9th grade reading and vocab (Indiana)
Our standards-aligned grade 9 ELA course helps students develop reading comprehension skills, master high-utility vocabulary, learn test-taking strategies, and build reading stamina as they analyze a variety of engaging, on-level texts. Learners complete targeted practice exercises, as well as "long passage" exercises that allow them to practice integrated skills and prepare for assessments.
15 units91 videos7 hours
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Unit 1: Bridging the gap
Citing text evidence
Determining central ideas
Analyzing themes
Analyzing idea development
Unit 2: Bridging the gap: Long passage practice
Unit 3: Grammar: Nouns
Building knowledge
Plural nouns
Unit 4: Grammar: Pronouns
Building knowledge
Pronoun case, person, and number
Possessive, indefinite, and demonstrative pronouns
Reflexive and intensive pronouns
Unit 5: Grammar: Verbs
Building knowledge
Subject-verb agreement
Verb tenses and aspects
Mood and modals
Unit 6: Crossing the line
Interpreting words in context
Identifying author's purpose and rhetorical techniques
Determining point of view
Unit 7: Crossing the line: Long passage practice
Unit 8: Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs
Choosing among adjectives and adverbs
Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
Relative adverbs
Unit 9: Grammar: Prepositions and interjections
Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Unit 10: Grammar: Sentences, clauses, and phrases
Building knowledge
Clauses
Parenthetical elements and modifiers
Run-ons and comma splices
Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences
Subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences
Compound-complex sentences
Correlative conjunctions
Unit 11: Thriving
Using visual and quantitative evidence
Evaluating claims and arguments
Understanding historical documents
Unit 12: Thriving: Long passage practice
Unit 13: Grammar: Punctuation and capitalization
Introduction to commas
Commas to separate items, descriptions, and clauses
Punctuating text evidence and dialogue
Hyphens and dashes
Ellipses
Unit 14: Grammar: Word study
Frequently confused words
Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
Figurative language
Unit 15: Grammar: Style and tone
Parallel structure
Consistency in style and tone
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