Reading & Writing Process
Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.
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9th-10th ELA IXL CCSS Lesson Links
L.9-10.1
L.9-10.1.a
Identify sentences with parallel structure (9-K.3)
Use parallel structure (9-K.4)
Identify sentences with parallel structure (10-K.3)
Use parallel structure (10-K.4)
L.9-10.1.b
Identify prepositional phrases (9-X.2)
Identify appositives and appositive phrases (9-X.3)
Identify dependent and independent clauses (9-X.4)
Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? (9-X.5)
Combine sentences using relative clauses (9-X.6)
Identify participles and what they modify (9-AA.3)
Identify gerunds and their functions (9-AA.4)
Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases (9-AA.5)
Identify prepositional phrases (10-X.2)
Identify appositives and appositive phrases (10-X.3)
Identify dependent and independent clauses (10-X.4)
Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? (10-X.5)
Combine sentences using relative clauses (10-X.6)
Identify participles and what they modify (10-AA.3)
Identify gerunds and their functions (10-AA.4)
Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases (10-AA.5)
L.9-10.2
L.9-10.2.a
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (9-K.1)
Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses (9-II.1)
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (10-K.1)
Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses (10-II.1)
L.9-10.2.b
Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists (9-II.2)
Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists (10-II.2)
L.9-10.2.c
Use the correct frequently confused word (9-M.1)
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words (9-M.2)
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions (9-M.3)
Correct errors with commonly misspelled words (9-M.4)
Use the correct homophone (9-Q.1)
Identify and correct errors with homophones (9-Q.2)
Form and use plurals: review (9-Y.1)
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives (9-DD.2)
Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs (9-DD.4)
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns (9-KK.1)
Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession (9-KK.2)
Use the correct frequently confused word (10-M.1)
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words (10-M.2)
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions (10-M.3)
Correct errors with commonly misspelled words (10-M.4)
Use the correct homophone (10-Q.1)
Identify and correct errors with homophones (10-Q.2)
Form and use plurals: review (10-Y.1)
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives (10-DD.2)
Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs (10-DD.4)
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns (10-KK.1)
Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession (10-KK.2)
L.9-10.3
L.9-10.3.a
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (9-N.1)
Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (9-N.2)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) (9-N.3)
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting (9-N.4)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (10-N.1)
Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (10-N.2)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) (10-N.3)
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting (10-N.4)
L.9-10.4
L.9-10.4.a
Interpret the meaning of allusions (9-C.2)
Interpret figures of speech (9-C.4)
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (9-R.2)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (9-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (9-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (9-U.3)
Interpret the meaning of allusions (10-C.2)
Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (10-R.2)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (10-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (10-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (10-U.3)
L.9-10.4.b
Word pattern analogies (9-O.1)
Word pattern sentences (9-O.2)
Word pattern analogies (10-O.1)
Word pattern sentences (10-O.2)
L.9-10.4.c
Use dictionary entries (9-V.1)
Use dictionary definitions (9-V.2)
Use dictionary entries (10-V.1)
Use dictionary definitions (10-V.2)
Use thesaurus entries (10-V.4)
L.9-10.4.d
Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage (9-V.3)
Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage (10-V.3)
L.9-10.5
L.9-10.5.a
Interpret the meaning of allusions (9-C.2)
Interpret figures of speech (9-C.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Interpret the meaning of allusions (10-C.2)
Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
L.9-10.5.b
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (9-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (9-S.2)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (10-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (10-S.2)
L.9-10.6
Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- (9-O.7)
Words with -able and -ible (9-O.10)
Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (9-P.1)
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (9-P.2)
Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (9-P.3)
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (9-P.4)
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (9-P.5)
Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words (9-R.1)
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (9-R.2)
Use the correct foreign expression (9-R.3)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (9-S.1)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (9-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (9-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (9-U.3)
Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- (10-O.7)
Words with -able and -ible (10-O.10)
Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (10-P.1)
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (10-P.2)
Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (10-P.3)
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (10-P.4)
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (10-P.5)
Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words (10-R.1)
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (10-R.2)
Use the correct foreign expression (10-R.3)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (10-S.1)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (10-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (10-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (10-U.3)
RI.9-10 Informational Text
RI.9-10.1
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
RI.9-10.2
Determine the main idea (9-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Identify thesis statements (9-G.2)
Determine the main idea (10-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (10-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (10-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Identify thesis statements (10-G.2)
RI.9-10.3
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (10-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (10-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
RI.9-10.4
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (9-R.2)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (9-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (9-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (9-U.3)
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (10-R.2)
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (10-U.1)
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (10-U.2)
Use context to identify the meaning of a word (10-U.3)
RI.9-10.5
Determine the main idea (9-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (9-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (9-H.5)
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (9-H.6)
Determine the main idea (10-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (10-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (10-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (10-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (10-H.5)
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (10-H.6)
RI.9-10.6
Which text is most formal? (9-B.1)
Identify audience and purpose (9-B.2)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (9-B.3)
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements (9-I.1)
Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing (9-I.2)
Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (10-B.2)
Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)
Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing (10-I.2)
RI.9-10.7
RI.9-10.8
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Distinguish facts from opinions (9-H.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (9-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Classify logical fallacies (9-H.7)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Distinguish facts from opinions (10-H.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (10-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
Classify logical fallacies (10-H.7)
RI.9-10.9
Identify audience and purpose (9-B.2)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements (9-I.1)
Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)
RL.9-10 Literature
RL.9-10.1
Match the quotations with their themes (9-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (9-D.2)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (9-D.3)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (10-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (10-D.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
RL.9-10.2
Match the quotations with their themes (9-D.1)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
RL.9-10.3
Analyze short stories: set 1 (9-D.2)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (9-D.3)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (10-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (10-D.2)
RL.9-10.4
Compare passages for tone (9-B.4)
Interpret the meaning of allusions (9-C.2)
Identify the source of allusions (9-C.3)
Interpret figures of speech (9-C.4)
Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox (9-C.5)
Classify figures of speech: review (9-C.6)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
Interpret the meaning of allusions (10-C.2)
Identify the source of allusions (10-C.3)
Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox (10-C.5)
Classify figures of speech: review (10-C.6)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
RL.9-10.5
Analyze short stories: set 1 (9-D.2)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (9-D.3)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (10-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (10-D.2)
RL.9-10.6
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
RL.9-10.7
Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects (8-I.1)
RL.9-10.9
RL.9-10.10a
Analyze short stories: set 1 (9-D.2)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (9-D.3)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
RL.9-10.10b
Analyze short stories: set 1 (10-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (10-D.2)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)
W.9-10 Writing
W.9-10.1
W.9-10.1.a
Organize information by main idea (9-F.2)
Identify thesis statements (9-G.2)
Distinguish facts from opinions (9-H.1)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (9-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (9-H.5)
Organize information by main idea (10-F.2)
Identify thesis statements (10-G.2)
Distinguish facts from opinions (10-H.1)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (10-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (10-H.5)
W.9-10.1.b
Choose evidence to support a claim (9-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (9-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (9-H.5)
Classify logical fallacies (9-H.7)
Choose evidence to support a claim (10-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim (10-H.4)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (10-H.5)
Classify logical fallacies (10-H.7)
W.9-10.1.c
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (9-H.5)
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (9-H.6)
Classify logical fallacies (9-H.7)
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (9-K.1)
Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (9-EE.1)
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (10-H.5)
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (10-H.6)
Classify logical fallacies (10-H.7)
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (10-K.1)
Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (10-EE.1)
W.9-10.1.d
Which text is most formal? (9-B.1)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (9-B.3)
Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (10-B.2)
W.9-10.1.e
W.9-10.2
W.9-10.2.a
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
Order topics from broadest to narrowest (9-F.1)
Organize information by main idea (9-F.2)
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea (9-G.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (10-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (10-E.2)
Order topics from broadest to narrowest (10-F.1)
Organize information by main idea (10-F.2)
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea (10-G.1)
W.9-10.2.b
Distinguish facts from opinions (9-H.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (9-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Distinguish facts from opinions (10-H.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (10-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
W.9-10.2.c
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (9-H.6)
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (9-K.1)
Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (9-EE.1)
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims (10-H.6)
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (10-K.1)
Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (10-EE.1)
W.9-10.2.d
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (9-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (9-S.2)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (10-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (10-S.2)
W.9-10.2.e
Which text is most formal? (9-B.1)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (9-B.3)
Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (10-B.2)
W.9-10.2.f
W.9-10.3
W.9-10.3.a
Identify the narrative point of view (9-C.1)
Identify the narrative point of view (10-C.1)
W.9-10.3.b
W.9-10.3.c
W.9-10.3.d
Compare passages for tone (9-B.4)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (9-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (9-S.2)
Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (10-S.1)
Use words accurately and precisely (10-S.2)
W.9-10.3.e
W.9-10.4
Identify audience and purpose (9-B.2)
Order topics from broadest to narrowest (9-F.1)
Organize information by main idea (9-F.2)
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea (9-G.1)
Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
Order topics from broadest to narrowest (10-F.1)
Organize information by main idea (10-F.2)
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea (10-G.1)
W.9-10.5
Suggest appropriate revisions (9-M.7)
Suggest appropriate revisions (10-M.7)
W.9-10.6
W.9-10.7
W.9-10.8
Determine the main idea (9-A.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (9-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (9-N.1)
Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (9-N.2)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) (9-N.3)
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting (9-N.4)
Determine the main idea (10-A.1)
Choose evidence to support a claim (10-H.2)
Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.3)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (10-N.1)
Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition) (10-N.2)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) (10-N.3)
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting (10-N.4)
W.9-10.9
W.9-10.9.a
Compare passages for tone (9-B.4)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (9-D.2)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (9-D.3)
Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
Analyze short stories: set 1 (10-D.1)
Analyze short stories: set 2 (10-D.2)
W.9-10.9.b
Determine the main idea (9-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (9-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (9-E.6)
Determine the main idea (10-A.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (10-E.1)
Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (10-E.2)
Trace an argument: set 1 (10-E.3)
Trace an argument: set 2 (10-E.4)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (10-E.5)
Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (10-E.6)