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The official Newfoundland and Labrador English Language Arts, Grade 9 curriculum
Newfoundland and Labrador defines English Language Arts, Grade 9 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculumRead it on the government site — gov.nl.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand SL | 12 | Speaking and Listening |
| Strand RV | 15 | Reading and Viewing |
| Strand WR | 11 | Writing and Representing |
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How MapleMind teaches English Language Arts, Grade 9 — every unit, lesson, and skill
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Unit 1Speaking and ListeningOfficial strand · Strand SL
Growing as a speaker and listener: contributing to and sustaining discussion, communicating effectively, and interacting with sensitivity, respect, and a critical ear.
Target 1: Explore, Extend, Clarify and Reflect
- Examining their own and others' ideasNL-ELA-9.1.1 — Examine both your own and other people's ideas during a discussion.
- Asking questions calling for elaboration or qualificationNL-ELA-9.1.2 — Ask questions that call for elaboration, clarification or qualification.
- Responding with reliable qualificationNL-ELA-9.1.3 — Respond to questions in a way that provides reliable qualification for your ideas.
- Advocating a point of view with evidenceNL-ELA-9.1.4 — Advocate a point of view and support it with personal examples and evidence from various sources.
- Listening to assess relevancy and adequacyNL-ELA-9.1.5 — Use active listening to assess the relevancy and adequacy of supporting details.
Target 2: Communicate and Respond
- Evaluating strategies to defend a point of viewNL-ELA-9.2.1 — Evaluate a range of strategies to defend your points of view and contribute to effective talk.
- Assessing when to clarify or elaborateNL-ELA-9.2.2 — Assess whether clarification or elaboration is needed when responding to instructions or questions.
- Evaluating effective speaking strategiesNL-ELA-9.2.3 — Evaluate the strategies and behaviours associated with effective speaking.
Target 3: Interact with Sensitivity and Respect
- Demonstrating responsive speaking and listeningNL-ELA-9.3.1 — Demonstrate responsive speaking and listening skills.
- Expressing ideas with sensitivity and respectNL-ELA-9.3.2 — Express ideas and opinions in a way that reflects sensitivity and shows respect to others.
- Questioning ideas, values, and attributes in oral languageNL-ELA-9.3.3 — Question ideas, values, and attributes in oral language.
- Evaluating how oral language influences and manipulatesNL-ELA-9.3.4 — Evaluate how spoken language is used to influence and manipulate.
The official wording — 12 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-9.1.1
Examine their own and others' ideas during discussion
- NL-ELA-9.1.2
Ask questions calling for elaboration, clarification or qualification
- NL-ELA-9.1.3
Respond to questions to provide reliable qualification for ideas
- NL-ELA-9.1.4
Advocate a point of view and support it with personal examples and evidence from various sources
- NL-ELA-9.1.5
Use active listening skills to assess the relevancy and adequacy of supporting details
- NL-ELA-9.2.1
Evaluate a range of strategies to defend their points of view and contribute to effective talk
- NL-ELA-9.2.2
Assess the need for clarification or elaboration when responding to instructions or questions
- NL-ELA-9.2.3
Evaluate strategies and behaviours associated with effective speaking
- NL-ELA-9.3.1
Demonstrate responsive speaking and listening skills
- NL-ELA-9.3.2
Express ideas and opinions in a manner that reflects sensitivity and shows respect to others
- NL-ELA-9.3.3
Question ideas, values, and attributes in oral language
- NL-ELA-9.3.4
Evaluate how oral language is used to influence and manipulate
Unit 2Reading and ViewingOfficial strand · Strand RV
Growing as a reader and viewer: selecting and reading a range of texts, inquiring across sources, and responding to texts both personally and critically.
Target 4: Select, Read and View a Range of Texts
- Selecting texts for needs and interestsNL-ELA-9.4.1 — Identify and select texts that meet your needs and interests.
- Using reading and viewing strategiesNL-ELA-9.4.3 — Use a variety of reading and viewing processes and strategies to construct meaning from texts.
- Assessing personal reading strategiesNL-ELA-9.4.4 — Assess your personal processes and strategies for reading and viewing various texts.
Target 5: Inquiry
- Identifying topics and questions for studyNL-ELA-9.5.1 — Identify relevant or interesting topics and questions for further study.
- Using reliable information from various sourcesNL-ELA-9.5.2 — Use a variety of reliable information from various sources.
- Comparing information from sourcesNL-ELA-9.5.3 — Compare information drawn from a variety of sources.
- Using effective inquiry strategiesNL-ELA-9.5.4 — Use effective inquiry approaches and strategies.
Target 6: Respond Personally
- Reflecting on personal responses with supportNL-ELA-9.6.1 — Use examples and supporting ideas to reflect on your personal responses to texts.
