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English | ENG1D

  • Grade: 9
  • Credits: 1.0
  • Type: University Preparation
  • Language: English
  • Prerequisites: None
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Course Overview

This course is designed to develop the oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives.


Students will analyze literary texts from both historical and contemporary periods. They will interpret the texts and create oral, written, and media texts in response. An important focus will be on the use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. The course is intended to prepare students for the Grade 10 English course, which will then lead to University preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12.

Course Expectations:

By the end of this course, students will:


Reading for Meaning:

Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.


Understanding Form and Style:

Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.


Reading With Fluency:

Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.


Reflecting on Skills and Strategies:

Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

Course Outline

Course Curriculum

Unit 1: Narrative Forms & Short Stories
Students will examine different works non-fiction and fiction by looking for stylistic devices. Students will examine texts written for various audiences and purposes and be able to critically analyze each work. They will show the skill of understanding different forms of writing and finding their own writing style.

  • Lesson 1: Introduction to ENG1D (Preview allowed)
  • Lesson 2: Reading Strategies
  • Intro Stories / Reading Quiz
  • Lesson 3: Elements of a Story
  • Lesson 3: Tell-Tale Heart, Quiz
  • Lesson 4: Plot
  • Elements of a Story, Quiz
  • Lesson 5: Short Story Plots
  • Lesson 6: Characters
  • Lesson 6.1: Character Sketch Assignment
  • Assignment 1: Submit Character Sketch
  • Lesson 7: Setting
  • Lesson 8: Conflict
  • Lesson 9: Theme
  • Theme Match Quiz
  • Assignment 2: Theme-based movie montage
  • Lesson 10: Review of Story Elements
  • Story Elements Review: Quiz
  • Lesson 11: Rhetorical Devices
  • Rhetorical Devices Applications Quiz
  • Lesson 12: Identity and Personal Story
  • Lesson 13: Identity and Personal Story: The Lonely Death of Charlie Wenjack
  • Assignment: Submit – The Stranger Reflect and analyze
  • Assignment 3: Novel Portfolio (part 1)
  • Template Lesson
  • Quiz title

Unit 2: Nonfiction
The novel will be a model of analysis for relevant themes that surpass time and culture. Students will collaboratively work together in small groups to read the novel and answer questions. They will then discuss the character development portrayed in the novel; as well what they believe the author’s overall message is to readers. By developing a deeper understanding of the author’s themes, they will be able to relate the book to modern society and the world around them. Students will also participate in tutorial discussions to discuss the elements of Plot, Atmosphere, Conflict, Theme, and Stylistic Elements.

Unit 3: Stories of the Future
Students will learn the basic components of essay writing. They will learn how to create an engaging introduction, well-developed body paragraphs, and an elaborate conclusion. Moreover, they will learn the important role of brainstorming and thesis creation, before beginning their writing process. The skill of writing a formal essay will be explored for the first time and compared to informal writing for insight.

Unit 4: Poetry
Students will study different works of classical, as well as modern poetry from a wide-array of authors. Students are encouraged to examine the stylistic elements and the themes that appear in each poem. They will learn the basic structure of the Haiku and other poems, in order to be able to create their own work of poetry.

Unit 5: Drama
This unit will focus on an original Shakespeare classic. Students will be given a brief background of the Elizabethan Era and the difference between English as we know it today. They will be responsible for acting out different scenes, listening to others in the classroom to improve audio comprehension and have assigned individual reading. They will also create a compare and contrast visual essay upon watching a movie.

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