Grade 9 ELA

Lessons

Introduction Page Preview Main idea: Finding the Main Idea in Informational Text Audience, purpose, and tone: Formal vs. Informal Tone Audience, purpose, and tone: Identifying the Audience Audience, purpose, and tone: Objective vs. Subjective Tone Audience, purpose, and tone: Identifying Tone: Objective vs. Subjective & Judgmental Literary devices: Narrative Point of View Literary devices: Understanding Allusions Literary devices: Identifying the Source of Allusions Literary devices: Figurative Language: Personification Literary devices: Figures of Speech: Oxymoron & More Literary devices: Identifying Figures of Speech Literary devices: Figures of Speech: Antithesis & More Analyzing literature: Match the Quotations with Their Themes Analyzing literature: Reading Between the Lines: Making Inferences About Characters Analyzing literature: Who's Telling the Story? Inferring the Narrator Analyzing literature: Identify Elements of Poetry Analyzing informational texts: Identifying the Main Focus in Biographies Analyzing informational texts: Identifying the Main Focus Analyzing informational texts: Arguments: Identifying the Main Claim Analyzing informational texts: Arguments: Identifying the Main Claim (2) Analyzing informational texts: Author's Purpose and Rhetoric Analyzing informational texts: Author's Purpose and Rhetoric (2) Novel study: Analyzing Passages from To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 1) Novel study: Analyzing Passages from To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 2) Nonfiction book study: Analyzing Passages from Night (Part 1) Nonfiction book study: Analyzing Passages from Night (Part 2) Business documents: Understanding Purpose in Workplace Communication Business documents: Purpose in Workplace Communication Graphic organizers: Read Graphic Organizers

Lessons

Organizing writing: Understanding Topic Scope: Broad vs. Narrow Organizing writing: Organizing Information by Section Topic sentences and thesis statements: Finding the Best Topic Sentence Topic sentences and thesis statements: Identifying Thesis Statements Developing and supporting arguments: Fact vs. Opinion Developing and supporting arguments: Evaluating Evidence for Claims Developing and supporting arguments: Choose the Best Evidence to Support a Claim Developing and supporting arguments: Supporting Statements with Textual Evidence Developing and supporting arguments: Evaluating Counterclaims Developing and supporting arguments: Argumentation: Analyzing Evidence Developing and supporting arguments: Transitions in Argumentative Writing Developing and supporting arguments: Identifying Logical Fallacies Persuasive strategies: Rhetorical Appeals Persuasive strategies: Rhetorical Appeals(2) Creative techniques: Figurative Language: Personification Writing clearly and concisely: Connecting Ideas: Conjunctive Adverbs Writing clearly and concisely: Clear and Logical Comparisons Writing clearly and concisely: Grammar: Parallel Structure Writing clearly and concisely: Grammar: Parallel Structure with Correlative Conjunctions Writing Concisely and concisely: Avoiding Redundancy Active and passive voice: Active vs. Passive Voice Active and passive voice: Converting Passive to Active Voice (Simple Present) Editing and revising: Word Choice: Commonly Confused Words Editing and revising: Word Choice: Commonly Confused Words (Affect vs. Effect) Editing and revising: Word Choice: Possessives vs. Contractions Editing and revising: Spelling: Common Errors Editing and revising: Spelling: Correcting Common Errors Editing and revising: Commonly Confused Words: Advise vs. Advice Editing and revising: Revising for Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Research skills: Understanding MLA Works Cited Entries Research skills: Recognizing MLA Works Cited Entries Research skills: Mastering MLA In-Text Citations Research skills: Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

Lessons

Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Word Patterns Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Related Words Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Prefixes Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Prefixes(re) Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Prefixes(sub) Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding the Prefix "mis-" Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding Prefixes for Negation (un-, dis-, in-, im-, non-) Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding the Suffix "-ful" Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding the Suffix "-less" Prefixes and suffixes: Understanding the Suffixes "-able" and "-ible" Greek and Latin roots: Sort Words by Shared Greek or Latin Roots Greek and Latin roots: Use Greek and Latin Roots as Clues to the Meanings of Words Greek and Latin roots: Use Words as Clues to the Meanings of Greek and Latin Roots Greek and Latin roots: Determine the Meanings of Greek and Latin Roots Greek and Latin roots: Determine the Meanings of Words with Greek and Latin Roots Homophones: Use the Correct Homophone Homophones: Identify and Correct Errors with Homophones Foreign words and expressions: Use Etymologies to Determine the Meanings of Words Foreign words and expressions: Understanding Foreign Expressions in English Foreign words and expressions: Use the Correct Foreign Expression Word choice and usage: Choose the Word Whose Connotation and Denotation Best Match the Sentence Word choice and usage: Word Choice: Correlative Conjunctions Word choice and usage: Replace Words Using a Thesaurus Word choice and usage: Explore Words with New or Contested Usages Analogies: Analogies Analogies: Analogies Challenge Context clues: Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context Context clues: Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context Context clues: Use Context to Identify the Meaning of a Word Reference skills: Use Dictionary Entries Reference skills: Use Dictionary Definitions Reference skills: Use Dictionary Entries to Determine Correct Usage Reference skills: Use Thesaurus Entries

