PCG's Paths to College and Career curriculum provides educators with lesson-by-lesson guidance to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grade 9 English Language Arts (ELA). The grade 9 curriculum modules offer a wide range of quality texts that span the canonical to the contemporary. The grade 9 curriculum balances classic works by William Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Emily Dickinson with contemporary writing by authors such as Temple Grandin, Karen Russell, and Marc Aronson. Through the study of a variety of text types and media, students build knowledge, analyze ideas, delineate arguments, and develop writing, collaboration, and communication skills.
The lessons within each of the modules are linked explicitly to the Common Core Learning Standards, and provide a rigorous and pedagogically sound approach for how the standards can come alive with thoughtful planning, adaption, and instruction. Module 9.1 establishes key routines and practices for close reading and collaborative discussion, which students will use and refine throughout the year. Module 9.2 provides continued opportunity for students to develop skills in text analysis, evidence-based discussion, and informative writing before being introduced to the research process in Module 9.3 and argument writing in Module 9.4. Download the grade 9 curriculum map for a detailed overview of the grade 9 curriculum:
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Number of Lessons:
52 lessons (including performance assessment) |
Primary Texts:
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Number of Lessons:
51 lessons (including performance assessment) |
Primary Texts:
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Number of Lessons:
35 lessons (including performance assessment) |
Primary Texts:
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Number of Lessons:
34 lessons (including performance assessment) |