Introduction to Fiction 2 Literature 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c

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1 Unit 1 Fiction Grade 9 Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Introduction to Fiction 2, 2.A.4c Guided Reading Fiction Reading Model 4 Thank You, M am by Langston Hughes 5 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B4b, 1.C.4a Understanding Plot 12 Reading 1.C.4a The Interlopers by Saki 14 A Poison Tree by William Blake 22 Subject and Verb Agreement 24 The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 26 Vocabulary & Spelling Context Clues 44 Directed Reading Understanding Point of View 46 Blues Ain t No Mockin Bird by Toni Cade Bambara 48 Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement 56 The Cask of Amontillado, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a, 2.A.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a Literature Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b, 2.A.4b Speaking and Listening: 4.A.4a, 4.B.4b Research: 5.C.4c Reading 1.A.4b,, 1.C.4e, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4d Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b

2 by Edgar Allan Poe 58, 2.A.4b, 2.B.4c Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.B.4a, 5.C.4b Understanding Character 68, 2.B.4c Destiny by Louise Erdrich 70 Comparing Literature 82 The Good Deed by Pearl S. Buck 83 Tears of Autumn by Yoshiko Uchida 99 Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a, Reading 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4c, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b, 2.B.4c Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Research 5.A.4b, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b Understanding Setting 106 Reading 1.C.4a The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst 108 American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer 120 Informational Text Connection TV Coverage of JFK s Death Forged Medium s Role by Joanne Ostrow 129 Vocabulary & Spelling Denotation and Connotation 132 Sentence Variety 134 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 2.A.4b, 2.B.4c Research 5.C.4a, 2.A.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Literature 2.B.4a Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Reading 1.A.4b Understanding Theme 136 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 2.A.4b

3 Comparing Literature 138 The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 139 The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 143 Independent Reading Reading Fiction Independently Theme: Defining Moments 152 The Ravine by Graham Salisbury 154 The Vision Quest by Lame Deer 161 The Sniper by Liam O Flaherty 165 Rules of the Game by Amy Tan 170 Informational Text Connection The Rules of Chess 180 The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko 183 Without Title by Diane Glancy 188 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 1.C.4d, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4d, 2.A.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.C.4a, 1.B.4c,, 1.B.4c Reading 1.B.4a, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b,, 2.A.4b For Your Reading List 190 Reading 1.B.4c Speaking & Listening Workshop Deliver a Narrative Presentation 191 Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Character Analysis 192 Test Practice Workshop Reading Skills: Make Inferences The One Sitting There by Joanna H. Wo 198 Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4a, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c, 1.C.4a,

4 Writing Skills: Reflective Essay 200 Revising and Editing Skills, 3.B.4a

5 Unit 2 Nonfiction Grade 9 Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Introduction to Nonfiction 204 Guided Reading Nonfiction Reading Model 206 Aha Moment by Julia Alvarez 207 Understanding Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir 212 The Teacher Who Changed My Life by Nicholas Gage 214 Prepositional, Infinitive, and Participial Phrases 220 from Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox 222 Becoming a Composer by Lindsley Cameron 232 Comma Use 240 Directed Reading Understanding Essays 242 Us and Them by David Sedaris 244 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Literature 2.A.4d Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b,, 1.C.4c Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4a Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a, Literature 2.B.4a Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.B.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e

6 , 3.C.4b The Obligation to Endure from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 253 Informational Text Connection When It Comes to Pesticides Birds Are Sitting Ducks by Mary Deinlein 260 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns264 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.C.4a Literature 2.A.4d, 1.C.4c Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.B.4a, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b Understanding Speeches 266, 2.A.4c I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. 268 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e Martin Luther King Jr by Gwendolyn Brooks 274 Glory and Hope by Nelson Mandela 276 Vocabulary & Spelling Figurative Language 282 Understanding Informational Texts 284 Trapped New Orleans Pets Still Being Rescued by Laura Parker and Anita Manning 286 Close Encounter of the Human Kind by Abraham Verghese 292 Comparing Literature 296 Furor Scribendi by Octavia Butler 297, Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 3.C.4b Research 5.C.4b Reading 1.A.4a Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Research 5.A.4b, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b, 1.C.4d Literature 2.A.4d

