Analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as: (i) clear arguable claim, appeals, and convincing conclusion; (ii) various types of evidence
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United States Curriculum
Grade 9 English Language Arts and Reading
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Analyze non-linear plot development such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, subplots, and parallel plot structures and compare it to linear plot development
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Analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire
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Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts
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Determine the meaning of foreign words or phrases used frequently in English such as bona fide, caveat, carte blanche, tête-à-tête, bon appétit, and quid pro quo
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Develop questions for formal and informal inquiry
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently
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Discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text
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Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts
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Evaluate details read to determine key ideas
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Examine sources for: (i) credibility and bias, including omission; and (ii) faulty reasoning such as ad hominem, loaded language, and slippery slope
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Explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as understatement and overstatement and the effect of logical fallacies such as straw man and red herring arguments
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Give a presentation using informal, formal, and technical language effectively to meet the needs of audience, purpose, and occasion, employing eye contact, speaking rate such as
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Modify the major research question as necessary to refocus the research plan
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Paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
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Plan a piece of writing appropriate for various purposes and audiences by generating ideas through a range of strategies such as brainstorming, journaling, reading, or discussing
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Publish written work for appropriate audiences
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Read and respond to American, British, and world literature
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Use print or digital resources such as glossaries or technical dictionaries to clarify and validate understanding of the precise and appropriate meaning of technical
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