Honors ENG 9 Learning Coach Guide

Welcome Letter

Dear Learning Coach,

Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Honors English 9 course.

Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so that you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements.

The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following.

• The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be.
• The Unit Assessments section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. Write them in the box, and use it as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it.
• The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time.
• In the Unit Notables section, you may find optional activities, literature connections, career connections, technology tips, ideas to help your learner if they get stuck, or safety tips.
• The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying.

CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year!

Supporting Your Learner

Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course.

• Help your learner know what time guided or live classroom instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings.
• Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help.
• Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio.
• Always encourage your learner to do their very best.
• Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course.
• Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher.

Part B:
Course Information

Course Goals

In Honors English 9, your learner will use the foundations they learned in prior English classes. By the end of the year, your learner will:

• read, understand, and respond to grade-level-appropriate texts;
• show reading comprehension;
• make connections between texts;
• use text evidence to support their claims;
• write for different purposes and audiences;
• write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content;
• present appropriately in formal speaking situations; and
• listen critically and respond thoughtfully as individuals or in group discussions.

Course Format

Lesson Components

Each day, your learner will spend approximately 60 minutes completing an Honors English 9 lesson. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. The lesson does not need to be completed in one sitting. Encourage your learner to take short breaks as needed.

This section will help you understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio.

Lesson Bundling

Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every day.

• Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 in the beginning of the first unit. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher.
• Unit Overview: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have.
• Prep for Success: At the beginning of each unit, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers learners tips to be successful in the course, such as success tips, reading strategies, and project reminders.
• Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding about key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment.

Lesson Structure

Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson.

• Lesson Overview: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the lesson overview. This section contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length.
• Engage: The first section of the lesson is Engage. In this section, your learner will be introduced to the lesson by making a connection to past and present knowledge and will get ready for the lesson’s instruction.
• Discover: New content and instruction are presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary, videos, audio, and Pause and Think activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson.
• Show: Your learner will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions.
• Summary: This section recaps the day’s objectives and prepares your learner for a future lesson or assessment.

Assessments

The course includes assignments and projects. These graded assignments allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments and projects include these components.

• Assessment Overview: At the beginning of each assessment, your learner will see the Assessment Overview. This section contains the goals of the assessment, materials your learner will need, length of the assessment, and directions for completion.
• Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment or project. Learners may be provided with a review of content from previous lessons, strategies for completing the activity, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics.
• Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment or project successfully. This section also provides the grading expectations and/or rubric that the teacher will use to grade the work.
• Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back on the work they completed. They will reflect on the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow learners to think about their learning and work habits.

Course Features

The course includes and uses unique features such as the following:

• Honors English Notebook
• EdioReader

Honors English Notebook: Learners will use their notebook to read texts, take notes, and complete assignments. Your learner will need their notebook every day.

edioReader: Learners can interact with digital texts through edioReader, an e-reader application. Embedded directly in the lesson content, edioReader allows learners to read or listen to digital texts. Learners will be able to interact with each text by using features such as a key word search, zoom in to increase the font size, take and store notes, highlight the pages, and bookmark their spot in the text. For long-form texts, your learner will be able to choose to read the paper copy of the book that was sent in the curriculum kit or read the online version in edioReader. 

Part C:
Unit Information

Understanding Transformations and Change

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Unit Assessments

Unit Overview

People are constantly changing as they get older and become more independent. Think about: are you the same kind of person now as you were in elementary or middle school? As you grow up, you will change, too. This unit will focus on why people change and how they might grow after learning an important lesson.

Your learner will consider the unit question: How and why can sense of self change?

Unit Overview

People are constantly changing as they get older and become more independent. Think about: are you the same kind of person now as you were in elementary or middle school? As you grow up, you will change, too. This unit will focus on why people change and how they might grow after learning an important lesson.

Your learner will consider the unit question: How and why can sense of self change?

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Test _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Quiz _________________________

Test _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Test _________________________

Household Materials

none

Household Materials

none

Kit Materials

highlighter,Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Kit Materials

highlighter,Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Unit Discussion Questions

Think about a time you changed your

mind about something important.

What caused that change?

Do you think considering a rebuttal

or opposite point of view is helpful in

being able to thoroughly explain your

perspective. Why or why not?

Unit Discussion Questions

Think about a time you changed your

mind about something important.

What caused that change?

Do you think considering a rebuttal

or opposite point of view is helpful in

being able to thoroughly explain your

perspective. Why or why not?

Unit Notables

As they consider why people change

and how they grow, learners will read

fiction and nonfiction texts about

how one’s sense of self can change.

Learners will complete a literary

analysis choosing either a traditional essay or interview format about the theme of identity or traditional essay about how language, family, culture, or society influences personal identity.

Unit Notables

As they consider why people change

and how they grow, learners will read

fiction and nonfiction texts about

how one’s sense of self can change.

Learners will complete a literary

analysis choosing either a traditional essay or interview format about the theme of identity or traditional essay about how language, family, culture, or society influences personal identity.

Exploring Growth Through Literature

Unit Overview

Growing up is hard, but life can be even more difficult when teens have to take on adult responsibilities. In this unit, your learner will read a young adult novel, Brighter than the Sun, about a high school girl trying to balance her family’s needs with her own. Your learner will read, analyze, and discuss the characters and conflicts in the book while developing their own narrative project.

