English 9P Mrs. FloryWelcome to Back to School Night

PVHS 2012/2013

A Little Bit About Me…

• I am in my 14th year of teaching. (5th at PV)

• I have taught grade levels ranging from 5th – 12th grades within the past 14 years.

• So far, this has been a great and positive start to the new year

My Family…

• My husband, Bill, teaches Science at PVHS. He is also in charge of the Athlete Committed Program. He coaches two sports this year as well.

• Our two sons graduated from PVHS (2005 & 2008)

• We are currently hosting a Chinese student at PVHS, so we are PV parents once again!

My Solution for Empty Nesting…

On the Academic Front…

• We are transitioning to the California Common Core State Standards…

• The new standards provide a way of examining and enriching the learning environment and the current curriculum to best help our students be both college and career ready upon graduation from PVHS.

• I have placed a link on the website home page that briefly explains the rationale for the ccss implementation.

• It is worth the watch if you have a few minutes…

English 9P

• Textbook – HOLT Language and Literature (Third Course)

• Various Novels / Plays

• Vocabulary (academic and textual)

• Writing (various genres and lengths)

• Reading (close reading, informational text,

literature, poetry, AoWs, and SSR)

Core Textbook and Grammar Resources

• Each student should have a book at home.• We use the class set of books during school time.• Grammar Resource Books are kept in class.

HOLT Literature & HOLT Handbook Writer’s Inc. Language Arts

Semester 1

• Short stories/Elements of Fiction• Grammar/Punctuation/Vocabulary• Units of Focus: (Steinbeck’s) Of Mice and Men

• ERWC Writing Unit (1)

• AoW and

Ted Talks

• MLA format

Semester 2

• Continue AoW and Ted Talks

• Poetry

• Plagiarism

• Writing with a purpose

• ERWC writing unit (2)

• Vocabulary

• Novel and Drama Study Units

Poetry

Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet

Possible additional novels…

Research, MLA, Plagiarism

Wow, what a busy year…

• Please sign up for the English 10 Remind 101 Texting Service (it is free)

• Stay current and updated by checking the website

• The BEST POSSIBLE way to contact me is by email: jflory@chicousd.org

Thanks for coming out tonight!

GO VIKINGS!