ELA 9 is a course that runs the whole year through and includes many units, one of the highlights being the study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet!

 

Unit 1 : Conflicts, Challenges, Issues and Choices

• A1 Dealing with Conflict
  • Descriptive Writing Activity – using ambient sounds as inspiration
  • Open Shared Google Doc – cooperative writing practice
• A2 Resolving Conflict
• A3 And the Right Thing to do is?
  • Moral Dilemma Scenarios – Pre-Section Activity
  • A3 Section Resources
  • A3 CC: Found Poem Development
    • Support Resources: How to speak/perform your poetry
    • Support Resources: Using sound effects, images, and video clips to publish your poem
• A4 Resolving Conflict Through Family
• A5 What They Want – What You Want
  • “Words on a Page” Audio text
  • Preparing for Summary Presentation
• A6 Conflict Within Culture
• A7 Worth the Risk?

Unit 2: Surviving and Conquering (author/genre study)

• Individual Novel Reading – Waldner’s Good Reads Digital Bookshelf

Unit 3: Search of Self (multi-genre/thematic)

• D8 Search of Self
• D8.1 Poetry Writing
• D8.2 Poetry Multimedia Video Making
  Resources to help you collect and develop your multimedia video project.

Unit 4: Exploring Loyalty, Love and Relationships (multi-genre)

• B7.0 Shakespeare’s Evolving Language – intro activity