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Instructional Framework: Grade 9

All skills and strategies outlined in •your curriculum are addressed in the Nelson Literacy instructional framework

Each unit has a clearly • articulated instructional focus

The instructional framework supports •the development of your long-range plan for literacy instruction

Metacognition and critical literacy are •embedded throughout

Strand\Unit It Takes CourageHeroism, daring to be different, facing fears, standing up to peer pressure, confronting injustice

What’s Next?Possibilities for the future, technological and scientific advancements, human ingenuity, ecological awareness

Turning PointsLife-changing decisions, rites of passage, negotiating change

Planet YouIdentity, self-esteem, self-image, personal interests

Oral Communication/Listening/Speaking

Listening Listening Effectively Using Interpersonal Listening Strategies Listening Critically Evaluating Oral Presentations

Speaking Speaking Effectively Using Interpersonal Speaking Strategies Speaking with Appropriate Voice Delivering Oral Presentations

Reading/Literature Strategies VisualizingMaking Connections

Making InferencesAsking Questions

Monitoring ComprehensionSummarizing

Synthesizing Evaluating

Genre/Form Study Persuasive Texts Graphic Texts Short Stories Reports

Elements of Style Foreshadowing, simile, exaggeration, informal language, rhetorical question, point of view, tone, parallel structure, pun, repetition, irony, wordplay, symbolism

Idiom, mood, rhetorical question, allusion, symbolism, repetition, personification, jargon, metaphor, alliteration onomatopoeia, point of view

Literary allusion, imagery, metaphor, informal language, onomatopoeia, exaggeration, symbolism, personification, idiom, foreshadowing, repetition, rhythm

Irony, oxymoron, mood, simile, allusion, exaggeration, rhetorical question, jargon, idiom, repetition, informal language, point of view, tone

Writing Process Prewriting Drafting and Revising Drafting and Revising Editing and Publishing

Traits/Elements

Conventions

Developing Ideas Organizing Ideas Improving Voice and Word Choice Improving Fluency

Homophones, dashes for sentence breaks, combining sentences, contractions

End punctuation, sentence types, subject-verb agreement, jargon, contextual vocabulary

Pronoun-antecedent agreement, possessives, comma splice, idioms

Transitions, capitalization, quotation marks, sentence structure, verb tenses

Media Literacy/Viewing/ Representing

Analyzing Media Recognizing Purpose and Audience Analyzing Media Elements: Print Media Texts Analyzing Media Elements: Ads and Public Services Announcements

Evaluating Media Texts

Creating Media Creating Media with Purpose and Audience in Mind

Creating Effective Print Media Texts Creating Effective Ads and Public Services Announcements

Producing Media Texts for Varied Purposes and Audiences

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Resources and Instructional ModelModelling and Shared Instruction

Guided/ Supported Practice

Independent Practice and Application

Selections for Modelling and Demonstration

Short selections in transparency and digital format for modelling •strategies

Student Books2 books per grade, 2 units in each book•

High-impact topics and themes•

Engaging selections at a variety of reading levels•

Fresh, current design•

Available in both print and digital format•

Includes a variety of genres and text forms•

eBook ExtraDigital version of the Student Books with embedded audio support•

Engaging extra complementary content in a range of authentic •formats:

Weblinks•

Video •

Podcasts•

Magazine-format articles•

Updated annually with current and topical content•

Teacher's Resource

Comprehensive lesson plans including:•Manageable tools and strategies for assessment•Practical strategies for differentiating instruction•BLMs for assessment, activities, and word study•

3 formats: print, CD, online•

myNelson Literacy 9 Online Teacher Centre

Digital content for use on SMART Boards• TM , data projectors, classroom work stations, and computer labs

Current multimedia content that keeps students engaged •

Powerful tools to help you truly differentiate instruction•

Customizable lesson plans that let you include your own related •content

Teacher eBook that allows you to digitally preview and plan your •lessons

Anywhere, anytime access!•

Media Studies Resource

Media clips on DVD with supporting lesson•

Media lessons that focus on media analysis and production•

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