NORDHEIM HIGH SCHOOL
500 N. BROADWAY
Nordheim, TX 78141
MRS. MOY---English I---9th‎ grade
1st six weeks’ syllabus (08/‎13/‎2025-09/19/2025)
Unit 1-The Cost of Survival
"Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing
"The Seventh Man" by Haruki Murakami
*Writing (comparison)
*Questions
*Vocabulary

"The Key to Disaster Survival" by Shankar Verdantum
*Composition (formal letter)
*Questions
*Media Vocabulary 
*Writing (Argumentative Essay)

"The Voyage of James Caird" by Caroline Alexander
"The Endurance and the James Caird" in Images
*Analysis and Discussion
*Concept Vocabulary
*Author's Craft (diction, voice, and syntax)
*Multiple Choice

from "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
*Analysis and Discussion
*Vocabulary
*Literary/ Text Elements 
*Paragraph Revision

 "The Value of a Sherpa Life" by Grayson Schaffer
*Questions
*Vocabulary
*Digital Presentation (Travel Guide)

Poetry
"I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca
"The Writer" by Richard Wilbur
"Hugging the Jukebox" by Naomi Shihab Nye's
*Comprehension Questions
*Author's Craft (repetition, imagery, symbolism)
*Multimedia Presentation (point of view)
*Revising and Editing (multiple choice)

Video Presentations
"The Life of Pi"
"The Guardian"

1st Novel--- “They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of an Abandoned Child's Struggle for Emotional Survival” written by Jennings Michael Burch

*Twelve Daily Grades per six weeks
*Two Major Test Grades per six weeks
*Quizzes (anytime)

Contact Information
Mrs. Dawn Moy
email- dmoy@nordheimisd.org
phone- (361) 938-5211 
 Ext. 303

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Please return signed by Monday, August 18th, 2025