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District of ColumbiaReading/English Language Arts

Grade 9 Standards

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District of ColumbiaReading/English Language Arts

Grade 9 Standards

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McDougal Littell Literature, Grade 9

Units and Selections Pages District of Columbia Reading/English Language Arts Grade 9 Standards

Intro Unit | The Power of Ideas 2-19 9.IT-A.8. Describe the central argument and its elements (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy,authority, emotion, or logic) in a contemporary political speech.

9.IT-A.9. Identify figurative language and rhetorical structures (parallel structure, quotations,examples, exaggeration, emotional appeal) used to engage the audience.

9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

9.LT-D.8. Identify and analyze types of dramatic literature (e.g., elements and techniques authors useto create a comedy or tragedy).

9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.9.R.1.c Organize information from both primary and secondary sources by taking notes, outlining

ideas, and paraphrasing information and by creating charts, conceptual maps, and/ortimelines.

9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, wordchoice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

9.M.1. Compare and contrast how media genres (nightly news, newsmagazines, documentaries,Internet) cover the same event.

9.M.2. Analyze visual or aural techniques used in a media message for a particular audience andevaluate their effectiveness.

9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complexsentences with effective coordination and subordination of ideas and parallel, repetitive, andanalogous sentence structures.

Unit 1 | Lit Analysis Workshop 24-31

District of Columbia Reading/English Language Arts Grade 9 Standards correlated toMcDougal Littell Literature, Grade 9

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A Sound of Thunder 32-50 9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.c Avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments.

The Most Dangerous Game 52-77 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.

9.LD-Q.2. Summarize in a coherent and organized way the information and ideas learned from afocused discussion.

9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Daughter of Invention 78-93 9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.b Place modifiers properly.

The Gift of the Magi 94-105 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.

9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Media Study | The Lord of the Rings 106-109 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



9.M.4. Apply and adapt the principles of written composition in the creation of media presentationsthat effectively use graphics, images, and/or sound.


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The Rights to the Streets of Memphis 110-119 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



from Sea Biscuit: An AmericanLegend

120-131 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.

9.LT-C.1.Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

RFI | Horse of the Century 132-137 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.

9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).

9.IT-E.4. Explain how one excerpt relates and contributes to the reading selection (e.g., how asentence relates to a paragraph, how a paragraph relates to a selection).

9.IT-E.5. Support conclusions drawn from ideas and concepts in informational and technicalpassages.

The Raven | Incident in a Rose Garden 138-147 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



Sorry, Right Number 148-167 9.LT-D.8. Identify and analyze types of dramatic literature (e.g., elements and techniques authors useto create a comedy or tragedy).



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Writing Workshop | Personal Narrative 168-175 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.

9.LD-Q.4. Assess how word choice and delivery establish the tone and emotion of the speech andaffect the audience.

9.LD-O.5. Create a rubric (scoring guide) based on categories generated by the teacher and students(content, organization, presentation style, vocabulary) to prepare, improve, and assess thepresentations listed in this section.

9.LD-O.6. Deliver focused oral presentations that use details, examples, or anecdotes to explain orclarify information or a point of view, employing proper eye contact, speaking rate, volume,enunciation, inflection, and gestures to communicate ideas effectively.

9.W-I.1.a an explicit theme and9.W-I.1.b sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

Unit 1 | Assessment Practice 176-181 9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).

Unit 1 | Great Reads 182 9.LT-T.3. Compare (and contrast) classic works of literature that deal with similar topics andproblems (e.g., individual and society, freedom and responsibility).


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Unit 2 | Lit Analysis Workshop 185-191 9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)

in a story or poem.

Pancakes 192-205 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.


9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.

9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)

in a story or poem.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

The Necklace 206-220 9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)in a story or poem.

9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex

sentences with effective coordination and subordination of ideas and parallel, repetitive, andanalogous sentence structures.

Hamadi 222-235 9.LD-V.7. Use Greek, Latin, and Norse mythology; the Bible; and other works often alluded to inAmerican and world literature to understand the meaning of words or phrases (e.g.,“narcissistic” from the myth of Narcissus and Echo, or “Tower of Babel” from the Bible).

9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)

in a story or poem.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.


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from I Know Why the Caged BirdSings

236-249 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.


9.LD-V.8. Determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words by using context.9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.1. Identify nominalized, adjectival, and adverbial clauses.9.EL.6.d Use different types of clauses and phrases, including adverb and adjective clauses.

Blind to Failure 250-263 9.IT-E.5. Support conclusions drawn from ideas and concepts in informational and technicalpassages.

9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.

