City of Angels School Independent Study Los Angeles Unified School District

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1 City of Angels School Independent Study Los Angeles Unified School District INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE English 9A Course ID # CCSS Field Test Version This course is the first semester of English 9, the required 9 th grade English Language Arts course and fulfills one of the eight B courses included in the A-G requirements for graduation. Content This required ninth grade English Language Arts course covers both literary and informational reading, writing, speaking and listening, and grammar. Reading Genres and concepts include: Short Stories: plot, character, irony, point of view, setting, and theme; Drama; Folk Tales and Mythology; Nonfiction: essays, articles, visual essays, workplace writing, biographies, and speeches; and Poetry: irony, tone, symbol, word choice, imagery, narrative and dramatic poetry, sonnets and haiku, and lyric poetry and musical devices. Writing types include narration, persuasion, exposition, business writing, and response to literature. Listening and speaking exercises include delivery of narrative and descriptive presentations, speech evaluations, and conducting interviews. Grammar exercises are included in each assignment. Standards Material covered in this instructional guide aligns with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The English Language Arts CCSS consist of Career and College Ready (CCR) anchor standards and grade-specific content standards: Anchor Standards (This set applies to all secondary grade levels) Career and College Ready Anchor Standards for Reading Career and College Ready Anchor Standards for Writing Career and College Ready Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening Career and College Ready Anchor Standards for Language Content Standards (This set applies to Grades 9-10 only) Reading o Literature o Informational Texts Writing Speaking and Listening Language To view each of the standards for the categories listed above in detail, download the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts from Both sets of standards cover each of the main aspects of the English language: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language conventions (grammar). The CCS anchor standards provide a broad foundation of language development across grades The content standards provide additional specificity for each individual grade level. Together they define the skills and understandings that all students must demonstrate. Text Kinsella, Feldman, Stump, Carroll, and Wilson, Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes (Gold Level), Prentice Hall, 2002 Websites Supplementary resources for each lesson including audio recordings and practice quizzes are available through the school s Student Home Page at The student web page also has helpful links to the publisher s textbook companion site and to the public library s free online tutoring program.

2 Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (Grades 6-12) Key Ideas and Details: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Craft and Structure: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. 1 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Career and College Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (Grades 6-12) Text Types and Purposes: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, wellchosen details and well-structured event sequences. Production and Distribution of Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. To view the Career and College Readiness Standards for Language, Speaking and Listening, as well as grade-specific content standards, go to Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 2 of 12

3 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #1: Spine Tinglers (Theme) Part 1 Before you go home: Go over Exploring the Theme on page 1 with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: The Cask of Amontillado [pages 4-12]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: The Cask of Amontillado [pages 13-15]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: Casey at the Bat [pages 40-47]: Read, Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): 4. Complete the following in the Review and Assess section: Literary Analysis, Reading Strategy, 5. Complete the following in the Integrate Language Skills section: Vocabulary Development Lesson 6. Complete either the Writing Lesson or one of the Extension Activities. (For either option printed work must be submitted with the following requirements: at least one page, 11pt font, with margins no more than 1.) ASSIGNMENT 4: Caucasian Mummies Mystify the Mind [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RI): RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Dev Wkbk (Gold Level), pages 1-4, 25-28, and DIFFERENTIATE: Read/complete pp 4-12; in Reader s Comp (English Learner s Vers)Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 3 of 12

4 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #2: On the Edge (Theme) Part 2 Before you go home: Go over Assignment #4 Writing Workshop with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: The Most Dangerous Game [pages 16-36]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: The Most Dangerous Game [pages 37-39]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: The Birds [pages 90-93]: Reading Informational Materials: Movie Reviews (CCSS: 9-10.RI): 1. Read the article, document, and notes. 2. Complete all Check Your Comprehension, Applying the Reading Strategy questions. 3. Complete the Activity and Contrasting Informational Materials. ASSIGNMENT 4: Narration: Autobiographical Narrative [pages ]: Writing Workshop (CCSS: 9-10.W, 9-10.L): Complete the Writing Workshop essay assignment. Be sure to use all of the guidelines (red headings) in the assignment description and the Student Model as an example. Your essay should be at least two printed pages, with 11-point font, 1.5-line-spaced, and margins no greater than 1 on all sides. Use the Rubric for Self-Assessment to guide your work. Be prepared to discuss and answer questions about your essay with your teachers and any students present at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages 5-8. DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages and in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 4 of 12

5 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #3: Challenges and Choices (Theme) Part 1 Before you go home: Go over Exploring the Theme on page 147 with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: from A Lincoln Preface [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): d. Take notes to show that you are using the Reading Strategy introduced in the Prepare to e. Copy down and study all vocabulary words listed in the right margins. f. Write down answers to all Reading Check, Literary Analysis, Reading Strategy, and Critical ASSIGNMENT 2: from A Lincoln Preface [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: I Have a Dream, from Rosa Parks: My Story, There Is a Longing, I Hear America Singing [pages ; ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: I Have a Dream, from Rosa Parks: My Story, There Is a Longing, I Hear America Singing [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Letter of Welcome and Program Agenda [pages ]: Reading Informational Materials: Business Documents (CCSS: 9-10.RI): 1. Read the article, document, and notes. 2. Complete all Check Your Comprehension, Applying the Reading Strategy questions. 3. Complete the Activity and Contrasting Informational Materials. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages and in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 5 of 12

