Printable version is available now. This list is of the end of the year goals for your 9th graders.
Reading
– Daily reading
– Log and track progress
Language Arts
– Speak with clarity and purpose to compare two characters or themes.
– Use standard language and grammar.
– Writing
– Use the six traits of writing (content, organization, conventions, voice, sentence
– fluency, word choice).
– Create a thesis statement to guide and frame writing.
– Use conventions of standard written English.
– Develop and support ideas with specific details and examples.
– Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
– Reading Comprehension
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
– knowledge of characterization, point of view, setting, and conflict.
– A Need for Change – Speeches for Reform
– Students will demonstrate persuasive speaking skills dealing with a current topic of reform.
– Research
– Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a relevant, current,
– and debatable topic, e.g. school policies, skateboarding bans, etc.
– Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.
– Speaking
– Speak with clarity and purpose to persuade the class on a currently debated.
– Speak with appropriate expression, smoothness, pace, volume, eye contact, posture,
– and gestures.
– Use standard language and grammar.
– Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
– Reading
– Read non-fiction resources to inform research.
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze an audience and create arguments geared towards
– changing thought processes.
– To Kill a Mockingbird
– Students will demonstrate speaking, reading, and research skills while studying To Kill a Mockingbird.
– Research
– Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a relevant reform
– topic, e.g. Civil Rights Movement. Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format. • Speaking
– Speak with clarity and purpose to inform the class about the research mini-topic. Speak with appropriate expression, smoothness, pace, volume, eye contact,
– posture, and gestures.
– Use standard language and grammar.
– Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
– Reading
– Animal Farm
– Students will demonstrate speaking, listening, writing, reading, and research skills while studying Animal Farm.
– Research
– Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a relevant type
– of government.
– Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.
– Speaking
– Speak with clarity and purpose to inform the class about the Utopian Society. Speak with appropriate expression, smoothness, pace, volume, eye contact,
– posture, and gestures.
– Use standard language and grammar.
– Writing
– Read non-fiction resources to inform research.
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze a novel through identifying and applying
– knowledge of characterization, point of view, conflict and setting. Evaluate Harper Lee’s purpose for writing To Kill a Mockingbird.
– Use the six traits of writing (content, organization, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice)
– Create a thesis statement to guide and frame writing.
– Use conventions of standard written English.
– Develop ideas and content with specific details and examples.
– Explore ideas and personal reactions to the novel through informal and
– persuasive writing.
– Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
– Reading Comprehension
– Read non-fiction resources to inform research.
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
– knowledge of characterization, point of view, setting, and conflict. Identify and explain the use of allegory and satire in the novel. Evaluate George Orwell’s purpose for writing Animal Farm.
– Poetry
– Students will demonstrate listening, writing, and reading, through a variety of poetry.
– Speaking
– Recite poetry using effective inflections.
– Read poetry following punctuation correctly. • Writing
– Create own poetry.
– Use figurative language in writing a poem or song. • Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes. • Reading Comprehension
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze the text through identifying and applying
– knowledge of figurative language, form, and perspective. • Suggested authors students will be exposed to:
– Langston Hughes
– E.E. Cummings
– Robert Frost
– Carl Sandburg
– Edgar Allan Poe
– Maya Angelou
– Mythology
– Students will demonstrate speaking, listening, reading, and research skills while studying Mythology.
– Research
– Locate, consult, and cite information from reliable sources about a mythological
– figure.
– Prepare a Works Cited page using MLA format.
– Romeo and Juliet
– Students will demonstrate speaking, listening, writing, reading, and research skills while studying Romeo and Juliet.
– Writing
– Use the six traits of writing (content, organization, conventions, voice, sentence
– fluency, word choice)
– Create a thesis statement to guide and frame writing.
– Use conventions of standard written English
– Develop ideas and content with specific details and examples
– Explore ideas and personal reactions to the play through formal writing
– Listening
– Use listening skills in practical settings.
– Adapt listening skills for specific purposes.
– Reading
– Use background knowledge from class to enhance the understanding of Romeo and Juliet’s historical and cultural contexts.
– Read for literal, interpretive, and evaluative comprehension.
– Demonstrate the ability to analyze drama through identifying and applying
– knowledge of characterization, plot, point of view, and setting. Identify and explain the use of irony in the play.
Math
– Geometry
Social Studies
– World History
– Geography
Science
– Biology 1
– Health and nutrition
Visual/Performance
– Dance, Music, Arts
– Drawing and Coloring
– Connect the dots
– Hands on Crafts
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