2 Students will recognize or recall: Specific vocabulary such as: Analyze, objective, summarize, theme Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Determine theme of a text Summarize a text 1 Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge. Topic RL9.3, RI9.3 Knowledge: Notes: 4 In addition to score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond the target. 3 Students demonstrate they have the ability to: Proficient Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text Analyze how complex characters interact with other characters in a text Conflicts Analyze how complex characters advance the plot of a text 2 Students will recognize or recall: and Specific vocabulary such as: Complex character, conflict, interact, motivation, plot Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Describe the complex characters in a text Characters 1 Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge. UNIT TWO: Complex Fiction 9 weeks Organizing Principles: A unit focused on complex fictional texts and anchored on a study of Romeo & Juliet. There is ample room for poetry and supplemental texts throughout, but this is the place where students dig deep into analysis of a rich piece of literature. Overview of Unit Materials Textbook Resources Commonly Used Full-Length Uncommonly Used Full-Length Supplemental Material Texts Texts Material is drawn from Holt McDougal Grade 9 No specific text from this list is required, but A course should not teach more texts from this Resources from outside the textbook are Literature Book ©2010. teachers should be teaching a balance between this column (or from teacher free choice) than it does acceptable, but should be shared with the column and the “Uncommonly Used Full-Length from the “Commonly Used Full-Length Texts” PLC. Some strong external resources Texts” column. column. recommended by teachers include: Romeo & Juliet [REQUIRED]
2 Students will recognize or recall: Specific vocabulary such as: Analyze, objective, summarize, theme Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Determine theme of a text Summarize a text 1 Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge. Topic RL9.3, RI9.3 Knowledge: Notes: Characters and Conflicts 4 In addition to score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond the target. 3 Proficient Students demonstrate they have the ability to: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text Analyze how complex characters interact with other characters in a text Analyze how complex characters advance the plot of a text 2 Students will recognize or recall: Specific vocabulary such as: Complex character, conflict, interact, motivation, plot Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Describe the complex characters in a text 1 Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge. UNIT TWO: Complex Fiction 9 weeks Organizing Principles: A unit focused on complex fictional texts and anchored on a study of Romeo & Juliet. There is ample room for poetry and supplemental texts throughout, but this is the place where students dig deep into analysis of a rich piece of literature. Overview of Unit Materials Textbook Resources Commonly Used Full-Length Texts Uncommonly Used Full-Length Texts Supplemental Material Material is drawn from Holt McDougal Grade 9 Literature Book ©2010. No specific text from this list is required, but teachers should be teaching a balance between this column and the “Uncommonly Used Full-Length Texts” column. Romeo & Juliet [REQUIRED] A course should not teach more texts from this column (or from teacher free choice) than it does from the “Commonly Used Full-Length Texts” column. Resources from outside the textbook are acceptable, but should be shared with the PLC. Some strong external resources recommended by teachers include:
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