6 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #4: Challenges and Choices (Theme) Part 2 Before you go home: Go over Assignment #5 Writing Workshop with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: Old Man of the Temple [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: Old Man of the Temple [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Workplace Writing: Business Letter [pages ]: Writing Workshop (CCSS: 9-10.W, 9-10.L): Complete the Writing Workshop essay assignment. Be sure to use all of the guidelines (red headings) in the assignment description and the Student Model as an example. Your essay should be at least two printed pages, with 11-point font, 1.5-line-spaced, and margins no greater than 1 on all sides. Use the Rubric for Self-Assessment to guide your work. Be prepared to discuss and answer questions about your essay with your teachers and any students present at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Dev Workbook (Gold Level), pages and DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 6 of 12

7 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #5: Moments of Discovery (Theme) Part 1 Before you go home: Go over Exploring the Theme on page 243 with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: Rules of the Game [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: Rules of the Game [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: Checkouts and Fifteen [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: Checkouts and Fifteen [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Audubon Web Site [pages ]: Reading Informational Materials: Web Sites (CCSS: 9-10.RI): 1. Read the article, document, and notes. 2. Complete all Check Your Comprehension, Applying the Reading Strategy questions. 3. Complete the Contrasting Informational Materials. Complete Periodic Assessment #1 at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages and DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 7 of 12

8 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #6: Moments of Discovery (Theme) Part 2 Before you go home: Go over Assignment #5 Writing Workshop with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: The Interlopers [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: The Interlopers [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: Combing, Women, maggie and milly and molly and may, and Astonishment [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: Combing, Women, maggie and milly and molly and may, and Astonishment [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Persuasion: Persuasive Essay [pages ]: Writing Workshop (CCSS: 9-10.W, 9-10.L): Complete the Writing Workshop essay assignment. Be sure to use all of the guidelines (red headings) in the assignment description and the Student Model as an example. Your essay should be at least two printed pages, with 11-point font, 1.5-line-spaced, and margins no greater than 1 on all sides. Use the Rubric for Self-Assessment to guide your work. Be prepared to discuss and answer questions about your essay with your teachers and any students present at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages and DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 8 of 12

9 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #7: The Lighter Side (Theme) Part 1 Before you go home: Go over Exploring the Theme on page 341 with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: Talk [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: Talk [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Cows on parade find sweet home in Chicago [pages ]: Reading Informational Materials: Newspaper Articles (CCSS: 9-10.RI): 1. Read the article, document, and notes. 2. Complete all Check Your Comprehension, Applying the Reading Strategy questions. 3. Complete the Activity and Contrasting Informational Materials. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages and DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages 78-84, 91-96, and in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 9 of 12

10 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #8: The Lighter Side (Theme) Part 2 Before you go home: Go over Assignment #5 Writing Workshop with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: Go Deep to the Sewer and Fly Away [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: Go Deep to the Sewer and Fly Away [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: An Entomological Study of Apartment 6A [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: An Entomological Study of Apartment 6A [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Writing for Assessment: Test Essay [pages ]: Writing Workshop (CCSS: 9-10.W, 9-10.L): Complete the Writing Workshop essay assignment. Be sure to use all of the guidelines (red headings) in the assignment description and the Student Model as an example. Your essay should be at least two printed pages, with 11-point font, 1.5-line-spaced, and margins no greater than 1 on all sides. Use the Rubric for Self-Assessment to guide your work. Be prepared to discuss and answer questions about your essay with your teachers and any students present at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 10 of 12

11 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #9: Visions of the Future (Theme) Part 1 Before you go home: Go over Exploring the Theme on page 441 with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: from the Road Ahead [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: from the Road Ahead [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: The Machine That Won the War [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 4: The Machine That Won the War [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 5: Technical Directions and One-Year Limited Warranty [pages ]: Reading Informational Materials: Product Information (CCSS: 9-10.RI): 1. Read the article, document, and notes. 2. Complete all Check Your Comprehension, Applying the Reading Strategy questions. 3. Complete the Activity and Contrasting Informational Materials. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages and in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 11 of 12

12 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK #10: Visions of the Future (Theme) Part 2 Before you go home: Go over Assignment #3 Writing Workshop with your teacher. ASSIGNMENT 1: If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth, from Silent Spring, and To the Residents of AD 2029 [pages ]: Read, Review, and Assess (CCSS: 9-10.RL): ASSIGNMENT 2: If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth, from Silent Spring, and To the Residents of AD 2029 [pages ]: Review, Assess, and Integrate Language Skills (CCSS: 9-10.L, 9-10.W, 9-10.SL): ASSIGNMENT 3: Exposition: How-to Essays [pages ]: Writing Workshop (CCSS: 9-10.W, 9-10.L): Complete the Writing Workshop essay assignment. Be sure to use all of the guidelines (red headings) in the assignment description and the Student Model as an example. Your essay should be at least two printed pages, with 11-point font, 1.5-line-spaced, and margins no greater than 1 on all sides. Use the Rubric for Self-Assessment to guide your work. Complete Periodic Assessment #2 at your next appointment. RELEARN: Complete the Selection Support: Skills Development Workbook (Gold Level), pages DIFFERENTIATE: Read and complete pages in Reader s Companion (English Learner s Version) Gold Level. Revised 8/18/14 # Course ID # Page 12 of 12