IXL Weekly Plan - Ninth grade language arts

IXL Weekly Plan - Ninth grade language arts

Boost learning with IXL's week-by-week skill plan, which provides comprehensive coverage of ninth grade Reading strategies, Writing strategies, Vocabulary, and Grammar and mechanics topics!

Week

1	Week 1
Reading strategies		Identify the narrative point of view
Reading strategies
Identify the narrative point of view

Writing strategies		Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Writing strategies
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Vocabulary		Words with pre-
Vocabulary
Words with pre-

Grammar and mechanics		Identify sentence fragments Identify run-on sentences
Grammar and mechanics
Identify sentence fragments Identify run-on sentences

2	Week 2
Reading strategies		Analyze short stories: set 1
Reading strategies
Analyze short stories: set 1

Vocabulary		Words with re-
Vocabulary
Words with re-

Grammar and mechanics		Is it a phrase or a clause? Identify dependent and independent clauses
Grammar and mechanics
Is it a phrase or a clause? Identify dependent and independent clauses

3	Week 3
Reading strategies		Read graphic organizers
Reading strategies
Read graphic organizers

Writing strategies		Identify supporting evidence in a text
Writing strategies
Identify supporting evidence in a text

Vocabulary		Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Grammar and mechanics		Identify prepositional phrases Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Grammar and mechanics
Identify prepositional phrases Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

4	Week 4
Reading strategies		Identify elements of poetry
Reading strategies
Identify elements of poetry

Writing strategies		Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Writing strategies
Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Vocabulary		Words with -ful
Vocabulary
Words with -ful

Grammar and mechanics		Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Combine sentences using relative clauses
Grammar and mechanics
Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Combine sentences using relative clauses

5	Week 5
Reading strategies		Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Reading strategies
Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Writing strategies		Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Writing strategies
Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Vocabulary		Words with -less
Vocabulary
Words with -less

Grammar and mechanics		Identify appositives and appositive phrases Commas with compound and complex sentences
Grammar and mechanics
Identify appositives and appositive phrases Commas with compound and complex sentences

6	Week 6
Reading strategies		Interpret figures of speech
Reading strategies
Interpret figures of speech

Writing strategies		Organize information by topic
Writing strategies
Organize information by topic