High School • Grade 9 ELA + Grades 9–12 Writing
Explore Grade 9 ELA Single-Class Lesson Plans and Grades 9–12 resources from The Art of Essay Writing. Browse source-based lessons, writing supports, and individual free samplers.
Grade 9 • ELA + SEL
Four complete lessons with individual free samplers, text analysis, evidence-based writing, and assessments.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 9 ELA | SEL
Use “When Care Counts” to analyze how detail selection, pacing, reflection, tone, and resolution communicate author’s purpose through Alex’s story of responsibility and careful judgment at a marina.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 9 ELA | SEL
Use “The Moment to Step In” to analyze scene construction, pacing, internal reflection, detail selection, tone, and quiet resolution through Maya’s thoughtful response to a subtle social risk.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 9 ELA | SEL
Use “A Choice That Carries Forward” to analyze how character focus, pacing, reflection, and resolution communicate author’s purpose through Eli’s decision to accept responsibility and its long-term effects.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 9 ELA | SEL
Use “The Waiting Effect” to analyze how pacing, uncertainty, reflection, and delayed outcomes communicate author’s purpose through Noah’s persistence, revision, and growth when results are not immediate.
Grades 9–12 • ELA Writing
Six complete source-based writing units for argument, narrative analysis, informative synthesis, cause and effect, and comparative analysis. Each includes an individual free product sampler.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Analyze how values, responsibilities, competing interests, and consequences shape ethical choices, then develop a reasoned reflective argument supported by reading evidence.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Examine how competing values, emotions, and expectations influence decisions, then use textual evidence to explain why a person’s internal conflict matters.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Study relationships among interacting systems and perspectives, and write an informative synthesis explaining how connected factors influence decisions and outcomes.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Evaluate arguments about the use of artificial intelligence, distinguish claims from counterarguments, and support a position with evidence and clear reasoning.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Trace chains of decisions and delayed consequences, distinguish immediate from long-term effects, and explain outcomes through structured cause-and-effect writing.
The Art of Essay Writing | Grades 9–12
Compare personal accountability with shared community responsibility through a common reading and two evidence-based comparative essay prompts supported by planning and revision tools.
