Grade 9/10
2019
Core Competency Skills
Our new curriculum has changed the way we teach our subjects. Instead of focusing on content we are learning a set of skills that one must have to achieve success in their grade.
The document below is the list of the competency skills for English grades 9/10.
You'll notice that some skills have been repeated, some skills have changed the wording and some skills are new. This is where we must begin.
| 9/10 English Core Curricular Competencies.pdf |
Handouts
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| haiku_handout.pdf |
| limerick.pdf |
| ballad_handout.pdf |
| english_sonnet_handout.pdf |
| blank_verse_handout.pdf |
| free_verse + slam_poetry_handout.pdf |
English Assignments
Some of these assignment repeat in Drama because the assignment has skills for both subjects that will be assessed.
Unit 1
Novel Study
Together we read "Fatty Legs" and used quotes from the book to help define the new literary devices.
Students were to keep track of specific character traits and to think about the importance of each character in the story.
We also learned a little bit about the author so that we could determine whether or not this was an authentic voice/story: truth, based in truth, or fiction.
Students were to keep track of specific character traits and to think about the importance of each character in the story.
We also learned a little bit about the author so that we could determine whether or not this was an authentic voice/story: truth, based in truth, or fiction.
Students have now picked one of the three novels to read for our individual novel study.
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Novel Study Class Structure
We will begin each class in the English room to learn a new literary device and to be assigned the next group chapter reading goal.
Students will break off into novel groups to read the next chapters aloud.
During this time they will complete their quadrant section and journal entry. The prediction quadrant must be filled individually and before they read the next chapters.
Students will return to the English room at the end of class to receive their homework assignment.
We will begin each class in the English room to learn a new literary device and to be assigned the next group chapter reading goal.
Students will break off into novel groups to read the next chapters aloud.
During this time they will complete their quadrant section and journal entry. The prediction quadrant must be filled individually and before they read the next chapters.
Students will return to the English room at the end of class to receive their homework assignment.
First Homework Assignment
- Complete your research on the author of your novel
- Fill out a plot structure prediction (this should be completed before you begin reading) - you can use what you find out about the author and you can also read the blurb about the novel at the back of the book to help.
- Read the first 24 pages of your novel
- Fill out the quadrant
- The prediction part of the quadrant is based on what you think will happen after you've read the first 24 pages.
- Complete a journal entry
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Homework Assignments will continue after each reading.
Complete a new quadrant and a new journal entry.
Complete a new quadrant and a new journal entry.
Monday, September 27th
Every student has completed their novel. They've gotten together with their original novel groups to discuss what they read and how the book ended for them.
In their group they needed to answer this question:
Homework:
Every student has completed their novel. They've gotten together with their original novel groups to discuss what they read and how the book ended for them.
In their group they needed to answer this question:
- Now that you’ve finished the novel and have learned about the author and the historical experiences of indigenous Canadians does this story seem authentic? Why or why not?
- Can you tell us the significance that land/place had on the protagonist. Was it an integral part of their life experiences as shown in the novel. Use examples and compare to Fatty Legs and the other novels.
Homework:
- Did you enjoy having a novel group while you read the story? What was good about it, what was challenging about it?
- Did you learn something from your peers that you wouldn’t have understood if you had been by yourself? Tell me about your group and how they were helpful during this unit.
- Would you recommend this novel to others? Why or why not?
- Who is this book for?
- Were the Quadrant and Journal Entries helpful for you to organize your thoughts and process what was happening in the novel?
| song_of_the_day.pdf |
| literary_device_assignment_fall_2019.pdf |
| poetry_assignment.pdf |
| slam_poem_assignment_questions.pdf |
| haunted_house_poster.pdf |
| play critic 2019.pdf |
| fall_play_critic.pdf |
