Adapt speaking style and language to different contexts, tasks, and audiences, and deliver a complete multimedia presentation that integrates all learned skills.

Analyze series of events for causation versus mere sequence and determine meanings of political, social, and economic vocabulary in historical texts.

Understand the purpose of style manuals and apply specific formatting and citation guidelines (MLA and Turabian) to conform your writing to the appropriate style.

Develop the logical foundation of an academic argument by crafting precise claims, supporting them with sufficient evidence, and addressing counterclaims fairly.

Distinguish primary from secondary historical sources and cite specific textual evidence from both types of sources to support analysis of historical events and interpretations.

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence from grade 9-10 texts to support both explicit analysis and inferences.

Learners will come to discussions prepared, draw on evidence to build ideas, and participate effectively in one-on-one, group, and teacher-led discussions with diverse partners.

Acquire college-level academic and domain-specific vocabulary and apply it to comprehend and express complex ideas.

Analyze how a subject is represented in different artistic and media mediums and what each emphasizes or omits.

Analyze how complex characters develop and how authors unfold series of ideas or events in grade 9-10 texts.

Learners will write strong argument conclusions and begin planning and organizing informative/explanatory texts.

Write strong conclusions for discipline-specific arguments that reinforce claims and articulate significance and implications.

Use varied transitions and sentence structures to link major sections, create overall cohesion, and clarify relationships among ideas in informative texts.

Determine central ideas in historical texts, trace how key events and ideas develop across a source, write objective summaries, and build stamina for reading complex social studies texts independently.

Organize and develop discipline-specific claims and counterclaims using well-chosen facts, data, and evidence.

Learners will develop informative topics using well-chosen facts, definitions, details, and examples, and use varied transitions to create cohesion across complex ideas.

Learners will build out the body of their narratives by managing event progression, using dialogue and pacing, incorporating description and reflection, and weaving complex plot structures with varied sequencing techniques.

Develop informative topics by including well-chosen facts, extended definitions, concrete details, and sufficient evidence appropriate to the audience.