RFI | A Different Level ofCompetition

264-267 9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textual

elements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).9.IT-E.4. Explain how one excerpt relates and contributes to the reading selection (e.g., how a

sentence relates to a paragraph, how a paragraph relates to a selection).

A Voice | My Father's Song 268-273 9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)in a story or poem.

Comparing Across Genres | FromRosa Parks | Rosa




9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.


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Writing Workshop | Comparison-Contrast Essay

284-291 9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, wordchoice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.



Unit 2 Assessment Practice 292-297 9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)in a story or poem.


Unit 3 | Lit Analysis Wksp 302-307 9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.

A Christmas Memory 308-325 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.

9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.9.EL.5.a correct and consistent verb tense (present, past, and future perfect and perfect progressive;

regular and irregular verbs; transitive and intransitive verbs) and subject-verb agreement;and

Through the Tunnel 326-341 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.





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The Cask of Amontillado 342-355 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.


9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

Media Study | from The Cask ofAmontillado





from A Walk in the Woods 360-371 9.IT-E.5. Support conclusions drawn from ideas and concepts in informational and technicalpassages.

9.IT-E.6. Evaluate the appropriateness of an author's word choice for an intended audience.

RFI | Wilderness Letter 372-377 9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).


9.R.1.f Document information and quotations, and use a consistent format for footnotes orendnotes.

The Sharks | The Peace of Things 378-383 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.


9.LT-C.1.Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.


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Writing Workshop | Short Story 384-391 9.W-I.1.a an explicit theme and9.W-I.1.b sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.M.2. Analyze visual or aural techniques used in a media message for a particular audience and

evaluate their effectiveness.9.EL.3. Know the difference between active and passive voice and when to choose between the two

in writing.

Unit 3 | Assessment Practice 392-397 9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.


Unit 4 | Literary Analysis Workshop 402-407 9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.

Marigolds 408-421 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.


9.LT-C.1. Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.

RFI | Sowing Change 422-425 9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).


9.R.1.c Organize information from both primary and secondary sources by taking notes, outliningideas, and paraphrasing information and by creating charts, conceptual maps, and/ortimelines.


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The Scarlet Ibis 426-445 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Math and After Math 446-457 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.


9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusion

of critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.

The Future in My Arms 458-465 9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Poem on Returning to Dwell in theCountry | My Heart Leaps Up | TheSun

466-471 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.



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Comparing Across Genres | TwoKinds | Rice and Rose Bowl Blues




Writing Workshop | Literary Analysis 490-497 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.




9.W-E.2.a address audience needs;9.W-E.2.b state purpose and context; and9.W-E.2.c adopt a customary format, including proper salutation, closing, and signature when

appropriate.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


Unit 4 | Assessment Practice 498-503 9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.



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Unit 5 | Critical Reading Workshop 508-513 9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.

Island Morning 514-523 9.IT-E.5. Support conclusions drawn from ideas and concepts in informational and technicalpassages.

9.IT-E.6. Evaluate the appropriateness of an author's word choice for an intended audience.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Georgia O'Keefe 524-533 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.

9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Who Killed the Iceman? | SkeletalSculptures





The Lost Boys 546-555 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.





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Media Study | News Reports 556-559 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



9.M.1. Compare and contrast how media genres (nightly news, newsmagazines, documentaries,Internet) cover the same event.


The Open Window 560-567 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



from The House on Mango Street 568-575 9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.

Writing Workshop | Problem-SolutionEssay

576-583 9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.9.W-E.2.a address audience needs;9.W-E.2.b state purpose and context; and9.W-E.2.c adopt a customary format, including proper salutation, closing, and signature when

appropriate.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word


evaluate their effectiveness.9.EL.4. Identify and use hyphens, dashes, brackets, or semicolons between two clauses of a

compound sentence not joined by a conjunction.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



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Unit 5 | Assessment Practice 584-589 9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.

Unit 5 Great Reads 590 9.LT-T.3. Compare (and contrast) classic works of literature that deal with similar topics andproblems (e.g., individual and society, freedom and responsibility).

Unit 6 | Critical Reading Workshop 594-599 9.IT-A.9. Identify figurative language and rhetorical structures (parallel structure, quotations,examples, exaggeration, emotional appeal) used to engage the audience.

I Have a Dream 600-609 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.


9.IT-A.8. Describe the central argument and its elements (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy,authority, emotion, or logic) in a contemporary political speech.


9.LT-LNF.6. Identify the purpose of a historically important and well-written speech (e.g.,one byFranklin Delano Roosevelt or Winston Churchill during World War II) and determine theessential elements that elaborate it.

