English 9 Course Details
Teacher
Rachel Morris
Prerequisite
It is recommended that students complete English 8.
Description
English 9 consists of three modules. Modules 1 and 6 are compulsory. Students choose one module from a list of the remaining four modules. Each module has five sections and a module test. The modules are thematic and focus on elements of literature including a novel, and a combination of short stories, folk tales, poetry, or a play.
Module choices must be made at time of registration
The questions found in the self-marking activities, the send-in activities and the tests emphasize thinking skills as well as content recall.
A Supplemental Language Activity Booklet will be sent out by the instructor to students who require additional language assistance.
Type
Credit
0
Deposit
150.00
Delivery
Students can correspond with the course marker through the submission sheets with each assignment
Students will communicate with the teacher/advisor to get any needed support
eMarking
Summary
3 modules with 15 send-in assignments
3 module tests, 2 hours each
Evaluation
40% coursework
60% tests
Support
Limited tutorial support at SIDES by appointment
Materials
A Day No Pigs Would Die
In Context Three
Poetry and Language
Inside Stories 1
The Hobbit
The Third Magic
Best-Loved Folktales of the World
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cue for Treason
The War Between the Classes
Stoney Creek Woman
Audio Tape 1
Audio Tape 2
Requirements
Print-based: Use of an audio tape recorder is compulsory for listening and public speaking. There is also an optional video component. To obtain the video tapes, students must complete a rental form and pay a deposit. A video tape recorder is required for the tapes obtained from SIDES.
More Info
Module 1: Family Matters (Compulsory)
Section 1
Short stories: "Penny in the Dust" and "The Father"; Characteristics and structure of the short story; Elements of the short story - focus on symbols, irony, and conflict; Comparing short stories - value of a story
Section 2
Poetry: patterns of organization - focus on free and traditional verse; Descriptive language - focus on word pictures; Understanding poetry - focus on Tone; Function of poetry - focus on Personification
Section 3
Novel: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" - focus on background information, dialect, point of view, introduction, characterization, humour, and theme
Section 4
Novel: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" (cont'd) - focus on foreshadowing, contrast, characterization, theme, and conflict
Section 5
Novel: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" (cont'd) - focus on the purpose, climax, and the conclusion
Students must choose any one of the following four modules...
Module 2: Beyond Reality
Section 1
Short stories: Part 1 "Barney" story structure - focus on climax and anti-climax; Literary devices - focus on irony; Literary form - focus on journal writing; Short stories-Part II "The Wish": figurative language - focus on imagery and mood; Story structure - focus on point of view
Section 2:
A play: "The Book That Saved the Earth"; - Introduction; Play structure - focus on the elements of a play, dialogue, and humour
Section 3
A play: "Alligator on the Escalator" - nature of poetry: characteristics of a poem; "Ride a Wild Horse" - poetic devices: focus on the symbol; "The Witch of Coos" - meaning of poetry: focus on understanding; Poetic language: focus on similes and metaphors; Poetic fantasy: focus on the ghost story
Section 4
Novel: "The Hobbit" - elements of the novel - focus on plot and conflict; Understanding the novel - focus on the use of descriptive language and foreshadowing
Section 5
"The Hobbit" (cont'd ) - understanding the novel; Elements of the novel - focus on conflict, resolution, character, and theme
Module 3: Myths and Make Believe
Section 1
"Best Loved Folk Tales of the World" and "The Nature of Myth" - focus on the characteristics of folk literature - focus on listening skills; "Ice and Flame" - focus on Descriptive Language I: simile, metaphor, personification - focus on descriptive Language II: assonance, alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia; "Prometheus the Fire-Thief" - focus on Descriptive Language III: contrast, extended metaphor
Section 2
Legends: Heroes and Villains - "The Old Man and the Magic Bowl" - focus on Story Structure I: setting, character, mood, theme - focus on Story Structure II: conflict, plot, climax, denouement
Section 3
Novel: "The Third Magic" Part I, Chapters 1 through 7 - focus on symbolism: line versus circle
Section 4
Novel: "The Third Magic" Part II, Chapters 8 through 14 - focus on symbolism of names and the number three; Focus on the symbolism of "The Egg"
Section 5
Novel: "The Third Magic Part III, Chapters 15 through 21 and Epilogue - focus on suspense, climax, and irony
Module 3 test covers the work of Module 3
Module 4: Shakespeare's Theatre
Section 1
The life of William Shakespeare; Elizabethan England; Shakespearean theatre; Sonnets
Section 2
Novel: "Cue for Treason" (Chapters 1 through 25) - reading and understanding
Section 3
Novel: "Cue for Treason" (cont'd) - Introduction; Plot; Character; Conflict and character motivation; Setting and mood; Theme and final review
Section 4
Play: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Introduction; All You Need to Know about Shakespearean Drama; Understanding Acts I, II, and III
Section 5
Play: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (cont'd) - Understanding Acts IV and V; Romance; Comedy and conclusion
Module 4 test covers the work of Module 4
Module 5: The Outsiders
Section 1
Short stories: "We All Don't Have to Talk Alike" - focus on character development; "The Friday Everything Changed" - focus on plot and setting; "The All-American Slurp" - focus on theme
Section 2
Nonfiction stories: "The Rosa Parks Story" and "Perez: Escaped to Canada" - focus on denotation and connotation; Poetry: "Jamie" and "Quinnapoxed" - focus on compactness and imagery; "Warning" and "Old Woman Seated" - focus on tone
Section 3
Poetry: Hunger", "A Helping Hand", "Summer Camp" - focus on figurative language, personification, simile and metaphor; Novel: "The War Between the Classes" - focus on Chapters 6 to 14
Section 4
Novel: "The War Between the Classes" (cont'd) - focus on characterization and point of view; Focus on plot: types of conflict and form
Module 5 test covers the work of Module 5
Module 6: Living with Nature (Compulsory)
Section 1
Short stories: "A Way Out of the Forests" - focus on story elements; "Operation Survival" - focus on plot and mood; "The Sea Devil" - focus on characterization and foreshadowing; focus on theme
Section 2
The play: "Accomplices" - focus on the play; Focus on the legend: "The Boy Who Fed Eagles"; Focus on poetry, Part I: "There Are Some Things" and "The Nurselog"; Focus on Poetry Part II: "It Rained" and "Sometimes When It Rains"
Section 3
Nonfiction biography: "Stoney Creek Woman"
Section 4
Nonfiction biography: "Stoney Creek Woman" (cont'd)
Module 6 test covers the work of Module 6