Welcome!

This is where you will find information for Mr. Lederman's English 9 H classes.

What is included on this site

• Homework
• Daily agenda
• Project parameters and due dates (essays, speeches)
• Test and quiz dates (when available)
• Guidelines for typed writing assignments

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Works to be studied this year:

• A Separate Peace (novel set during WWII at a New England boarding/preparatory school)
• Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare; the most famous tragedy ever written)
• Odyssey (epic poem composed by Homer, set in the Mycenaean era)
• Of Mice and Men (novella by John Steinbeck, set during the Great Depression on a farm in California)
• The Miracle Worker (drama by William Gibson, about Helen Keller being taught to "speak" by Annie Sullivan)
• Assorted poems and short stories (including "Mid-term Break," the greatest poem ever written, as well as works by Frost, the most influential American poet)
• Assorted nonfiction/newspaper/research article selections

Median lifetime earnings based upon education (updated 6/4/17)

Adapted from: Thought.Co and FinAid.org

According to FinAid.org, the average cost of master’s degree for students is between $30,000 and $120,000; the holder of an MA or MS will earn 2.5 million dollars more (lifetime average) than a  high school graduate.

• < HS diploma: 973,000 (18,900 per year)

• HS diploma: 1,200,000 (25,900 per year)

• Bachelor’s degree: 2,100,000 (+900,000 more than a HS graduate)

• Master’s Degree: 2,500,000 (+1,300,000)

• Doctoral (PhD): 3,400,000 (+2,200,000)

• Medicine (MD), law (JD), engineering (D.eng): 4,400,000 (+3,200,000)

Stony Brook University

Fall 2017 Full Time Tuition and Fees

n.b. Most masters degree programs are about 30 credits.

Important facts:

• The only thing that matters when you walk out of these doors is your transcripts.

• High GPA = college scholarships.

• Good grades will NEVER hurt you. Bad grades, on the other hand, definitely have the potential to hurt you.