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Skill plan for myPerspectives (2025) - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Survival
Unit Introduction
Everyone Should Learn Basic First Aid
Everyone Should Learn Basic First Aid

Whole-Class Learning
Through the Tunnel		Prepare to read/read 1. Identify sensory details Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze short stories Study language and craft 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Through the Tunnel
Prepare to read/read 1. Identify sensory details Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze short stories Study language and craft 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

The Seventh Man		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 Study language and craft 3. Compare passages for tone 4. What does the punctuation suggest? Compare texts 5. Identify thesis statements 6. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
The Seventh Man
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 Study language and craft 3. Compare passages for tone 4. What does the punctuation suggest? Compare texts 5. Identify thesis statements 6. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt		Build insight 1. Determine the author's point of view Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the central idea of a passage 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2 Study language and craft 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 6. Use dashes
The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt
Build insight 1. Determine the author's point of view Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the central idea of a passage 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2 Study language and craft 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 6. Use dashes
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Argumentative Essay		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Evaluate counterclaims 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 6. Correct capitalization errors
Argumentative Essay
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Evaluate counterclaims 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 6. Correct capitalization errors
Peer-Group Learning
The Voyage of the James Caird		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Analyze and interpret 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Use dictionary entries 5. Use dictionary definitions 6. Identify participles and what they modify
The Voyage of the James Caird
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Analyze and interpret 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Use dictionary entries 5. Use dictionary definitions 6. Identify participles and what they modify

The Endurance and the James Caird in Images		Build insight 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Test practice 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
The Endurance and the James Caird in Images
Build insight 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Test practice 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

from Life of Pi		Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 Study language and craft 3. Are the modifiers used correctly? Share ideas 4. Suggest appropriate revisions
from Life of Pi
Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 Study language and craft 3. Are the modifiers used correctly? Share ideas 4. Suggest appropriate revisions

The Value of a Sherpa Life		Build insight 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure
The Value of a Sherpa Life
Build insight 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Poetry Collection 1: I Am Offering This Poem, The Forest for the Trees, blessing the boats		Prepare to read/read 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Analyze and interpret 2. Identify elements of poetry 3. Word pattern analogies Study language and craft 4. Match the quotations with their themes
Poetry Collection 1: I Am Offering This Poem, The Forest for the Trees, blessing the boats
Prepare to read/read 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Analyze and interpret 2. Identify elements of poetry 3. Word pattern analogies Study language and craft 4. Match the quotations with their themes

2	Unit 2 Promise and Progress
Unit Introduction
Wangari Maathai: Like the Hummingbird
Wangari Maathai: Like the Hummingbird

Whole-Class Learning
Remembering Civil Rights History, When "Words Meant Everything"		Share ideas 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Organize information by topic
Remembering Civil Rights History, When "Words Meant Everything"
Share ideas 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Organize information by topic

"I Have a Dream"		Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 3. Analogies Study language and craft 4. Word pattern sentences 5. Use parallel structure
"I Have a Dream"
Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 3. Analogies Study language and craft 4. Word pattern sentences 5. Use parallel structure

Letter From Birmingham Jail		Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Study language and craft 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Compare texts 5. Identify audience and purpose 6. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Study language and craft 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Compare texts 5. Identify audience and purpose 6. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Poetry Collection 1: For My People, Incident		Prepare to read/read 1. Identify sensory details Analyze and interpret 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Poetry Collection 1: For My People, Incident
Prepare to read/read 1. Identify sensory details Analyze and interpret 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Research Report		1. Identify text structures 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify plagiarism 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Research Report
1. Identify text structures 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify plagiarism 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Peer-Group Learning
The Friendship Bench		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify the narrative point of view Study language and craft 3. Interpret figures of speech Share ideas 4. Use words accurately and precisely
The Friendship Bench
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify the narrative point of view Study language and craft 3. Interpret figures of speech Share ideas 4. Use words accurately and precisely

Poetry Collection 2: Praise Song for the Day, There are Birds Here, Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper, A Center		Prepare to read/read 1. Describe the difference between related words Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 5. Identify prepositional phrases
Poetry Collection 2: Praise Song for the Day, There are Birds Here, Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper, A Center
Prepare to read/read 1. Describe the difference between related words Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 5. Identify prepositional phrases

How Civil Rights Groups Used Photography for Change		Prepare to read/read 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases Share ideas 5. Determine the central idea of a passage
How Civil Rights Groups Used Photography for Change
Prepare to read/read 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases Share ideas 5. Determine the central idea of a passage

3	Unit 3 Crazy, Stupid Love
Unit Introduction
Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy? Or Just a Tragic Misunderstanding?
Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy? Or Just a Tragic Misunderstanding?

