Grade 9-10
English

Sedro-Woolley School District

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The course intended to provide an overview of literature and composition, with an emphasis on how both relate to students’ lives.

This unit deals with meaning in literature through an examination of the author’s use of rich, colorful language. Topics include figurative language, diction, mood, and symbols. Students are taught how to read closely to gain the most out of the author’s use of language.

The lesson examines authors’ use of similes, metaphors, personification, understatement, and hyperbole.

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Reading
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The lesson deals with authors’ use of personal experience, factual information, opinion, personal feelings, and first person point of view in fiction and non-fiction.

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Geography
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3.3

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