IXL skill plan | 9th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021 - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Telling Details
Week 1 - Title of week 1
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 1.2: Whose Room Is This?		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Activity 1.2: Whose Room Is This?
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Activity 1.3: "Bread" and the Power of Imagination		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Activity 1.3: "Bread" and the Power of Imagination
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Activity 1.4: A Study in Characterization		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Grammar and usage 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Activity 1.4: A Study in Characterization
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Grammar and usage 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Activity 1.5: Analyzing and Writing a Complex Sentence		1. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Activity 1.5: Analyzing and Writing a Complex Sentence
1. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Activity 1.6: Intention and Craft		1. Identify sensory details 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Activity 1.6: Intention and Craft
1. Identify sensory details 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Activity 1.7: Telling Details of Transformation
Activity 1.7: Telling Details of Transformation


Activities 1.8 &1.9: Setting the Stage, Damage Control		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activities 1.8 &1.9: Setting the Stage, Damage Control
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Activity 1.10: Writing a Literary Analysis Paragraph		1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 1.10: Writing a Literary Analysis Paragraph
1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 1.11: Studying Words, Making Predictions		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use thesaurus entries 3. Positive and negative connotation
Activity 1.11: Studying Words, Making Predictions
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use thesaurus entries 3. Positive and negative connotation

Activities 1.12, 1.13 & 1.14: A Lesson in Perspective, Filling in Farquhar's Backstory, Bierce and the Language of Sensation		1. Compare passages for tone
Activities 1.12, 1.13 & 1.14: A Lesson in Perspective, Filling in Farquhar's Backstory, Bierce and the Language of Sensation
1. Compare passages for tone

Activity 1.15: Literary Analysis Paragraph		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 1.15: Literary Analysis Paragraph
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 1.16: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony		Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech Language checkpoint 3. Commas: review 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 5. Use dashes
Activity 1.16: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech Language checkpoint 3. Commas: review 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 5. Use dashes

Activity 1.17: "Games at Twilight": Use the Evidence		Reading strategies 1. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 2. Use parallel structure
Activity 1.17: "Games at Twilight": Use the Evidence
Reading strategies 1. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 2. Use parallel structure

Activity 1.18: Digging in Deeper: Tone and Theme		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 2. Use personification 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Activity 1.18: Digging in Deeper: Tone and Theme
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 2. Use personification 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Activity 1.19: The Leap into the Future		Grammar and usage 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents Word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Language checkpoint 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 7. Identify active and passive voice 8. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Activity 1.19: The Leap into the Future
Grammar and usage 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents Word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Language checkpoint 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 7. Identify active and passive voice 8. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Activities 1.20 & 1.21: Analyzing Martha, Who Is Martha?		1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activities 1.20 & 1.21: Analyzing Martha, Who Is Martha?
1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis


Activities 1.22 & 1.23: Thinking About Creative Writing, Reading About Writing		Reading strategies 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs
Activities 1.22 & 1.23: Thinking About Creative Writing, Reading About Writing
Reading strategies 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs

Activities 1.24, 1.25 & 1.26: Reviewing the Elements of Plot, Reviewing the Elements of Setting and Characterization, Point of View and Style		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Activities 1.24, 1.25 & 1.26: Reviewing the Elements of Plot, Reviewing the Elements of Setting and Characterization, Point of View and Style
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 1.27: Working Through the Writing Process		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Correct errors in everyday use
Activity 1.27: Working Through the Writing Process
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Correct errors in everyday use

2	Unit 2 Pivotal Words and Phrases
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 2.2: Finding Poetry in Prose		1. Identify sensory details
Activity 2.2: Finding Poetry in Prose
1. Identify sensory details

Activity 2.3: The Art of Poetry Revision		1. Suggest appropriate revisions
Activity 2.3: The Art of Poetry Revision
1. Suggest appropriate revisions

Activity 2.4: Word Choice That Matters		1. Positive and negative connotation
Activity 2.4: Word Choice That Matters
1. Positive and negative connotation

Activity 2.5: The Double Edge of Impulse		1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Activity 2.5: The Double Edge of Impulse
1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Activity 2.6: Performance Punctuating Meaning		1. Identify thesis statements
Activity 2.6: Performance Punctuating Meaning
1. Identify thesis statements

