IXL skill plan | 9th grade plan for StudySync ELA 2015

Skill plan for StudySync ELA 2015 - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Empathy
Texts
Marigolds		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Marigolds
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Determine the themes of short stories

To Kill a Mockingbird		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Analyze short stories: set 1
To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Analyze short stories: set 1

The Jungle		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Identify sensory details
The Jungle
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Identify sensory details

Lift Every Voice and Sing		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Interpret figures of speech
Lift Every Voice and Sing
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Interpret figures of speech

Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

The Harvest Gypsies		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
The Harvest Gypsies
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Grapes of Wrath		1. Compare information from two texts
The Grapes of Wrath
1. Compare information from two texts

Tuesday Siesta		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Tuesday Siesta
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Living to Tell the Tale		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Living to Tell the Tale
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Compare two texts with different genres

The Elephant Man		1. Positive and negative connotation
The Elephant Man
1. Positive and negative connotation

Mending Wall		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Mending Wall
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Writing Project and Grammar
Argumentative Writing		Organization and structure 1. Identify text structures 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 5. Correct errors with signs
Argumentative Writing
Organization and structure 1. Identify text structures 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 5. Correct errors with signs

Grammar and Mechanics		Sentence structure 1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Frequently confused words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Comparative and superlative adverbs 5. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Punctuation 6. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 7. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 8. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Formatting 9. Formatting titles 10. Formatting quotations and dialogue 11. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Grammar and Mechanics
Sentence structure 1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Frequently confused words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Comparative and superlative adverbs 5. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Punctuation 6. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 7. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 8. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Formatting 9. Formatting titles 10. Formatting quotations and dialogue 11. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

2	Unit 2 Leadership
Texts
The Lady, or The Tiger?		1. Classify figures of speech: review
The Lady, or The Tiger?
1. Classify figures of speech: review

Ozymandias		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Ozymandias
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Thanksgiving Proclamation		1. Which text is most formal?
Thanksgiving Proclamation
1. Which text is most formal?

Farewell Address		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Farewell Address
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

1984		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
1984
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

In the Time of the Butterflies		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
In the Time of the Butterflies
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

The Odyssey (Book XII - Butler Translation)		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Identify audience and purpose
The Odyssey (Book XII - Butler Translation)
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Identify audience and purpose

The Odyssey (A Graphic Novel)		1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Compare two texts with different genres
The Odyssey (A Graphic Novel)
1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Compare two texts with different genres

History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles' Funeral Oration		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles' Funeral Oration
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Mandatory Military Service in America		1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Classify logical fallacies
Mandatory Military Service in America
1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Classify logical fallacies

Four Freedoms Address		1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Four Freedoms Address
1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Writing Project and Grammar
Literary Analysis		Organization and structure 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Supporting evidence 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 7. Use words accurately and precisely
Literary Analysis
Organization and structure 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Supporting evidence 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 7. Use words accurately and precisely

Grammar and Mechanics		Sentence structure 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Verb mood 6. Identify the verb mood 7. Correct errors with verb mood Punctuation 8. Commas with compound and complex sentences 9. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 10. Use dashes Formatting 11. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 12. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 13. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Grammar and Mechanics
Sentence structure 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Verb mood 6. Identify the verb mood 7. Correct errors with verb mood Punctuation 8. Commas with compound and complex sentences 9. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 10. Use dashes Formatting 11. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 12. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 13. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

3	Unit 3 Dreams and Aspirations
Texts
The Necklace		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories
The Necklace
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories

Of Mice and Men		1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
Of Mice and Men
1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Analyze short stories: set 2

Sympathy		1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Sympathy
1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Joy Luck Club		1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
The Joy Luck Club
1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Only Daughter		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Only Daughter
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match the quotations with their themes

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

The Case of Susan B. Anthony		1. Identify text structures 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
The Case of Susan B. Anthony
1. Identify text structures 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts

United States v. Susan B. Anthony: Justice Ward Hunt's Court Ruling		1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Compare information from two texts
United States v. Susan B. Anthony: Justice Ward Hunt's Court Ruling
1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Compare information from two texts

We Choose to Go to the Moon		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
We Choose to Go to the Moon
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Writing Project and Grammar
Informative/Explanatory Writing		Organization and structure 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 9. Suggest appropriate revisions 10. Read graphic organizers
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Organization and structure 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Editing and revision 9. Suggest appropriate revisions 10. Read graphic organizers

Grammar and Mechanics		Sentence structure 1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Diction 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Remove redundant words or phrases Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 5. What does the punctuation suggest? 6. Commas with nonrestrictive elements MLA formatting 7. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 9. Identify plagiarism
Grammar and Mechanics
Sentence structure 1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Diction 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Remove redundant words or phrases Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 5. What does the punctuation suggest? 6. Commas with nonrestrictive elements MLA formatting 7. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 9. Identify plagiarism

4	Unit 4 All For Love
Texts
The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet		1. Match the quotations with their themes
The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
1. Match the quotations with their themes

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II)		1. Identify sensory details 2. Interpret figures of speech
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II)
1. Identify sensory details 2. Interpret figures of speech

The Raven		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Identify elements of poetry
The Raven
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Identify elements of poetry

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

The Gift of the Magi		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories
The Gift of the Magi
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories

Romantic Love: Reality or Myth?		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Romantic Love: Reality or Myth?
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

West Side Story		1. Compare two texts with different genres
West Side Story
1. Compare two texts with different genres

Angela's Ashes		1. Compare passages for tone
Angela's Ashes
1. Compare passages for tone

Frank McCourt, Whose Irish Childhood Illuminated His Prose, is Dead at 78		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Frank McCourt, Whose Irish Childhood Illuminated His Prose, is Dead at 78
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Angela's Ashes' Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Angela's Ashes' Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Sonnet 73		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Classify figures of speech: review
Sonnet 73
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Classify figures of speech: review
Writing Project and Grammar
Narrative Writing		Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Editing and revision 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Narrative Writing
Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Editing and revision 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar and Mechanics		Verbs 1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 2. Identify the verb mood 3. Correct errors with verb mood Adjectives and adverbs 4. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 5. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 6. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Punctuation 7. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Formatting 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue 9. Correct capitalization errors
Grammar and Mechanics
Verbs 1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 2. Identify the verb mood 3. Correct errors with verb mood Adjectives and adverbs 4. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 5. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 6. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Punctuation 7. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Formatting 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue 9. Correct capitalization errors

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