IXL skill plan | 9th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018 - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Coming of Age
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 1.2: Talking About Voice		Reading strategies 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Activity 1.2: Talking About Voice
Reading strategies 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Activity 1.3: Narrative Voices		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 3. Use dashes 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Activity 1.3: Narrative Voices
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 3. Use dashes 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Activity 1.4: Parallel Structure		Writing 1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Use parallel structure Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Activity 1.4: Parallel Structure
Writing 1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Use parallel structure Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Activity 1.5: Defining Experiences		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Word study 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Writer's craft 3. Identify the verb mood 4. Correct errors with verb mood Language checkpoint 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Activity 1.5: Defining Experiences
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Word study 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Writer's craft 3. Identify the verb mood 4. Correct errors with verb mood Language checkpoint 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Activity 1.6: Learning How to Interview		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Activity 1.6: Learning How to Interview
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Activity 1.7: Conversations with Characters		1. Identify sensory details
Activity 1.7: Conversations with Characters
1. Identify sensory details

Activity 1.8: Two Versions of One Narrative		Reading strategies 1. Compare two texts with different genres Writing 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Activity 1.8: Two Versions of One Narrative
Reading strategies 1. Compare two texts with different genres Writing 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Activity 1.9: Reading an Interview Narrative		Reading strategies 1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Compare passages for tone
Activity 1.9: Reading an Interview Narrative
Reading strategies 1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Compare passages for tone

Activity 1.10: Examining the Art of Questioning		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 1.10: Examining the Art of Questioning
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Activity 1.11: Transforming the Transcript		Writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents
Activity 1.11: Transforming the Transcript
Writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents

Activity 1.12: Planning an Interview		Writing 1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Activity 1.12: Planning an Interview
Writing 1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing and Presenting an Interview Narrative
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing and Presenting an Interview Narrative


Activity 1.13: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Preparing to Write an Argument		Reading strategies 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 1.13: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Preparing to Write an Argument
Reading strategies 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims

Activity 1.14: Building an Argument		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use dictionary entries
Activity 1.14: Building an Argument
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use dictionary entries

Activity 1.15: Using Rhetorical Appeals		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Word study 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 1.15: Using Rhetorical Appeals
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Word study 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 1.16: Targeting Your Audience		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 1.16: Targeting Your Audience
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 1.17: Evaluating Claims and Reasoning		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Writing 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 1.17: Evaluating Claims and Reasoning
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Writing 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay

2	Unit 2 Defining Style
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 2.2: Reviewing the Elements of a Story		Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Activity 2.2: Reviewing the Elements of a Story
Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Activity 2.3: Analyzing Writer's Style		Writing 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and usage 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Activity 2.3: Analyzing Writer's Style
Writing 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and usage 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Activity 2.4: The Meaning of Imagery and Symbols		Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Activity 2.4: The Meaning of Imagery and Symbols
Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Activity 2.5: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony		Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Determine the themes of short stories Language checkpoint 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 6. Use dashes
Activity 2.5: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Determine the themes of short stories Language checkpoint 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 6. Use dashes

Activity 2.6: Close Reading of a Short Story		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Grammar and usage 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Activity 2.6: Close Reading of a Short Story
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Grammar and usage 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Activity 2.7: Introducing a Story of Revenge		Writing 1. Use personification 2. Use words accurately and precisely Word study 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activity 2.7: Introducing a Story of Revenge
Writing 1. Use personification 2. Use words accurately and precisely Word study 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Activity 2.8: Irony in the Vaults		Reading strategies 1. Use dictionary definitions Word study 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Grammar and usage 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure 4. Identify gerunds and their functions 5. Identify participles and what they modify 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Activity 2.8: Irony in the Vaults
Reading strategies 1. Use dictionary definitions Word study 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Grammar and usage 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure 4. Identify gerunds and their functions 5. Identify participles and what they modify 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Activity 2.9: Connecting Symbolism to Meaning		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Activity 2.9: Connecting Symbolism to Meaning
1. Compare two texts with different genres

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Short Story
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Short Story


Activity 2.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Thinking About Style
Activity 2.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Thinking About Style


Activity 2.11: Working with Cinematic Techniques		Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Word study 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge
Activity 2.11: Working with Cinematic Techniques
Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Word study 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge

Activity 2.12: Film in Context: An Authorial Study		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Activity 2.12: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Activity 2.13: Setting the Mood and Understanding Tone: Wonka Two Ways		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Grammar and usage 2. Describe the difference between related words Writer's craft 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Activity 2.13: Setting the Mood and Understanding Tone: Wonka Two Ways
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Grammar and usage 2. Describe the difference between related words Writer's craft 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Activity 2.14: Revisiting Wonka: Thinking About Effect
Activity 2.14: Revisiting Wonka: Thinking About Effect


Activity 2.15: More About Stylistic Effect		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 2.15: More About Stylistic Effect
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 2.16: Interpreting Style: Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands
Activity 2.16: Interpreting Style: Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands


Activity 2.17: Analyzing Burton's Style: Supporting with Textual Evidence		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 2.17: Analyzing Burton's Style: Supporting with Textual Evidence
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 2.18: Analyzing Burton's Style: Explaining with Commentary		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 2.18: Analyzing Burton's Style: Explaining with Commentary
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Activity 2.19: Analyzing Burton's Style: Bringing to Closure		Grammar and usage 1. Use parallel structure Writer's craft 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 2.19: Analyzing Burton's Style: Bringing to Closure
Grammar and usage 1. Use parallel structure Writer's craft 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 2.20: Analyzing Burton's Style: Writing the Analytical Paragraph		1. Organize information by topic
Activity 2.20: Analyzing Burton's Style: Writing the Analytical Paragraph
1. Organize information by topic

Activity 2.21: Independent Viewing		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 2.21: Independent Viewing
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 2.22: Planning a Draft		1. Identify thesis statements
Activity 2.22: Planning a Draft
1. Identify thesis statements

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay

3	Unit 3 Coming of Age in Changing Times
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 3.2: Picturing the Past		Reading strategies 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Word study 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Activity 3.2: Picturing the Past
Reading strategies 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Word study 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Activity 3.3: Setting the Context		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Grammar and usage 4. Identify prepositional phrases
Activity 3.3: Setting the Context
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Grammar and usage 4. Identify prepositional phrases

Activity 3.4: Researching and Presenting Information		Writer's craft 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism
Activity 3.4: Researching and Presenting Information
Writer's craft 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism

Activity 3.5: A Time for Change		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Writing 2. Which text is most formal?
Activity 3.5: A Time for Change
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Writing 2. Which text is most formal?

Activity 3.6: Voices of Change		Reading strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Writing 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.6: Voices of Change
Reading strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Writing 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.7: Historical Research and Citation		Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 3.7: Historical Research and Citation
Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 3.8: Reaching an Audience		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 3.8: Reaching an Audience
1. Identify audience and purpose

Embedded Assessment 1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Embedded Assessment 1: Historical Investigation and Presentation


Activity 3.9: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Activity 3.9: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay


Activity 3.10: A Story of the Times		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Activity 3.10: A Story of the Times
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Activity 3.11: A Scouting Party		Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses 3. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Activity 3.11: A Scouting Party
Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses 3. Commas with nonrestrictive elements

Activity 3.12: Conflict with Miss Caroline		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Activity 3.12: Conflict with Miss Caroline
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Activity 3.13: Analyzing Boo		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Activity 3.13: Analyzing Boo
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Activity 3.14: Questions and Conclusions		Grammar and usage 1. Simple past, present, and future tense: review Language checkpoint 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 4. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Activity 3.14: Questions and Conclusions
Grammar and usage 1. Simple past, present, and future tense: review Language checkpoint 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 4. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Activity 3.15: Two Views of "One Shot"		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Activity 3.15: Two Views of "One Shot"
1. Compare two texts with different genres

Activity 3.16: Pin the Quote on Atticus		Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Writer's craft 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 3.16: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Writer's craft 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 3.17: Shifting Perspectives		1. Identify thesis statements
Activity 3.17: Shifting Perspectives
1. Identify thesis statements

Activity 3.18: A Solitary Light		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Activity 3.18: A Solitary Light
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Activity 3.19: Analyzing Atticus's Closing Argument		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Activity 3.19: Analyzing Atticus's Closing Argument
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Activity 3.20: Aftermath and Reflection		Writer's craft 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 3.20: Aftermath and Reflection
Writer's craft 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 3.21: Standing in Borrowed Shoes		1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 3.21: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 3.22: "Hey, Boo"
Activity 3.22: "Hey, Boo"


Activity 3.23: Controversy in Context		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Writing 2. Evaluate counterclaims Word study 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 4. Identify active and passive voice
Activity 3.23: Controversy in Context
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Writing 2. Evaluate counterclaims Word study 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 4. Identify active and passive voice

