Ashdown Public School District
LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADE K

Language Arts - Grade 9 - 2nd nine weeks

Language Arts

Arkansas' Learning Standards are defined in the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks, discipline-based documents which clearly describe what students must know and be able to do in the area of Language Arts at three critical levels: grades 4, 8, and 12. The rigorous academic content standards and the student learning expectations within each document provide the focus for instruction for each local school district, without rigidly prescribing every element of the local curriculum. Student demonstration of the standards and learning expectations within the Arkansas Frameworks is the anchor for the entire education system, with instructional programs, state-level assessments, professional development, school improvement planning, teacher/administrator licensure, and accountability sharing the common goal of improved student learning and performance around these standards.

The Language Arts portion of the ACTAAP is based on standards in the Arkansas Language Arts Curriculum Framework.

The Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition (SAT-9) contains six subtests for Language Arts levels Primary 1 through Primary 3. At the higher levels, there are seven subtests.


Genres

    Functional Text: Hypothesis
The learner will be able to identify a hypothesis supported by information from functional materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Functional Text Evaluation Master 3.0 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Functional texts, Identify hypothesis [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Cooperative Learning Activity, Create a literary timeline. [Teaching Strategies].   A list of all of Charles Dickens works. A list of all of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and/or short stories. A progressive timeline of all of White Fang's owners. Ads, USA Today, charts, posters, graphic organizers.
  

Language Expressions
This unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. This unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar.

    Subordinate Clause
The learner will be able to identify the incorrect use of subordination.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Adjective Knowledge Master 0.5 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Advanced 1 week tested: 33
Instructional Resources
- Grammar textbook, Suborinate clauses [Textbook].  
Assessment Resources
- Grammar Quiz, ... [Tests].  
  

Study and Research Skills
This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams. This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams.

    Reader's Guide: Page Number
The learner will be able to identify page numbers using a Reader's Guide entry.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Library Equipment Skills Knowledge Master 0.5 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Library day, Guided Practice. [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Library day., ... [Teaching Strategies].   Use a Reader's Guide to locate a source.
  
    Outline: Topic Sentence
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of outlined information by identifying the topic sentence which correlates most closely with the outline.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Outline Application Master 1.0 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Student centered instruction, Guided Practice [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Outlining, Create a outline. [Textbook].   Identify the topic sentence from the outline.
  
    Catalog: Use/Find Information
The learner will be able to use library software such as catalogs to find information.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Research Technology: Catalog Comprehension Master 0.5 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Library day, Guided Practice [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Library day., ... [Teaching Strategies].   Use a card catalog to find a book.
  
    Reference Form: Style Manual
The learner will be able to identify the type of imformation found in a style manual.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reference Form Knowledge Master 0.5 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Library day, M.L.A. handbook [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- M.L.A. handbook, M.L.A. handbook skills quiz [Teaching Strategies].  
  
    Periodical
The learner will be able to identify and interpret information from a periodical index entry.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Periodical Analysis Master 1.0 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Library day, Guided Practice [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Library day., Use periodicals as a source. [Teaching Strategies].  
  

Reading Operations

    Figurative Language: Nonfiction Passage
The learner will be able to interpret the meaning of figurative language from a nonfiction passage.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Figurative Language Comprehension Master 2.0 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Literary Terms, Read a nonfiction passage [Textbook].  
Assessment Resources
- Literature quiz, Literary terms quiz [Tests].  
  
    Personification
The learner will be able to identify the use of personification in the context of a reading selection.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Personification Comprehension Master 2.0 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Literary Terms, Teach personification [Textbook].  
Assessment Resources
- Literature quiz, Literary terms quiz [Tests].  
  

Writing

    Transitions: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the best transitional phrase to use in a given paragraph.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Transition Knowledge Master 1.5 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9), Version 9, Task 1 week tested: 5.
Instructional Resources
- Grammar textbook, Transitional phrases [Textbook].  
Assessment Resources
- Editing Groups, Edit for transitional phrases [Teaching Strategies].  
  
    Story Elements: Write/Theme
The learner will be able to using a text, write a statement of theme (power).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Story Elements Synthesis Master 2.0 AR: ACTAAP - Benchmark and EOC Exams, 1998, Grade 11, W.1.10 week tested: 22.
Instructional Resources
- Literature textbook, Teach theme [Textbook].  
Assessment Resources
- Write an essay, ... [Teaching Strategies].   Write an essay explaining the theme of Great Expectations. Give evidence and explanations.
  
    Purpose: Demonstrate/Cultural Diversity
The learner will be able to write to demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity (power).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing Purposes Application Master 2.0 AR: ACTAAP - Benchmark and EOC Exams, 1998, Grade 11, W.1.7 week tested: 22.
Instructional Resources
- Reading Assignment, Tom Sawyer novel [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Write an essay, ... [Teaching Strategies].   Write a report about the culture of 19th century America (Civil War, slavery, etc.)
  
    Criteria: Create/Own
The learner will be able to create criteria to evaluate one's own writing (power).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Evaluating Writing: Criteria Evaluation Master 0.5 AR: ACTAAP - Benchmark and EOC Exams, 1998, Grade 11, W.1.16 week tested: 22.
Instructional Resources
- Student centered instruction, Teach criteria and rubrics [Teaching Strategies].  
Assessment Resources
- Writing Assignment, Student-made rubrics [Teaching Strategies].  
  

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