Prentice Hall
Grade 9
Writing and Grammar,
Handbook Edition, Grade 9, © 2008
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Alabama Course of Study for English Language Arts
Grade 9
Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar, Handbook Edition, Grade 9, 8E © 2008
Correlated to:
The Alabama Course of Study for English Language Arts
(Grade 9)
ALABAMA COURSE OF STUDY FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS
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Ninth Grade
Ninth graders are gaining greater social independence while continuing to need guidance in
developing their personal and academic potential as they achieve higher levels of ability in reading,
speaking, and writing. These students are moving from purely personal reactions to literature to
critical responses. This period marks an increase in student control of all aspects of language.
The ideal classroom environment for ninth graders is one that shows sensitivity toward their social
and academic needs. Instructional delivery may include collaborative learning, teacher-led
instruction, and independent study. A variety of learning activities are employed to address different
learning styles and to actively engage all students in learning.
By increasing the level of expectations in language use, ninth graders strengthen their foundation in
all English language arts strands. They become more strategic in their approach to reading
increasingly complex selections. While the focus in reading is on world literature, students learn to
synthesize information from texts as they extend skills to content-area texts. Similarly, students
expand their control of the writing process. In addition, students manage the research process to
support a thesis on a topic of personal interest and increase their media literacy by becoming more
strategic consumers of oral and visual information.
MINIMUM REQUIRED CONTENT
Students will:
Reading
1. Identify genre, tone, and plot in short stories,
drama, and poetry and identify organizational
structure in essays and other nonfiction text to
comprehend ninth-grade recreational reading
materials.
SE: Drafting, 38-39; Reading Nonfiction
Critically, 594-599; Reading Literary Writings,
600-603; Reading From Varied Sources, 604605.
Examples: plot—exposition, conflict, rising
action, climax, falling action, denouement
• Reading predominantly world literature
SE: Reading Literary Writing, 600-603.
2. Compare the use of language and literary
elements and devices, including rhythm, rhyme
scheme, tone, and plot, in various selections,
cultures, and genres.
SE: Narrowing Your Topic, 52; Writing Style,
30-31; Student Work In Progress, 63-65, 127129, 145-147; Reading Literary Writings 600603; Cultural context: 603.
Examples: language—Standard English usage
versus dialect, length and complexity of
sentences, diction literary elements and
devices—flashback, personification
• Interpreting symbolism and other figurative
language
SE: Providing Elaboration, 73; Reading Literary
Writings 600-603; Reading Poetry 602-603.
• Recognizing foreshadowing to anticipate
events
SE: Student Work In Progress, 63-65;
Evaluating What You Read, 595; Reading Myths
and Folk Tales, 603.
• Making inferences about characters and their
motives
SE: Reading Literary Writings, 600-603;
Reading Nonfiction Critically, 594-599; Student
Work In Progress, 63-65.
• Determining effectiveness of diction
SE: Developing Style, 30; Gathering Details,
186; Revising, 203; Revising Your Word Choice,
142; Faulty Word Choice, 655; Redundancy,
656; Examining the Author's Language, 599.
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LANGUAGE ARTS
• Recognizing use of analogy
3. Read with comprehension a variety of ninthgrade informational and functional reading
materials, including recognizing tone and
propaganda.
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SE: Using Related Words in Analogies, 569;
Evaluating Forms of Reasoning, 597-598;
Analogies, 623.
SE: Reading From Varied Sources, 604-605;
Reading Nonfiction Critically, 594-599; What Are
Forms and Applications?, 212-213; Student
Work In Progress, 111.
Examples: functional materials—telephone
books, labels on medicine containers, consumer
product information, directions, newspapers,
messages, recipes
• Organizing steps of a process and other
sequences
SE: Using Outlines, 591; Using Graphic
Organizers, 592-593; Shaping Your Writing,
136, 154, 168-169; Revising, 138-140; Reading
Methods and Tools, 587-593.
• Identifying organizational structure
SE: Using Outlines, 591; Using Graphic
Organizers, 592-593; What Is Prewriting?, 7-9;
Student Work In Progress, 37, 71, 72, 132, 135,
153, 184; Narrowing Your Topic, 152; Moving
Toward Your Goals, 631-635.
Example: matching structure to a graphic
organizer
• Recognizing fallacies in logic
SE: Editing and Proofreading, 96; Viewing
Information Media Critically, 555-556;
Evaluating What You Read, 595-596; Evaluating
Forms of Reasoning, 597-598.
