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9th
Grade Student Profile
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Throughout
the year, each 9th grade student will learn and demonstrate:
LISTENING/SPEAKING
READING
- A basic understanding of culturally diverse written
texts.
- An ability to analyze and critically evaluate the written texts
and visual representations.
- Various strategies to aid in word identification, vocabulary development,
and reading comprehension.
- Identification of the relation of word meanings in analogies,
homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, and connotation/denotation.
- Identification of main ideas and their supporting details, and
summarization of texts.
- Analysis of literary elements for their contribution to the work's
meaning.
- Recognition and interpretation of poetic elements and the effect of sound
on meaning in a literary work.
- An ability to draw inferences such as conclusions, generalizations
and predictions and support them from the text.
- An interpretation of the possible influences of the historical
context on literary work.
- Analysis of the characteristics of text, including its structure,
word choices, and intended audience.
- Evaluation of the credibility of information sources and to determine
the writer's motives.
- Analysis of the text to evaluate the logical argument employed.
- Analysis of nonfiction texts and visual representations to get
the main idea of the message's content.
- An understanding and interpretation of visual representations
through an analysis of relationships, ideas, and cultures shown
in various media.
- An ability to distinguish the purposes of various media forms
as well as identifying bias and other persuasive techniques.
WRITING
- The ability to produce within a given context, an
effective composition for a specific purpose, demonstrating a command
of the conventions of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar,
usage, and sentence structure, as well as usiing the techniques
of revision, editing, proofreading, to evaluate their work.
VIEWING/REPRESENTING
- Understand and interpret visual messages and media.
- Analyze and critique the significance of media.
- Produce visual representation that communicates
with others.
In 9th grade your child will be given the opportunity to learn:
FOUNDATIONS OF MATH FUNCTIONS
LINEAR FUNCTIONS
- Determine which domain and range values make sense in given linear
functions
- Translate among and use algebraic, tabular, graphical, or verbal
description of linear function
- Develop concept of a slope as a rate of change (rise/run)
- Determine y intercepts of graphs
- Determine meaning of slope and intercepts in situations using data,
symbolic representation, or graphs
- Investigate, describe, and predict changes in slope and y intercept
of graphs
- Solve problems using linear equations or linear inequalities
- Solve linear equations with concrete models, graphs, and properties
of equality
- Solve problems using a system of linear equations
QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
- Determine domain and range values reasonable to function
- Investigate, describe, and predict effects of changes on quadratic
functions
- Analyze graphs of quadratic functions and make conclusions
- Solve quadratic equations using models tables, and graphs
- Use patterns to generate quadratic functions and use them in problem
solving
- Analyze data and represent inverse variation using concrete models,
tables, and graphs
- Analyze data and represent exponential growth and decay using models,
tables and graphs
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
- Use simple and compound probabilities to find likelihood of given
events
- Use mean, median, mode and range in problem solving situations
- Determine combinations and arrangements in problem solving
In the ninth grade World Geography, your teenager will learn:
HISTORY
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Identify major eras, significance of various dates,
individuals, and events in U.S. History through 1877.
- Compare the political, economic, and social causes of exploration
and colonization, the revolutionary era, and the Civil War.
- Understand the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders
in the early years of the Republic.
- Explain the effects of westward expansion on the political, economic,
and social development of the nation and sectionalism leading up to
the Civil War.
GEOGRAPHY
- Explain the effects of westward expansion on the political, economic,
and social development of the nation and the world
- Use geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data
- Locate and compare places and regions of the U.S. and the world
- Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on
historical and contemporary events and how humans adapted and modified
the environment in the U.S. and the world
ECONOMICS
- Understand why various sections of the U.S. and the World developed
different patterns of economic activity
- Identify the economic forces, including industrialization and urbanization,
resulting in the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century.
- Origins and development of the free enterprise and other market
systems.
GOVERNMENT
- Understand the foundations of varioius governments around the world,
specifically representative governments.
- Recognize the principles of the U.S. Constitution and other historic
documents.
- Understand the impact of landmark Supreme Court cases
CITIZENSHIP
- Understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the U.S.
- Recognize the importance of the expression of different points of
view and effective leadership in government especially in a democratic
society.
CULTURE
- Understand the relationships between and among various people of
various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups of
the 17th-19th centuries and contemporary societies.
- Identify the major reform movements of the 19th century
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
- Describe the impact of science and technology on life in the U.S.
and the World
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
- Apply age-appropriate critical-thinking skills, communicate effectively,
and use problem-solving and decision-making processes.
In the ninth grade, an IPC student will learn:
LAB INVESTIGATION AND SAFETY
- Laboratory investigation and safety training in the use of lab equipment
- Wise choices in the conservation of and disposal or recycling of
materials.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
- The scientific method during field and laboratory investigation
- To collect and make measurements with precision
- To organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences and communicate
valid conclusions
CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
- Critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed
decisions
- To analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including
hypotheses and theories as to their strengths and weakness using scientific
evidence and information
CONCEPTS OF FORCE AND MOTION
- To calculate speed, momentum, acceleration, work, and power in systems
such as in the human body, moving toys, and machines
- To investigate and demonstrate mechanical advantage and efficiency
of machines such as levers, motors, wheels and axles, pulleys, and
ramps
EFFECTS OF WAVES
- To demonstrate wave types and their characteristics through a variety
of activities such as modeling with ropes and coils, activating tuning
forks, and interpreting data on seismic waves
- To identify uses of electromagnetic waves in various technological
applications such as fiber optics, optical scanners, and microwaves
IMPACTS OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
- To describe the law of conservation and be able to demonstrate the
movement of heat through solids, liquids, and gases by convection,
conduction, and radiation
- How to analyze the relationship between an electric current and
the strength of its magnetic field using simple electromagnetics
PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ITS COMPONENTS
- Investigate and identify properties of fluids including density,
viscosity, buoyancy, and research and describe the historical development
of the atomic theory.
CHANGES IN MATTER
- Distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter such
as oxidation, digestion, changes in states, and stages in the rock
cycle.
SOLUTION CHEMISTRY
- The structure of water to its function as the universal solvent,
and demonstrate how factors such as particle size, influence the rate
of dissolving
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