English 9 Credit Retrieval is designed for students who need to earn credit for Freshman English in order to graduate from high school. This course is different from your regular English 9 course in that it is focused on core requirements, and it is offered on a Pass or Fail basis. This course is only open to students who have taken English 9 and have yet to pass it. If you would like to receive a letter grade for English 9 (A, B, C, or D), you must complete our regular English 9 A or English 9 B online course.

English 9 Credit Retrieval is a standards-based course, meaning that you need to meet the core standards for English 9 in order to pass. Your skills will be assessed against freshman-level standards. While there are assignments for you to complete to prepare you for key activities and tests, your showing evidence in competence in these key standards (listed below) will determine if you pass the course. Evidence towards your meeting these standards will be gathered in assignments, but final tests and writing assignments will carry the most weight.

With both Credit Retrieval English 9A and 9B , you may work at a faster pace and finish ahead of the timeline found on the unit checklist.

If you have any questions, please contact the instructor.

Here is a brief description of the curriculum:

Credit Retrieval English 9A

Literary Devices and Paragraph Writing:

Essential literary devices will be studied within the context of a series of well written, popular short stories. We will also assess and assist you with paragraph-writing skills. This unit starts with a diagnostic test. Its purpose is to test your proficiency in the use of these essential literary devices. You will be excused from further study for those literary devices that you use proficiently on this diagnostic test.

Farewell to Manzanar:

Core literary devices will be applied to the non-fiction work, Farewell to Manzanar. The book covers the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, is easy to read, and is very popular with high school students. We will also assess and work with you on expository essay-writing skills. (Note: You will be excused from expository writing if you have passed the 10^th grade WASL Writing test.)

Washington State Standards:

Reading

2.2.3 Analyzes short stories using the following literary devices:

• Conflict
• Theme
• Irony
• Plot
• Point of View

2.1.4 Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: uses prior knowledge to understand text.

2.1.5 Apply comprehension monitoring strategies...: synthesize ideas from selections to make predictions and inferences.

2.1.6 Apply comprehension monitoring strategies…monitor for meaning, create mental images, and generate and answer questions.

2.3.4 Synthesizes information from a variety of sources

2.4.1 Analyzes informational/expository texts and literary/narrative texts to draw conclusions and develop insights.

3.4.4 Analyzes and evaluates the great literary works from a variety of cultures to determine their contribution to the understanding of self, others, and the world.

Writing

Writing Process

1.1 Prewrites to generate ideas

1.2 Analyzes task and composed multiple drafts

1.3 Revises text, including changing words, sentences, paragraphs, and ideas.

1.4 Edits text

Receives 3’s or 4’s for Content, Organization, and Style and mostly 2’s for Conventions on the WASL Writing Rubric for freshmen-level writing

2.2 Writes for different purposes

3.1 Develops ideas and organizes writing

• 3.1.1 Analyzes ideas, selects a manageable topic, and elaborates using specific, relevant details and/or examples.

3.2 Uses appropriate style

3.2.1 Analyzes audience and purposes and uses appropriate voice:expository voice

3.3 Knows and applies writing conventions appropriate for grade level

4.1 Analyzes and evaluated others’ and own writing.