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay

4	Unit 4 Exploring Poetic Voices
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 4.2: What is Poetry?		Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Word study 2. Use the correct homophone
Activity 4.2: What is Poetry?
Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Word study 2. Use the correct homophone

Activity 4.3: Literary Devices in Poetry		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Activity 4.3: Literary Devices in Poetry
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Activity 4.4: Examining Experiences and Poetic Structure		1. Identify elements of poetry
Activity 4.4: Examining Experiences and Poetic Structure
1. Identify elements of poetry

Activity 4.5: Exploring Diction and Imagery		Reading strategies 1. Identify sensory details Writing 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Use personification
Activity 4.5: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Reading strategies 1. Identify sensory details Writing 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Use personification

Activity 4.6: Extended Metaphor and Hyperbolic Me		Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Word study 3. Explore words with new or contested usages Writer's craft 4. Identify participles and what they modify 5. Identify gerunds and their functions 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Activity 4.6: Extended Metaphor and Hyperbolic Me
Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Word study 3. Explore words with new or contested usages Writer's craft 4. Identify participles and what they modify 5. Identify gerunds and their functions 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Activity 4.7: Exploring Theme		Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Identify prepositional phrases
Activity 4.7: Exploring Theme
Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Identify prepositional phrases

Activity 4.8: Odes to Special Things		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Activity 4.8: Odes to Special Things
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Activity 4.9: Coming of Age in Sonnets		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Activity 4.9: Coming of Age in Sonnets
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Embedded Assessment 1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating a Poetry Anthology


Activity 4.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Activity 4.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet


Activity 4.11: Analyzing a Persona Poem		1. Compare passages for tone
Activity 4.11: Analyzing a Persona Poem
1. Compare passages for tone

Activity 4.12: Poetry Analysis of "Young"		Reading strategies 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Activity 4.12: Poetry Analysis of "Young"
Reading strategies 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Activity 4.13: Poetry Café		Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech: review Writing 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Activity 4.13: Poetry Café
Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech: review Writing 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Activity 4.14: Exploring and Analyzing a Poet's Work		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Activity 4.14: Exploring and Analyzing a Poet's Work
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Activity 4.15: Choosing and Researching a Poet		1. Compare information from two texts
Activity 4.15: Choosing and Researching a Poet
1. Compare information from two texts

Activity 4.16: Generating a Rhetorical Plan		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 4.16: Generating a Rhetorical Plan
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet

5	Unit 5 Coming of Age on Stage
Activity 5.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 5.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 5.2: Shakespeare's Age		Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 5.2: Shakespeare's Age
Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 5.3: A Sonnet Sets the Stage		Reading strategies 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Activity 5.3: A Sonnet Sets the Stage
Reading strategies 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Activity 5.4: Conflict Up Close		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Explore words with new or contested usages
Activity 5.4: Conflict Up Close
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Explore words with new or contested usages

Activity 5.5: Talking by Myself		Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech: review 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Activity 5.5: Talking by Myself
Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech: review 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Activity 5.6: Party Blocking		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 5.6: Party Blocking
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 5.7: Acting Companies		1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 5.7: Acting Companies
1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 5.8: What's in a Setting?		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Writing 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 5.8: What's in a Setting?
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Writing 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 5.9: Friends and Foils
Activity 5.9: Friends and Foils


Activity 5.10: A Wedding and a Brawl		Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 5.10: A Wedding and a Brawl
Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 5.11: Emotional Roller Coaster		Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 5.11: Emotional Roller Coaster
Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 5.12: TWISTing Their Words		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 5.12: TWISTing Their Words
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Activity 5.13: A Desperate Plan
Activity 5.13: A Desperate Plan


Activity 5.14: The Fault in Their Stars
Activity 5.14: The Fault in Their Stars


Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Dramatic Interpretation
Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Dramatic Interpretation


Activity 5.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Is Shakespeare Relevant?		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Activity 5.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Is Shakespeare Relevant?
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Activity 5.16: Shakespeare in the Modern Age		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activity 5.16: Shakespeare in the Modern Age
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Activity 5.17: Shakespeare's Globe		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Writer's craft 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism
Activity 5.17: Shakespeare's Globe
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Writer's craft 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism

Activity 5.18: Did Shakespeare Invent Teenagers?		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 5.18: Did Shakespeare Invent Teenagers?
1. Evaluate counterclaims

Activity 5.19: Shakespeare Behind Bars		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 5.19: Shakespeare Behind Bars
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 5.20: Give Up the Bard		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Activity 5.20: Give Up the Bard
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Synthesis Argument
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Synthesis Argument

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