ELA 9

This year I am going to try and keep track of my inclass work on this page. As we work through items in the textbook I will be post them here.

•  Grammar Workbook: Students will be assigned pages from a grammar work book.

Unit 1: Courage

• Unit opener and "It Takes Courage" pages 1 - 3. Read and discussed.
• Visualize and Make Connections pages 4 & 5. Discussed.
• "Over the Edge" pages 6 to 9. Read and answer questions (What do you..., Making Connections, Visualizing, Making Inferences) on page 9.

• "Not Ever Again" pages 10 to 14. Read and answer questions (What do you..., Visualising, Making Inferences, Critical Lit., Evaluating) page 14.

Tips for writing Narratives:  http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/elements.html

 Read: " Willam's Windmill"

Page 18

Complete the following questions on page 18:

  ·       Visualizing

·       Making Connections  

·       Literary Devices

 Some students had difficulty with the clip above. Please watch the video clip below. How does the visuals help your understanding of the piece?

• What do you think now?
• Visualizing  
  
• Finding the Main Idea
• Evaluating
  

Read pages 30 and 31. You are responsible to know the elements of persuasive text.

Read "Panic at the Playland" page 36 to 39.

Complete the following questions on page 39:

• What do you think Now?
• Analyzing Persuasive Text
• Drawing Conclusions
• Literary Devices
   

Novel Study - We are reading the novel in class. Students will be expected to complete work at home. I will be using the space below to keep track of chapters read between the 9-1 and 9-2 classes. I will also be conducting random content quizes on the material covered in class.