WELCOME TO GRADE 9 OPEN RELIGION
Course Name: "Be With Me"
Course Code: HRE 1O1
This website is for students currently enrolled in Grade 9 Open Religion during the 2010-2011 School Year. Here, you may find items such as assignments, review sheets and some notes that may be available on a day you were absent. If you have any questions about any of the material on the website, please speak with your teacher!
This course invites students to a deeper understanding of both the joy and the demands of following in the way of Christ and living out the call to discipleship as it is described in the Scriptures. Using the Beatitudes as a touchstone, students examine the attitudes and actions that characterize the Christian life. Students will explore a variety of topics related to the themes of personhood, interpersonal relationships and sexuality. They are encouraged to understand and nurture within themselves the virtues which will enable them to deepen their relationship with God in and through Christ in the context of a Spirit-filled community.
Students are expected to follow class rules and routines:
- Regular attendance, full effort and committed participation are necessary for success in this course
Printable Grade 9 Open Course Outline.pdf
| UNIT TITLE |
| UNIT 1: THE BIBLE |
| UNIT 2: WHO IS JESUS? |
| UNIT 3: BE WITH ME AND BE ALIVE |
| UNIT 4: BE FAITHFUL AND BE LOVING |
| UNIT 5: BE OBEDIENT |
| ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION |
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The Ontario Curriculum, Program Planning and Assessment 2000 specifies that the mark for the course is to be based upon ongoing or term work (70%) and a final assessment (30%). The final assessment is broken down into a final culminating activity (10%) and a final examination (20%).
| Term Work |
70% |
| Final Culminating Activity |
10% |
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Final Examination |
20% |
The ongoing or term work will include reflections, small written assignments, literacy initiatives, reports, presentations, quizzes, and unit tests. The final assessment will include a project, and a final exam.
Within these two areas, marks will be obtained using the four categories specified in the Catholic Course Profile for Religious Education, Grade 9 Open.
| KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
| 25% |
- Demonstration of skills
- Understanding of concepts, facts, definitions
- Understanding of relationships between concepts.
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| THINKING |
25% |
- Reasoning
- Identifying problems, planning, formulating questions, selecting strategies and resources.
- Applying the steps of an inquiry/problem solving process
- Selecting and sequencing strategies
- Making conclusions
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| COMMUNICATION |
25% |
- Communicating and reasoning in writing and through various art forms
- Use of various forms of communication.
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| APPLICATION |
25% |
- Applying concepts and teachings relating to familiar settings
- Selecting strategies
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Please refer to St. Edmund Campion's Evaluation Policy for further details
regarding assessment and evaluation.
TEXTBOOK: Be With Me, CCCB Publication
The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Graduate Expectations
Vatican (Holy See) Website
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bible Gateway
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Online
American Catholic
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Anmesty International
Catholic Register Newspaper
COURSE MATERIALS
Unit One
Unit Two
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Unit Three
Unit Four
Unit Five