Grade 9 English Assignments - Term 3 Click on the links to access materials and resources

Syllabus / Course Outline for Term 3, and project break-down. ​See revised syllabus. 
​For Term 1 Click HERE.
For Term 2 Click HERE.
Independent Reading Project - A Reading Memoir Video to cover what you have read over the year, May 26-June 10
Find your books in FREE audio book format on site #1, site #2, or site #3. ​ALSO use your BanQ access code to borrow e-books from the bibliothèque nationale
DUE June 10 noon. Checkpoints are: ​Package submitted in person in class on June 10th includes: tracking sheet, planning sheet, storyboard, script, and the rubric - video is uploaded and/or shared to the Teams assignment - as an mp4 file - compressed and exported / downloaded and uploaded, NOT the rough data/folder
There is NO re-submission on this project as it is year end.
Expository Text (persuasive piece as either opinion article or spoken word poem)
  • By May 5 - Complete all the freewriting exercises. CHPT #1
  • May 8 - Complete a rough draft using compare-contrast structure, doesn't have to be in prose or verse yet, intro, body, conclusion - in class, exam-style - use the models
    • ​weekend homework to find a minimum of two credible authored sources to hyperlink to - one for your side and one for society's side
  • May 11/12 - STEP  3 - typing it up in the Teams assignment, adding as you go, no MLA
  • May 13 - STEP 4, committing to a form (article or poem); formatting it properly, revising and adding or cutting as needed, and adding hyperlinks
  • May 14 (31), May 19 (32) - polishing your text for the required elements such as ethos, logos, pathos, the comparison (analogy, metaphor, or simile) in the intro and conclusion recall, and one refrain. I will print this version halfway through class class and on it you will make notes about how you will read it: pauses, emphasis etc... this will be the version you perform as Talk #5
    • ​weekend homework is to practice performing this aloud - impactful reading, AND to annotate the draft for pauses and emphasis etc. See Two-Minute Talks #5 for what this looks like 
  • May 19 (31), May 20 (32), May 21 Two-Minute Talk #5 performing this with notes. Use the class feedback to revise your good copy - make sure notes to self to revise are on the copy you annotated for speech. This talk is not skippable as it counts as the peer review. CHPT #2
  • May 22 -finishing talks and  revising from the peer feedback to make the good and final copy
  • May 26 full package due in class. Good copy on top (I will print it from Teams), speaking typed draft with notes for speaking, notes to self for revision / revisions based on feedback AND all techniques highlighted and labelled, all handwritten exercises, & the rubric last.
5% will be deducted for each checkpoint missed (max. total 10%). LATE penalties: late within one week, lose 5%, late between 7 and 14 days, lose 10%, late beyond two weeks, lose 15%.
Re-submissions will be allowed up to and including June 10th at noon.
Two-Minute Talks Impromptu-ish (best 2 out of 3, counts for term 3)
  • Round 1 - Jan 7/8 and 9 (from a to z)​​
  • Round 2 - Jan 14 and 15/16 (from z to a)
  • Round 3 -  Feb 10 and 11/12 (starting in the middle up, then middle and down)
    • grp 31 James to Dylan, then Sedona to Dodge
    • grp 32 Nick to Caleb, then Matti to Landon
  • Round 4 - mini-debates in teams
  • Round 5 - polished presentation of your expository text (persuasion) - article or poem - with the text and from the dais
Literary Essay on a full-length narrative film of your choice in any genre (March 26 - April 14, we already spent a month learning this to The Matrix)
  • March 2​6- you have completed watching your choice of film and filling our your notesheet BOTH sides
  • March 26 - first working period on your essay - following similar steps as the group one - start with choosing your topic, evaluating its scope, creating the thesis and path statements, and filling out the outline for the body that ensures you're talking about literary, cinematic and theatrical techniques in each body paragraph
  • CHECKPOINTS:
    • March 26​ - come to class with notesheet complete; thesis and path statements texted to me in Teams during class, outline complete by end of class CKPT thesis, path & outline
    • March 30 - introduction and MLA formatted completed over the weekend; in class working on body 1 & 2 of the period CHCKPT intro, MLA, one body
    • April 9 - Peer review of the whole essay in class - you need two people
  • DUE: April 14 top of the class, no time working on this in class - come with your package ready to submit.
​5% will be deducted for each checkpoint missed (max. total 15%). LATE penalties: late within one week, lose 5%, late between 7 and 14 days, lose 10%, late beyond two weeks, lose 15%. 
Re-submissions will be allowed up to and including June 10th at noon.
MARCH 26 9:00PM - No more work on The Matrix will be accepted, except re-submissions. This was a learning project for the main essay which we have now begun. The same goes for the Stutterer notesheet. 
First weeks Feb. 11 - March 24: 
  • Two-minute Talk #3 on the Lens Project  - reviewing how to analyze visual images by looking at everyone's print ads
  • Learning how to analyze film by reviewing this slide show and looking at two TV commercials for Nike: "You Can't Win, So Win" and "I am the Pressure" to see how literary, cinematic, and theatrical conventions combine for specific effect in moving pictures
  • Feb. 18 - in class - occupational therapist Taylor is back to talk about motivation, task initiation, and more.
                       - DUE by 3:35pm late or resubmission of the Lens Project
  • Feb. 19 - in class 'test' - Doing a practice notesheet to the short narrative film STUTTERER using the conventions from the above slide show
  • Feb. 23 - Starting a literary essay together on The Matrix to prepare for their own individual analyses to films of their choice 
    • DUE March 16: The Matrix notesheet both sides including analysis - see Teams message with example
    • The Matrix group essay outline and basic essay structure slides
    • Timeline after watching the film: 
      • review notes, decide on a topic, evaluate the scope of the topic - is there enough evidence?
      • write the thesis and path, then elaborate on the path for a more detailed outline with evidence from literary, cinematic, and theatrical conventions
      • work on your own individual body paragraph. Here is my example essay with only one body paragraph
      • Create a Word doc, share with group members, with editing privileges. Everyone types in their paragraph at the same time
      • Complete the intro and MLA format together
      • Co-write the conclusion and read through for flow and coherence, adding transitions where necessary
      • Make sure it is MLA formatted with all member names on top and which body paragraph they wrote.
      • Use the review feature to give comments to your peers on their paragraphs. Peer review within your own group.
  • DUE March 25: Finalize the group paper, including all your notes with your names on the sheets