7 How to Write a Letter by Garrison Keillor 299 Independent Reading Reading Nonfiction Independently Theme: Facing Challenges 304 It s Not Talent; It s Just Work by Annie Dillard 306 An Ethnic Trump by Gish Jen 308 Saying Yes by Diana Chang 311 Indian Education by Sherman Alexie 312 Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros 316 This Is Not Who We Are by Naomi Shihab Nye 320 An A in Failure by Twyla Tharp 325 The Burden of Expectations by Jere Longman 328 Climbing Mount Fuji by Dave Barry 334 Reading Literature 2.A.4d Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.B.4a, 5.C.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.B.4c Literature 2.A.4d Literature 1.C.4e Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 2.A.4d, 1.B.4c For Your Reading List 338 Reading 1.B.4c Speaking & Listening Workshop Deliver a Persuasive Speech 339 Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing 340 Test Practice Workshop Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.A.4d, 4.B.4a, 4.B.4c, 4.B.4d, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.C.4e

8 Reading Skills: Identify the Author s Purpose Speech to the Convention of the American Equal Rights Association, New York City, 1867 by Sojourner Truth 346 Writing Skills: Persuasive Writing Revising and Editing Skills 348, 3.B.4a

9 Unit 3 Poetry Grade 9 Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Introduction to Poetry 352 Reading 1.A.4a, 2.A.4c Guided Reading Poetry Reading Model 354 BEWARE: Do Not Read This Poem by Ishmael Reed 355 Reading 1.B.4a Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 2.B.4a Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b Understanding Speaker and Tone 360, 2.A.4d Gifts 362 To the Oak by Shu Ting Comparing Literature 366 Cold as Heaven by Judith Ortiz Cofer 367 Gentle Communion by Pat Mora 368 Oral History by Pat Mora 371 Directed Reading Understanding Setting and Context 372 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Literature 2.B.4a Research 5.A.4a, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 2.B.4a Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Research 5.C.4b, 1.B.4c Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall 374 Primary Source Connection Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls in Church by Claude Sitton 376 Local Sensibilities by Wing Tek Lum 378 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 3.C.4b Research 5.A.4a, 5.C.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4e

10 Informational Text Connection 442nd Regimental Combat Team 382 Understanding Figurative Language 384 Comparing Literature 386 Metaphor by Eve Merriam 387 A Simile by N. Scott Momaday 388, 3.C.4b Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4a Research 5.A.4a, 5.B.4a, 5.C.4a Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c Understanding Sight and Sound 390 The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe 392 Verb Tense 398 Comparing Literature 400 The Secret by Denise Levertov 401 Poetry by Pablo Neruda 402 Comparing Literature 404 Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar 405 Caged Bird by Maya Angelou 406 Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson 408 Active and Passive Voice 410 Understanding Structure and Form 412 The Song of Wandering Aengus Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 3.C.4a Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Research 5.A.4a Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 2.A.4c Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.A.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e Research 5.A.4a, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c

11 by William Butler Yeats 414 Primary Source Connection Aengus 416 Vocabulary & Spelling Literal and Figurative Meanings 418 The Universe by May Swenson 420 Vocabulary & Spelling Spelling Correctly 424 Comparing Literature 426 Sonnet by C.S. Lewis 427 American Sonnet by Billy Collins 428 Bread by Margaret Atwood 430 Three Haiku by Matsuō Basho, Nicholar Virgilio, and Alan Pizzarelli 434 Information Text Connection from How to Haiku by Bruce Ross 436 Independent Reading Reading Poetry Independently Theme: What We Keep 438 The Past by Ha Jin 440 Fifteen, Literature 2.B.4a Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Reading 1.A.4a Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c Literature 2.A.4e, 3.C.4b Speaking and Listening 4.B.4b Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4a, 5.C.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e Speaking and Listening 4.B.4b Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.C.4b Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a Research 5.C.4b

