Grade 9 - Alberta Language Arts ELA - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

Grade 9 - Alberta Language Arts ELA - FULL YEAR BUNDLE - Teaching made easy! This NO PREP bundle includes everything you need to teach the Alberta Grade 9 Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum.

Grade 9 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Vocabulary, Conventions, and Fluency

Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:

• General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
• General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

Some of the concepts covered:

• Suffixes: -ing, -ly, -able, -less, -ment, -ful, -ness, -tion, -ous, -y, -ize, -ship and many more
• Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, ex-, in-, non-, sub-, inter-, anti-, mis-, super- and many more
• Sentence Structure: Sentence Fragments, Run-On Sentences, Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
• Clauses and Conjunctions: Independent and Dependent Clauses, Relative Clauses, Adverbial Clauses, Prepositional Clauses, Coordinating, Subordinating, and Correlative Conjunctions
• Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions
• Verb Forms and Tenses: Linking Verbs, "To Be" Verbs, Past, Present, Future, and Perfect Tenses
• Commands and Questions: Imperative and Interrogative Verbs
• Pronouns: Relative, Intensive, and Reflexive Pronouns
• Sentence Components: Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Predicate Nouns, and Predicate Adjectives
• Verbals: Gerunds and Participles
• Adverbs and Phrases: Adverbial Phrases and Prepositional Phrases
• Voice in Writing: Active and Passive Voice, and Choosing the Appropriate Voice
• Capitalization: Proper Adjectives, Dialogue, Titles, and Formal Writing
• Punctuation: Quotation Marks, Commas, Colons, Semicolons, Ellipses, and Dashes
• Reading Fluency: Expression, Intonation, and Reading for Purpose and Audience
• Vocabulary Development: Weekly Tier 2 and Tier 3 Vocabulary, Morphology, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Analysis
• Reader's Theatre: Developing Reading Fluency, Expression, Comprehension, and Oral Communication Skills
• Weekly quizzes (30 different assessments)
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 9 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Writing Workbook

Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:

General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

General Outcome 3: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.

General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

General Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others

Some of the concepts covered:

• Types of text forms – when to use each one (narratives, letters/emails, persuasive, comic strips, reports, etc.)
• Experiment – writing with planning time versus writing without planning time (no brainstorming)
• Activity – Voice in Music
• Personal voice in writing
• How to write a perfect paragraph – topic sentence (hook), body (supporting details), conclusion
• Essay writing – how to write and identify a thesis statement
• Writing a 5-paragraph essay
• Formal versus informal letter writing – voice in our writing
• Narrative writing – beginning, middle, end
• Analyzing quality stories – building success criteria
• Using quotations in narrative writing – dialogue
• Activity – Story Swap Revision
• Understanding persuasive writing
• Activity – Being Persuasive: Debate
• Understanding bias in persuasive writing
• Assignment – advertising a new invention
• Expository text forms – reports, lists, problem/solution report, compare/contrast essay, cause and effect essay
• Writing a How-To-Guide
• Synthesizing multiple reports
• Writing a report – circulatory system and water bodies
• How to research effectively – trustworthy sources, using keywords
• Activity – Online Treasure Hunt
• Writing a problem/solution report
• Determining solutions to problems
• Types of poems – Haiku, Limerick, Rhyming Poems, Acrostic Poems
• Assignment – writing a poetry children’s book
• Cursive writing – Limerick
• Comic strips – onomatopoeia and illustrating graphic texts
• Assignment - creating an online comic strip
• Biographies – cross curricular connections: Marie Curie, John A. Macdonald, and Tecumseh
• How to cite where we find research – bibliography
• Activity – Partner Biography/Bibliography Assignment
• Cursive writing package/booklet
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 9 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Comprehension and Text Forms Workbook

Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:

General Outcome 1: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and

experiences.

General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally

and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

General Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with

Others

Some of the concepts covered:

• How techniques like word choice, fonts, and layouts affect texts
• What is reading comprehension? What strategies work for me?
• Comprehension Practice – Refocusing / Re-engaging
• Bias in letter writing, book reviews, and in persuasive writing
• Making inferences from letter writing
• Narratives – finding examples of literary devices: irony, allusion, and satire
• Analyzing first-person, second-person, and third-person narratives
• Analyze the decision making of characters
• Drama stories – round and flat characters
• Sequencing a narrative with multiple plots – rearranging plot events
• Narrative structure – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• Story structures: linear, cyclical, and iterative stories
• Story – Character Identification And Comparison
• Characterization – character traits, decision making, and evolution of characters
• Cultural Stories: African Nova Scotians, Acadians, the Mi'kmaq Nation
• Determining the causes and effects in narratives
• Implicit versus explicit evidence in persuasive texts
• Expository texts – informational reports and how-to-guides
• Propaganda – Critical Analysis
• Synthesizing multiple reports and essays
• Identity, Social Responsibility And Efficacy
• Scanning texts looking for specific information for research
• Analyzing a speech – Stereotypes in Indigenous Culture
• Study strategy: read, recite, and review
• Five paragraph essays – text patterns and features
• Identifying thesis statements found in reports and essays
• Identifying literary devices in poetry – irony, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, allusion, and satire
• Analyzing poems – haiku, limerick, acrostic, cinquain, and rhyming poetry
• Studying poetry written by Indigenous authors
• Explicit and implicit perspectives in book reviews
• Activity – detecting bias in online reviews
• Book review – choose favourite author and compare the texts they have written
• Graphic texts – timelines, memes, comics, infographics, maps
• Visual/graphics – Illustration styles: realism, cartoon, sketch, outline
• Biographies – Samuel de Champlain, Tom Longboat, Alexander Graham Bell, Joan Chalmers, Norval Morrisseau
• Activity: analyzing multimedia features (bold fonts, visuals, layout, music, colours, etc.)
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 9 – Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum (ELA) – Oral Language Unit

Some of the concepts covered:

• Activity: Interactive Q&A Sessions
• Activity: Open-Ended Question Challenge
• Activity: Idea Gallery Walk
• Activity: Feedback Circle
• Activity: Presentation Rehearsals with Peer Feedback
• Activity: Two Truths and a Lie - Listening Edition
• Activity: Listening Journal Reflection
• Activity: Audio Story Analysis
• Activity: Perspective Exchange Discussions
• Activity: Respectful Response Role-Play
• Activity: Perspective Shift Debate
• Activity: The Conversation Web
• Activity: Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
• Activity: Pass the Story
• Activity: Discussion Circles
• Activity: The Social Justice Web
• Activity: Audience Analysis
• Activity: Story Circle and Response Chains
• Activity: Group Discussion Leaders
• Activity: Story Circle Paraphrase
• Activity: Guest Speaker Analysis
• Activity: Grammar and Syntax Workshop
• Activity: Role-Playing Scenarios
• Activity: Impromptu Speeches
• Activity: Opinion Beach Ball
• Activity: Community Helpers and Their Challenges
• Activity: Readers' Theatre - Poetry Performance
• Activity: Mood Mirroring
• Activity: Emotion Waves
• Activity: Nonverbal Communication Game
• Activity: Emotion Charades
• Activity: Cultural Communication Exploration
• Activity: Feedback Incorporating Activity
• Activity: Classroom Teach-Back
• Activity: Collaborative Mind Maps
• Activity: Presentation Breakdown
• Activity: Targeted Presentation Project
• Activity: Debate Club
• Activity: The Great Debate
• Activity: Media Detective
• Activity: Culture Café
• Activity: The Oral Communication Awards

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Alberta Language Arts curriculum.

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