Click on the Unit below to open up more information and resources for each lesson in that unit.
Unit 1: Echoes from the past
UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE at this link
UNIT 1 VOCABULARY LIST at this link
UNIT 1 PORTFOLIO at this link
UNIT 1 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
These YouTube & Khan Academy recordings are also found in the Lesson Introduction Pages.
UNIT 1 VOCABULARY LIST at this link
UNIT 1 PORTFOLIO at this link
UNIT 1 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
These YouTube & Khan Academy recordings are also found in the Lesson Introduction Pages.
- Everything You Need to Know to Read the Odyssey at this link
- Pronoun Case at this link
- Pronouns With Appositives at this link
- Homeric Similes at this link
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement at this link
- Homer's The Odyssey Summary at this link
- Who vs. Whom at this link
- Indefinite Pronouns at this link
- The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice at this link
- Passive & Active Voice at this link
- R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy at this link
- Summarize a Story: Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then at this link
- Welcome Recording and Intro to English 9 at this link
- Week 1: Intro to English 9 and Intro to the Odyssey at this link
- Week 2: Unit 1 Grammar & the Odyssey Parts 1-3 at this link
- Week 3: Review of The Odyssey, Orpheus & Eurydice, & Unit 1 Grammar Quiz Prep at this link
- Week 4: Unit 1 Portfolio Directions & Test Prep at this link
Unit 2: Romeo and juliet
UNIT 2 NOTE TAKER at this link
UNIT 2 STUDY GUIDE and VOCABULARY LIST at this link
UNIT 2 ROMEO and JULIET ACT and SCENE SUMMARIES at this link
UNIT 2 PORTFOLIO at this LINK and Recording explaining the PORTFOLIO directions at this LINK
UNIT 2 TEST OPTION at this LINK and Recording explaining the TEST OPTION at this LINK
UNIT 2 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
UNIT 2 STUDY GUIDE and VOCABULARY LIST at this link
UNIT 2 ROMEO and JULIET ACT and SCENE SUMMARIES at this link
UNIT 2 PORTFOLIO at this LINK and Recording explaining the PORTFOLIO directions at this LINK
UNIT 2 TEST OPTION at this LINK and Recording explaining the TEST OPTION at this LINK
UNIT 2 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
- William Shakespeare Mini Bio at this link
- Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter at this link
- Hip-Hop and Shakespeare at this link
- 1968 Movie Act 1 Prologue at this link
- 1996 Movie Act 1 Prologue at this link
- Act 1 Summary at this link
- Literary Devices in Shakespeare at this link
- Act 2 Balcony Scene mashup at this link
- Act 2 Summary at this link
- 1968 Movie Act 3 Scene 1 at this link
- Act 3 Summary at this link
- Act 4 Scene 3 Movie mashup at this link
- Act 4 Summary at this link
- Metaphors, Similes, and Personification at this link
- 1968 Movie Act 5 Tomb Scene at this link
- Act 5 Summary at this link
- Introduction to Shakespeare & the historical and social context of Romeo & Juliet at this link
- Romeo & Juliet Acts 1-2 Discussion at this LINK
- Romeo & Juliet Acts 3-5 Discussion at this LINK
- Wrap of Romeo and Juliet and Intro to Unit 3 at this LINK
- Recording explaining the PORTFOLIO directions at this LINK
- Recording explaining the TEST OPTION at this LINK
Unit 3: the dark side
UNIT 3 NOTE TAKER at this LINK
UNIT 3 VOCABULARY LIST at this LINK
UNIT 3 TEST OPTION at this LINK
UNIT 3 LIVE LESSON RECORDINGS
Wrap up of Unit 2 and Introduction to Unit 3 at this LINK
Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe and "The Cask of Amontillado" & Poe Poems at this LINK
UNIT 3 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
"The Most Dangerous Game" Summary at this LINK
Khan Academy Subject Verb Agreement at this LINK
"The Cask of Amontillado" Audiobook at this LINK
"The Cask of Amontillado" Analysis at this LINK
Modifiers and Their Degrees: Comparatives and Superlatives at this LINK
Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Poetry at this LINK
Poetry Reading of "The Bells" at this LINK
Poetry Reading of "Annabel Lee" at this LINK
Bart Simpson's Reading & Animation of "The Raven" at this LINK
Connotation and Denotation of a word at this LINK
"The Lottery" Audiobook at this LINK
Understanding "The Lottery" at this LINK
Uncomparable Modifiers at this LINK
UNIT 3 VOCABULARY LIST at this LINK
