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Course Outline English 9

This course outline provides details for a Grade 9 English course focusing on Anglo-American literature. The course will cover literary works and movements from the Anglo-Saxon period through contemporary times. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, analysis, and communication through examining literary genres and themes. Assessment will include exams, written assignments, classroom participation, and projects. The goal is for students to appreciate literature within its historical context and apply lessons to their own lives.

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Course Outline English 9

This course outline provides details for a Grade 9 English course focusing on Anglo-American literature. The course will cover literary works and movements from the Anglo-Saxon period through contemporary times. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, analysis, and communication through examining literary genres and themes. Assessment will include exams, written assignments, classroom participation, and projects. The goal is for students to appreciate literature within its historical context and apply lessons to their own lives.

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Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan Parochial Schools

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY


Junior High School – Grade 9
English Department

COURSE OUTLINE

GENERAL TITLE
English 9

SPECIFIC TITLE
Anglo-American Literature

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a study of the literature of America, with a background in English Literature. This is
designed to give learners a broad understanding of the literary periods of English and American literature from
the period of exploration and settlement to the present. Through a critical examination of these literary works,
students will develop a deeper understanding of some of the main issues and movement that shape American
Literature and will stimulate a greater appreciation of language as an artistic medium and of the aesthetic
principles that shape literary works.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, the learners will:


1. Demonstrate communicative competence through their understanding of Anglo-American Literature and
other text types;
2. Develop analytical and critical thinking skills through reading, discussion, and written assignments;
3. Deepen their awareness of the universal human concerns that are the basis for literary works;
4 .Enhance communication skills through expression of ideas in written and oral communication;
5. Understand literature as an expression of human values within an historical and social context;
6. Appreciate the works of English and American authors and apply the concepts learned in their own lives;
7. Value the misaion, vision, goals

COMPETENCIES

KNOWLEDGE AREAS SATISFIED:


Knowledge of human nature and the physical world
Understanding literary genres

SKILLS DEVELOPED:
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Analytical Skills

VALUES DEVELOPED:
Self-Realization
Appreciation

ORGANIZATION

FIRST QUARTER: FROM THE ANGLO-SAXONS TO THE CLASSICISTS

A: Beowulf’s Fight with Grendel


*Characterization
B: Punctuation and Capitalization
C: King Arthur Wins the Sword and Slays the Giant
*Appreciating the Medieval Romance
D: Figures of speech
E: Desiderata
F: Word formation

SECOND QUARTER: FROM THE ROMANTICS TO THE CONTEMPORARY

A: Root and Base Words


B: Song to Celia by Ben Jonson
C: Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare
D: Adverbs
E: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
F: The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
G: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

THIRD QUARTER: THE BEGINNING OF AMERICAN LITERATURE

A: Verbals
B: On His Blindness
C: Progressive Tenses
E: Epitaphs
F: Invictus by William Ernest Henley
G: If-Clauses

FOURTH QUARTER: ENJOYING A NEW FREEDOM

A: I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud by William Wordsworth


B: To the West Wind
C: Direct and Indirect Discourse
D: Crossing the Bar by William Ernest Henley
E: Movie Review
REQUIREMENTS

Expected course requirements will include the following:


1. Examination (quizzes, long tests, prelims, midterms, finals)
2. Written works (essays, short stories, analyses, poems, reaction papers)
3. Participation (School programs like Magniloquence, English Month, classroom discussion)
4. Projects and Performance Tasks (individual tasks, role plays, written tasks, oral tests)

GRADING SYSTEM

1. Examinations 30%
(quizzes, long tests, prelims, midterms, finals)
2. Written Works 20%
(essays, short stories, analyses, poems, reaction papers)
3. Interactive Discussion 15%
(class participation)
4. Projects and Performance Tasks 35%
(individual tasks, role plays, written tasks, oral tests)
TOTAL 100%

PRIMARY REFERENCES

Katherine B. Arkaina, Michael Ian Benedict P. Estipona, Nicolas M. Galvez , Jr., Lourdes M. Ribo and Grace
Annette B. Soriano, Language in Literature: Anglo-American Literature, Vibal Group, INC, 2014

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