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English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.9b

Write explanations and expositions that incorporate evidence, using transitions and techniques that objectively introduce and develop topics.

Examples: relevant and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations

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Knowledge

  • Explanatory and expository text is writing that examines and explains complex ideas or processes, utilizing information from multiple credible research sources.
  • Explanatory and expository writing has an organized structure, and usually begins by clearly focusing on the topic, incorporating credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion.
  • Explanatory and expository writing should utilize techniques that objectively introduce and develop topics.
  • Words that indicate transitions.

Skills

  • Gather credible information and data from multiple sources.
  • Write an explanatory and expository text with an organized structure and formal style that objectively develops the topic and utilizes appropriate transitions and credible evidence.

Understanding

  • Explanatory and expository writing should be free from opinions and supported with evidence.
  • Explanatory and expository writing follows a predictable, organized text structure that utilizes appropriate transition words.
  • They must gather their information and data about the topic from multiple credible research sources.

Vocabulary

  • Explanations
  • Expositions
  • Evidence
  • Transitions
  • Techniques
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.9c

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence, transitions, and a concluding statement or section that follows from the information presented.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • The purpose of argumentative writing is to defend an opinion or state a claim.
  • Argumentative writing includes introducing the topic by stating an argumentative claim, valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence to support the claim, and a concluding statement that coherently follows the presented information.
  • Words that indicate transitions.

Skills

  • Write an argument to support claims in an analysis of topics or texts that utilizes appropriate transitions.
  • Gather relevant and sufficient evidence from accurate and credible sources to support the claim.
  • Use valid reasoning to support a claim.
  • Include a concluding statement or section that logically follows the presented information.

Understanding

  • To effectively defend a position or make a claim, they must present relevant, sufficient evidence from accurate and credible sources.
  • An argument can be more effective if the writer includes a concluding statement that logically follows the information presented previously.

Vocabulary

  • Arguments
  • Claims
  • Substantive topics or texts
  • Valid
  • Relevant
  • Sufficient
  • Reasoning
  • Evidence
  • Transitions
  • Concluding statement or section
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.10

Present research findings to a peer audience, either formally or informally, conveying credible, accurate information from multiple sources, including diverse media.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Research and presentation skills.
  • Strategies to evaluate information from multiple sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Discern credible and accurate sources from a variety of sources.
  • Present research findings to peers in formal and informal contexts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Research findings should only incorporate information from credible, accurate sources.
  • Research findings can be presented formally and informally, depending on the situation.

Vocabulary

  • Research findings
  • Peer audience
  • Formally
  • Informally
  • Credible information
  • Accurate information
  • Diverse media

Aligned Learning Resources

An Introduction to Julius Caesar Using Multiple-Perspective Universal Theme Analysis
My Pledge to Unplug-- Part 3 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.11

Participate in collaborative discussions involving multiple perspectives, responding and contributing with relevant evidence and commentary.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The format and process for respectful, collaborative discussions.
  • Strategies to incorporate relevant evidence to support a perspective in a collaborative discussion.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Participate in a class discussion in a respectful and collaborative environment.
  • Use evidence to support perspectives in a collaborative discussion.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Using evidence to support a perspective is necessary in a respectful, collaborative discussion.

Vocabulary

  • Collaborative discussions
  • Perspectives
  • Relevant information
  • Commentary

Aligned Learning Resources

Examining Transcendentalism Through Popular Culture
Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
Demonstrating Understanding of Richard Wright's Rite of Passage
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.DL.A

Use technology, including the Internet, to research, analyze, produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information, people, and resources and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.12

Interpret digital texts to determine their subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Digital texts, such as online academic journals, social media, and blogs, have various subjects, appropriate occasions, intended audiences, purposes, and tones.
  • A credible source is free from bias and supported with relevant evidence.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and interpret the subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • It is important to evaluate the credibility of digital text.
  • Digital texts will focus on different subjects, be used on different occasions, are created with different intended audiences, have different purposes, and a variety of tones.

Vocabulary

  • Digital text
  • Credibility
  • Subject
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone

Aligned Learning Resources

Tune-up: Evaluating Evidence | Skills on Demand
Modeling Academic Writing Through Scholarly Article Presentations
An Introduction to Julius Caesar Using Multiple-Perspective Universal Theme Analysis
Elements of a Digital Nonfiction Text
Introducing Shakespeare: Analyzing Elements of a Digital Nonfiction Text
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.13

Interpret a digital audio source to determine its subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Digital audio sources have various subjects, appropriate occasions, intended audiences, purposes, and tones.
  • A credible source is free from bias and supported with relevant evidence.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen and interpret various attributes of a digital source, including its subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and overall credibility.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Actively listening can help interpret and evaluate important aspects of a digital audio source, including its credibility, intended audience, and overall subject, occasion, purpose, and tone.