12 by William Stafford 442 Literature 2.A.4d Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde 444 Theme for English B by Langston Hughes 446 To be of use For the young who want to by Marge Piercy 448 What Are Friends For by Rosellen Brown 452 Women by Alice Walker 454 Combing by Gladys Cardiff 456 My Papa s Waltz by Theodore Roethke 458 My Father s Song by Simon Ortiz 460 The Funeral by Gordon Parks 462 since feeling is first by E. E. Cummings 464 Patterns by Amy Lowell 466 Courage by Anne Sexton 470, 1.C.4e Literature 2.A.4d Reading, 1.C.4d Research 5.C.4a Literature 2.A.4d, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4d Reading, 1.C.4d For Your Reading List 472 Reading 1.B.4c

13 Speaking & Listening Workshop Present a Poem 473 Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Compare-and-Contrast Essay 474 Test Practice Workshop Reading Skills: Compare and Contrast Otherwise by Jane Kenyon 480 The Old Life by Donald Hall 481 Writing Skills: Descriptive Writing Revising and Editing Skills 482 Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4c, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c, 3.B.4a

14 Unit 4 Drama Grade 9 Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Introduction to Drama 486, 2.A.4c Guided Reading Drama Reading Model 490 The Inspector-General by Anton Chekhov 491 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4c Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4b Research 5.C.4a Understanding Shakespeare 498 Reading 1.B.4a, 2.A.4c, 2.A.4d The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act I by William Shakespeare 504 Vocabulary & Spelling Word Origins 532 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act II by William Shakespeare 534 Capitalization 554 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act III by William Shakespeare 556 Modifiers 582 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act IV by William Shakespeare 584 Complete Sentences 598, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c, 2.A.4d, 2.B.4a Reading 1.A.4a, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b, 2.B.4a, 2.B.4c, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4d, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c, 2.A.4d, 2.B.4a, 2.B.4c, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c, 2.B.4a

15 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act V by William Shakespeare 600 The Argument by Arthur Brooke 615 Purgatory by Maxine Kumin 616 Informational Text Connection Romeo and Juliet Over the Centuries by Dorothy May 617 Vocabulary & Spelling Reference Materials for Vocabulary Words 620 Compound Sentences and Clauses 622 Independent Reading Reading Drama Independently Theme: Temptation and Loss 624 The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare 626 The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét 628, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c, 1.B.4c Literature 2.B.4a, 1.B.4c Literature 2.B.4a Speaking and Listening 4.B.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c For Your Reading List 646 Reading 1.B.4c Speaking & Listening Workshop Present a Dramatic Scene 647 Writing Workshop Descriptive Writing: Dramatic Scene 648 Test Practice Workshop Reading Skills: Evaluating Cause and Effect Light-Struck or Star Struck? Knight Ridder Tribune News Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4c, 4.B.4d, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c,

16 Service 654 Writing Skills: Expository Writing Revising and Editing Skills 656, 3.B.4a

17 Unit 5 Folk Literature Grade 9 Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Introduction to Folk Literature 660 Guided Reading Folk Literature Reading Model 662 The Story of Dædalus and Icarus from Metamorphoses by Ovid 663 Understanding Myths and Legends 668 Echo & Narcissus by Walker Brents 670 Coordination, Subordination, and Apposition 676 The Silver Pool by Ella Young 678 Semicolons and Colons 686 Directed Reading Understanding Folk Tales 688 The White Snake by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 690 Hyphens, Ellipses, and Italics 696 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 2.A.4b Speaking and Listening 4.B.4b, 2.A.4c, 3.C.4b Research 5.C.4b, 2.A.4c, 2.A.4c, 2.B.4b, 3.C.4b Research 5.B.4a

