GRADE 9

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Term One
  • Rhodri Jones(Third) – 5 units
  • Essays – 2 per month
  • Stories of Ourselves – 1 to 5
  • Songs of Ourselves – 1 to 7
Term Two
  • Rhodri Jones(Third) – remaining units
  • Essays – 2 per month
  • Stories of Ourselves – 6 to 10
  • Songs of Ourselves – 8 to 14
  		 
 

Aspects

1 st Term Topics

2 nd Term Topics

Assignments

Comprehension, essays, grammar and letters

Comprehension, essays, grammar and letters

Homework

3 assignments per week

3 assignments per week

Tests

4-5 each in language & literature

4-5 each in language & literature

Research

Journal (every weekend)

Journal (every weekend)

Bulletin Board Work

Work on Poems Grammar

Work on Poems Grammar

Projects A separate sheet must be submitted

A selection of 2 students’ best work/writings to be submitted for school newsletter.
(Every Month)

 

  
 

Assessment Content – Progress Reports (Informal)

Aspects

Language

Literature

Tests

50%

60%

Class Wk.

25%

25%

Home Wk.

10%

15%

Journals

15%

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Texts:

Songs of Ourselves - Poems

Stories of Ourselves – Short Stories

1. The Voice

1. The Signal Man

2. Time

2. The Yellow Wall Paper

3. Dover Beach

3. How It Happened

4. Amends

4. There Will Come Soft Rains

5. Full Moon…Frieda.

5. Meteor

6. Lament

6. The Lemon Orchard

7. The Grasshopper…Cricket

7. Secrets

8. The Flower-fed Buffaloes

8. The Taste of Watermelon

9. Report to Wordsworth

9. The Third and Final Continent

10. First Love

10. On Her Knees

11. Marrysong

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12. So, We’ll Go….A-Roving

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13. Sonnet 43

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14. Sonnet 29

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