Whole-Class Learning
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II		Analyze and interpret 1. Label the rhyme scheme Study language and craft 2. Word pattern sentences
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II
Analyze and interpret 1. Label the rhyme scheme Study language and craft 2. Word pattern sentences

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III		Analyze and interpret 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Study language and craft 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Share ideas 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III
Analyze and interpret 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Study language and craft 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Share ideas 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify and correct errors with homophones 2. Classify figures of speech: review Study language and craft 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify and correct errors with homophones 2. Classify figures of speech: review Study language and craft 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V		Analyze and interpret 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Match the quotations with their themes Study language and craft 4. Use parallel structure Share ideas 5. Organize information by topic
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V
Analyze and interpret 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Match the quotations with their themes Study language and craft 4. Use parallel structure Share ideas 5. Organize information by topic

Pyramus and Thisbe		Study language and craft 1. Which sentence matches the definition? Compare texts 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Pyramus and Thisbe
Study language and craft 1. Which sentence matches the definition? Compare texts 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Literary Analysis Essay		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 6. Remove redundant words or phrases
Literary Analysis Essay
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 6. Remove redundant words or phrases
Peer-Group Learning
Literary Criticism: Romeo and Juliet is a Terrible Play and David Leveaux Can't Change That, Romeo and Juliet and the Hard Parts of Love		Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Study language and craft 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Classify logical fallacies
Literary Criticism: Romeo and Juliet is a Terrible Play and David Leveaux Can't Change That, Romeo and Juliet and the Hard Parts of Love
Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Study language and craft 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Classify logical fallacies

American History		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Study language and craft 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Share ideas 5. Identify the narrative point of view
American History
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Study language and craft 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Share ideas 5. Identify the narrative point of view

Poetry Collection 1: Futility, How Do I Love Thee? from Sonnets From the Portuguese, Sonnet XVII from One Hundred Love Sonnets		Prepare to read/read 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Study language and craft 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Compare passages for tone
Poetry Collection 1: Futility, How Do I Love Thee? from Sonnets From the Portuguese, Sonnet XVII from One Hundred Love Sonnets
Prepare to read/read 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Study language and craft 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Compare passages for tone

4	Unit 4 Journeys of Transformation
Unit Introduction
The "Armchair Traveler" and the Brain
The "Armchair Traveler" and the Brain

Whole-Class Learning
from The Odyssey, Part 1		Study language and craft 1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
from The Odyssey, Part 1
Study language and craft 1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

from The Odyssey, Part 2		Analyze and interpret 1. Interpret figures of speech Study language and craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Share ideas 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue
from The Odyssey, Part 2
Analyze and interpret 1. Interpret figures of speech Study language and craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Share ideas 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue

from The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel		Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Test practice 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
from The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Test practice 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Explanatory Essay		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Explanatory Essay
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Peer-Group Learning
from The Hero's Adventure		Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences
from The Hero's Adventure
Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Rules of the Game from The Joy Luck Club		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes Study language and craft 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Rules of the Game from The Joy Luck Club
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes Study language and craft 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Poetry Collection 1: A House Called Tomorrow, Ithaka, Hurricane Hits England		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Analyze and interpret 3. Use personification Study language and craft 4. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 5. Identify audience and purpose
Poetry Collection 1: A House Called Tomorrow, Ithaka, Hurricane Hits England
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Analyze and interpret 3. Use personification Study language and craft 4. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 5. Identify audience and purpose

The Writing on the Wall		Prepare to read/read 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Identify elements of poetry Share ideas 6. Which text is most formal?
The Writing on the Wall
Prepare to read/read 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Identify elements of poetry Share ideas 6. Which text is most formal?

5	Unit 5 The Things We Make
Unit Introduction
The Lamp at the Turning
The Lamp at the Turning

Whole-Class Learning
There Will Come Soft Rains		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Use personification 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
There Will Come Soft Rains
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Use personification 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

By the Waters of Babylon		Study language and craft 1. Word pattern analogies
By the Waters of Babylon
Study language and craft 1. Word pattern analogies
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Short Story		1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Short Story
1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Peer-Group Learning
The Mystery of the Indestructible Beetle		Prepare to read/read 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Analyze and interpret 2. Words with -able and -ible 3. Determine the central idea of a passage
The Mystery of the Indestructible Beetle
Prepare to read/read 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Analyze and interpret 2. Words with -able and -ible 3. Determine the central idea of a passage

Snowstorm		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Study language and craft 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Snowstorm
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Study language and craft 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Anicka Yi: In Love with the World Ask the Artist: Questions for Anicka Yi
Anicka Yi: In Love with the World Ask the Artist: Questions for Anicka Yi

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