listening and speaking, elements of research, and cultural literacy. This course is designed to provide the opportunity for students to incorporate prior knowledge, utilize the reading process, read frequently, respond to reading and understand a variety of reading materials. To enhance their learning experiences, students are encouraged to reflect on the material read and to use the higher order thinking skills of analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating to make relevant connections. They will also review the three modes or writing in this course, and understand how to evaluate them using the Pennsylvania Domains Scoring Guide. In addition to this, students will read literature in all forms, and learn all literary devices that are used. Sentence structure, punctuation, word origins, idioms, and cultural literacy are also stressed in this course.

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