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Agenda

  • Welcome to BioLit
  • Who is Mr. Nguyen?
  • Canvas
  • Syllabus
  • SLOs and Grading
  • No Phones

Mr Ryan Nguyen

rnguyen@djusd.net

Office Hours: Until 4 PM

Monday - Thursday

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Mr Ryan Nguyen

rnguyen@djusd.net

Office Hours: Until 4 PM

Monday - Thursday

Mr. Ryan Nguyen (Mr. N)

  • History, Literature, Education, Poetry, and Linguistics
  • DevOps and Teaching
  • My Family
  • Rock Climbing, Hockey, Board Games, and D&D. Oh MY!!!

BioLit

  • CA CCSS 9th Grade Content
  • CA CCSS 9th Grade Skills
  • Galapagos -- April 10
  • BioLit Projects -- Storytelling in Science

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Mr Ryan Nguyen

rnguyen@djusd.net

Office Hours: Until 4 PM

Monday - Thursday

CA CCSS 9th Grade Content

  • Novel
  • Epic (Hero’s Journey)
  • Shakespeare

CA CCSS 9th Grade Skills

  • Expository Essay
  • Argumentative Essay
  • Creative Work
  • Writing Claim, Evidence, and Analysis
  • Academic Form
  • Figurative Language
  • Grammars and Linguistics

Course Outcomes

  • Improved Reading, Writing, and Analysis
  • Ability to identify, select, and work in appropriate mediums effectively
  • Ability to demonstrate familiarity with academic forms, tasks, and expectations
  • Ability to make and support a claim with evidence and exposition
  • Familiarity with rhetorical tools
  • Familiarity with navigating grammar
  • Familiarity with composition as a process
  • Ability to engage in and explain objective and purpose based composition