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Course Overview and Materials
Grade Level: 9
Delivery: ONLINE
Materials: Yes
Prerequisite:
Language Arts 8
Course Description
Course Description
In this course, you’ll continue to enhance your understanding of the six ways or strands of using language: reading, writing, listening, viewing, representing, and speaking that are called strands. This is accomplished through the study of seven units and a writing conventions quiz section. Learn to appreciate language and literacy, which will support comprehension and personal and critical response to oral, print, and media texts. This course also promotes improvement in the clarity and artistry of your communication.
Writing Conventions
Unit 1: Short Stories I
Unit 2: Essays
Unit 3: Poetry
Unit 4: Research
Unit 5: Short Stories II
Unit 6: Novel Study
Unit 7: Film Study
Required Materials
Required Materials
📚 Materials are loaned at no cost, but must be returned at the end of the school year, or the student will be charged replacement costs.
REQUIRED
REQUIRED
iLit LA 9 Anthology (Nelson or McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
iSkills Start with the Sentence (Nelson or McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
AND CHOOSE ONE OF THE NOVELS BELOW
AND CHOOSE ONE OF THE NOVELS BELOW
Novel Descriptions *Please choose only one novel from the below list.
Alone at Ninety Foot (Katherine Holubitsky)
Cardboard (Doug TenNapel)
Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
Homeless Bird (Gloria Whelan)
Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mikaelsen)
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