• Following complex written directions
SE: Connected Assignment, 47, 161, 179.
Literature
4. Identify literary components that contribute
to authors’ styles.
Examples: length and complexity of sentences,
diction, Standard English usage versus dialect
SE: Examining the Author’s Language, 599;
What Are the Qualities of Good Writing?, 3;
Sentence Combining, 17-20; Writing Effective
Paragraphs, 21-24; Paragraphs in Essays and
Other Compositions, 25-29; Writing Style, 3031.
5. Identify persuasive strategies, including
propaganda, in world literature selections.
SE: Advertisement, 98-99; Gathering Details,
104; Drafting, 105; Student Work in Progress,
111; Persuasion, 82-83.
6. Determine word meaning in world literature
selections using word analysis and context clues.
SE: Examining the Author’s Language, 599;
Recognizing Context Clues, 566.
• Identifying the etymology of words
SE: Exploring Etymologies, 576; Using
Dictionaries, 615-617.
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Writing and Language
7. Write in narrative, expository, and persuasive
modes using figurative language and imagery,
including simile and metaphor, when effective
and appropriate.
Examples: essay, letter of complaint
SE: Prewriting, 34-37, 50-53, 68-71, 84-88,
101-104, 114-117, 150-153, 182-186; Drafting,
38-39, 54-55, 72-73, 89-90, 105, 118-119,
136-137, 154-155, 187-188; Revising, 40-44,
56-60, 74-79, 91-95, 106-108, 120-124, 138145, 156-158, 189-193; Editing and
Proofreading, 45, 61, 80, 96, 109, 125, 143,
159, 194; Publishing and Presenting, 46, 62, 80,
97, 110, 126, 144, 160, 195; What is a Business
Letter?, 208.
• Using an abbreviated writing process to write
an essay in timed and untimed situations
SE: Introduction to Timed Essays, 663; The
Persuasive Essay, 664-665; Planning the
Persuasive Essay, 666-669; Writing for
Assessment, 196-197; Prewriting, 198-199;
Drafting, 200-201; Revising, 202-203; Editing
and Proofreading, 204; Publishing and
Presenting, 205.
• Using verbals to increase sentence complexity
SE: Participles and Participle Phrases, 310-313;
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases, 314-316;
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases, 317-319;
Section Review, 321.
• Using a variety of patterns to organize
information in multi-paragraph writings
SE: Writing Effective Paragraphs, 21-24;
Paragraphs in Essays and Other Compositions,
25-29; Gathering Details, 135; Drafting, 136137; Revising, 138-139.
Examples: chronological order, cause and effect,
order of importance
• Developing an effective voice suitable for
audience and purpose
SE: Writing Style, 30-31; Revising Your
Sentences, 58; Active and Passive Voice, 384388; Section Review, 389; Considering Your
Audience and Purpose, 103; What Are the
Qualities of Good Writing?, 3; Shaping Your
Writing, 54.
• Using a variety of sentence patterns
SE: Sentence Diagramming Workshop, 690703; Complete Subjects and Predicates, 280284; Section Review, 285, 291, 300-301, 344,
349, 353, 367; Hard-to-Find Subjects, 286-290;
Complements, 292-299; The Four Functions of a
Sentence, 342-343; Sentence Combining, 345348; Varying Sentences, 350-352; Avoiding
Sentence Errors, 354-366.
Example: determining use of structural variety
by diagramming selected sentences
• Using active and passive voice when
appropriate
SE: Revising Your Sentences, 58; Active and
Passive Voice, 384-388; Section Review, 389.
8. Critique paragraphs for logical progression of
sentences.
SE: Varying Sentences, 350-352; Section
Review, 353, 349; Sentence Combining, 345348.
9. Identify factors that influence the
development of language.
SE: Studying Word Parts and Origins, 573-576;
Examining the Author’s Language, 599.
Examples: geographic location, wars and
revolutions, technology, mass media
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10. Determine correct use of commas with
appositives and direct quotations, colons to
introduce lists, semicolons with a series of
elements separated by commas, and
punctuation for a divided quotation.
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SE: Commas, 478-491; Section Review, 493,
503, 517; Semicolons and Colons, 494-502;
Quotation Marks With Direct Quotations, 504516.
