Grade 9 - BC Language Arts ELA - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

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

Grade 9 – British Columbia Language Curriculum (ELA) – Conventions, Reading Strategies, Syntax and Sentence Fluency. This resource covers all learning standards and elaborations related to conventions, reading strategies, syntax and sentence fluency in the British Columbia Language Curriculum (ELA).

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 Essentials: Identifying Fragments, Understanding Simple Sentence Construction
• Grammar Foundations: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Their Roles
• Sentence Expansion: Building Complex Sentences, Avoiding Run-ons
• Advanced Syntax: Crafting Compound-Complex Sentences for Clarity
• Verb Varieties: Mastering "To Be," Linking, and Perfect Tense Forms
• Verb Tenses: Exploring Past, Present, and Future for Strong Writing
• Commands and Questions: Crafting Imperatives and Exploring Interrogatives
• Pronouns in Depth: Types, Roles, and Case Usage
• Enhancing Descriptions: Using Adjectives and Adverbs Effectively
• Gerunds and Infinitives: Expanding Writing with Verbal Nouns
• Voice in Writing: Active Versus Passive Voice, Choosing Effectively
• Noun Functions: Exploring Predicate Nouns and Adjectives in Sentences
• Phrase Building: Using Adverbial and Prepositional Phrases for Detail
• Dialogue Dynamics: Capitalization and Punctuation for Conversations
• Advanced Punctuation: Mastering Colons, Semicolons, Ellipses for Effect
• Vocabulary Development: Using Thesaurus for Word Choice and Variety
• Morphology Mastery: Identifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots in Words
• Comprehension Techniques: Strategies for Understanding and Analyzing Texts (Reader’s Theatre)
• Expressive Reading: Performance Techniques for Engaging Audiences
• Genre-Specific Writing: Tailoring Style for Different Writing Forms
• Reading with Expression: Developing Fluency, Tone, and Pacing
• Spelling Strategies: Tackling Commonly Misspelled Words and Patterns
• Grammar Proficiency: Ensuring Clear and Correct Communication
• Weekly quizzes (30 different assessments)
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 9 – British Columbia Language Curriculum – Writing Workbook. This resource covers all learning standards and elaborations related to writing in the British Columbia (BC) Language Curriculum (ELA).

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 – British Columbia Language Curriculum – Comprehension, Story, and Text Forms. This resource covers all learning standards, elaborations, and Big Ideas related to reading strategies, comprehension, text forms, and stories in the grade 9 British Columbia Language (ELA) curriculum.

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
• Indigenous Storywork – 7 Principles: respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, synergy
• 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
• Report – Justice, Equity And Fairness
• 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
• Problem and solution letters
• 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.)
• Metacognitive strategies: reading tracking charts and reading goals
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 9 – British Columbia Language Curriculum – Oral Language Unit. This resource covers all learning standards, elaborations and Big Ideas related to the Oral Language section of the Language curriculum (ELA).

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 BC Language Arts curriculum.

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