Typical Course of Study

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.

• Evaluating material for accuracy
• Reading the newspaper
• Analyzing propaganda
• Advertising
• Drama and film
• Analyzing poetry
• Dramatic poetry
• Using poetry anthologies
• Novel and short story
• Folklore and myths
• Structure of a play
• Parable and allegory
• Interpretation of literature
• Listening skills
• Effective discussion techniques and questioning skills
• Preparing a speech
• Public speaking and debate
• The unabridged dictionary
• Vocabulary
• Foreign words used in English
• Grammar
• Fundamentals of composition
• Report writing
• Extended reference skills
• Special indexes

9th Grade Course of Study

• Social Studies
• Science
• Language Arts
• Mathematics

Used by permission of World Book