Lessons

Spelling: Spelling with Number Prefixes: bi-, tri-, uni- Spelling: Spelling with Suffixes: -al, -ian, -ure Spelling: Spelling with Prefixes and Suffixes (Review) Spelling: Spelling with Greek Base Elements Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Set 1) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Set 2) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Review) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Set 3) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Set 4) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Review) Spelling: Spelling Common Words (Cumulative Review) Sentences, fragments, and run-ons: Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Sentences, fragments, and run-ons: Identify Sentence Fragments Sentences, fragments, and run-ons: Identify Run-on Sentences Sentences, fragments, and run-ons: Choose Punctuation to Avoid Fragments and Run-ons Phrases and clauses: Is it a Phrase or a Clause? Phrases and clauses: Identify Prepositional Phrases Phrases and clauses: Identify Appositives and Appositive Phrases Phrases and clauses: Identify Dependent and Independent Clauses Phrases and clauses: Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Phrases and clauses: Combine Sentences Using Relative Clauses Nouns: Form and Use Plurals Review Nouns: Form and Use Plurals of Compound Nouns Pronouns: Identify and Correct Errors with Subject and Object Pronouns Pronouns: Pronoun Spelling: Possessives vs. Contractions Pronouns: Pronouns After "Than" and "As" Pronouns: Identify and Correct Pronoun Errors with Who/Whom Pronouns: Use Relative Pronouns: Who and Whom Pronouns: Use Relative Pronouns: Who, Whom, Whose, Which, and That Pronouns: Identify Vague Pronoun References Pronouns: Identify Antecedents Pronouns: Correct Inappropriate Shifts in Pronoun Number and Person Verb types: Identify Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Verb types: Identify Linking Verbs, Predicate Adjectives, and Predicate Nouns Verb types: Identify Participles and What They Modify Verb types: Identify Gerunds and Their Functions Verb types: Identify Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Subject-verb agreement: Identify and Correct Errors with Subject-Verb Agreement Subject-verb agreement: Indefinite Pronouns Subject-verb agreement: Identify and Correct Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects Verb tense and mood: Form the Progressive Verb Tenses Verb tense and mood: Form the Perfect Verb Tenses Verb tense and mood: Identify and Correct Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Tense Verb tense and mood: Identify the Verb Mood Verb tense and mood: Correct Errors with Verb Mood Adjectives and adverbs: Choose Between Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives and adverbs: Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Adjectives and adverbs: Good, Better, Best; Bad, Worse, and Worst Adjectives and adverbs: Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Adjectives and adverbs: Well, Better, Best; Badly, Worse, and Worst Conjunctions: Use the Correct Pair of Correlative Conjunctions Misplaced modifiers: Clear Descriptions: Fixing Modifier Errors Misplaced modifiers: Select the Misplaced or Dangling Modifier Misplaced modifiers: Are the Modifiers Used Correctly? Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements: What Does the Punctuation Suggest? Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements: Commas with Nonrestrictive Elements Commas: Commas with Direct Addresses, Introductory Words, Interjections, Interrupters, and Antithetical Phrases Commas: Commas with Series, Dates, and Places Commas: Commas with Compound and Complex Sentences Commas: Commas with Coordinate Adjectives Commas: Commas Review Semicolons, colons, and commas: Comma and Semicolon Usage Semicolons, colons, and commas: Use Semicolons, Colons, and Commas with Lists Semicolons, colons, and commas: Review Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses: Use Dashes Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses: Use Hyphens in Compound Adjectives Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses: Decide Whether Ellipses Are Used Appropriately Apostrophes: Identify and Correct Errors with Plural and Possessive Nouns Apostrophes: Identify and Correct Errors with Compound and Joint Possession Capitalization: Correct Capitalization Errors Formatting: Formatting Quotations and Dialogue Formatting: Capitalizing Titles Formatting: Formatting Titles Formatting: Formatting and Capitalizing Titles Review