English September and October Newsletter

Dear Grade 9 parents and students,

This month in English we have focused on the following skills:
- skim and scan reading
- finding unknown vocabulary through the use of context clues
- proper capitalization rules for general English
- proper capitalization rules for titles
- proper writing for numbers in English

Moving into October, we will be focusing on the following skills:
- selecting points for summary
- paraphrasing
- annotating texts
- understanding and tone, mood and purpose in writing

All of these skills will be utilized in our end of unit novel read. We will be reading Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

If you have any questions about homework, projects, or general news, all of our class information is on our Google Classroom website, which all of the students have access to.

As always, please email me if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Mr. Chris