Grade 9 English Language Arts
11 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Language Arts”.
Learning focus
- Uqausiliriniq: communication and language, creative and artistic expression, and reflective and critical thinking.
- Comprehension: listen, view and read to understand a range of texts.
- Production: speak, write and represent ideas clearly for different audiences and purposes.
Units
Unit 1
Reading with a Purpose
Practises setting a purpose for reading, using prior knowledge and making connections, monitoring understanding, fluency and reflecting on new learning.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · purpose, prior knowledge, connections, fluency and reflecting on new learning
Unit 2
Summarizing Texts
Practises summarizing: grouping related ideas, separating important from less important information, paraphrasing and keeping the author's message.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · summarizing key ideas while keeping the author's message
Unit 3
Literary Elements
Recognizing devices such as irony, symbolism, motif, allusion and foils in short excerpts, and describing tone and mood.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · themes, perspectives and how a creator's choices shape a text
Unit 4
Argument & Rhetoric
Spotting ethos, pathos and logos, common fallacies such as straw man and false dilemma, loaded language and bias, and judging whether a source or media message can be trusted.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · opinions, evidence and persuasive choices
Unit 5
Form & Composing
Practises choosing a form for purpose and audience, tone, organization, transitions, text features and design choices when composing and publishing.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · choosing form, composing, reorganizing and publishing texts
Unit 6
Forms & Features
Knowing what each text form does, how features such as an index, footnote or caption help readers, how signal words show a text's pattern, and how images, colour and design shape meaning.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · text cues, features and forms
Unit 7
Word Detective
Using prefixes, suffixes and Latin and Greek bases to work out new words, choosing a meaning from the sentence around a word, and subject words like product, mass and scale.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · Greek and Latin roots, affixes and word origins
Unit 8
Vocabulary & Spelling
Practises specialized vocabulary, Greek and Latin word parts, context clues and commonly misspelled words, using Canadian spelling.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · foundational word knowledge applied to specialized vocabulary and spelling
Unit 9
Grammar & Style
Semicolons, colons, dashes, commas and apostrophes, subject-verb agreement, pronoun case, misplaced modifiers, run-ons and fragments, and choosing a formal or informal register.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · sentence structure, grammar, capitalization and punctuation
Unit 10
Revise & Edit
Making sentences more concise, choosing transitions, fixing unclear pronouns and tense shifts, catching errors a spell-checker misses, and Canadian spelling such as colour, centre, practise and licence.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · revising and editing for clarity, spelling and punctuation
Unit 11
Feedback & Goals
Practises applying descriptive feedback, using criteria, setting clear learning goals and tracking progress with evidence.
Approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · using feedback, setting goals and monitoring progress
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