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Skill plan for StudySync ELA - 9th grade

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1	Unit 1 Divided We Fall
Reading and Writing
Marigolds		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Comprehension 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 Text evidence 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Peer review 4. Suggest appropriate revisions
Marigolds
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Comprehension 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 Text evidence 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Peer review 4. Suggest appropriate revisions

The Necklace		1. Determine the themes of short stories
The Necklace
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Paired Texts: Metamorphoses, Braving the Wilderness, and St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves		1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Paired Texts: Metamorphoses, Braving the Wilderness, and St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Paired Texts: Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question and Excerpt from Angela's Ashes		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Compare passages for tone
Paired Texts: Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question and Excerpt from Angela's Ashes
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Compare passages for tone

Independent Read: Why I Lied to Everyone in High School about Knowing Karate
Independent Read: Why I Lied to Everyone in High School about Knowing Karate


Paired Texts: Welcome to America and I Have a Dream		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Paired Texts: Welcome to America and I Have a Dream
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 1

Independent Read: The Future in My Arms		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Independent Read: The Future in My Arms
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Revise		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify sensory details
Revise
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify sensory details

Edit and Publish		Prepositions and prepositional phrases 1. Identify prepositional phrases Independent and dependent clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Basic spelling rules 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Sentence fragments or run-ons 4. Identify sentence fragments 5. Identify run-on sentences 6. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Edit and Publish
Prepositions and prepositional phrases 1. Identify prepositional phrases Independent and dependent clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Basic spelling rules 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Sentence fragments or run-ons 4. Identify sentence fragments 5. Identify run-on sentences 6. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Verb tense and voice 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Grammar
Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Verb tense and voice 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

2	Unit 2 The Call to Adventure
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, 12, and The Journey		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Identify the narrative point of view
Paired Texts: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, 12, and The Journey
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Identify the narrative point of view

Leon Bridges on Overcoming Isolation and Finding his Voice		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Leon Bridges on Overcoming Isolation and Finding his Voice
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Paired Texts: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, Bessie Coleman: Women who 'Dared to Dream' Made Aviation History, and Volar		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Texts: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, Bessie Coleman: Women who 'Dared to Dream' Made Aviation History, and Volar
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail		1. Identify text structures 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
1. Identify text structures 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

Paired Texts: Restless Genes and The Art of Choosing		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use thesaurus entries
Paired Texts: Restless Genes and The Art of Choosing
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use thesaurus entries

Independent Read: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights
Independent Read: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Identify thesis statements
Draft
1. Identify thesis statements

Revise		Supporting details and transitions 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Precise language 4. Use words accurately and precisely 5. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
Supporting details and transitions 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Precise language 4. Use words accurately and precisely 5. Remove redundant words or phrases

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Which text is most formal? Spelling and usage 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs Adjectives and adverbs 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Which text is most formal? Spelling and usage 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs Adjectives and adverbs 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Clauses and punctuation 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Grammar
Clauses and punctuation 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements

3	Unit 3 Declaring Your Genius
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: Senora X No More, from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass, and An Indian Father's Plea		1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Paired Texts: Senora X No More, from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass, and An Indian Father's Plea
1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Georgia O'Keeffe		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical analysis 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Georgia O'Keeffe
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical analysis 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Independent Read: The Singularity is Near
Independent Read: The Singularity is Near


The Most Dangerous Game		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
The Most Dangerous Game
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Paired Texts: Outliers: Excerpt from The Story of Success and The Origin of Intelligence		1. Classify logical fallacies
Paired Texts: Outliers: Excerpt from The Story of Success and The Origin of Intelligence
1. Classify logical fallacies

Independent Read: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Independent Read: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Paired Texts: The Odyssey Graphic Novel and Excerpt from The Odyssey (Book XII)
Paired Texts: The Odyssey Graphic Novel and Excerpt from The Odyssey (Book XII)


