ELA 9

Major skills: Close reading and finding and evaluating evidence from the text.  Core reads: Determined by teacher S&L – all standards CCSS Reading Literature Standards Emphasis: 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.6 CCSS Reading Informational Text Emphasis: 9-10.1, 9-10.2 CC…

Major Skills: Understanding the various structures of literary and informational texts, understanding author's point of view and how that influences a text's structure; understanding an author's use of craft; developing student's own craft and style Core reads: To Kill a Mockingbird CCSS Reading …

Major Skills: Understanding how to read and evaluate argumentative texts; understanding and identifying author's point of view and how that influences the author's claims; understanding and evaluating author's evidence that backs up his/her claims; writing effective argumentative text with adequat…

Major Skills: Understanding how to engage in short and longer-term inquiry and research activities. Understand how to embed evidence into explanatory and argumentative texts. Understand how to maintain appropriate styles and structures of text in writing.  Core reads: Determined by teacher CCSS …