Standards Map for 9th Grade English

Each 9th grade Fishtank ELA unit deepens student mastery of a set of grade-level standards. These are split into core standards (standards especially important for understanding the core text and knowledge of the unit) and spiral standards (standards that students repeatedly use as they engage with, discuss, or write about a text).

Core Standards

Supporting Standards

Visibility & Invisibility in Short Texts

Power, Alienation, and The American Dream in Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five

Coming of Age and Patriarchy in Dominicana

Humor, Love, and Systemic Oppression in Born A Crime

Comedy, Taming, and Desirability in The Taming of the Shrew

Big Idea 1: Engaging with Texts

LO 1.1A

LO.1.1B

LO 1.1C

LO 1.2A

LO 1.2B

LO 1.3A

LO 1.3B

LO 1.4A

LO 1.4B

Reading Standards for Literature

RL.9-10.1

RL.9-10.2

RL.9-10.3

RL.9-10.4

RL.9-10.5

RL.9-10.6

RL.9-10.7

RL.9-10.9

RL.9-10.10

Reading Standards for Informational Text

RI.9-10.1

RI.9-10.2

RI.9-10.3

RI.9-10.4

RI.9-10.5

RI.9-10.6

RI.9-10.7

RI.9-10.8

RI.9-10.9

RI.9-10.10

Big Idea 2: Constructing Texts

LO 2.1C

LO 2.1D

LO 2.1A

LO 2.1B

LO 2.2A

LO 2.2B

LO 2.2C

LO 2.2D

LO 2.2E

LO 2.3A

LO 2.3B

LO 2.3C

LO 2.3D

LO 2.4A

LO 2.4B

LO 2.4C

Writing Standards

W.9-10.1

W.9-10.2

W.9-10.3

W.9-10.4

W.9-10.5

W.9-10.6

W.9-10.7

W.9-10.8

W.9-10.9

W.9-10.10

Big Idea 3: Focusing on Language

LO 3.1A

LO 3.1B

LO 3.1C

LO 3.2A

LO 3.2B

LO 3.3A

LO 3.3B

LO 3.3C

Big Idea 4: Investigating Through Research

LO 4.1A

LO 4.1B

LO 4.1C

LO 4.2A

LO 4.2B

LO 4.2C

LO 4.2D

Big idea 5: Entering the Conversation

LO 5.1A

LO 5.1B

LO 5.2A

LO 5.2B

LO 5.2C

LO 5.2D

Speaking and Listening Standards

SL.9-10.1

SL.9-10.2

SL.9-10.3

SL.9-10.4

SL.9-10.5

SL.9-10.6

Language Standards

L.9-10.1

L.9-10.2

L.9-10.3

L.9-10.4

L.9-10.5

L.9-10.6