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Skill plan for myPerspectives English Language Arts Texas - 9th Grade

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1	Unit 1 Survival
Whole-class learning
Through the Tunnel		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Through the Tunnel
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

The Seventh Man		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
The Seventh Man
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text

The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Conventions 2. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 4. Use dashes
The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Conventions 2. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 4. Use dashes

The Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and Neighbors		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Which text is most formal?
The Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and Neighbors
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Which text is most formal?

Performance Task		Write an argumentative essay 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Identify run-on sentences
Performance Task
Write an argumentative essay 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Identify run-on sentences
Peer-group learning
The Voyage of the James Caird		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
The Voyage of the James Caird
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

The Endurance and the James Caird in Images		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
The Endurance and the James Caird in Images
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

from Life of Pi		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify participles and what they modify
from Life of Pi
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify participles and what they modify

The Value of a Sherpa Life		Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Text elements 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure
The Value of a Sherpa Life
Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Text elements 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Poetry Collection: I am Offering This Poem, The Writer, and Hugging the Jukebox		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Interpret figures of speech
Poetry Collection: I am Offering This Poem, The Writer, and Hugging the Jukebox
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Interpret figures of speech

2	Unit 2 Moving Toward Justice
Whole-class learning
Remembering Civil Rights History, When "Words Meant Everything"		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Remembering Civil Rights History, When "Words Meant Everything"
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

I Have a Dream		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Analogies: challenge Word study 3. Word pattern sentences Text elements 4. Use parallel structure
I Have a Dream
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Analogies: challenge Word study 3. Word pattern sentences Text elements 4. Use parallel structure

Letter From Birmingham Jail		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses 5. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Text elements 6. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses 5. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Text elements 6. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Performance Task		Write a research report 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Identify plagiarism 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Remove redundant words or phrases 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Performance Task
Write a research report 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Identify plagiarism 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Remove redundant words or phrases 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Peer-group learning
Señor Noboa		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Señor Noboa
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Poetry Collection: For My People, Incident, and Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper		1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 2. Use dashes
Poetry Collection: For My People, Incident, and Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper
1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 2. Use dashes

Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1. Trace an argument: set 2

The Many Lives of Hazel Bryan		Analyze and interpret 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Conventions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
The Many Lives of Hazel Bryan
Analyze and interpret 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Conventions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

3	Unit 3 Crazy, Stupid Love
Whole-class learning
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 1		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 1
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 2		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 2
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 3		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 3
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 4		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Classify figures of speech: review
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 4
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Classify figures of speech: review

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 5		1. Word pattern sentences 2. Use parallel structure
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 5
1. Word pattern sentences 2. Use parallel structure

Pyramus and Thisbe		Word study 1. Explore words with new or contested usages Composition 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Pyramus and Thisbe
Word study 1. Explore words with new or contested usages Composition 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Performance task		Write an argument: literary analysis 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Performance task
Write an argument: literary analysis 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Peer-group learning
Romeo and Juliet is a Terrible Play, and David Leveaux Can't Change That; and In Defense of Romeo and Juliet: It's Not Childish, It's About Childishness		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Romeo and Juliet is a Terrible Play, and David Leveaux Can't Change That; and In Defense of Romeo and Juliet: It's Not Childish, It's About Childishness
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text

American History		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Identify sentence fragments
American History
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Conventions 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Identify sentence fragments

Futility, How do I Love Thee?, and Sonnet XVII		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Compare passages for tone
Futility, How do I Love Thee?, and Sonnet XVII
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Compare passages for tone

4	Unit 4 Journeys of Transformation
Whole-class learning
from the Odyssey, Part 1		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Identify gerunds and their functions
from the Odyssey, Part 1
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Identify gerunds and their functions

from the Odyssey, Part 2		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
from the Odyssey, Part 2
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

from the Odyssey: A Graphic Novel		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Use words accurately and precisely
from the Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Use words accurately and precisely

Application for a Mariner's License		1. Correct errors in everyday use
Application for a Mariner's License
1. Correct errors in everyday use

Performance Task		Write a personal essay 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Performance Task
Write a personal essay 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Peer-group learning
The Return		1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
The Return
1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

The Writing on the Wall		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
The Writing on the Wall
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

from The Hero's Adventure		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Conventions 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with coordinate adjectives 6. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
from The Hero's Adventure
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Conventions 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with coordinate adjectives 6. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Rules of the Game		Analyze and interpret 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Rules of the Game
Analyze and interpret 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Poetry Collection 1: Courage, Ithaka, and Hurricane Hits England		1. Classify figures of speech: review 2. Identify the narrative point of view
Poetry Collection 1: Courage, Ithaka, and Hurricane Hits England
1. Classify figures of speech: review 2. Identify the narrative point of view

5	Unit 5 World's End
Whole-class learning
There Will Come Soft Rains		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use personification Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Composition 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
There Will Come Soft Rains
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use personification Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Composition 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

By the Waters of Babylon		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
By the Waters of Babylon
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

The Nuclear Tourist		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
The Nuclear Tourist
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Performance Task		Write a short story 1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 3. Identify sentence fragments
Performance Task
Write a short story 1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 3. Identify sentence fragments
Peer-group learning
Poetry Collection 1: the beginning of end of the world, The Conditional, and A Song on the End of the World		Text elements 1. Identify elements of poetry Word study 2. Words with -ful 3. Words with -less
Poetry Collection 1: the beginning of end of the world, The Conditional, and A Song on the End of the World
Text elements 1. Identify elements of poetry Word study 2. Words with -ful 3. Words with -less

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

from Radiolab: War of the Worlds		1. Organize information by topic
from Radiolab: War of the Worlds
1. Organize information by topic

The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic		1. Word pattern analogies
The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic
1. Word pattern analogies

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