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Skill plan for Into Literature Virginia - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Finding Common Ground
Analyze & Apply
1: A Quilt of a Country
1: A Quilt of a Country

Get Ready & Read:		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Get Ready & Read:
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Word pattern analogies Conventions 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Word pattern analogies Conventions 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom

2: Unusual Normality
2: Unusual Normality

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Compare passages for tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Compare passages for tone
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 3. Identify active and passive voice
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 3. Identify active and passive voice

3: Once Upon a Time
3: Once Upon a Time

Get Ready & Read:		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Get Ready & Read:
1. Determine the themes of short stories
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Conventions 2. Identify prepositional phrases
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Conventions 2. Identify prepositional phrases

4: The Vietnam Wall
4: The Vietnam Wall

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech
Collaborate & Compare
5: The Gettysburg Address
5: The Gettysburg Address

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Which sentence matches the definition? 2. Identify and correct errors with homophones Conventions 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Which sentence matches the definition? 2. Identify and correct errors with homophones Conventions 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure

5: from Saving Lincoln
5: from Saving Lincoln

Respond:		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Respond:
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
End of Unit Tasks
11: Write a personal essay		Narrative writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Editing 4. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 5. Correct errors with signs
11: Write a personal essay
Narrative writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Editing 4. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 5. Correct errors with signs

2	Unit 2 The Struggle for Freedom
Analyze & Apply
1: I Have a Dream
1: I Have a Dream

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 2. Use parallel structure
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 2. Use parallel structure

2: from Interview with John Lewis
2: from Interview with John Lewis

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify audience and purpose
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify audience and purpose
Respond:		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts
Respond:
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts

3: from Hidden Figures
3: from Hidden Figures

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify text structures
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify text structures
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Use dictionary entries Conventions 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Use dictionary entries Conventions 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents

4: The Censors
4: The Censors

Get Ready & Read:		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Get Ready & Read:
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Respond:		Conventions 1. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Respond:
Conventions 1. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists

5: Booker T. and W.E.B.
5: Booker T. and W.E.B.

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify sensory details 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify sensory details 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Respond:		1. Use words accurately and precisely
Respond:
1. Use words accurately and precisely
Collaborate & Compare
6: Reading Lolita in Tehran
6: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify the narrative point of view
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

6: from Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
6: from Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Get Ready & Read:		1. Compare passages for tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Compare passages for tone
Respond:		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Respond:
1. Compare two texts with different genres
End of Unit Tasks
12: Write a Research Report		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic Supporting details and evidence 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Grammar 4. Identify vague pronoun references Research skills 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
12: Write a Research Report
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic Supporting details and evidence 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Grammar 4. Identify vague pronoun references Research skills 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

3	Unit 3 The Bonds Between Us
Analyze & Apply
1: The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket
1: The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond:		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Respond:
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

2: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect
2: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect

Get Ready & Read:		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Get Ready & Read:
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analogies Conventions 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analogies Conventions 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

3: With Friends Like These...
3: With Friends Like These...

Get Ready & Read:		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Get Ready & Read:
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 2. Identify prepositional phrases
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 2. Identify prepositional phrases

4: Americorps NCCC: Be the Greater Good
4: Americorps NCCC: Be the Greater Good

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Collaborate & Compare
5: Loser
5: Loser

Get Ready & Read:		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Identify active and passive voice
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Identify active and passive voice

5: At Dusk
5: At Dusk

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Respond:		1. Describe the difference between related words
Respond:
1. Describe the difference between related words
End of Unit Tasks
12: Write a Short Story		Narrative writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Grammar 3. Form and use plurals: review
12: Write a Short Story
Narrative writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Grammar 3. Form and use plurals: review

4	Unit 4 Sweet Sorrow
Analyze & Apply
1: The Price of Freedom
1: The Price of Freedom

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses

2: Love's Vocabulary
2: Love's Vocabulary

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify text structures 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify text structures 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Replace words using a thesaurus Conventions 3. Identify participles and what they modify
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Replace words using a thesaurus Conventions 3. Identify participles and what they modify

3: My Shakespeare
3: My Shakespeare

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify elements of poetry
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify elements of poetry
Respond:		1. Recall the source of an allusion
Respond:
1. Recall the source of an allusion

4: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
4: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Get Ready & Read:		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Get Ready & Read:
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act I		1. Classify figures of speech: review
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act I
1. Classify figures of speech: review
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act II		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act II
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act III		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act III
1. Label the rhyme scheme
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act IV		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act IV
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act V		Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Use parallel structure
Respond: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act V
Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Use parallel structure
Collaborate & Compare
5: Having it Both Ways / Superheart
5: Having it Both Ways / Superheart

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify elements of poetry
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify elements of poetry
End of Unit Tasks
10: Write a Literary Analysis		1. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Correct errors in everyday use
10: Write a Literary Analysis
1. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Correct errors in everyday use

5	Unit 5 A Matter of Life or Death
Analyze & Apply
1: The Leap
1: The Leap

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Words with mis- 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Conventions 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Words with mis- 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Conventions 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

2: Is Survival Selfish?
2: Is Survival Selfish?

Get Ready & Read:		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Conventions 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Conventions 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences

3: The End and the Beginning
3: The End and the Beginning

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify sensory details 2. Positive and negative connotation
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify sensory details 2. Positive and negative connotation
Respond:		1. Which text is most formal?
Respond:
1. Which text is most formal?
Collaborate & Compare
4: from Night
4: from Night

Get Ready & Read:		1. Compare passages for tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Compare passages for tone
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use the correct homophone Conventions 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use the correct homophone Conventions 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses

4: from The Pianist
4: from The Pianist

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify sensory details
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify sensory details
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
End of Unit Tasks
10: Write an Argument		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
10: Write an Argument
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

6	Unit 6 Heroes and Quests
Analyze & Apply
1: from The Odyssey
1: from The Odyssey

Get Ready & Read:		1. Recall the source of an allusion 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
Get Ready & Read:
1. Recall the source of an allusion 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Conventions 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Conventions 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases

2: Archaeology's Tech Revolution since Indiana Jones
2: Archaeology's Tech Revolution since Indiana Jones

Get Ready & Read:		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Get Ready & Read:
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 2. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 2. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Collaborate & Compare
3: from The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu
3: from The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu

Get Ready & Read:		1. Read graphic organizers
Get Ready & Read:
1. Read graphic organizers
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 2. Create varied sentences based on models

3: The Journey
3: The Journey

Get Ready & Read:		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use personification
Get Ready & Read:
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use personification
Respond:		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Identify plagiarism
Respond:
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Identify plagiarism
End of Unit Tasks
9: Write an Explanatory Essay		Organization 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Supporting details and evidence 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Style 4. Which text is most formal? Revision 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Remove redundant words or phrases
9: Write an Explanatory Essay
Organization 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Supporting details and evidence 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Style 4. Which text is most formal? Revision 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Remove redundant words or phrases

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