9th Grade Year at a Glance
First Nine Weeks
Reading Focus
 Articles of the Week
(with embedded visuals and focus on
expository organization and writing
techniques)
 Poetry
(Connected thematically to reading
and/or writing lesson or through
devices employed in lesson)
 The Pearl or short stories equally rich
in figurative devices
(to be used for review of literary
devices and inference skills)
 Introduction to Open Ended Response
(OER) questions and answer format
 Thesaurus and dictionary usage skills
(Increase vocabulary and
comprehension of reading)
Second Nine Weeks
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Reading Focus
Articles of the Week
(with embedded visuals)
Poetry
(Connected thematically and paired
with a visual)
Introduce TP-DASTT
Drama
(Romeo and Juliet or other dramatic
excerpts)
Flash Fiction
Continue Open Ended Response (OER)
questions and answer format
Thesaurus and dictionary usage skills
(Increase vocabulary and
comprehension of reading)
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Writing Focus
Establish Writer’s Notebook
Expository Writing
(Purpose of the prompt)
Thesis statement
Thesaurus and dictionary usage skills
(Diction)
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Writing Focus
Literary writing
(Story square and purpose of the
prompt)
Thesaurus and dictionary usage skills
(Diction)
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Grammar Focus
Correct subject/verb agreement
Pronoun agreement
Punctuation of textual evidence
Ellipses
Review commonly misspelled words
4 Main comma rules
Review Parts of Speech
Evaluate, edit, and revise student
writing for mechanics and content
Produce error-free writing in final
drafts
Grammar Focus
Dependent/independent clauses
Colons and semi-colons
Review sentence combining
Recognize major sentence errors
(unintentional sentence fragments,
run-ons and fused sentences)
4 Main comma rules
Evaluate, edit, and revise student
writing for mechanics and content
Produce error-free writing in final
drafts
Third Nine Weeks (*Simulation EOC)
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Reading Focus
Articles of the Week
(with embedded visuals)
Poetry
(Connected thematically and paired
with a visual)
Short Stories
(Inference skills, connect to OER)
Start To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 1)
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Writing Focus
Review Literary, Expository, and OER
answer formats
Thesaurus and dictionary usage skills
(Diction)
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Grammar Focus
Dashes and hyphens
Parentheses
Contractions
Possessive/reflexive pronouns
Produce error-free writing in final
drafts
Fourth Nine Weeks (*State Testing EOC)
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Reading Focus
Articles of the Week
(with embedded visuals)
Poetry
(Connected thematically and paired
with a visual)
Finish To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 2)
Mythology (The Odyssey)
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On-going
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Building Academic Vocabulary (BAV) Roots
Prefixes/suffixes for word decoding and meaning
Flexible Scope and Sequence Placement
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Multi-media presentation
Research
Revised April 3, 2012
Writing Focus
Introduction of Persuasive writing
(Expository versus Persuasive)
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Grammar Focus
Understand active/passive voice
Produce error-free writing in final
drafts