Setting the Standards English I

In 9th grade, you cite strong evidence. What is new for 9th grade when analyzing informational texts?

• What is clearly in the text

• Identify central idea

• Use thorough evidence, even when the text is unclear

• Compare how texts understand topics

9th graders explain connections between events. What is new for 9th grade when analyzing events?

• Evaluate plot events

• Summarize without bias

• Identify two or more central ideas and explain how they develop

• Compare and contrast how events unfold

8th and 9th graders analyze word meanings. What is new in 9th grade?

• Identify figurative meanings

• Analyze how author develops central idea

• Analyze technical meanings

• Respond to word structures

9th graders find an author’s POV and compare it to others. What is new in 9th grade?

• Compare to universal themes

• Analyze how rhetoric shapes point of view

• Balance point of view

• Identify figurative language

What skill is added in English I for evaluating arguments?

• Evaluate arguments

• Apply reasoning to arguments

• Summarize and analyze evidence

• Trace and evaluate claims and counterclaims