Your learner will consider the unit question: How do your responsibilities to others impact you?

Unit Overview

Growing up is hard, but life can be even more difficult when teens have to take on adult responsibilities. In this unit, your learner will read a young adult novel, Brighter than the Sun, about a high school girl trying to balance her family’s needs with her own. Your learner will read, analyze, and discuss the characters and conflicts in the book while developing their own narrative project.

Your learner will consider the unit question: How do your responsibilities to others impact you?

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz __________________________

Test _________________________

Assignment _________________

Project _______________________

Exam ________________________

Kit Materials

Brighter than the Sun, highlighter, Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Kit Materials

Brighter than the Sun, highlighter, Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Household Materials

none

Household Materials

none

Unit Discussion Questions

Society often has a negative perception

of teenagers; in what ways would you

convince society that their perception is

incorrect?

What happened in your reading of

Brighter than the Sun? Why is this part of

the story important?

Unit Discussion Questions

Society often has a negative perception

of teenagers; in what ways would you

convince society that their perception is

incorrect?

What happened in your reading of

Brighter than the Sun? Why is this part of

the story important?

Unit Notables

Your learner will discover and use multiple techniques to develop characters in their narrative writing project in this unit.

Learners will complete a novel study, so they should be sure to keep up with their daily reading.

Unit Notables

Your learner will discover and use multiple techniques to develop characters in their narrative writing project in this unit.

Learners will complete a novel study, so they should be sure to keep up with their daily reading.

Overcoming Adversity

Unit Overview

In this unit, your learner will hear from a diverse group of people who have overcome great challenges in their lives. While working on their reading, writing, and speaking skills, your learner will think about what makes people successful in some of the most overwhelming situations.

Learners will explore the question: What is resilience, and why is it important?

Unit Overview

In this unit, your learner will hear from a diverse group of people who have overcome great challenges in their lives. While working on their reading, writing, and speaking skills, your learner will think about what makes people successful in some of the most overwhelming situations.

Learners will explore the question: What is resilience, and why is it important?

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Test _________________________

Kit Materials

highlighter, Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Kit Materials

highlighter, Honors English Notebook, pencil, sticky notes

Household Materials

none

Household Materials

none

Unit Discussion Questions

Can you give an example of how you are

resilient? What strategies can help you

become more resilient?

How is your progress on the research

project? Can you explain to me why you

chose this research topic? Did you

choose to write an informational article

or a podcast script? What influenced

your decision to choose this option?

Unit Discussion Questions

Can you give an example of how you are

resilient? What strategies can help you

become more resilient?

How is your progress on the research

project? Can you explain to me why you

chose this research topic? Did you

choose to write an informational article

or a podcast script? What influenced

your decision to choose this option?

Unit Notables

Your learner will read articles about athletes and their struggles with mental roadblocks. They will learn about Japanese internment by reading historical fiction and listening to a speech and complete a research project with the option of writing an informational article or creating a podcast script on the topic of resilience.

Unit Notables

Your learner will read articles about athletes and their struggles with mental roadblocks. They will learn about Japanese internment by reading historical fiction and listening to a speech and complete a research project with the option of writing an informational article or creating a podcast script on the topic of resilience.

Struggling for Power

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Test _________________________

Unit Assessments

Have your learner identify which assessment type or types they see in their unit. Check all that apply.

Quiz _________________________

Assignment ________________

Project _____________________

Exam _______________________

Test _________________________

Unit Overview

William Shakespeare lived hundreds of years ago, but the themes in his plays still relate to life today. His works often explore how people attempt to change their fates. In this unit, they will study one of Shakespeare’s comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play combines the worlds of Greek nobles, comical commoners, and meddling fairies. The powers of love, magic, and societal expectations push the characters to act in unexpected ways. As they try to make sense of the chaos, they will see how Shakespeare, a master of plot and language, intertwines the influences of these three distinct worlds.

Throughout this unit, they will focus on the question: How do powerful forces shape human experiences?

Unit Overview

William Shakespeare lived hundreds of years ago, but the themes in his plays still relate to life today. His works often explore how people attempt to change their fates. In this unit, they will study one of Shakespeare’s comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play combines the worlds of Greek nobles, comical commoners, and meddling fairies. The powers of love, magic, and societal expectations push the characters to act in unexpected ways. As they try to make sense of the chaos, they will see how Shakespeare, a master of plot and language, intertwines the influences of these three distinct worlds.

Throughout this unit, they will focus on the question: How do powerful forces shape human experiences?

Household Materials

none

Household Materials

none

Kit Materials

highlighter, Honors English Notebook, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, pencil, sticky notes

Kit Materials

highlighter, Honors English Notebook, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, pencil, sticky notes

Unit Notables

As your learner prepares to study A Midsummer Night’s Dream, they will learn about the historical and cultural background of the Renaissance. While reading the play, they will have access to audio and video to help them understand Shakespeare’s language. At the end of the unit, they will write a literary argument essay.

Unit Notables

As your learner prepares to study A Midsummer Night’s Dream, they will learn about the historical and cultural background of the Renaissance. While reading the play, they will have access to audio and video to help them understand Shakespeare’s language. At the end of the unit, they will write a literary argument essay.

Unit Discussion Questions

What is one skill that you have strengthened while reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

In what ways is comic relief impactful?

Unit Discussion Questions

What is one skill that you have strengthened while reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

In what ways is comic relief impactful?