Description
This Grade 9 English course develops the foundational knowledge and skills students need for reading, writing, oral communication and media literacy. Students engage with diverse texts, develop critical literacy, and build communication skills for everyday contexts and further study.
What You’ll Learn
- Develop transferable skills and use digital and media tools safely and responsibly.
- Strengthen oral, non-verbal, reading and writing foundations.
- Read, listen to and view diverse literary, informational, digital, media and cultural texts.
- Apply comprehension and critical-thinking strategies to analyze ideas, perspectives and style.
- Plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, publish and present texts for different purposes and audiences.
- Connect literacy learning to lived experiences, other subjects, society and diverse voices, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Reading comprehension and critical literacy
- Writing, revision, editing and publishing
- Oral communication and presentation
- Media and digital literacy
- Research, source evaluation and responsible communication
Learning Outcomes
- Use transferable skills and digital media literacy in language and literacy contexts.
- Apply oral and non-verbal communication strategies for different purposes and audiences.
- Apply foundational language knowledge, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and other conventions.
- Understand a variety of texts and recognize forms, genres, patterns, features and elements of style.
- Use comprehension and critical-thinking strategies to analyze perspectives and meaning.
- Plan and create texts in different forms, including digital and media texts.
- Revise, edit, publish, present and reflect on created texts.
