9th Grade English
9th Grade English
9th Grade English
Short Story
Students will demonstrate listening, writing, and reading, through a variety of short stories.
• Speaking
Speak with clarity and purpose to compare two characters or themes.
Use standard language and grammar.
• Writing
Use the six traits of writing (content, organization, conventions, voice, sentence
fluency, word choice).
Create a thesis statement to guide and frame writing.
Use conventions of standard written English.
Develop and support ideas with specific details and examples.
• Listening
Use listening skills in practical settings.
Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
• Reading Comprehension
Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
knowledge of characterization, point of view, setting, and conflict.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Students will demonstrate speaking, reading, and research skills while studying To Kill a
Mockingbird.
• Research
Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a relevant reform
topic, e.g. Civil Rights Movement. Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.
• Speaking
Speak with clarity and purpose to inform the class about the research mini-topic.
Speak with appropriate expression, smoothness, pace, volume, eye contact,
posture, and gestures.
Use standard language and grammar.
• Listening
Use listening skills in practical settings.
Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
• Reading
Read non-fiction resources to inform research.
Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze a novel through identifying and applying
knowledge of characterization, point of view, conflict and setting.
Evaluate Harper Lee’s purpose for writing To Kill a Mockingbird.
Animal Farm
Students will demonstrate speaking, listening, writing, reading, and research skills while
studying Animal Farm.
• Research
Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a relevant type
of government.
Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.
• Speaking
Speak with clarity and purpose to inform the class about the Utopian Society.
Speak with appropriate expression, smoothness, pace, volume, eye contact,
posture, and gestures.
Use standard language and grammar.
• Writing
Use the six traits of writing (content, organization, conventions, voice, sentence
fluency, word choice)
Create a thesis statement to guide and frame writing.
Use conventions of standard written English.
Develop ideas and content with specific details and examples.
Explore ideas and personal reactions to the novel through informal and
persuasive writing.
• Listening
Use listening skills in practical settings.
Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
• Reading Comprehension
Read non-fiction resources to inform research.
Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
knowledge of characterization, point of view, setting, and conflict.
Identify and explain the use of allegory and satire in the novel.
Evaluate George Orwell’s purpose for writing Animal Farm.
Poetry
Students will demonstrate listening, writing, and reading, through a variety of poetry.
• Speaking
Recite poetry using effective inflections.
Read poetry following punctuation correctly.
• Writing
Create own poetry.
Use figurative language in writing a poem or song.
• Listening
Use listening skills in practical settings.
Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
• Reading Comprehension
Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
knowledge of figurative language, form, and perspective.
• Suggested authors students will be exposed to:
Langston Hughes
E.E. Cummings
Robert Frost
Carl Sandburg
Edgar Allan Poe
Maya Angelou
Mythology
Students will demonstrate speaking, listening, reading, and research skills while studying
Mythology.
• Research
Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a mythological
figure.
Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.