Parent plan · Week 22 · Citation, paraphrase and strategic speech — English 9: Experience, Perspective & Inquiry

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Units to teach or revisit

Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing

Assigned readings

This week connects focused skill instruction with a sustained reading or writing assignment. Keep evidence notes, drafts, feedback, and corrections in the portfolio.

This week’s goals

Read Books V–VI. Build a source notebook with exact quotations and genuinely rewritten paraphrases.

Five sessions of about 40–50 minutes, plus 20–30 minutes of sustained reading most days. Spread long passages across reading time; shorten or extend the schedule according to comprehension. Exam sessions may be combined as specified in the paper.

Session 1 · Close reading

A practical method: read once for literal understanding, mark a relevant detail, write a tentative response, then test it against another detail. In a language task, identify the intended meaning before changing the sentence. In a research task, record what each source actually establishes before synthesizing. For Grade 9, the application expectation is: Trace a change across a passage and consider one competing explanation. Plan a response of about 180–250 words when a task calls for a developed paragraph; a sentence-editing task may need much less. These lengths guide planning rather than replace the success criteria.

Your task

Compare Odysseus’s vulnerability in the storm and his appeal to Nausicaa.

  1. Prepare (5 minutes): retrieve the relevant method and state one question.
  2. Study (10–15 minutes): read or reread the named passage and annotate relevant details.
  3. Apply (15–20 minutes): complete the task independently, using accurate source references.
  4. Reflect (5 minutes): explain a choice, check the criteria, and record a next step.
Hint and response guidance

Begin with a short, precisely located detail or sentence. Explain its relevance before extending the conclusion.

A reputed hero depends on conditions and others’ judgment. Strategic language adapts to vulnerability; it does not erase it.

  • Accurately complete the assigned task.
  • Use relevant evidence or a purposeful language/craft choice.
  • Explain the reasoning or effect and preserve an important qualification.

Session 2 · Quotation notebook

Read the named section before making an inference. State the task in your own words and locate the evidence it requires.

Your task

Record three brief quotations with source title and book or available locator.

  1. Prepare (5 minutes): retrieve the relevant method and state one question.
  2. Study (10–15 minutes): read or reread the named passage and annotate relevant details.
  3. Apply (15–20 minutes): complete the task independently, using accurate source references.
  4. Reflect (5 minutes): explain a choice, check the criteria, and record a next step.
Hint and response guidance

Begin with a short, precisely located detail or sentence. Explain its relevance before extending the conclusion.

Preserve exact wording and the supplied edition. Record the reason each quotation matters; do not invent page numbers for the plain-text file.

  • Accurately complete the assigned task.
  • Use relevant evidence or a purposeful language/craft choice.
  • Explain the reasoning or effect and preserve an important qualification.

Session 3 · Paraphrase

Explain how a detail supports the claim; separate what the text states from your interpretation and what remains uncertain.

Your task

Paraphrase one difficult passage without borrowing its distinctive wording, then attribute it.

  1. Prepare (5 minutes): retrieve the relevant method and state one question.
  2. Study (10–15 minutes): read or reread the named passage and annotate relevant details.
  3. Apply (15–20 minutes): complete the task independently, using accurate source references.
  4. Reflect (5 minutes): explain a choice, check the criteria, and record a next step.
Hint and response guidance

Begin with a short, precisely located detail or sentence. Explain its relevance before extending the conclusion.

Change structure and phrasing while preserving scope. Attribution remains necessary even when the wording is genuinely your own.

  • Accurately complete the assigned task.
  • Use relevant evidence or a purposeful language/craft choice.
  • Explain the reasoning or effect and preserve an important qualification.

Session 4 · Works Cited

Draft for purpose and audience first. Use the linked unit to review the method, then apply it to this week’s text rather than copying a model.

Your task

Build entries using actual core elements for the primary edition and contextual sources.

  1. Prepare (5 minutes): retrieve the relevant method and state one question.
  2. Study (10–15 minutes): read or reread the named passage and annotate relevant details.
  3. Apply (15–20 minutes): complete the task independently, using accurate source references.
  4. Reflect (5 minutes): explain a choice, check the criteria, and record a next step.
Hint and response guidance

Begin with a short, precisely located detail or sentence. Explain its relevance before extending the conclusion.

Use the named author or attribution, title, translator or editor where relevant, publication context, and location. Check elements against the source itself.

  • Accurately complete the assigned task.
  • Use relevant evidence or a purposeful language/craft choice.
  • Explain the reasoning or effect and preserve an important qualification.

Session 5 · Citation audit

Use feedback to test meaning, evidence, and scope. Revise substantive issues before editing conventions; preserve the earlier version.

Your task

Ask a parent to trace one quotation and one paraphrase from draft to source. Repair any break.

  1. Prepare (5 minutes): retrieve the relevant method and state one question.
  2. Study (10–15 minutes): read or reread the named passage and annotate relevant details.
  3. Apply (15–20 minutes): complete the task independently, using accurate source references.
  4. Reflect (5 minutes): explain a choice, check the criteria, and record a next step.
Hint and response guidance

Begin with a short, precisely located detail or sentence. Explain its relevance before extending the conclusion.

The trail must show where the passage came from and why it supports the claim. Citation format cannot make an inaccurate paraphrase acceptable.

  • Accurately complete the assigned task.
  • Use relevant evidence or a purposeful language/craft choice.
  • Explain the reasoning or effect and preserve an important qualification.

Submit this week

Parent / teacher weekly conference

Use the MLA reference and actual source details. A book number is a course locator; formal edition-specific conventions should be checked rather than guessed.

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