9th Grade Monthly Curriculum Map: Language Arts
2009-2010
September
Journeys and Discoveries
Coming of Age
Units/GLEs:
Ongoing
GLEs
Marzano
Vocabulary:
October
Journeys and Discoveries
Coming of Age
November
December
January
Friendship and Identity
Friendship and Identity
Friendship and Identity
1.1 Students use
2.1 Students recognize how
appropriate strategies
literary devices and
before, during and after
conventions engage the
reading in order to construct reader
meaning.
3.1 Students use
1.3 Students select and
descriptive, narrative,
apply strategies to facilitate expository, persuasive, and
word recognition and
poetic modes.
develop vocabulary in order
to comprehend text.
2.2 Students explore
multiple responses to
literature
3.2 Students prepare,
publish and/or present
work appropriate to
audience, purpose and
task
2.2 Students explore
multiple responses to
literature
3.2 Students prepare,
publish and/or present
work appropriate to
audience, purpose and task
4.2 Students speak and
write using standard
language structures and
diction appropriate to
audience and task
2.2 Students explore
multiple responses to
literature
3.2 Students prepare,
publish and/or present
work appropriate to
audience, purpose and task
4.2 Students speak and
write using standard
language structures and
diction appropriate to
audience and task
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate
text in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of
written, oral, and visual
texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text in
order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of
written, oral, and
visual texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students
communicate with others
to create interpretations
of written, oral, and visual
texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of written,
oral, and visual texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text in
order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of written,
oral, and visual texts
4.3 Students use standard
English for composing
and revising written text
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and revising
written text
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and
revising written text
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and revising
written text
4.3 Students use standard
English for composing
and revising written text
Conflict
(internal/external),
Theme, Symbolism, Story
Arc, Interpretation, Plot
Rite of Passage,
Dynamic character,
Static character, POV,
Antagonist, Protagonist,
Direct/Indirect
characterization,
Outline, Brainstorm,
Thesis, Support,
Analysis
Audience, Purpose,
Voice, Tone, denotation,
connotation,
Irony (dramatic,
situational, verbal),
explicit, implicit,
foreshadowing,
9th Grade Monthly Curriculum Map: Language Arts
2009-2010
CFAs:
Reading for Information
“ Return of the Ice Maiden”
Response to Literature
“First Love” by Gary Soto
Editing and Revising
Literary Analysis
Reading for Information
Content:
“ Marigolds”
“Initiation”
“Everyday Use”
“Through the Tunnel”
Of Mice and Men
Antigone
Monster
Nutmeg Selections
Of Mice and Men
Antigone
Monster
Nutmeg Selections
Of Mice and Men
Antigone
Nutmeg Selections
Activities
Skills Pre-assessment
Goal Setting
Research Fundamentals
Timed Readings
Student Blog
The House on Mango Street
The Odyssey
King Arthur
“The Lie”
“Catch the Moon”
Character Sketch
Personal Narrative
Friendship Writing Project
Student Blog
Dramatic Interpretation
Literary Analysis
Components
(Brainstorm, thesis
creation, outline,
Student Blog
Dramatic Interpretation
Literary Analysis
Paper/Process
Student Blog
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 SSR (40 Minutes per cycle)
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 SSR (40 Minutes per
cycle)
Ongoing
Activities
Benchmark
Assessments
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 SSR (40 Minutes per cycle)
Reading for Information
“Rough and Ready”
NPR.org
Response to Lit
“Amanda and the
Wounded Birds”
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 SSR (40 Minutes per cycle)
Literary Analysis
Project
Student Blog
 DOL
Dialectical Journals
Reflective Journals
 SSR (40 Minutes per cycle)
Literary Analysis
Essay (Rewrite option)
9th Grade Monthly Curriculum Map: Language Arts
2009-2010
February
Units/GLEs:
Ongoing
GLEs:
March
April
Hopes and Dreams
2.4 Students recognize
that readers and
authors are
influenced by
individual, social,
cultural and
historical contexts.
Hopes and Dreams
2.4 Students recognize
that readers and
authors are
influenced by
individual, social,
cultural and
historical contexts.
2.1 Students recognize how
literary devices and
conventions engage the
reader
2.1 Students recognize
how literary devices and
conventions engage the
reader
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text in
order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of written,
oral, and visual texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of written,
oral, and visual texts
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and
revising written text.
4.3 Students use
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and revising standard English for
composing and
written text
revising written text
May
June
Love and Loss
3.1 Students use
descriptive,
narrative,
expository,
persuasive and
poetic modes.
Love and Loss
3.1 Students use
descriptive,
narrative,
expository,
persuasive and
poetic modes.
Love and Loss
3.1 Students use
descriptive,
narrative,
expository,
persuasive and
poetic modes.
2.1 Students recognize
how literary devices and
conventions engage the
reader
2.1 Students recognize
how literary devices and
conventions engage the
reader
2.1 Students recognize
how literary devices and
conventions engage the
reader
4.2 Students speak and 4.2 Students speak and
write using standard
write using
language structures
standard language
and diction
structures and
appropriate to
diction appropriate
audience and task.
to audience and
task.
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students
communicate with others
to create interpretations
of written, oral, and visual
texts
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students communicate
with others to create
interpretations of written,
oral, and visual texts
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and revising
written text
1.2 Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text
in order to extend
understanding and
appreciation.
1.4 Students
communicate with others
to create interpretations
of written, oral, and visual
texts
4.3 Students use
standard English for
composing and
revising written text
9th Grade Monthly Curriculum Map: Language Arts
2009-2010
Marzano
Vocabulary:
CFAs:
Personification, analogy,
metaphor, simile, prose,
stanza, alliteration,
figurative language
Response to Literature
Content:
Night
A Raisin in the Sun
Poetry Unit
Activities
Utopia Project
Nonfiction Research Project
Five Year Update Raisin
Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Anthology
Literary Analysis Paper
Dramatic Interpretation
Talk Show Raisin
Literary Analysis
PowerPoint Raisin
Poetry PowerPoint
Compare and Contrast
Raisin
Student Blog
Ongoing
Activities
Benchmark
Assessments
Assonance, consonance,
colloquialism, dialogue,
monologue, aside,
soliloquy,
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
Allegory, analogy,
diction, juxtaposition,
aphorism,
Oxymoron, paradox,
parody, satire, allusion,
Editing and Revising
Night
A Raisin in the Sun
Poetry Unit
Utopia Project
Nonfiction Research
Project
Five Year Update Raisin
Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Anthology
Literary Analysis Paper
Dramatic Interpretation
Talk Show Raisin
Literary Analysis
PowerPoint Raisin
Poetry PowerPoint
Compare and Contrast
Raisin
Student Blog
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
PRACTICE CAPT
Reading for Information
Response to Lit
Romeo and Juliet
Things Fall Apart
Night
Poetry Unit
Romeo and Juliet
Things Fall Apart
Night
Poetry Unit
Romeo and Juliet
Things Fall Apart
Night
Poetry Unit
Presentation
Literary Analysis
Slide Show Romeo and
Juliet
Dramatic Interpretation
Drama PowerPoint
Debate
Expository Essay
Student Blog
Presentation
Literary Analysis
Slide Show Romeo and
Juliet
Dramatic Interpretation
Drama PowerPoint
Debate
Expository Essay
Student Blog
Presentation
Literary Analysis
Slide Show Romeo and
Juliet
Dramatic Interpretation
Drama PowerPoint
Debate
Expository Essay
Student Blog
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 DOL
 Dialectical Journals
 Reflective Journals
 DOL
Dialectical Journals
Reflective Journals
Oral Presentation