Clinton Public Schools

Clinton Public Schools

Grade Level Expectations

Grade 9

I. Reading and Responding

Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to

literary, informational and persuasive texts in multimedia formats.

2. Use grade-appropriate story elements to enhance understanding (LOS-delineate list)

19. Expand vocabulary comprehension and usage of age/content appropriate words (LOS)

27. Evaluate themes

30. Make use of text format (structure/organizational patterns) and features to gain meaning

31. Make, check, and evaluate predictions based on the text and previously encountered

materials (LOS-App.-elements of fiction)

34. Evaluate and use authentic sources

35. Evaluate point of view and perspective (critical bias)

II. Exploring and Responding to Literature

Students read and respond to classical and contemporary texts from many cultures and

literary/historical periods.

5. Compare and contrast authors' use of literary elements in multiple texts

7. Respond to literature with personal, textual and world connections, supporting and

extending with evidence

9. Identify and analyze literary devices and conventions and apply the understanding to the

evaluation of the text

12. Synthesize information and draw reasonable conclusions from texts, pictures, and graphics

13. Identify pertinent facts in nonfiction material and formulate plausible responses

14. Make well-supported judgments about a text

15. Evaluate the credibility, accuracy and bias of informational texts from a variety of sources

16. Use information from literary and informational works to inform, persuade, criticize, inspire,

entertain, etc. (LOS)

19. Develop and apply effective questioning strategies to analyze and respond to text

20. Compare and contrast various forms of literature

III. Communicating with Others

Students produce written, oral and visual texts to express, develop and substantiate ideas and

experiences.

8. Examine draft to edit, revise, refine and improve

9. Use teacher to examine draft for appropriate conventions to edit, revise, refine and improve

10. Publish, share or present writing for appropriate audiences

13. Write with a variety of sentence structures

14. Use artistic forms of writing to express thoughts (poetry, playwriting, etc.)

15. Write a research report (LOS)

16. Use peers to examine drafts for appropriate conventions to edit, revise, refine and improve

21. Write a review or critique (book, movie, music) (LOS)

23. Apply appropriate pre-writing/research strategies to generate and organize ideas

25. Use personal voice

IV. Applying English Language Conventions

Students apply the conventions of Standard English in oral, written and visual communication.

26. Apply grade level expectations for capitalization (see Appendix)

29. Use correct spelling in revised product

30. Apply correct internal punctuation rules (LOS)

39. Maintain consistent verb tense in literary analysis

40. Apply correct MLA citation

41. Use correct subject-verb agreement

42. Use correct pronoun antecedent agreements

43. Use parallel structure when required32