UNIT 3 TEST OPTION at this LINK
UNIT 3 LIVE LESSON RECORDINGS
Wrap up of Unit 2 and Introduction to Unit 3 at this LINK
Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe and "The Cask of Amontillado" & Poe Poems at this LINK
UNIT 3 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS
"The Most Dangerous Game" Summary at this LINK
Khan Academy Subject Verb Agreement at this LINK
"The Cask of Amontillado" Audiobook at this LINK
"The Cask of Amontillado" Analysis at this LINK
Modifiers and Their Degrees: Comparatives and Superlatives at this LINK
Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Poetry at this LINK
Poetry Reading of "The Bells" at this LINK
Poetry Reading of "Annabel Lee" at this LINK
Bart Simpson's Reading & Animation of "The Raven" at this LINK
Connotation and Denotation of a word at this LINK
"The Lottery" Audiobook at this LINK
Understanding "The Lottery" at this LINK
Uncomparable Modifiers at this LINK
unit 4: the research paper
UNIT 4 DRAFT & PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS
Unit 4 Lesson 2 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 3 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 7 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 11 (not graded) at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 16 at this LINK
UNIT 4 LIVE LESSON RECORDINGS
Introduction to Unit 4 at this LINK
Manager of Counseling Visit: Selecting your Career and College Track at NCA at this LINK
How to avoid plagiarism, how to paraphrase, and how to use an in-text citation at this LINK
Paraphrasing information, In-text citations, Works Cited Page at this LINK
UNIT 4 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS & RESOURCES
careeronestop website to complete career test at this LINK
Rules for Capitalization at this LINK
Rules for the Apostrophe at this LINK
Introduction to the Semicolon at this LINK
Semicolons and Complex Lists at this LINK
The Linking Function of the Colon at this LINK
How to USE Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses at this LINK
Titles: Underlining vs. Quotation Marks at this LINK
What are In-Text Citations? at this LINK
MLA Works Cited: References and Formatting at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 2 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 3 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 7 at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 11 (not graded) at this LINK
Unit 4 Lesson 16 at this LINK
UNIT 4 LIVE LESSON RECORDINGS
Introduction to Unit 4 at this LINK
Manager of Counseling Visit: Selecting your Career and College Track at NCA at this LINK
How to avoid plagiarism, how to paraphrase, and how to use an in-text citation at this LINK
Paraphrasing information, In-text citations, Works Cited Page at this LINK
UNIT 4 SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDINGS & RESOURCES
careeronestop website to complete career test at this LINK
Rules for Capitalization at this LINK
Rules for the Apostrophe at this LINK
Introduction to the Semicolon at this LINK
Semicolons and Complex Lists at this LINK
The Linking Function of the Colon at this LINK
How to USE Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses at this LINK
Titles: Underlining vs. Quotation Marks at this LINK
What are In-Text Citations? at this LINK
MLA Works Cited: References and Formatting at this LINK
unit 5:
Unit 5 has been dropped
title 5
Resources for English 9 below
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A Long List of Resources and Videos to Help You With Writing |
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Pathways Literature Textbook |
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Writing With Power Grammar Textbook |
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The Essential Guide to Language, Writing, & Literature Textbook |
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How to answer an Essay Question Using the R.A.C.E.S. strategy |
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Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices: How To Identify & Fix |
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Sentence Fragments: How to Identify & Fix |
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Using Active Voice in Writing |
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When to Use Commas |
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How to Use a Semicolon |