9th ELA

Year at a Glance 2021-2022

Human Experience

The Infuence of Language

Relationships and Identity

Honor in Heroism

Big Idea

How do human experience and self-expression infuence the world?

How do relationships affect our identities and choices?

Essential Question

Why do people tell stories?

What makes a hero?

Suggested Pacing

5-10 Weeks

5-10 Weeks

5-10 Weeks

5-10 Weeks

Informative/ Narrative

Writing Focus

Informative

Argument

Argument

Characterization; Figurative Language; Flashback; Imagery; Irony: Plot (confict, inciting incident, Rising Action, resolution); Setting; Style; Theme; Tone

Alliteration; Assonance; Consonance; Couplet; Diction; Figurative Language (Metaphor, Simile, Personifcation, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia); Imagery; Meter; Rhyme; Rhyme Scheme Tier 3: Aside; Blank Verse; Dramatic Irony; Dramatic Structure; Foil; Foreshadowing; Chorus; Iambic Pentameter; Monologue; Protagonist; Shakespearean Sonnet; Soliloquy; Tragedy; Tragic Hero

Antagonist; Characters (Major, Minor), Characterization; Confict; Extended Metaphor,

Counter-Argument; Logical Fallacy; Rhetorical Triangle: Ethos, Pathos, Logos; Memoir; Personal/ Autobiographical essay; Parallel Structure; Rhetoric; Satire; Transitions

Motif, Protagonist; Setting; Symbolism; Theme

Allusion; Archetype; Epic Poetry; Epithet; Hero; Hero’s Journey; Invocation; Oral Tradition

Prioritized Vocabulary

112