LAN 0900: English 9
06/01/2026 to 05/30/2027 • Modified 04/15/2026Course Description
This year-long course continues to build on the sequential review and development of grammar and communication skills in writing. An evaluation of world literature develops analytical skills using examples of short stories, the novella, the novel, poetry, allegory, and drama selected from a variety of periods and authors. These and other texts frame the students’ vocabulary comprehension through contextual application. A research paper using appropriate style, format, and documentation will analyze a social issue from a historical, biblical, and literary perspective. Students are guided with biblical truths to develop the skills necessary to honor God through excellence in the written and spoken word.
Next Start Date*
Next Monday
Prerequisite
8th Grade Language Art
Schedule
Module 1: Grammar & Writing Review
- Week 1: Introduction to Course and Plagiarism Review
- Week 2: Strong Writing and Style
- Week 3: Strong Writing, Continued
Module 2: Short Stories
- Week 4: Short Stories – Theme, Setting, and Irony
- Week 5: Short Stories – Characters and Figurative Language
- Week 6: Short Stories – Plot Structures and Conflict
- Week 7: Short Stories – Setting and Symbolism
- Week 8: Short Story Submission
- Week 9: Review and Quarter Exam
Module 3: Novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Volume 1
- Week 10: Great Expectations, Chapters 1-6
- Week 11: Great Expectations, Chapters 7-19
Module 4: Novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Volumes 2 & 3
- Week 12: Great Expectations, Chapters 20-33
- Week 13: Great Expectations, Chapters 34-46
- Week 14: Great Expectations, Chapters 47-59
- Week 15: Review and Test; Essay Submission
Module 5: Poetry
- Week 16: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allen Poe, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Sidney Lanier
- Week 17: Hughes, Dickinson, Shelley, Browning, Thomas, and Alcott
- Week 18: Poetry Review; Quarter Exam
Module 6: Novella: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Week 19: Introduction to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R.L. Stevenson
- Week 20: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapters 1-8
- Week 21: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapters 9-10; Module Test
Module 7: Literary Genres: Fiction & Nonfiction
- Week 22: Fiction
- Week 23: Nonfiction
- Week 24: Nonfiction, Continued; Module Test
Module 8: Pilgrim’s Progress
- Week 25: Introduction to Bunyan and Allegory
- Week 26: Pilgrim’s Progress, Chapters 4 -10
- Week 27: Oral Presentation; Quarter Exam
Module 9: Media Literacy & Research Paper
- Week 28: Media Literacy
- Week 29: Research Paper
- Week 30: Research Paper, Continued
- Week 31: Research Paper, Continued
Module 10: William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
- Week 32: Introduction to William Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet
- Week 33: Romeo and Juliet, Continued
- Week 34: Romeo and Juliet, Continued
- Week 35: Romeo and Juliet Analysis
- Week 36: Review and Quarter Exam
