Tentative Ideas
9th Grade Language Arts Pre-IB
Heroism Unit
(September and
October-half of
November)
IB Framework: Human
Ingenuity
Coming of Age Literary
Circles November and
December
IB Framework
Social and Health
Education:
Procedural Texts
(January)
IB Framework: Health
Essential Questions
What does it mean to be
a hero? What are the
traits that we admire in
heroes? Do heroes still
exist today?
What does it mean to
come of age as a young
adult?
How do we walk through a
process to accomplish an
objective?
Skills and Concepts
Compare/contrast
Synthesis
Genres (poetry, prose)
Personal response to
literature
Close reading strategies
Figurative languagemeaning and impact
Mood vs. Tone
Vocabulary in context
Detail and imagery
Word choice and diction
Rhetorical devices
(simile, alliteration,
metaphor, hyperbole,
personification, litotes,
paradox, oxymoron,
repetition)
Vocabulary Practice
Characterization
Theme
Setting
Close reading
Integration of quotes for
analysis
Rhetorical devices
Assessments
Differentiated writing
assignments
Literary Analysis on
Theme
Using textual detail for
support
Topic sentences
Embedding quotations
Thesis development
Analyze procedural texts
Vocabulary development
Negation
Write procedural text
Socratic seminar/small
group discussions
Multi-genre writing
portfolio
Tiered assignments
Resources
Literature of Thought To
Be A Hero
Mythology
Odyssey
Literary Circles
Catcher in the Rye
A Separate Peace
Secret Life of Bees
Great Expectations
The Chosen
October Sky
House on Mango Street
Research and experience
Independent Reading
Tentative Ideas
9th Grade Language Arts Pre-IB
and social education
The Power of Debate
(mid-January to
February)
IB Framework: health
and social education
Magical Realism and
Cultural Archetypes
(March)
IB Framework:
Human
Ingenuity: Students will
explore human ingenuity
through studying the
influence of men and
women on society as
well as cultural and
historical movements
reflected in literature
and research. Students
will gain an appreciation
for human creativity and
notable contributions to
society.
Comparison
How do we are argue our
points?
How does magical realism
impact the reading of a
novel? What are cultural
archetypes?
Debate on controversial
topic
Data, claim, support
Counterargument
Errors with dangling
participles/split
infinitives
Attitude/tone
Genre/purpose
Sentence completion
Vocabulary development
Magical realism
Cultural archetypes
Theme analysis
Characterization
Pronoun references
Mood
Tone
Close readings
Thesis development
Using textual detail for
support
Improving sentences
Transition words
Parallel structure
Misused words
Semicolons, colons,
comma review
Coordination
Debate
Persuasive Essay
Research
Independent Reading
Bless Me Ultima
Writing a story using
magical realism
Literary analysis
Tentative Ideas
9th Grade Language Arts Pre-IB
Correlation
Vocabulary development
:
Free Will or Fate
April
IB Framework:
Health and social
education and human
ingenuity
Do you belief in free will
or fate? How do authors
and artists depict
tragedy?
Rhythm
Punctuation
Imagery
Sonnet
Monologue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Close reading skills
Words in context
Main idea
Vocabulary development
Creative Activity
Journaling
Written Paragraphs Responding to the
Literature
Good vs. Evil Unit (May)
IB Framework:
Health and Social
Education
How does evil and good
compete in this world?
How do we defend
ourselves against evil?
Close readings
Themes/Motifs
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Mood vs. tone
Diction
Socratic Seminars
Differentiated writing
assignments
Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet
Supplement with poetry
ART
Pablo Picasso, The
Tragedy (1903)
Caravaggio,The Death of
the Virgin(1604-1606)
Artemesia Gentileschi,
Judith and Her
Maidservant with the
Head of Holofernes
(1625)
Something Wicked This
Way Comes by Ray
Bradbury