Why Switch to Literature and Composition from English 9?
Literature and Composition has made many improvements to English 9.
It uses the same books but assignment instructions have been changed and improved to better engage a wider range of 9th-grade students. Literature and Composition has also incorporated additional composition exercises to better prepare students for HS-level writing. In addition, students only need to submit one essay per book analysis assignment instead of two. Instead of writing a 5-page min. research report, students in Lit and Comp write a 700-word, five-paragraph research essay with a minimum of three sources. With the reduced amount of coursework, in combination with other needed improvements, switching to Lit and Comp allows students to complete their 9th-grade English course faster than remaining in English 9.
Please let us know if you want to switch English 9 to Literature and Composition. If the student has already completed some assignments in English 9, we will transfer the grades from those assignments to Literature and Composition. The student does not need to repeat assignments they have already completed. Also, even though it will take some time for the new, physical course manual to arrive, students can use SetonOnline (www.setononline.com) to access all the needed information to begin working on the course.
Since the books are the same between English 9 and Literature and Composition (seen below), there is no additional cost for switching to Lit and Comp. However, since the student needs the new course manual for Lit and Comp, we would ask families to at least give a small donation to cover the printing and shipping costs of the course manual (https://www.setonhome.org/donate/)
Literature and Composition I
Required Texts: The Lilies of the Field
by William
E. Barrett, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, The Merchant of
Venice by William Shakespeare.
Book Analysis Books
See how the book analysis titles are the same but the 2nd and 4th Quarter books have shifted slightly different quarters below. Bolded titles are ones we recommend or we send to students by default.
1st Quarter:
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (for mature readers)
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (for mature readers)
2nd Quarter:
Shane by Jack Schaefer
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (Brian Hooker translation)
3rd Quarter:
No
book analysis due; research essay due this quarter.
4th Quarter:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
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