11. Identify correct use of parallel words;
incorrect verb tense shifts within sentences;
correct number and tense in verb forms,
including regular and irregular verbs; and
correct forms of compound nouns, including
singular, plural, and possessive forms.
SE: Nouns, 218-220; Pronouns, 222-229;
Section Review, 221, 231, 237, 241, 245, 382383, 418-419; Action Verbs, 234-235; Linking
Verbs, 238-240; Helping Verbs, 242-244; Verb
Tenses, 370-381; Subject and Verb Agreement,
408-416.
• Identifying correct parallelism in phrases and
clauses
SE: Phrases, 304-319; Section Review, 321,
339; Clauses, 322-338; Faulty Parallelism, 654655.
• Identifying incorrect verb tense shifts within
paragraphs
SE: Verb Tenses, 370-381; Section Review,
382-383; Revising Your Sentences, 122;
Grammar in Your Writing, 123.
• Recognizing subject-verb agreement with
indefinite pronouns
SE: Pronouns, 222-230; Section Review, 231,
418-419, 427; Confusing Subjects, 412-417;
Subject and Verb Agreement, 408-416; Pronoun
and Antecedent Agreement, 420-426.
• Using parallel structure with verbals
SE: Participles and Participle Phrases, 310-313;
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases, 314-316;
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases, 317-319;
Clauses, 322-335; Section Review, 321, 339,
398; Identifying Case, 392-397.
12. Apply the correct use of subject-verb
agreement with collective nouns when verb
forms depend on the rest of the sentence; with
compound subjects, including those joined by or
with the second element as singular or plural;
and with the subjunctive mood.
SE: Grammar in Your Writing, 80; Subject and
Verb Agreement, 408-417; Section Review, 221,
285, 418-419; Using Compound Elements, 18;
Forming Compound Sentences, 19; Complete
Subjects and Predicates, 280-284; Nouns, 218220.
Research and Inquiry
13. Demonstrate paraphrasing, quoting, and
summarizing of primary and secondary sources
and various methods of note taking.
Examples: note taking—abbreviations, symbols,
paraphrasing
14. Use the research process to locate, select,
retrieve, evaluate, and organize information to
support a thesis on a nonliterary topic.
Examples: career paper, I-Search
• Following a style format to standardize the
presentation of information
Examples: Modern Language Association (MLA),
American Psychological Association (APA),
Turabian
• Managing information by using available
technology
SE: Providing Elaboration, 171, 188, 201;
Gathering Information, 168; Taking Notes, 609;
Grammar in Your Writing, 109; Abbreviations
Guide, 684-685.
SE: Research Paper, 162-163; Prewriting, 164168; Drafting, 169-171; Revising, 172-175;
Editing and Proofreading, 176-177; Publishing
and Presenting, 178; Documented Essay, 179.
SE: Citing Sources and Preparing Manuscript,
670-676; Editing and Proofreading, 176-177;
Grammar in Your Writing, 177.
SE: Internet Research Handbook, 677;
Gathering Details, 8-9.
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LANGUAGE ARTS
• Using paraphrasing and documentation of
sources to avoid plagiarism
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SE: Providing Elaboration, 171; Citing Sources
and Preparing Manuscript, 670-676; Grammar in
Your Writing, 96, 177.
Oral and Visual Communication
15. Identify persuasive strategies in oral and
visual presentations.
Examples: transference, bandwagon, snob
appeal, expert testimony
SE: Speaking and Listening Skills, 545-551;
Viewing Skills, 552-557; Representing Skills,
558-563.
• Identifying types of propaganda
SE: Giving a Speech, 546-548; Viewing
Information Media Critically, 555-556.
16. Evaluate a speech for use of presentation
skills, including use of visual aids.
SE: Speaking and Listening Skills, 545-551;
Representing Skills, 558-563; Revising Your
Overall Structure, 106; Student Work In
Progress, 111.
Examples: eye contact, projection, tone,
inflection, tempo
• Applying oral presentation skills in formal and
informal situations
Examples: debates, classroom discussions,
dramatic activities
17. Use supporting details to present a position
and to respond to an argument.
SE: Speaking and Listening Skills, 545-551;
Representing Skills, 558-563; Publishing and
Presenting, 46, 62, 81, 97, 178, 195.
SE: Speaking and Listening Skills, 545-551;
Considering Your Audience and Purpose, 87;
Drafting, 89-90; Revising, 91-95; Giving a
Speech, 546, 548.
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