Grade 9 - English
Language Arts 9A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)English for grade 9 is an integrated curriculum. Each unit contains thematically related lessons in five domains: reading and the study of literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. Topics are presented in ways that help young adolescents relate literacy skills to other aspects of their lives. Writing assignments include narrative, expository, and persuasive/argumentative modes and emphasize the use of and details and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A emphasize collaborative discussion skills and peer review. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real-world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit.
Major Concepts:
Reading skills and strategies
Literary elements and devices
Reading informational text
Text structures
Writing narratives and information
Collaborative discussion
Peer review
Word attack skills
Required Novels (choose one per semester):
Romeo and Juliet (Semester A)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Semester B)
Optional Novels (Choose 1 per Semester)
The Old Man and the Sea
House on Mango Street
Fahrenheit 451
The Odyssey
Ender’s Game
Speak of Mice and Men
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