9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.M.3. Analyze the use of rhetorical devices for their intent and effects (cadence, repetitive

patterns, use of onomatopoeia).


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Testimony Before the Senate 610-619 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.




9.IT-A.8. Describe the central argument and its elements (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy,authority, emotion, or logic) in a contemporary political speech.


9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.M.3. Analyze the use of rhetorical devices for their intent and effects (cadence, repetitive

patterns, use of onomatopoeia).9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



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How Private is Your Private Life? |The Privacy Debate: One Size Doesn'tFit All



9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.





9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


Media Study | Billy Tomas | Life isCalling





Comparing Across Genres | PrimalScreen | The Pedestrian

638-649 9.LT-G.2. Compare (and contrast) works with similar themes in two different literary genres, usingtheir structural features as the basis for the comparison (e.g., Frederick Douglass’s eulogyof Lincoln and Walt Whitman’s poem “O Captain, My Captain”).

9.LT-T.3. Compare (and contrast) classic works of literature that deal with similar topics andproblems (e.g., individual and society, freedom and responsibility).


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Writing Workshop | Persuasive Speech 650-657 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.




9.W-E.5.a include a thesis or purpose of the paper;9.W-E.5.b use a logical organizational pattern;9.W-E.5.c include persuasive evidence or explanation for the validity of the assertions;9.W-E.5.d use different levels of formality, style, and tone when composing for different audiences;

and9.W-E.5.e contain effective introductory and concluding paragraphs that guide and inform the reader's

understanding of key ideas and evidence.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.6.b Place modifiers properly.

Unit 6 | Assessment Practice 658-663 9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.IT-A.9. Identify figurative language and rhetorical structures (parallel structure, quotations,

examples, exaggeration, emotional appeal) used to engage the audience.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



Unit 7 | Literary Analysis Workshop 668-675 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

My Papa's Waltz | I Ask My Mother toSing | Grape Sherbet

676-683 9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.2. Recognize and use verbals: participles, gerunds, and infinitives.


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Spring is like a perhaps hand | Elegyfor the Giant Tortoises | Today

684-691 9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

400-Meter Free Style | Bodybuilders'Contest




RFI | The Night Poetry Rocked theHouse

698-701 9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).


For Poets | Ode to My Socks | egghorror poem

702-713 9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.2. Recognize and use verbals: participles, gerunds, and infinitives.

O What is That Sound 714-719 9.LT-C.1.Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

The Seven Ages of Man | The RoadNot Taken

720-725 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

Writing Workshop | PersonalResponse to a Poem

726-733 9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.3. Know the difference between active and passive voice and when to choose between the two

in writing.9.EL.6.c Avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



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Unit 7 | Assessment Practice 734-739 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.


Unit 8 | Lit Analysis Wksp 744-749 9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.

Where Have You Gone, CharmingBilly?




9.LT-F.5. Contrast points of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective vs. objective)in a story or poem.


The Princess and the Tin Box 764-769 9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

Going to Japan 774-781 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.



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A Few Words 782-789 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.


9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.





9.IT-E.1. Analyze the main or controlling idea in passages or paragraphs.9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusion

of critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.


9.LT-S.11. Describe the importance of sentence variety in the overall effectiveness of a literary work.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


A narrow Fellow in the Grass | "Hope"is the thing with feathers-

790-795 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

9.LT-S.10. Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism in literary selections.


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Luxury | Kidnap Poem 796-801 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

The Sneeze 802-811 9.LT-D.8. Identify and analyze types of dramatic literature (e.g., elements and techniques authors useto create a comedy or tragedy).

Analysis of an Author's Style 812-819 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.






choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.6.c Avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


Unit 8 | Assessment Practice 820-825 9.M.2. Analyze visual or aural techniques used in a media message for a particular audience andevaluate their effectiveness.




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Unit 9 | Lit Analysis Wksp 830-835 9.LT-C.1. Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

form Angela's Ashes 836-851 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.


9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.2. Recognize and use verbals: participles, gerunds, and infinitives.

Revisiting Sacred Ground 852-861 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.


Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird 862-873 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.



American History 874-887 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.



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RFI | Four Days in November 888-893 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.

9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).


The Tropics in New York | Theme forEnglish B

894-901 9.LT-C.1.Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

Haiku | Haiku | Honku 902-907 9.LT-C.1.Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.


Writing Workshop | Persuasive Essay 908-915 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.




9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, wordchoice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.


Unit 9 | Assessment Practice 916-921 9.LT-C.1. Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.



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Shakespeare's World 926-929 9.LT-C.1. Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

9.LT-D.9. Describe the functions of playwright, director, technical designer, and actor.

