Alabama State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 9
AL.OVC. Oral and Visual Communication - Students will:
OVC.14. Identify characteristics of spoken formal and informal language.
OVC.15. Identify persuasive strategies in oral and visual presentations.
OVC.15.1. Identifying types of propaganda
OVC.16. Evaluate a speech for use of presentation skills, including use of visual aids.
OVC.16.1. Applying oral presentation skills in formal and informal situations
OVC.17. Use supporting details to present a position and to respond to an argument.
AL.R. Reading - Students will:
R.1. Identify genre, tone, and plot in short stories, drama, and poetry and identify organizational structure in essays and other nonfiction text to comprehend recreational reading materials.
R.1.1. Reading predominantly world literature
R.2. Compare the use of language and literary elements and devices, including rhythm, rhyme scheme, tone, and plot, in various selections, cultures, and genres.
R.2.1. Interpreting symbolism and other figurative language
R.2.2. Recognizing foreshadowing to anticipate events
R.2.3. Making inferences about characters and their motives
R.2.4. Determining effectiveness of diction
R.2.5. Recognizing use of analogy
R.3. Read with comprehension a variety of ninth-grade informational and functional reading materials, including recognizing tone and propaganda.
R.3.1. Organizing steps of a process and other sequences
AL.L. Literature - Students will:
L.4. Identify literary components that contribute to authors' styles.
L.5. Identify persuasive strategies, including propaganda, in world literature selections.
L.6. Determine word meaning in world literature selections using word analysis and context clues.
R.6.1. Identifying the etymology of words
AL.WL. Writing and Language - Students will:
WL.7. Write in narrative, expository, and persuasive modes using figurative language and imagery, including simile and metaphor, when effective and appropriate.
WL.7.1. Using an abbreviated writing process to write an essay in timed and untimed situations
WL.7.2. Using verbals to increase sentence complexity
WL.7.3. Using a variety of patterns to organize information in multi-paragraph writings
WL.7.4. Developing an effective voice suitable for audience and purpose
WL.7.5. Using a variety of sentence patterns
WL.7.6. Using active voice and passive voice when appropriate
WL.8. Critique paragraphs for logical progression of sentences.
WL.9. Identify factors that influence the development of language.
WL.10. Determine correct use of commas with appositives and within direct quotations, colons to introduce lists, semicolons with a series of elements separated by commas, and punctuation for a divided quotation.
WL.11. Identify correct use of parallel words; incorrect verb tense shifts within sentences; correct number and tense in verb forms, including regular and irregular verbs; and correct forms of compound nouns, including singular, plural, and possessive forms.
WL.11.1. Identifying correct parallelism in phrases and clauses
WL.11.2. Identifying incorrect verb tense shifts within paragraphs
WL.11.3. Identifying correct verb form for agreement with collective nouns based on context
WL.11.4. Recognizing subject-verb agreement with indefinite pronouns
WL.11.5. Using parallel structure with verbals
WL.12. Apply the correct use of subject-verb agreement with collective nouns when verb forms depend on the rest of the sentence; with compound subjects, including those joined by or with the second element as singular or plural; and with the subjunctive mood.
AL.RI. Research and Inquiry - Students will:
RI.13. Demonstrate paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing of primary and secondary sources and various methods of note taking.
RI.14. Use the research process to locate, select, retrieve, evaluate, and organize information to support a thesis on a nonliterary topic.
RI.14.1. Following a style format to standardize the presentation of information
RI.14.2. Managing information by using available technology
RI.14.3. Using paraphrasing and documentation of sources to avoid plagiarism