- Examining points of view with cited evidenceNL-ELA-9.6.2 — Examine your personal points of view about issues, themes, and situations in texts, citing appropriate evidence from the text(s).
Target 7: Respond Critically
- Recognizing that texts can be biasedNL-ELA-9.7.1 — Recognize that texts can be biased.
- Evaluating a text's language, form, and genreNL-ELA-9.7.2 — Evaluate a text's language, form and genre.
- Awareness that values influence critical responseNL-ELA-9.7.4 — Demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence how you understand and respond critically to texts.
- Evaluating the portrayal of culture and realityNL-ELA-9.7.5 — Evaluate the portrayal of culture and reality in texts.
The official wording — 15 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-9.4.1
Identify and select texts that meet their needs and interests
- NL-ELA-9.4.2
Explain how authors use text features to create meaning and achieve different purposes
- NL-ELA-9.4.3
Use a variety of reading and viewing processes and strategies to construct meaning from texts
- NL-ELA-9.4.4
Assess personal processes and strategies for reading and viewing various texts
- NL-ELA-9.5.1
Identify relevant or interesting topics and questions for further study
- NL-ELA-9.5.2
Use a variety of reliable information from various sources
- NL-ELA-9.5.3
Compare information from a variety of sources
- NL-ELA-9.5.4
Use effective inquiry approaches and strategies
- NL-ELA-9.6.1
Use examples and supporting ideas to reflect on personal responses to texts
- NL-ELA-9.6.2
Examine their personal points of view about issues, themes, and situations in texts, citing appropriate evidence from the text(s)
- NL-ELA-9.7.1
Recognize that texts can be biased
- NL-ELA-9.7.2
Evaluate a text's language, form and genre
- NL-ELA-9.7.3
Analyze the tools authors use to achieve different purposes
- NL-ELA-9.7.4
Demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence understanding of and critical responses to texts
- NL-ELA-9.7.5
Evaluate the portrayal of culture and reality in texts
Unit 3Writing and RepresentingOfficial strand · Strand WR
Growing as a writer and representer: writing to explore and reflect, creating a range of texts for real purposes and audiences, and developing effective, well-crafted products.
Target 8: Write to Explore, Clarify, Reflect and Imagine
- Experimenting with strategies as a language learnerNL-ELA-9.8.1 — Experiment with a variety of strategies as a language learner.
- Writing to reflect on ideas, values, and attitudesNL-ELA-9.8.2 — Use writing and representing to extend, explore, and reflect on ideas, values, and attitudes.
- Assessing strategies and describing growthNL-ELA-9.8.3 — Assess strategies that help you learn and describe your personal growth as a language learner.
- Integrating stylistic effects for a specific purposeNL-ELA-9.8.4 — Integrate stylistic effects in your writing and representing to achieve a specific purpose.
Target 9: Create Texts
- Creating a range of textsNL-ELA-9.9.1 — Create a range of texts.
- Evaluating forms and styles for purpose and audienceNL-ELA-9.9.2 — Evaluate the use of a variety of writing and representing forms and styles to suit purpose(s) and audience(s).
- Assessing feedback to inform future workNL-ELA-9.9.3 — Assess feedback in order to inform your future work.
Target 10: Develop Effective Writing Products
- Evaluating strategies for creating textsNL-ELA-9.10.1 — Evaluate the strategies that most effectively help you create a variety of texts.
- Using the conventions of written languageNL-ELA-9.10.2 — Use the conventions of written language.
- Using technologies for varied purposes and audiencesNL-ELA-9.10.3 — Use various technologies in communicating for a range of purposes with a variety of audiences.
- Committing to the process of creating textsNL-ELA-9.10.4 — Demonstrate a commitment to the processes involved in creating texts.
The official wording — 11 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-9.8.1
Experiment with a variety of strategies as language learners
- NL-ELA-9.8.2
Use writing and representing to extend, explore, and reflect on ideas, values, and attitudes
- NL-ELA-9.8.3
Assess strategies that help them learn and describe their personal growth as language learners
- NL-ELA-9.8.4
Integrate stylistic effects in writing and representing to achieve a specific purpose(s)
- NL-ELA-9.9.1
Create a range of texts
- NL-ELA-9.9.2
Evaluate the use of a variety of writing and representing forms and styles to suit purpose(s) and audience(s)
- NL-ELA-9.9.3
Assess feedback to inform future work
- NL-ELA-9.10.1
Evaluate strategies that most effectively help create a variety of texts
- NL-ELA-9.10.2
Use the conventions of written language
- NL-ELA-9.10.3
Use various technologies in communicating for a range of purposes with a variety of audiences
- NL-ELA-9.10.4
Demonstrate a commitment to the processes involved in creating texts
Printable workbook · A keepsake of the year
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