Unit 10 | Lit Analysis Wksp 930-937 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.


The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet 938-1051 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.





9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme

scheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.


9.LT-D.9. Describe the functions of playwright, director, technical designer, and actor.9.W-E.3.a exhibit careful reading, understanding, and insight;9.W-E.3.b organize the interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images; and9.W-E.3.c justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



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Media Study | from Romeo and Juliet 1052-1055 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.




RFI | Great Movies: Romeo and Juliet 1056-1061 9.IT-E.3. Read a challenging passage and respond to clarifying questions concerning essential textualelements of expository text (e.g., why, who, what, where, when, how, what if).


Pyramus and Thisbe 1062-1069 9.LD-D.1. Implement techniques to improve productivity of group discussions, including setting cleargoals, understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision-making, and setting deadlines.





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Writing Workshop | Comparing a Playand a Film

1070-1077 9.W-E.2.a address audience needs;9.W-E.2.b state purpose and context; and9.W-E.2.c adopt a customary format, including proper salutation, closing, and signature when



evaluate their effectiveness.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


Unit 10 | Assessment Practice 1078-1083 9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhymescheme, consonance, assonance), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.




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Homer's World 1088-1093 9.LT-C.1. Relate a literary work to the artistic and musical masterpieces of the period in which it waswritten.

9.LT-TN.12. Identify archetypes in classical literature (e.g., journey of a hero, the tragic flaw,banishment from the Garden of Eden).

9.LT-TN.13. Analyze the characters, structure, and themes of classical Greek drama and epic poetry(e.g., the conflict between Creon and Antigone in Sophocles' Antigone as a manifestation ofthe eternal struggle between human and divine law).

Unit 11 | Lit Analysis Wksp 1094-1101 9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-TN.12. Identify archetypes in classical literature (e.g., journey of a hero, the tragic flaw,

banishment from the Garden of Eden).9.LT-TN.13. Analyze the characters, structure, and themes of classical Greek drama and epic poetry

(e.g., the conflict between Creon and Antigone in Sophocles' Antigone as a manifestation ofthe eternal struggle between human and divine law).

The Wanderings of Odysseus | fromthe Odyssey





9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-TN.12. Identify archetypes in classical literature (e.g., journey of a hero, the tragic flaw,




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The Homecoming | from the Odyssey 1140-1169 9.LD-V.9. Determine meanings, pronunciations, contextually appropriate synonyms and antonyms,replacement words and phrases, etymologies, and correct spellings of words usingdictionaries, thesauri, histories of language, and books of quotations.



9.LT-F.4. Determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself.9.LT-TN.12. Identify archetypes in classical literature (e.g., journey of a hero, the tragic flaw,




Writing Workshop | Subject Analysis 1170-1177 9.LD-Q.3. Identify the controlling idea or specific purpose of a speech and determine the essentialelements that elaborate it.





appropriate.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.6.a Make effective use of parallel structure.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex



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Unit 11 | Assessment Practice 1178-1183 9.IT-E.2. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusionof critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the originaltext.


Unit 12 | Research StrategiesWorkshop

1188-1209 9.R.1.a Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources (books,magazines, newspapers, the Internet), as well as from direct observation, interviews, andsurveys.

9.R.1.b Locate specific facts by using organizational features (e.g., table of contents, headings,captions, bold print, italics, glossaries, indexes, key/guide words, topic sentences,concluding sentences, endnotes, footnotes, bibliographic references) in expository text.


9.R.1.d Make distinctions about the strengths, limitations, and overall quality of resources,including information gathered from Web sites.



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Writing Workshop | Research Paper 1210-1233 9.R.1.a Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources (books,magazines, newspapers, the Internet), as well as from direct observation, interviews, andsurveys.


9.R.1.e Present research using the standards in the Writing strand, and select a design layout andformat for the document (e.g., font, page setup, line spacing, indents).


9.R.1.g Use standard bibliographic format to document sources (e.g., MLA, APA, CMS).9.W-E.2.a address audience needs;9.W-E.2.b state purpose and context; and9.W-E.2.c adopt a customary format, including proper salutation, closing, and signature when

appropriate.9.W-E.4.a prove a thesis statement using logical organization;9.W-E.4.b include well-constructed paragraphs that build an effective argument with well-articulated

supporting evidence; and9.W-E.4.c use quotations, footnotes or endnotes, and a standard bibliographic format.9.W-R.6. Revise writing to improve the topic/idea development, organization, language/style, word

choice, and tone in light of the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.9.EL.6.f Use a variety of sentence structures, including compound and compound-complex


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