English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 1. Read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and informational texts written from various cultural perspectives, with an emphasis on works originating outside the United States and the British Isles through 1599. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 9. Compose both short and extended narrative, informative/explanatory, and argumentative writings that are clear and coherent, use an appropriate command of language, and demonstrate development, organization, style, and tone that are relevant to task, purpose, and audience.
Examples: paragraphs, constructed responses, essays
a. Write a memoir, narrative essay, or personal or fictional narrative to convey a series of events, establishing a clear purpose and using narrative techniques.
Examples: dialogue, pacing, description, reflection
b. Write explanations and expositions that incorporate evidence, using transitions and techniques that objectively introduce and develop topics.
Examples: relevant and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations
c. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence, transitions, and a concluding statement or section that follows from the information presented. |