Activity 2.7: Writing a Review of the White House Poetry Jam		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Activity 2.7: Writing a Review of the White House Poetry Jam
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Activities 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10: Taking Sides in Verona, Putting Words into Play, Reflecting on Performance Choices		Writing 1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Word study 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Explore words with new or contested usages
Activities 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10: Taking Sides in Verona, Putting Words into Play, Reflecting on Performance Choices
Writing 1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Word study 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Explore words with new or contested usages

Activity 2.11: Setting the Stage		1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Label the rhyme scheme
Activity 2.11: Setting the Stage
1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Label the rhyme scheme

Activities 2.12 & 2.13: What is the Conflict?, All by Myself		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Activities 2.12 & 2.13: What is the Conflict?, All by Myself
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Activities 2.14 & 2.15: Acting Companies, Imitation Is Flattery
Activities 2.14 & 2.15: Acting Companies, Imitation Is Flattery


Activity 2.16: Friends and Their Foils		1. Identify sentence fragments
Activity 2.16: Friends and Their Foils
1. Identify sentence fragments

Activities 2.17 & 2.18: Dramatic Irony and Character Motivation, Soliloquies Versus Monologues		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Activities 2.17 & 2.18: Dramatic Irony and Character Motivation, Soliloquies Versus Monologues
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 2.19: Coming of Age		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Words with sub-
Activity 2.19: Coming of Age
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Words with sub-

Activity 2.20: The Fault in Their Stars		1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Activity 2.20: The Fault in Their Stars
1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

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


Activity 2.21: Pivoting Back to Poetry
Activity 2.21: Pivoting Back to Poetry


Activity 2.22: Simple but Powerful Poetic Language		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Activity 2.22: Simple but Powerful Poetic Language
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Activity 2.23: Sound, Rhythm, and Themes in Poetry		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Activity 2.23: Sound, Rhythm, and Themes in Poetry
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Activity 2.24 & 2.25: Structure and Imagery in Poetry, An Ode to Whom?		1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Activity 2.24 & 2.25: Structure and Imagery in Poetry, An Ode to Whom?
1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents

Activity 2.26: Creating a Poetry Project		1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Activity 2.26: Creating a Poetry Project
1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 2. Suggest appropriate revisions

3	Unit 3 Compelling Evidence
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 3.2: A Study in Contrasts		Word study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Reading strategies 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Activity 3.2: A Study in Contrasts
Word study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Reading strategies 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Activity 3.3: An Alternative Perspective on Work and Home		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Activity 3.3: An Alternative Perspective on Work and Home
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Activity 3.4: Comparing and Contrasting Morrison's and Adkison's Essay		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Activity 3.4: Comparing and Contrasting Morrison's and Adkison's Essay
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Activity 3.5: When Anecdote Becomes Argument		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Recall the source of an allusion
Activity 3.5: When Anecdote Becomes Argument
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Recall the source of an allusion

Activity 3.6: What Do You Have to Say About Summer?		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 3.6: What Do You Have to Say About Summer?
1. Evaluate counterclaims

Activity 3.7: Introducing Different Types of Evidence		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Word study 2. Use dictionary definitions
Activity 3.7: Introducing Different Types of Evidence
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Word study 2. Use dictionary definitions

Activity 3.8: Letting the Data Do the Talking		1. Read graphic organizers
Activity 3.8: Letting the Data Do the Talking
1. Read graphic organizers

Activity 3.9: Changing the Conversation		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.9: Changing the Conversation
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.10: Parsing the Essay Prompt		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.10: Parsing the Essay Prompt
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.11: Outlining and Drafting		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 3.11: Outlining and Drafting
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 3.12: Children Are the Future: Using Rhetorical Appeals		Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Grammar and usage 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Language checkpoint 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Activity 3.12: Children Are the Future: Using Rhetorical Appeals
Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Grammar and usage 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Language checkpoint 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Activity 3.13: To Go to College or Not to Go to College?		Reading strategies 1. Classify logical fallacies Grammar and usage 2. Identify sentence fragments 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Activity 3.13: To Go to College or Not to Go to College?
Reading strategies 1. Classify logical fallacies Grammar and usage 2. Identify sentence fragments 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Activity 3.14: College Is Still Going to Pay Off, No Matter What		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Activity 3.14: College Is Still Going to Pay Off, No Matter What
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Activity 3.15: What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up?
Activity 3.15: What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up?


