| 9th Grade English/Language Arts | |||||||||||||||||||
| High School Level Matrix | |||||||||||||||||||
| SASinSchool Correlations to WV CSOs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Janet Benincosa, Technology Integration Specialist | |||||||||||||||||||
| Block/Traditional Schedule for Curriculum Pacing | |||||||||||||||||||
| WV CSO | InterActivity | Classroom Activity | Project | Web Inquiry | Web Lesson | ||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.1 | 2 / 3 | Creation Myths around the World | Creating a Dominant Impression | What does the epic simile contribute to epic tone and purpose? | Plutarch's Portrait of Cleopatra | ||||||||||||||
| The Myth of Psyche in Till We Have Faces | Famous Folklore Traditions | The Power of Point of View | |||||||||||||||||
| Mythological Sources of The Fellowship of the Ring | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.2 | 1 / 3 | Comparing Biographical Styles | Creating a Dominant Impression | The Science in Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||
| The Literary Epic Paradise Lost | The Art of Classical Greek Theater | What does the epic simile contribute to epic tone and purpose? | |||||||||||||||||
| Figurative Language in Poetry | What makes fiction believable? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Structure and Form in Poetry | |||||||||||||||||||
| Does Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" meet his own requirements for the short story genre? | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.3 | 1 / 1 | Comparing Biographical Styles | Famous Folklore Traditions | ||||||||||||||||
| Folklore Field Research | Writing a Science Fiction Story | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.4 | 1 / 3 | Creating a Reading Assessment Portfolio | How is the underworld viewed in classical mythology? | Versions of Cinderella | |||||||||||||||
| How does active reading improve reading comprehension? | Setting in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reading for Information | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.5 | 1 / 1 | Character Development in The Glass Menagerie | Writing a Science Fiction Story | Are popular myths about George Washington, Paul Revere, and Sir Isaac Newton based on fact? | The Science in Science Fiction | ||||||||||||||
| Reading for Decision-Making | Reading for Information | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.6 | 1 / 3 | Greek, Latin, and English | Dissecting Medical Terminology | How can an awareness of context clues improve vocabulary and reading comprehension? | Proto-Indo-European and Comparative Linguistics | ||||||||||||||
| What is the difference between affect and effect? | Specialized Vocabularies | ||||||||||||||||||
| WV CSO | InterActivity | Classroom Activity | Project | Web Inquiry | Web Lesson | ||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.7 | 2 / 4 | How is the underworld viewed in classical mythology? | The Power of Point of View | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.8 | 2 / 4 | Figurative Language in Poetry | Structure and Form in Poetry | Why does Rostand use the theater as the setting for the opening of Cyrano de Bergerac? | Plutarch's Portrait of Cleopatra | ||||||||||||||
| Image and Epiphany in Dubliners by James Joyce | What does the epic simile contribute to epic tone and purpose? | The Journey of the Hero | |||||||||||||||||
| How is Milton's "On His Blindness" affected by its rhyme scheme? | Sound and Sense in Poetry | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.9 | 2 / 4 | Character Development in The Glass Menagerie | Image and Epiphany in Dubliners by James Joyce | What makes fiction believable? | Plutarch's Portrait of Cleopatra | ||||||||||||||
| Narrative Purpose in Billy Budd; Sailor | Why was Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds so convincing? | Directing at the Globe Theater | |||||||||||||||||
| Figurative Language in Poetry | The Folk Epic Beowul | ||||||||||||||||||
| Theme and Purpose in Science Fiction | Setting in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Power of Point of View | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.10 | 2 / 4 | Comparing Biographical Styles | Defining the Epic Form | Why does Rostand use the theater as the setting for the opening of Cyrano de Bergerac? | Sound and Sense in Poetry | ||||||||||||||
| Folklore Field Research | Famous Folklore Traditions | What makes fiction believable? | Writing a Science Fiction Story | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure and Form in Poetry | Does Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" meet his own requirements for the short story genre? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Image and Epiphany in Dubliners by James Joyce | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writing a Science Fiction Story | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.11 | 3 / 4 | Reading for Decision-Making | Crises of Character in Lord of the Flies | How does active reading improve reading comprehension? | The Power of Point of View | ||||||||||||||
| Comparing Biographical Styles | Are popular myths about George Washington, Paul Revere, and Sir Isaac Newton based on fact? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Character Development in The Glass Menagerie | How and why has the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" changed over time? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creation Myths around the World | In what ways does the fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz require a suspension of disbelief? | ||||||||||||||||||
| WV CSO | InterActivity | Classroom Activity | Project | Web Inquiry | Web Lesson | ||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.12 | 1 / 4 | Narrative Purpose in Billy Budd; Sailor | Creating an Original Fictional World | How can an awareness of context clues improve vocabulary and reading comprehension? | Transforming Words into Poetry | ||||||||||||||
| The Literary Epic Paradise Lost | Mythology and the Problem of Justice in the Eumenides of Aeschylus | Why do poets use established stanza forms? | |||||||||||||||||
