Welcome to the 2024/2025 School Year!

What is a journey? A journey can be physical or emotional. What type

of journey does each character or person encounter in the reading

selected?

Unit I: America Street ,  a collection of short stories

Unit II: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

Unit III:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Unit IV:

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Skills covered and practiced in English 9:

Embedded quotations

TAG sentences(Title, author, and genre introduced in the opening of an essay)

Simile

metaphor

dramatic irony

situational irony

allusion

allegory

inference

pun

oxymoron

evidence

analysis 

alliteration

euphemism

sensory language

inference

tone 

mood

rhetorical question

hook

personification

theme

point of view

dialogue

symbolism

parallel structure

synthesis

English Tutorial is available during periods 0, 4, 5, and

6. Check the schedule for location.

Mrs. Karen Weeks

[email protected]

Please visit your SCHOOLOGY page for an up to date list of all

homework, class assignments, and notes.

Helpful Information:

Syllabus contains detailed information and expectations

for the class. 

For specific homework directions, links, and due dates, please

check Schoology.