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I.E. WELDON SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 9 COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

Course: ENG 1P – Grade 9 Applied English Room #: 222

Teacher: Ms. Neals Voicemail: 705-324-3585 ex. 19242

Email: lesley.neals@tldsb.on.ca Website: nealsclassroom.

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Course Description

“This course is designed to develop the key oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills students need for success in secondary school and daily life. Students will read, interpret, and create a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts. An important focus will be on identifying and using appropriate strategies and processes to improve students’ comprehension of texts and to help them communicate clearly and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the Grade 10 applied English course, which leads to college or workplace preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12.”

- Ontario Grades 9 and 10 English Curriculum Guidelines

Units of Study

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|Short Prose and Media |Drama Study |

|Resources: |Resources: |

|Language & Writing 9 (Aker & Hodgkinson) |TBD |

|Foundations of English 9 (Harper & Griffith) | |

|Mythic Voices (Lottridge & Dickie) |Language |

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|Novel Study |Language & Writing 9 (Aker & Hodgkinson) |

|Resources: |Power Zone Magazine, Vol. 9 (Hume & Ledgerwood) |

|Egghead (Philbrick) |Literacy Power G (Manley et al) |

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|Poetry |Independent Study Unit |

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|Language & Writing 9 (Aker & Hodgkinson) | |

|ResourceLines 9/10 (Duncan et al) | |

|Foundations of English 9 (Harper & Griffith) | |

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Required Materials / Equipment: subject dependent

• Notebook – three ring binder

• Loose leaf paper

• Writing utensils

Evaluation Procedure

• Summative Evaluations – 70%

Knowledge/ Understanding 20%

Thinking / Inquiring / Problem Solving 20%

Communication 20%

Application 10%

Culminating Tasks– 30%

In-class assignment 10%

Final Exam 20%

The in-class assignment will occur during the last few weeks of the semester and the final exam will occur during the exam period.

Grade 9 Exam Exemption

In an effort to improve student task completion and to reward consistent daily contributions, students who earn a term average of 70% or greater in any grade 9 course, with all assignments completed and submitted according to the teacher’s deadlines, will be exempt from their exam. Students and parents may waive the exemption if they so choose. Our goal is to motivate students to complete all of their work, which in turn should improve their overall results.

Deadlines

Students are expected to meet all deadlines set out by the subject teacher.

Academic Dishonesty

Any ideas or words that come from any source other than from personal experience must be formally referenced. Failure to do so is considered plagiarism. Cheating during tests or exams is forbidden. Academic dishonesty of any kind results in a mark of zero.

Missed Evaluations

Students who are absent the day of an evaluation are expected to write the day they return to school or at a time agreed upon by the teacher. Arrangements regarding planned absences must be made with the teacher in advance.

Attendance

Good attendance is essential for academic success. Students who have chronic problems with attendance undermine their ability to gain a credit.

Reporting

Student achievement will be reported in all courses at the following times:

Semester #2

Mark Update Week – March 20-24

Parent’s Night – March 30 – 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Interim Report Card – April 28

Pre-exam Mark Update Week – May 29–June 2

Final Report Card – mailed first week of July

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