Grade 9
Grade 9 English I
11 units and 57 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 9 student works through in English I — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 9 English I
OHM School · Grade 9
English I
11 units · 57 lessons
It opens with Short Stories: Character and Structure and closes with Grammar, Usage, and Vocabulary.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 11
Short Stories: Character and Structure
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Citing Strong Evidence
- 2Complex Characters
- 3Structure, Time, and Tension
- 4Theme and Objective Summary
- 5Word Choice and Tone
Unit 2 of 11
Literary Genres
2 lessons
Lessons
- 1Genre Conventions
- 2Genre Blending and Subversion
Unit 3 of 11
Epic Poetry
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Conventions of the Epic
- 2The Epic Hero
- 3Reading the Odyssey
- 4Transforming Source Material
- 5The Odyssey Across Mediums
Unit 4 of 11
Shakespearean Drama
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Reading Shakespeare's Language
- 2Characters in Conflict
- 3Dramatic Structure and Tension
- 4Two Productions Compared
Unit 5 of 11
World Literature
2 lessons
Lessons
- 1A Perspective from Another Culture
- 2Comparing World Stories
Unit 6 of 11
Author's Craft
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Analyzing Syntax
- 2Structural Choices
- 3Figurative Language in Poetry
- 4Euphemism, Oxymoron, and Connotation
Unit 7 of 11
Reading Informational Texts
10 lessons
Lessons
- 1Evidence in Nonfiction
- 2Developing a Central Idea
- 3How an Analysis Unfolds
- 4Word Choice in Nonfiction
- 5Claims Refined Sentence by Sentence
- 6Rhetoric and Purpose
- 7Accounts in Different Mediums
- 8Evaluating Arguments and Fallacies
- 9Seminal U.S. Documents
- 10Reading Nonfiction Independently
Unit 8 of 11
Writing
9 lessons
Lessons
- 1Writing an Expository Essay
- 2Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
- 3Claims and Counterclaims
- 4Organizing an Argument
- 5Narrative Writing
- 6Style for Task and Audience
- 7Revision Workshop
- 8Publishing Online
- 9Timed Writing
Unit 9 of 11
Multi-Source Synthesis
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Sustained Research Questions
- 2Authoritative Sources and Citation
- 3Synthesizing Perspectives
- 4Writing a Synthesis Essay
Unit 10 of 11
Speaking and Listening
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Collaborative Discussion
- 2Evaluating Sources in Media
- 3Evaluating a Speaker's Rhetoric
- 4Presenting a Line of Reasoning
- 5Digital Media in Presentations
- 6Formal Speech
Unit 11 of 11
Grammar, Usage, and Vocabulary
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Parallel Structure
- 2Phrases and Clauses for Meaning
- 3Semicolons and Colons
- 4Language Choices for Style
- 5Word Patterns and Reference Tools
- 6Academic Vocabulary
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered11 units and 57 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of English I in Grade 9, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 9 student would work through today.
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