At the ninth grade level, the Utah Core focuses on reading and writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate: vocabulary instruction that compares connotation with denotation and identifies word meanings using sentence structure (grammar), reading instruction that focuses on inference and…

Introduction to the unit 7 essay on whether or why the arts are (or are not) important in education

Introduction to the unit 7 assignment on reading and analyzing letters to the editor

Introduction to the unit 7 "This I Believe" essay assignment

Introduction to the unit 7 assignment, writing a formal (five-paragraph) persuasive essay

Introduction to the unit 8 assignment defining vocabulary words related to film-making

Introduction to the unit 7 assignment on analyzing commercials or advertisements

Introduction to the unit 8 assignment to analyze a scene from a movie and write an essay about it

Introduction to reading the book you choose from the list for unit 8

Introduction to the unit 7 assignment on reading persuasive essays

Introduction to the unit 7 assignment on use of connotation in persuasive writing or speaking

Introduction to the unit 8 essay about how different characters/people view an issue from the book differently

Directions for the shot list & transcript assignment in unit 8.

Introduction to unit 8 scene analysis assignments

Introduction to the unit 8 assignment to create a short screenplay of a scene from the unit 8 book you read

Directions for assignment on analyzing two speeches