Activity 3.16: Don't Hate—Debate		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Activity 3.16: Don't Hate—Debate
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Activity 3.17: Planning Your Argument		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 3.17: Planning Your Argument
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Activity 3.18: Revising and Editing Your Argument		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Remove redundant words or phrases 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
Activity 3.18: Revising and Editing Your Argument
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Remove redundant words or phrases 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Argumentative Essay
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Argumentative Essay


Activity 3.19: Planning to Research		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 3.19: Planning to Research
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Activity 3.20: Diving into the Research Process
Activity 3.20: Diving into the Research Process


Activity 3.21: Incorporating Sources and Synthesizing Information		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 3.21: Incorporating Sources and Synthesizing Information
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activities 3.22 & 3.23: Presentation Skills and Visual Aids, Rehearsing for a Presentation		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activities 3.22 & 3.23: Presentation Skills and Visual Aids, Rehearsing for a Presentation
1. Identify audience and purpose

4	Unit 4 Powerful Openings
Activity 4.1: Previewing the unit
Activity 4.1: Previewing the unit


Activity 4.2: Setting the Scene
Activity 4.2: Setting the Scene


Activity 4.3: Where am I? Orienting Yourself in a Novel's World Creating a Fictional World		1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1
Activity 4.3: Where am I? Orienting Yourself in a Novel's World Creating a Fictional World
1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1

Activity 4.4: Creating a Fictional World		1. Use personification
Activity 4.4: Creating a Fictional World
1. Use personification

Activity 4.5: The Role of the Narrator		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Activity 4.5: The Role of the Narrator
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Activity 4.6: Word Study		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Analogies
Activity 4.6: Word Study
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Analogies

Activity 4.7: The Power of the Omniscient Narrator
Activity 4.7: The Power of the Omniscient Narrator


Activity 4.8: The Omniscient Narrator as a Mind Reader		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activity 4.8: The Omniscient Narrator as a Mind Reader
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Activity 4.9: Writing an Analysis of an Argument: Outlining and Drafting		1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 4.9: Writing an Analysis of an Argument: Outlining and Drafting
1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 4.10: The Bias of the First-Person Narrator		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 4.10: The Bias of the First-Person Narrator
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 4.11: The Voice of Scout Finch		1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
Activity 4.11: The Voice of Scout Finch
1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1

Activity 4.12: The Layers of Scout's World		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Activity 4.12: The Layers of Scout's World
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Use words accurately and precisely

Activity 4.13: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Activity 4.13: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Activity 4.14: Coming of Age and Forming Opinions
Activity 4.14: Coming of Age and Forming Opinions


Activity 4.15: Conflict with Miss Caroline
Activity 4.15: Conflict with Miss Caroline


Activity 4.16: Getting to Know Boo
Activity 4.16: Getting to Know Boo


Activity 4.17: Questions and Conclusions		Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Language checkpoint 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Activity 4.17: Questions and Conclusions
Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Language checkpoint 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Activity 4.18: Dissecting Symbols
Activity 4.18: Dissecting Symbols


Activity 4.19: The Wisdom of Atticus		1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 4.19: The Wisdom of Atticus
1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 4.20: Shifting Perspectives		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 4.20: Shifting Perspectives
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 4.21: A Solitary Light		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Activity 4.21: A Solitary Light
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Activity 4.22: Analyzing Atticus's Closing Argument		Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Grammar and usage 3. Use parallel structure
Activity 4.22: Analyzing Atticus's Closing Argument
Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Grammar and usage 3. Use parallel structure

Activity 4.23: Aftermath and Reflection		Language checkpoint 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 4.23: Aftermath and Reflection
Language checkpoint 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 4.24: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Activity 4.24: Standing in Borrowed Shoes


Activity 4.25: Controversy in Context		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and usuage 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Activity 4.25: Controversy in Context
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and usuage 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Activity 4.26: Discovering Context		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 4.26: Discovering Context
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 4.27: Picturing the Past		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Activity 4.27: Picturing the Past
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Activity 4.28: A Call to Change		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Activity 4.28: A Call to Change
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Activity 4.29: Acts of Courage and Resistance		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 4.29: Acts of Courage and Resistance
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 4.30: Creating a Research Plan and Using Sources		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 4.30: Creating a Research Plan and Using Sources
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Activity 4.31: Creating an Oral Presentation		1. Organize information by topic
Activity 4.31: Creating an Oral Presentation
1. Organize information by topic

Activity 4.32: Rehearsing and Revising and Oral Presentation		1. Which text is most formal?
Activity 4.32: Rehearsing and Revising and Oral Presentation
1. Which text is most formal?

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