18 The Golden Lamb by Jean Russell Larson 698 Vocabulary & Spelling Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes 706 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c,, 3.C.4a, 4.B.4b Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b Reading 1.A.4a, 1.A.4b Understanding Epics 708 Understanding Homer s Epics 710 Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.C.4f from The Odyssey (Part I) by Homer 712 Primary Source Connection Poseidon, God of the Sea ] by Walker Brents 734 Informational Text Connection Cyclops Myth Spurred by One-Eyed Fossils? by Hillary Mayell 738 from The Odyssey (Part II) by Homer 742 Siren Song by Margaret Atwood 760 Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy 762 from The Odyssey (Part III) by homer 764 An Ancient Gesture by Edna St. Vincent Millay 785 Cultural Connection Says Penelope, 1.C.4d, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4b, 2.A.4c,,

19 by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke 787, 4.B.4b Independent Reading Reading Folk Literature Independently Theme: Pass It On 790 Perseus by Edith Hamilton 792 Iya, the Camp-Eater by Zitkala-Sa 798 The Mosquito by George F. Schultz 802 The Princess and the Tin Box by James Thurber 805 The Appointment in Samarra by W. Somerset Maugham 808 Informational Text Connection History of Samarra Article from Encyclopedia of the Orient 810, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 2.A.4c Research 5.A.4b Literature 2.B.4b, 2.B.4a, 1.B.4c For Your Reading List 812 Reading 1.B.4c Speaking & Listening Workshop Gathering Information from an Interview 813 Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: Oral History 814 Test Practice Workshop Reading Skills: Identifying the Main Idea Goha and the Pot by Mahmoud Ibrahim Mostafa 820 Writing Skills: Narrative Writing 822 Revising and Editing Skills Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c, 3.C.4b, 1.C.4d, 3.B.4a

20 Unit 6 Independent Reading Grade 9 Reading Independently: Use Reading Strategies 826 Theme: Journeys from Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman 828 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth 830 from The Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth 831 Homeless by Anna Quindlen 833 from Learning Joy from Dogs Without Collars by Lauralee Summer 836 from Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon 840 Journey by Joyce Carol Oates 849 The Journey by Mary Oliver 851 New Directions by Maya Angelou 853 The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost 856 The Road and the End by Carl Sandburg 858 Reading Independently: Illinois Learning Standards English Language Arts Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4c Literature 2.B.4a Reading 1.B.4a, 1.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d Literature 2.B.4a, 1.B.4c, 2.A.4c, 2.A.4d, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 2.B.4a Reading 1.B.4a

21 Use Reading Skills 860 Theme: Visions of the Future All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan 862 Minister Without Portfolio by Mildred Clingerman 864 The Test by Theodore L. Thomas 870 Auto Wreck by Karl Shapiro 874 A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury 876 The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov 886 Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut 894 The Censors by Luis Valenzuela 900 History Lesson by Arthur C. Clarke 904 There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale 911 Designing the Future by Anne Underwood 912, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.C.4e Literature 2.B.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 2.A.4b, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4e Literature 2.B.4a, 1.C.4e, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4e, 2.A.4b, 1.C.4e, 2.B.4a, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4a,, 1.C.4d, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 1.C.4e, 1.C.4e, 1.B.4c, 1.C.4d, 2.B.4a For Your Reading List 918 Reading 1.B.4c Speaking & Listening Workshop

22 Give a Descriptive Writing Presentation 919 Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Research Paper: The I-Search 920 Test Practice Workshop Reading Skills: Synthesizing Ideas and Drawing Conclusions For the Future of Florida: Repair the Everglades! by Marjory Stoneman Douglas 928 Writing Skills: Persuasive Writing 930 Revising and Editing Skills Speaking and Listening 4.A.4a, 4.B.4a, 4.B.4c, 3.B.4a, 3.B.4b, 3.B.4c Research 5.A.4a, 5.A.4b, 5.A.4c, 5.C.4b, 3.B.4a