Dufferin-Peel CDSB - Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School

ENG 1L : English, Grade 9, Locally Developed

Course Description:
This course provides foundational literacy and communication skills to prepare students for success in their daily lives, in the workplace, and in the Grade 10 LDCC Course.
The course is organized into strands that develop listening and talking skills, reading and viewing skills, and writing skills. In all strands, the focus is on developing foundational literacy skills and on using language clearly and accurately in a variety of authentic contexts.
Students develop strategies and put into practice the processes involved in talking, listening, reading, viewing, writing, and thinking, and reflect regularly upon their growth in these areas.

Prerequisite: None

Strand
Overall Course Expectations: By the end of this course, students will:

Developing Listening and Talking Skills

use listening skills to participate in formal and informal classroom discussions;
use talk to develop thinking skills in small and large group interactions;
contribute ideas and converse while participating in classroom activities;
identify their strengths as oral communicators and reflect on next steps in further developing listening and talking skills.

Developing Reading and Viewing Skills

develop reading and viewing strategies to understand and make connections with texts that are part of school, workplace, and everyday life;
read and recognize a variety of short, engaging, authentic, and relevant print and non-print text forms, both teacher- and student-selected;
identify their strengths as independent readers and viewers and reflect on next steps in further developing their reading and viewing skills.

Developing Writing Skills

apply the writing process by generating and organizing ideas, writing a draft, revising, and editing to produce a variety of short written texts;
convey information and ideas clearly in a variety of short written forms;
identify their strengths as writers and reflect on next steps in further developing their writing skills.

Units of Study:

Literacy Development

Evaluation:

Oral Participation
OSSLT-style Writing Assignments
OSSLT-style Reading Assignments
Vocabulary Quizzes / Activities

Newspaper and Magazine Unit

Evaluations:

News Reports
Oral Participation

Anne of Green Gables and Other Fiction

Evaluations:

Oral Participation
Reading Comprehension and AR Exercises
Writing
Vocabulary Quizzes / Activities
Drama / Media Activity

Grammar

Evaluation

Work in Language Power G

Songs to Shakespeare

Evaluations:

Oral Participation
Writing Activities
Vocabulary Quizzes / Activities
Drama / Media Activity

Course Mark Breakdown

Knowledge/Understanding 20%
Thinking/Inquiry 25%
Communication 25%
Application 25%
Accelerated Reader (AR) 5.0%

Strategies Used in The Classroom

Developing Vocabulary
Use of Exemplars
Conferencing with Students
Formative Assessments
Modeling Reading Strategies
Test-Taking Strategies for OSSLT
Regular Use of the Computer

Strand	Overall Course Expectations: By the end of this course, students will:
Developing Listening and Talking Skills	use listening skills to participate in formal and informal classroom discussions; use talk to develop thinking skills in small and large group interactions; contribute ideas and converse while participating in classroom activities; identify their strengths as oral communicators and reflect on next steps in further developing listening and talking skills.
Developing Reading and Viewing Skills	develop reading and viewing strategies to understand and make connections with texts that are part of school, workplace, and everyday life; read and recognize a variety of short, engaging, authentic, and relevant print and non-print text forms, both teacher- and student-selected; identify their strengths as independent readers and viewers and reflect on next steps in further developing their reading and viewing skills.
Developing Writing Skills	apply the writing process by generating and organizing ideas, writing a draft, revising, and editing to produce a variety of short written texts; convey information and ideas clearly in a variety of short written forms; identify their strengths as writers and reflect on next steps in further developing their writing skills.