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English 9 is a year-long required class for freshmen at Postville. Students in English 9 learn comprehension and literary techniques for novels, plays, poetry, short stories, journalism, and epics. They also build their writing skills in both creative and academic writing, with examples being the autobiography and the thesis-driven application essay. Plus, English 9 has a success skills curriculum incorporated, which includes goals, leadership, team-building, personality inventories, conflict resolution, problem solving, and responsibility. This culminates in a careers-exploration activity which is done jointly with health class.
Some texts of English 9 include: Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, Animal Farm, When the Legends Die, and the Miracle Worker, as well as various short stories and poems. In addition, there is an autobiography unit, a careers unit, and a newspaper unit.
Below are assignments for students
| Application Essay |
Example #1 | #2 |
| Poetry Packet |
Example Poem #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| Animal Farm Map |
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| Animal Farm Short Story |
Example |
| Autobiography |
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| Newspaper Packet |
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| Odyssey Adventure |
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| Animal Farm Webquest |
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| Romeo and Juliet Webquest |
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| Odyssey Webquest |
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