Grade 9 English

What are we doing this year?

4 Outcomes

• Language as Sense Making
• Language as a System
• Language as Exploration and Design
• Language as Power and Agency

Sense Making

System

Power and Agency

Exploration and Design

Rich Learning Experiences

RLE's

• Targets Groups of Skills
• Cross-curricular
• Student Voice
• Grounded in Inquiry
• Complex Activities

How am I getting my Grade?

Product

Conversation

Observation

Mark Breakdown

• Sense Making - 17.5%
• System - 12%
• Exploration and Design - 23%
• Power and Agency - 17.5%
• Final Exam - 30%

Every Child, Every Day...

• Reads something chosen
• Reads accurately
• Reads something understood
• Writes something meaningful
• Talks with peers about R/W
• Listens to a fluent adult read aloud

Career Development

5 Outcomes

• Personal Management
• Career Exploration
• Learning and Planning
• Seeking and Job Maintenance
• Career and Community Experience

Personal Management

Career Exploration

Learning and Planning

Seeking and Job Maintenance

Career and Community Experience

Daily Activities

• Mondays are Challenging
• Tuesdays - Images/Video
• Wrangling Wednesdays
• Thoughtful Thursdays
• Funday Friday

Google Classroom

Instructions

• Log into Google Classroom
• Class Code: z5y5b33
• Download: Classroom, Docs, Slides, Drive
• Remember your password!

Today's Assignment

Colin Kaepernick - Nike

• What do we need to know before we watch?
• What should we understand before we watch?
• Discuss with a partner
• Answer as a class

Discussion Questions

• What emotions does this bring up for you?
• What do you notice about the music?
• What do the visuals in the video make you think of?

Process Task

• Pick one quote or sentence that really stands out to you.
• Write that quote or sentence on a card
• Staple that card (no name) to the wall