English Language Arts, Grade 9
New Brunswick · Grade 9 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Speaking and Listening
GCOs 1-3 (woven): speaking and listening to explore, clarify, and reflect; communicating information effectively and responding personally and critically; and interacting with sensitivity and respect.
- Examining others' ideas to extend understanding
- Asking relevant questions calling for elaboration and qualification
- Advocating and supporting points of view convincingly
- Listening critically to assess evidence and integrity
- Participating constructively including debate
- Adapting vocabulary, structure, and rate to the speaking occasion
- Giving and following instructions of increasing complexity
- Evaluating spoken language and its significant features
- Demonstrating active listening and respect for others
- Expressing opinions with sensitivity to others
- Demonstrating awareness of the power of spoken language
- Recognizing that spoken language has different conventions across situations and cultures
Unit 2: Reading and Viewing
GCOs 4-7 (woven): selecting, reading, and viewing a range of texts; interpreting, selecting, and combining information; responding personally; and responding critically applying understanding of language, form, and genre.
- Selecting texts for learning needs and special interests
- Reading widely across young adult fiction and literature
- Understanding that information texts are constructed for purposes
- Using cueing systems and strategies for complex texts
- Articulating processes and strategies for complex texts
- Independently accessing and selecting information
- Relying on a range of print and non-print sources
- Employing relevant research strategies
- Moving beyond initial understanding to thoughtful interpretations
- Expressing and supporting points of view citing evidence
- Finding evidence to support claims with confidence and flexibility
- Critically evaluating information and assessing reliability
- Demonstrating how text and genre characteristics contribute to meaning
- Responding critically to complex texts and the values within them
Unit 3: Writing and Representing
GCOs 8-10 (woven): using writing and representing to explore, clarify, and reflect; creating texts collaboratively and independently for a range of audiences and purposes; and using a range of strategies and conventions to develop effective writing and representing.
- Using a range of strategies to explore, reflect, and evaluate learning
- Reflecting on effective strategies and personal growth
- Using note-making to reconstruct knowledge
- Making informed language choices for interesting effects
- Demonstrating facility in using a variety of forms
- Choosing writing forms that match purpose and reader
- Representing ideas with other forms
- Making choices of form, style, and content for audiences and purposes
- Analysing and assessing responses to their productions
- Knowing which process strategies work for various writings
- Consistently using the conventions of written language
- Experimenting with technology for a range of purposes and audiences
- Committing to crafting pieces of writing
- Integrating information from several sources to construct meaning
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