EAE1W

Overview

The Grade 9 English course (EAE1W) builds on the Grade 9 English course, 2023 (ENL1W) offered in the English-language schools and is based on the same fundamental principles.

This course is designed to be inclusive of all students in order to facilitate their transition from the elementary grades to the secondary level. It offers opportunities for all students to build a solid foundation in language and literacy, broaden their knowledge and skills, and develop their identities as critically literate learners. This approach allows students to make informed decisions in choosing future English courses based on their interests, and in support of their future plans for apprenticeship training, university, college, community living, or the workplace.

Similar to the elementary curriculum, the Grade 9 English course adopts a strong focus on the foundational knowledge and skills that students need in order to establish a strong basis for language and literacy learning in the senior grades. Acquiring the knowledge and skills described in this course will enable students to understand, respond to, appreciate, and create a full range of texts in various forms, genres, modes, and media, including digital and media texts. The attention paid to the diverse text forms, genres, modes, and media used to communicate meaning in various contexts and communities is considered essential to a robust English and literacy program.  

Throughout the course, students actively participate in language and literacy learning by making connections to their lived experiences and to those of others. They continue to learn how to apply transferable skills in a language and literacy context and to develop media and digital literacy. Teachers implement the curriculum through effective assessment and instructional practices that are rooted in culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy (CRRP). They utilize a variety of assessment and instructional approaches that provide students with multiple entry points to access language and literacy learning and multiple opportunities to demonstrate their achievement in English.

This course continues the learning from Grade 8 and prepares students for success in all senior secondary English courses in all pathways moving forward. Students who successfully complete the Grade 9 English course may proceed to an English course in Grade 10.