Welcome to LA 9!

Welcome toLanguage Arts 9!

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22023/2024

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Mrs. Suzanne Annable

• grew up in Red Deer
• parents live in the Summer Village of Gull Lake
• live in Red Deer with my daughter (Kate) and our English Cocker Spaniel, Whiskey
• been teaching for 23 years

English, Foods, Info Pro, Indigenous Studies

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Esto es un párrafo listo para contener creatividad, experiencias e historias geniales.

Language Arts 9

In English Language Arts 9, you examine ideas, experiences and information from points of view that differ from you own. We will discuss how different people take away different meanings from the same material, understanding that each individual’s knowledge and experience affect their way of interpreting information. Using different sources of information, you will continue to develop their own opinions and impressions on various topics.

June

May

February

April

March

January

December

November

October

September

cALENDAR

Review:

• Vocabulary
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Complete Sentences
• Finding the Main Idea
• Making Inferences
• Cause & Effect
• Proofreading

September

cALENDAR

Grammar

• Parts of Speech
• Parts of a Sentence
• Types of Sentences
• Comma Use

SpellingVocabularyWriting

• The Writing Process
• Compare & Contrast
• Business Email

October

• Figurative Language
• Reading Skills
• "The Lottery"
• "The Most Dangerous Game"
• "Why Summers Make Us Lazy"
• "Adolescence and the Teenage Crush"
• Listening Skills

November

cALENDAR

• Figurative Language
• Reading Skills
• "The Lottery"
• "The Most Dangerous Game"
• "Why Summers Make Us Lazy"
• "Adolescence and the Teenage Crush"
• Listening Skills

November

cALENDAR

• Listening Skills
• Analyzing Film
• Viewing Skills
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Character Analysis
• Literary Analysis Paragraph

December

cALENDAR

• Grammar
• The 5-Paragraph Essay
• Expository Essay
• Outlining
• Drafting
• Revising
• Proofreading
• "The Sniper"
• Reading Comprehension Practice
• Persuasive Writing

January

cALENDAR

• Speaking: TED Talk
• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World

February

cALENDAR

• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
• Poetry
• Terminology
• Types of Poems
• Analyzing Poetry
• "The Road Not Taken"
• "The Raven"

March

cALENDAR

• "No Man is an Island"
• "What Teachers Make"
• Business Email
• Reading Comprehension Practice
• The Hero's Journey
• The Lion King (1994)
• Narrative Writing

April

cALENDAR

• Essay
• Skill Review
• Provincial Achievement Test - Part A
• "Why Do People Follow the Crowd?"
• "Why It Matters that Teens are Reading Less"
• "The Necklace"
• "The Bet"

May

cALENDAR

• Reading Comprehension Practice
• Practice P.A.T.
• Writing Multiple Choice Tests
• Study Tips
• Provincial Achievement Test - Part B

June

SKILL REVIEW (5%) GRAMMAR (10%) SPELLING & VOCABULARY (5%) WRITING SKILLS (20%) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (5%) READING SKILLS (20%) SPEAKING, LISTENING & VIEWING (10%) POETRY (10%) PROVINCIAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (15%)

Evaluation

If you are in English 10-1 and are caught either plagiarizing or using any AI program for your literary analysis writing, you will be automatically transferred to English 10-2. The following applies to both English 10-1 and English 10-2 students.

• Your assignment will receive a zero, and you will be required to rewrite on a different topic.
• A note about the use of plagiarism and/or an AI program will be noted in PowerSchool.
• The Administration will be notified of the use of plagiarism and/or an AI program.
• Writing will be put through multiple programs to ensure consistent results regarding plagiarism and/or AI use.
• The teacher reserves the right to have any student complete any of the written assignments by hand (no computer).
• Students will be taught how to use new AI technology as a starting point for their writing, but written work will be expected to be at least 80% their own ideas and content (outside of properly cited sources).

PLAGIARISM & AI PROGRAM USE

Cell phones should not be out during class time. Your priority is learning the material provided, practicing skills, and getting prepared for the diploma exams in January.

CELL PHONES

If you are away during one of these designated days, you will write an alternative assignment the first day you return.

All reading comprehension assignments and written assignments (eg: essays) will be completed in-class during the semester.

MISSED WORK

DUE DATES

Students are expected to hand it work on the due dates provided. These will be clearly indicated on the website. Assignments will be accepted for a course mark until one week after the start of a new unit. After that, the assignment will be accepted for feedback only. (The resulting grade will not be entered into PowerSchool.)

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2. Respect others
3. Respect the environment you are in

EXPECTATIONS

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