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📚 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Read stronger, write sharper, speak with power.

9 units · 48 lessons · Grade 9

  1. Unit 1: Reading

    Aligned to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI

  2. Unit 2: Vocabulary

    • Context clues: at exam level

      25 min · Challenge

    • Prefixes and suffixes: at exam level

      27 min · Challenge

    • Roots and word families: at exam level

      29 min · Challenge

    • Synonyms, antonyms, shades of meaning: at exam level

      25 min · Challenge

    • Academic and domain vocabulary: at exam level

      27 min · Challenge

  3. Unit 3: Grammar

    • Nouns, verbs, adjectives: at exam level

      25 min · Challenge

    • Sentence types and structure: at exam level

      27 min · Challenge

    • Punctuation and capitalization: at exam level

      29 min · Challenge

    • Subject-verb agreement: at exam level

      25 min · Challenge

    • Clauses and phrases: at exam level

      27 min · Challenge

    • Editing and proofreading: at exam level

      29 min · Challenge

  4. Unit 4: Writing

    Aligned to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W

  5. Unit 5: Literature

    • Theme and symbolism: across two texts

      25 min · Challenge

    • Character development: across two texts

      27 min · Challenge

    • Point of view: across two texts

      29 min · Challenge

    • Historical and cultural context: across two texts

      25 min · Challenge

    • Literary movements: across two texts

      27 min · Challenge

  6. Unit 6: Poetry

  7. Unit 7: Public Speaking

    • Speaking so people listen: with the author's choices

      25 min · Challenge

    • Organizing a talk: with the author's choices

      27 min · Challenge

    • Body language and voice: with the author's choices

      29 min · Challenge

    • Persuasive speaking: with the author's choices

      25 min · Challenge

    • Debate basics: with the author's choices

      27 min · Challenge

  8. Unit 8: Research

    • Asking a research question: across two texts

      25 min · Challenge

    • Finding reliable sources: across two texts

      27 min · Challenge

    • Note-taking and outlining: across two texts

      29 min · Challenge

    • Citing sources: across two texts

      25 min · Challenge

    • Presenting findings: across two texts

      27 min · Challenge

  9. Unit 9: Media Literacy