| Image and Epiphany in Dubliners by James Joyce | How is Milton's "On His Blindness" affected by its rhyme scheme? | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.1.13 | 3 / 2 | Greek, Latin, and English | Dissecting Medical Terminology | Specialized Vocabularies | |||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.1 | 2 / 2 | Comparing Biographical Styles | The Writing Process and the Rhetorical Modes | The Journey of the Hero | |||||||||||||||
| Narrative Purpose in Billy Budd; Sailor | Creating a Dominant Impression | Setting in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė | |||||||||||||||||
| Figurative Language in Poetry | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.2 | 3 / 2 | What does the epic simile contribute to epic tone and purpose? | Prewriting Strategies | ||||||||||||||||
| How and why has the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" changed over time? | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.3 | 3 / 2 | Uninspired? Ideas for Generating Writing | How is Milton's "On His Blindness" affected by its rhyme scheme? | Paragraph Structure in the Academic Essay | |||||||||||||||
| Sound and Sense in Poetry | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.4 | 2 / 2 | My Modest Proposal | Crises of Character in Lord of the Flies | The Folk Epic Beowulf | |||||||||||||||
| Comparing Biographical Styles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Folklore Field Research | |||||||||||||||||||
| Figurative Language in Poetry | |||||||||||||||||||
| Theme and Purpose in Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Myth of Psyche in Till We Have Faces | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.5 | 4 / 3 | Writing an Introduction | Defining and Assessing Argumentation | Prewriting Strategies | |||||||||||||||
| My Modest Proposal | Paragraph Structure in the Academic Essay | ||||||||||||||||||
| WV CSO | InterActivity | Classroom Activity | Project | Web Inquiry | Web Lesson | ||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.6 | 3 / 2 | Defining and Assessing Argumentation | How would you organize a comparison of two short poems by using the point method and the block method? | ||||||||||||||||
| Creating a Dominant Impression | What is a logical fallacy? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Defining the Epic Form | How is the underworld viewed in classical mythology? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writing a Science Fiction Story | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.7 | 3 / 2 | Sentence Choices | Writing an Introduction | A Stylistic Makeover | What are rhetorical devices, and how can they make sentences more persuasive? | Sentence Combining | |||||||||||||
| Using Connectives | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.8 | 4 / 2 | Sentence Choices | Mastering Sentence Correctness through Structure | Parallel Structure | What are rhetorical devices, and how can they make sentences more persuasive? | Sentence Combining | |||||||||||||
| Varying Sentence Patterns | A Stylistic Makeover | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.9 | 2 / 2 | Understanding Idioms | Verbs: Heart of the Sentence | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.10 | 4 / 5 | Revising, editing, and proofing-what's the difference? | Coordination and Subordination | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.11 | 5 / 6 | Reading for Decision-Making | Assessing and Documenting Internet Sources | ||||||||||||||||
| The Internet and the Academic Essay | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.12 | 3 / 1 | Defining and Assessing Argumentation | Reading for Information | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.13 | 5 / 6 | What are strategies for avoiding plagiarism? | Assessing and Documenting Internet Sources | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.14 | 3 / 3 | Ask a Question, Take a Quest | From Idea Webs to Web Essays | Prewriting Strategies | |||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.15 | 5 / 6 | Folklore Field Research | Assessing and Documenting Internet Sources | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.16 | 2 / 5 | Greek, Latin, and English | How are phonetics, phonemics, and speech production related? | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.17 | 1 / 1 | Word Classes | Using Connectives | Using Structural Signals to Recognize Parts of Speech | What are the principles of correct pronoun usage? | Verbs: Heart of the Sentence | |||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.18 | 1 / 1 | Sentence Structure | Mastering Sentence Correctness through Structure | Sentence Structure Scrapbook | What are the six basic simple sentence patterns? | Understanding Phrases | |||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.19 | 2 / 5 | Sentence Boundaries | Revising, editing, and proofing-what's the difference? | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.20 | 1 / 5 | Word Classes | |||||||||||||||||
| Sentence Structure | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sentence Sense | |||||||||||||||||||
| WV CSO | InterActivity | Classroom Activity | Project | Web Inquiry | Web Lesson | ||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.21 | 1 / 5 | What are the principles of correct pronoun usage? | |||||||||||||||||
| What causes unclear pronoun reference in a sentence, and how can a writer correct it? | |||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.2.22 | 1 / 5 | Sentence Sense | Memorable Dangling Modifiers | Fixing Fragments | |||||||||||||||
| Sentence Structure | Sentence Structure Scrapbook | ||||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.3.1 | 1 / 1 | Testing Listening Skills | |||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.3.2 | x / 1 | Active Listening | |||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.3.3 | x / 1 | Active Listening | Analyzing Public Speaking | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.3.4 | 5 / 5 | Analyzing Public Speaking | What are the most important elements of an effective speech? | ||||||||||||||||
| RLA.O.9.3.5 | 1 / 1 | Grammar, Style, and Social Conventions: Then and Now | |||||||||||||||||
| American and Global English Dialects | |||||||||||||||||||