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GA-CCGPS English Language Arts 9 B

CaringCharacterization, Theme, and Irony in "The Gift of the Magi"

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does the author’s use of characterization and irony help develop theme?Assignment  Read to make inferences about characters.Instruction  How does the author’s use of characterization and irony help develop theme?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does William Shakespeare use the sonnet form to express ideas?Assignment  Read “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare to analyze rhyme scheme and understand central ideas.Instruction  How does William Shakespeare use the sonnet form to express ideas?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Prepare to plan, memorize, and recite a poem.Project: Poetry Recitation

Plan, memorize, and present a poem using performance techniques.Quiz Answers

Narrative Elements in “Pyramus and Thisbe”, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can a poet use narrative techniques to create tension?Assignment  Read “Pyramus and Thisbe” to identify literary elements and to explore how tension is created.Instruction  How can a poet use narrative techniques to create tension?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Compound and Complex Sentences

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you use a variety of sentence types to add interest to your writing?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Practice crafting effective and varied compound and complex sentences.Assignment  Practice identifying and using the subjunctive mood.Assignment  Practice recognizing and correcting comma splices and fused sentences.Quiz Answers

Writing an Informative Essay about Making Sacrifices

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you generate and communicate information effectively on the topic of sacrifice?Pre-Writing

Plan to write your informative essay.Instruction  How can you generate and communicate information effectively on the topic of sacrifice?Drafting

Draft your informative essay.Instruction  How can you generate and communicate information effectively on the topic of sacrifice?Revising

Revise your informative essay.

Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

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Tragedy and DramaAn Introduction to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet , Part 1

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?Assignment  Read to explore the historical background and elements of Elizabethan drama.Instruction  What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?Assignment  Read the prologue of Romeo and Juliet to understand meaning through paraphrasing.Instruction  What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Setting the Scene of Romeo and Juliet , Part 2

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?Assignment  Read Act I, Scene i of Romeo and Juliet to recognize dramatic conventions and monitor comprehension.Instruction  How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?Assignment  Read Act I, Scene ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify cause-and-effect relationships.Instruction  How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Short Writing

Write a short script that shows a universal theme.Quiz Answers

Characters and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet , Part 3

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?Assignment  Read Act I, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to draw conclusions about characters.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?Assignment  Read Act I, Scene v of Romeo and Juliet to determine character relationships, including foils.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Soliloquy and Figures of Speech in Romeo and Juliet , Part 4

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?Assignment  Read Act II, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to analyze the use of soliloquy and the mood.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?Assignment  Read Act II, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to continue analyzing the use of soliloquy and the mood.Instruction  How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet , Part 5

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?Assignment  Read Act II, Scenes v-vi of Romeo and Juliet to make inferences about characters and their motivations.Instruction  How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?Assignment  Read Act III, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to analyze how foreshadowing sets up conflict.

Instruction  How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Conflict Development in Romeo and Juliet , Part 6

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict?Assignment  Read Act III, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to identify complications.Instruction  How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict?Assignment  Read Act III, Scene v of Romeo and Juliet to draw conclusions about characters.Instruction  How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Suspense in Romeo and Juliet , Part 7

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?Assignment  Read Act IV, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify and classify character types.Instruction  How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?Assignment  Read Act IV, Scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet to analyze dramatic irony.Instruction  How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Themes and Resolution in Romeo and Juliet , Part 8

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?

Assignment  Read Act V, Scenes i and ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify tragic elements in the play.Instruction  How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?Assignment  Read Act V, Scene iii of Romeo and Juliet to recognize causes of the catastrophe.Instruction  How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can phrases and clauses be used to add information to sentences?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Practice identifying and punctuating restrictive and nonrestrictive phrases and clauses.Quiz Answers

Creating a Storyboard for a Shakespeare Scene

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you adapt and prepare a soliloquy for a live audience?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Project: Storyboard

Create a storyboard for a live adaptation of Romeo’s soliloquy.Quiz Answers

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Mystery, Suspense, and EspionageIntroduction to Mystery and Suspense: "The Raven"

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do imagery and sound devices create mood in a poem?Assignment  

Read to explore how imagery and sound devices create mood. Instruction  How do imagery and sound devices create mood in a poem?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Character and Point of View in “The Most Dangerous Game,” Part 1

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do we understand characters through dialogue and narration?Assignment  Read from "The Most Dangerous Game" to analyze characters based on dialogue and narrative point of view.Instruction  How do we understand characters through dialogue and narration?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Making Predictions and Visualizing with “The Most Dangerous Game,” Part 2

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do you use strategies to understand different interpretations of the same story?Assignment  Read “The Most Dangerous Game” to visualize scenes and verify predictions.Instruction  How do you use strategies to understand different interpretations of the same story?Assignment  Prepare to watch a movie clip and evaluate the filmmaker’s interpretation.Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else”

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do different writing techniques work together to create suspense in a short story?Assignment  Read to analyze the protagonist’s conflict and notice the effect of word choice on mood.Instruction  How do different writing techniques work together to create suspense in a short story?

Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Summarizing Central Ideas in The Dark Game , Part 1

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Paul Janeczko develop central ideas in The Dark Game?Assignment  Read to analyze the development of central ideas.Instruction  How does Paul Janeczko develop central ideas in The Dark Game?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Supporting Conclusions with Evidence in The Dark Game , Part 2

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do you effectively support inferences made about an informational text?Assignment  Read to make inferences about the meaning of a text using textual evidence as support.Instruction  How do you effectively support inferences made about an informational text?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Author’s Purpose and Viewpoint in The Dark Game , Part 3

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does Paul Janeczko develop a controlling idea in The Dark Game?Assignment  Read to analyze word choice and tone.Instruction  How does Paul Janeczko develop a controlling idea in The Dark Game?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Using Strategies and Word Patterns: The Code Book

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.

Instruction  How can you improve your comprehension when reading a challenging text?Assignment  Read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and identify the central idea.Instruction  How can you improve your comprehension when reading a challenging text?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Writing a Literary Analysis through the Lens of a Quotation

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation?Pre-Writing

Plan to write your analytical essay.Instruction  How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation?Drafting

Draft your analytical essay.Instruction  How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation?Revising

Revise your analytical essay.Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

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Fighting for EqualityHistorical Context and Conflict in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy , Part 1

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can historical context build conflict in a fictional story?Assignment  Read to analyze how setting creates conflict.Instruction  How can historical context build conflict in a fictional story?

Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Narration and Point of View in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy , Part 2

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does the narrative point of view affect the reader’s experience of reading a novel?Assignment  Read to draw conclusions about characters based on dialogue and narration.Instruction  How does the narrative point of view affect the reader’s experience of reading a novel?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Argument Technique in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  What makes Martin Luther King Jr. an inspiring and powerful speaker? Assignment  Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to explore the effects of word choice and repetition.Instruction  What makes Martin Luther King Jr. an inspiring and powerful speaker?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks' Memoir, My Story

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How does a text’s structure affect the way you understand events?Assignment  Read from My Story by Rosa Parks to analyze the way a memoir presents events.Instruction  How does a text’s structure affect the way you understand events?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Writing Coherent Sentences

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Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you apply grammatical conventions to write clear, precise, and varied sentences?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Practice improving sentences for clarity, accuracy, and variety.Quiz Answers

Writing a Research-Based Argumentative Essay about Technology

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?Pre-Writing

Plan to write your argumentative essay.Instruction  How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?Drafting

Draft your argumentative essay.Instruction  How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?Revising

Revise your argumentative essay.Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

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Unity and DivisionTracing the Central Idea in "A Quilt of a Country"

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  What can be learned by tracing the central idea and considering the context of a text?Assignment  Read to analyze word choice and trace the central idea. Instruction  What can be learned by tracing the central idea and considering the context of a text?Summary  

Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Rhetoric in Reagan's Address at Moscow State University

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can a speech convince a specific audience? Assignment  Read to differentiate between fact and opinion, and between opinions that are substantiated and those that are not.Instruction  How can a speech convince a specific audience? Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Writing a Works Cited Page

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How do you properly format a works cited page to accompany your research?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Prepare to write a works cited page for a short research project.Short Writing

Write a works cited page that would go with a research paper about the Little Rock Nine.Assignment  Practice using and gathering information from footnotes or endnotes.Quiz Answers

Speaking and Listening: Planning a Multimedia Presentation

Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you use multimedia to present your ideas in an effective and engaging way?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Assignment  Plan a multimedia presentation.Quiz Answers

Creating a Multimedia Presentation

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Get ready for the lesson.Instruction  How can you share ideas clearly and effectively in a multimedia presentation?Summary  Review and connect what you learned.Project: Presentation

Research and create a multimedia project.Quiz Answers

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