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Leo Mackey
English Department Head
St. Francis School
P.O. Box 460
Hr. Grace, NL
A0A 2M0
phone: 596-3452
fax: 596-2154


Current Assignment:     Students are working through the writing process of a 5-paragraph essay.  They are picking a topic, developing a thesis, and finding supporting evidence.  On Feb. 1 students have a choice: 1) They may come to class with an essay prepared and hand it in to me. OR 2) They may use whatever books and notes might be helpful and write an in-class essay on that day.

January: For this month, we will be working on the 5-paragraph essay.

Some helpful websites:







Resources:


   essay notes legal paper.doc                gr9-crt-review-10.doc              literary_elements-theme.ppt

Please note: For all evaluation, it will be class policy that the make-up date will be one week after the original due date.


Course


Monthly Assignments for all Grade 9’s


Date


9-1 English

9-2 English

9-3 English

9-4 English


5-paragraph essay

Feb 1


Please note that I am in my homeroom 9-2 for the first half of lunch to offer help to students unless I am on duty.

 
Course Outline: Please note that dates given are approximate and are intended only as a guide for students and parents. Confirmation will be given in class and updated on this web site.
 


Month


Unit


Evaluation


Date


September


Poetry


Unseen Poem
gr9-poetry-test-2011.doc
Oct 3


October


The Pearl
Study Guide for The Pearl.doc
character-theme-summary-The Pearl.doc
Listening Test

Listening Test 1 for John Steinbeck.doc
Nov 2

November


Short Story and Play

 

Remembrance DayLegion Contest.doc
 

The Maestro
Unseen Short Story
gr9-shst-read-test-2011.doc

 Creative Writing

 

In-class Writing

Nov 30

 


Nov 14

 

Dec 7

December


To Dance at the Palais Royale

 
Star Trek

Representing and Viewing

 
Acting

Dec 19

 
Jan 9
January


Essay
essay notes legal paper.doc


In-class Essay


Feb 1


February


Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Visual

 
Listening Test

Feb 18

 
Feb 27

March


Research
Grade 9 research unit.doc
 

Forbidden City

Project

 



In-class Essay (Writing)

Mar 28

 



Mar 19

April


Romeo and Juliet


Acting Project


Apr 30


May


Informational Text

 

Novel Study #3

 

Novel Study #4

Visual

 

Take-home Essay (optional)



Take-home Essay (optional)

May 30



June 1



June 1


June


Review

 

Final Exam (CRT)
gr9-crt-review-10.doc
 

 

2-day Exam


 

 

Jun 12 and 13


 

Course Evaluation:

Writing-15            Representing-10            Speaking-10            Listening-5            Reading-10            Viewing-10            Research-10            Observation-10            Final-20



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