Standards:
ELA9RL1: The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of the purpose, structure, and elements of nonfiction and/or informational materials and provides evidence from the text to support understanding; the student: c. Analyzes and evaluates the effects of language (i.e., diction, imagery, symbolism, figurative language), structure, point of view, and selection of details in memoir, biography, and/or autobiography.
ELA9RL3: The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to contemporary context or historical background.
ELA9W2: The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.
The student produces persuasive writing and applies persuasive strategies acquired in previous grades to other genres of writing such as expository compositions, historical investigative reports, and literary analyses, by raising the level of critical thinking skills and rhetorical techniques.
ELA9W3: The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA9LSV1: The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions.
ELA9LSV2: The student formulates reasoned judgments about written and oral communication in various media genres. The student delivers focused, coherent, and polished presentations that convey a clear and distinct perspective, demonstrate solid reasoning, and combine traditional rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description.
