English 9 Teachers: Muktaru Jalloh Kathleen Machan Devin Shirley - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

English 9

Teachers:

• Muktaru Jalloh
• Kathleen Machan
• Devin Shirley
• Craig Stephens

English 9

Core Components

• Cornell Notes
• Annotating Text
• Double-chunk Paragraphs
• MLA

English 9

Core texts:

• The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• The Odyssey
• TO Kill a Mockingbird
• Plus selected works by teachers
• Short stories
• Novels
• Night
• The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian
• Etc…

Cornell Notes

• Two columns
• Main ideas and critical thinking questions
• How do we organize our thinking?
• How do we make inferences and read beyond the explicit

text?

Annotating Text

• Writing into the passage (“close reading”)
• Active vs. Passive reading
• Elicits critical thinking
• Captures first thoughts and helps to organize ideas

Double-chunk Paragraphs

• Analytical, evidence-based writing
• Teaches the necessary components of a quality academic

paragraph

• How to support a claim using evidence and commentary
• Building-wide (part of school wide literacy intiative)

MLA Formatting

• “Modern Language Association”
• Standard format for academic papers in the humanities
• How to cite sources and not plagiarize

Any Questions?