Month: August

of written language.<br><br> 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information. 4.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5. The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts.<br><br> 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes. Month: September Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Short story Standards: 1, 2, 5 " The student will use writing forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.<br><br> " The student will write compositions that demonstrate effective use of descriptive language that clarifies and enhances ideas. " The student will understand how literary elements and devices affect a literary work. " Exposition, climax, conclusion " Conflict (man vs.<br><br> man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself, man vs.<br><br> society) " Irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) " Stereotype " Humor " Symbolism " Paragraph describing a personal dilemma " Paragraph describing a typical stereotypical character (to be assigned) " Description of a memorable person " Test 4multiple choice, short answer English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2.<br><br> The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language. 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information.<br><br> 4. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5.<br><br> The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts. 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes.<br><br> Month: October Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Short story Parts of speech Standards: 2, 5 " The student will use text features to support inferences. " The student will understand connections among literary works based on theme. " The student will use appropriate grammar (parts of speech).<br><br> " Inferences " Theme " Nouns (common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective, compound) " Pronouns (antecedents, personal, relative, interrogative, reflexive, demonstrative, indefinite) " Adjectives (questions they answer, articles, proper) " Test 4multiple choice, short answer " Worksheets English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2.<br><br> The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language. 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information.<br><br> 4. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5.<br><br> The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts. 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes.<br><br> Month: November Content and Standard BenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Parts of speech Subjects and predicates Standard: 2 " The student will use appropriate grammar (parts of speech). " The student will use appropriate grammar (sentence structure). " Verbs (action, linking, auxiliary, transitive, intransitive, verb phrases) " Adverbs (questions they answer, identifying them) " Prepositions (9 most common) " Conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, subordinating) " Interjections " Definition of subject and predicate " Complements (direct objects, indirect objects, predicate adjectives, predicate nominatives) " Types of sentences according to purpose (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) " Worksheets " Tests 4sentence s and short answer " Write sentences of the four different types English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2. The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language.<br><br> 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information. 4.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5. The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts.<br><br> 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes. Month: December Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Poetry Standard: 1, 5 " The student will use writing forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.<br><br> " The student will know the defining characteristics of a variety of literary texts (poetry). " Stanzas " Rhyme schemes " Paraphrasing " Figures of speech (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification) " Narrative poetry " Dramatic poetry " Lyric poetry " Sound devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition) " Types of rhyme (true, slant, internal) " Rhythm (iambic, trochaic, anapestic, dactylic) " Connotation " Imagery " Sonnet " Haiku " Concrete " Quizzes 4identi fying examples of poetic devices " Create a holiday card with a poem inside English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es.<br><br> 2. The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language. 3.<br><br> The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information. 4. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process.<br><br> 5. The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts. 6.<br><br> The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes. Month: January Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Capitalization Punctuation Romeo and Juliet Standards: 2, 4, 5, 6 " The student will use conventions of capitalization. " The student will use conventions of punctuation.<br><br> " The student will read for understanding and to increase knowledge. " The student will know the defining characteristics of literary texts (drama). " The student will apply effective listening skills.<br><br> " Rules of capitalization (names of persons, geographical names, organizations, businesses, institutions, government bodies, historical events and periods, special events, calendar items, nationalities, races, religions, brand names, specific courses, languages, titles, other items) " Rules of punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolons, colons, italics, quotation marks, apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, parentheses) " Shakespeare 9s life " The theatre in Shakespeare 9s time " Structure of the Globe Theatre " Shakespearean sonnet, blank verse " Reading strategies for drama (footnotes, stage directions, divisions into acts and scenes, iambic pentameter, use of accents, vocabulary, visualization) " Worksheets " Tests-sentences to be corrected " Study guide " Reconstruct a cut-up sonnet using the correct rhyme scheme " Quizzes over individual acts- short answer " Crossword puzzles 4charac ters, plot, literary terms English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2.<br><br> The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language. 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information.<br><br> 4. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5.<br><br> The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts. 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes.<br><br> Month: February Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Romeo and Juliet Subject-verb agreement Pronoun-antecedent agreement Principal parts of verbs Verb tense Active and passive voice Pronoun case Standards: 1, 5, 2 " The student will use writing forms for a variety of purposes and audiences (character sketch). " The student will understand character development in literary texts. " The student will make corrections in mechanics (including usage).<br><br> " Identify character traits, motivations, changes, relationships " Identify as singular or plural: indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, collective nouns, subjects used as amounts " Identify pronoun number and gender " Identify compound antecedents as singular or plural " Identify infinitive, present participle, past, and past participle of a verb " Verb conjugation (past, present, future, and the perfect tense forms) " Recognize the characteristics of active and passive voice " Learn the uses of nominative and objective case forms " Character sketch " Worksheets " Write the same sentence in active and passive voice English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2.<br><br> The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language. 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information.<br><br> 4. The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5.<br><br> The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts. 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes.<br><br> Month: March Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Modifiers Animal Farm Standards: 2, 5 " The student will use appropriate grammar (usage). " The student will understand historical and cultural influences on a literary selection. " Review positive, comparative, superlative modifiers " Revise for correction of dangling and misplaced modifiers " Background information on Russian communism " Information on George Orwell " Reading strategies for fable, allegory, satire " Worksheets " Study guide " Crossword puzzles " Quizzes 4short answer " Final test 4fill in the blank, short answer English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2. The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language.<br><br> 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information. 4.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5. The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts.<br><br> 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes. Month: April Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: Composition Standards: 1, 2 " The student will write compositions that have a strong overall sense of organization and coherence.<br><br> " The student will write compositions that demonstrate competence in writing different types of compositions (expository, narrative). " The student will demonstrate correct sentence structures with no significant errors in fragments and run-ons. " Outlining " Writing a thesis statement " Techniques for introductions and conclusions " Using a checklist for revision and proofreading " Writing with unity and coherence " Choosing and narrowing a topic " Using a 5-paragraph essay format " Making use of peer editing techniques " Outline a 5- paragraph essay " Informative essay, including thesis statement and outline " Personal narrative, including an organizational framework " Worksheet over revision and proofreading English 9 Standards for Language Arts 1.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the writing process to write for a variety of purposes and audienc es. 2. The student will use the grammatical and mechanical conventions of written language.<br><br> 3. The student will use a variety of print and non-print resources to locate and gather information. 4.<br><br> The student will use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 5. The student will read, interpret, and respond to a variety of literary and informational texts.<br><br> 6. The student will use speaking and listening strategies for a variety of purposes. Month: May Content and StandardBenchmarkSkillsAssessment Content: To Kill a Mockingbird Standards: 4, 5 " The student will understand and build age- appropriate vocabulary.<br><br> " The student will know the defining characteristics of a variety of literary texts (novel). " The student will understand character development in literary texts. " Understanding the use of a first person narrator " Analyzing characters for personality traits, motivations " Stating a theme " Making inferences " Crossword puzzle " Quizzes 4short answer and matching<br><br>

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