Independent Read: Convocation Remarks at Harvard University		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Independent Read: Convocation Remarks at Harvard University
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Draft
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Revise		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Revise
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Parallel structure 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure Semicolons 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Parallel structure 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure Semicolons 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors 2. Capitalizing titles
Grammar
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors 2. Capitalizing titles

4	Unit 4 The Art of Disguise
Reading and Writing
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking		Word patterns and relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences Informational text 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Word patterns and relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences Informational text 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Remarks to the Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Remarks to the Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Paired Texts: Excerpt from Romiette and Julio and Excerpt from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet		1. Recall the source of an allusion
Paired Texts: Excerpt from Romiette and Julio and Excerpt from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
1. Recall the source of an allusion

Independent Read: We Wear the Mask
Independent Read: We Wear the Mask


Paired Texts: The Pose and Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Paired Texts: The Pose and Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Use words accurately and precisely

Paired Texts: A Doll's House, A Story of Vengeance, The Cask of Amontillado		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Paired Texts: A Doll's House, A Story of Vengeance, The Cask of Amontillado
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Independent Read: Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi
Independent Read: Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Organize information by topic
Draft
1. Organize information by topic

Revise		1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism
Revise
1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Publish		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Edit and Publish
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Action verbs 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses
Grammar
Action verbs 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses

5	Unit 5 The Dance of Romance
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: The Gift of the Magi and Catch the Moon		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify the narrative point of view
Paired Texts: The Gift of the Magi and Catch the Moon
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify the narrative point of view

Love in a Headscarf		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose
Love in a Headscarf
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose

Independent Read: Sonnet 116
Independent Read: Sonnet 116


Paired Texts: Masters of Love and Redbird Love		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Texts: Masters of Love and Redbird Love
1. Identify elements of poetry

Dusting		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Use personification
Dusting
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Use personification

Paired Texts: "The Raven," "A Song of Changgan," "How do I Love Thee?"		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Explore words with new or contested usages
Paired Texts: "The Raven," "A Song of Changgan," "How do I Love Thee?"
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Explore words with new or contested usages

Independent Read: The Loneliness of Lost Love in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
Independent Read: The Loneliness of Lost Love in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Draft
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims

Revise		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Distinguish facts from opinions
Revise
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Distinguish facts from opinions

Edit and Publish		Participles 1. Identify participles and what they modify Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use Frequently confused words 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Punctuation 5. Use dashes 6. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases
Edit and Publish
Participles 1. Identify participles and what they modify Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use Frequently confused words 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Punctuation 5. Use dashes 6. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Conjunctions 1. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Grammar
Conjunctions 1. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

6	Unit 6 Human Potential
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: Letters to My Younger Self and Letters to a Young Poet		1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge
Paired Texts: Letters to My Younger Self and Letters to a Young Poet
1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge

Maus		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Maus
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

The Scarlet Ibis		Theme 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word meaning 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Replace words using a thesaurus
The Scarlet Ibis
Theme 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word meaning 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Replace words using a thesaurus

Paired Texts: Excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird, The Girl Who Can, and an excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify figures of speech: review
Paired Texts: Excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird, The Girl Who Can, and an excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify figures of speech: review

Paired Texts: Advice to Little Girls and Lumberjanes		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Paired Texts: Advice to Little Girls and Lumberjanes
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Independent Read: Pride and Perseverance and Ode to the Selfie
Independent Read: Pride and Perseverance and Ode to the Selfie


Lift Every Voice and Sing		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Identify elements of poetry
Lift Every Voice and Sing
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Identify elements of poetry
Oral Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Organize information by topic
Draft
1. Organize information by topic

Revise		Reasons and evidence 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Classify logical fallacies Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism
Revise
Reasons and evidence 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Classify logical fallacies Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Present		1. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Edit and Present
1. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Personal pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 2. Subject and object pronouns review
Grammar
Personal pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 2. Subject and object pronouns review

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