Vocabulary

  • Digital audio source
  • Credibility
  • Subject
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.14

Create and edit digital texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to create and edit digital texts.
  • The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a purpose and tone for digital text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Create and edit a digital text for an intended audience and occasion.
  • Create and edit a digital text to achieve a particular tone and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Digital texts can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions.
  • They should modify the purpose and tone of their digital texts depending on the audience and occasion.
  • Editing is important in establishing a clear purpose and tone in writing a digital text.
  • Editing is important in appealing to a particular audience and occasion with a digital text.

Vocabulary

  • Digital texts
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone

Aligned Learning Resources

Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
The ABCs of Poetry
Spend a Day in My Shoes: Exploring the Role of Perspective in Narrative
An Introduction to Julius Caesar Using Multiple-Perspective Universal Theme Analysis
Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
Picture This: Combining Infographics and Argumentative Writing
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.15

Create and deliver a collaborative presentation that is suitable in purpose and tone for its intended audience and occasion.

Examples: speaking to defend or explain a digital poster, multimedia presentation, or video in an area of interest related to college or career choices

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Methods to deliver ideas in a collaborative presentation, such as speaking to defend or explain a digital poster, multimedia presentation, or video on an area of interest related to college or career choices.
  • Strategies to determine the subject, occasion, audience, and purpose for a presentation.
  • Necessary skills to create and deliver a presentation in a collaborative format.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Collaborate to create an academic presentation.
  • Adjust audience, purpose, tone, and occasion as required for academic presentations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Respectful collaboration with peers is necessary for academic and workplace success.
  • Audience, purpose, tone, and occasion can change based on the criteria of an assignment.

Vocabulary

  • Collaborative presentation
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.LL.A

Recognize and demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage, including appropriate formality of language.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.16

Interpret how an author’s grammar and rhetorical style contribute to the meaning in both fiction, including poetry and prose, and nonfiction, including historical, business, informational, and workplace documents.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Methods to identify an author's particular rhetorical style.
  • Formal, standard English conventions and their usage in a variety of text genres.
  • Authors choose to use particular grammar and rhetorical style in writing to convey the meaning of the text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Interpret how an author's use of grammar contributes to the meaning of text in multiple genres.
  • Interpret how an author's rhetorical style contributes to the meaning of the text in multiple genres.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An author's grammar and rhetorical style affect the meaning of different texts.

Vocabulary

  • Grammar
  • Rhetorical style
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Prose
  • Nonfiction
  • Historical documents
  • Business documents
  • Informational documents
  • Workplace documents

Aligned Learning Resources

Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
Literary Elements and Techniques | Figurative Language
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.17

Classify formality of language in order to comprehend, interpret, and respond appropriately.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to interpret the formality of a speaker's language.
  • Methods to comprehend, interpret, and respond to oral language.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen to a speaker to determine the formality of language.
  • Listen to a speaker to comprehend for meaning.
  • Listen to a speaker to interpret meaning.
  • Listen to a speaker to respond to the message.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Listening is critical in determining the formality of a speaker's language.
  • They must actively listen to comprehend, interpret, and respond to a speaker's message.
  • Formal and informal language each have their own characteristics and require different responses based on those characteristics.

Vocabulary

  • Formal language
  • Comprehend
  • Interpret
  • Respond
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.18

Analyze a speaker’s rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
  • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
  • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Speakers make rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
  • Active listening is critical to evaluating the rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.
  • The language of a speech is affected by a speaker's purpose and point of view, which then affects rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.

    • Vocabulary

    • Rhetorical choices
    • Aesthetic choices
    • Organizational choices
    • Point of view
    • Purpose

    Aligned Learning Resources

    Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading
    Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
    Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words Through Diamante Poetry
    I Have a Dream: Exploring Nonviolence in Young Adult Texts
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

    ELA21.9.19

    Apply conventions of language to communicate effectively with a target audience, including punctuation; capitalization; spelling; verb, pronoun, and modifier usage; and effective sentence structure.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The conventions of standard, formal English.
    • Strategies to modify language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Incorporate conventions of standard, formal English into academic and personal writings, texts, and presentations.
    • Utilize the conventions of language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Using the language conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.

    Vocabulary

    • Conventions of language
    • Target audience
    • Punctuation
    • Capitalization
    • Spelling
    • Verb usage
    • Pronoun usage
    • Modifier usage
    • Effective sentence structure
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

    ELA21.9.19a

    Exhibit stylistic consistency in writing.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    • Writing style should be consistent throughout a writing piece.

    Skills

    • Maintain consistency in writing style throughout a writing project.

    Understanding

    • Maintaining a consistent writing style is important in academic and workplace communication.

    Vocabulary

    • Stylistic consistency
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

    ELA21.9.20

    Adapt speech to purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English conventions as indicated or appropriate.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The conventions of standard, formal English.
    • Methods to modify speech to match the purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Incorporate conventions of standard, formal English into academic and personal speech and oral presentations.
    • Adapt spoken language to the purpose and audience in a variety of situations.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
    • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience, purpose, and occasion.

    Vocabulary

    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Contexts
    • Tasks
    • Formal English conventions

    Aligned Learning Resources

    Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
    Modeling Academic Writing Through Scholarly Article Presentations
    My Pledge to Unplug-- Part 3 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan

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