English 9, version 05

It is recommended that students complete:
• English 8

Students will not be required to complete all 6 modules.

This course consists of only four modules.

Module choices must be made at registration in consultation with your Distance Education School.

Students MUST complete modules 1, 2, and 6.

Students will choose one other module they would like to complete ( 3, 4, or 5 ).

Most modules have five sections and a module test.
The modules are thematic and focus on elements of literature including a novel, and a combination of short stories, folk tales, poetry or a play.
The questions found in the self-marking activities, the sendin activities and the tests emphasize thinking skills as well as content recall.

A Supplemental Language Activity Booklet will be sent out by the Distance Education School Instructor to students who require additional language assistance. Writing on the Run! may be optained for enrichment.

Use of an audio tape recorder is compulsory for listening and public speaking. This course also has an optional video component. A video tape recorder is required for the tapes obtained from the Distance Education School.

Module 1: Family Matters
Section 1: Short stories: “Penny in the Dust” and “The Father”; Characteristics and structure of the short story; Elements of the short story—focus on symbols, irony, and conflict; Comparing short stories—value of a story
Section 2: Poetry: patterns of organization—focus on free and traditional verse; Descriptive language—focus on word pictures; Understanding poetry—focus on Tone; Function of poetry—focus on Personification
Section 3: Novel: “A Day No Pigs Would Die”—focus on background information, dialect, point of view, introduction, characterization, humour, and theme
Section 4: Novel: “A Day No Pigs Would Die” (cont’d)— focus on foreshadowing, contrast, characterization, theme, and conflict
Section 5: Novel: “A Day No Pigs Would Die” (cont’d)— focus on the purpose, climax, and the conclusion
Module 1 Test covers the work of Module 1.

The textbooks for this module are: A Day No Pigs Would Die (Great Pacific News) (EN0923J) (7540001398) $15.00
In Context Three (Graves, McClymont) (Nelson Canada) (EN0914J) (7540001392) 70.00
Poetry and Language: Reading Selections for English 9 (7540005333) 8.00
Inside Stories 1 (Kirkland, Davies) (HBJ-Holt) (EN0916J) (7540001393) 70.00
Audio Tape 1 (JEN9H5) (7540001052) 5.00 or CD 1 (7540005322) 8.00

Module 2: Beyond Reality
Section 1: Short stories: Part 1 “Barney”: story structure— focus on climax and anti-climax; Literary devices—focus on irony; Literary form—focus on journal writing; Short stories-Part II “The Wish”: figurative language—focus on imagery and mood; Story structure—focus on point of view
Section 2: A play: “The Book That Saved the Earth”;— Introduction; Play structure—focus on the elements of a play, dialogue, and humour
Section 3: A play: “Alligator on the Escalator”—nature of poetry: characteristics of a poem; “Ride a Wild Horse”—poetic devices: focus on the symbol; “The Witch of Coos”—meaning of poetry: focus on understanding; Poetic language: focus on similes and metaphors; Poetic fantasy: focus on the ghost story
Section 4: Novel: “The Hobbit”—elements of the novel— focus on plot and conflict; Understanding the novel—focus on the use of descriptive language and foreshadowing
Section 5: “The Hobbit” (cont’d)—understanding the novel; Elements of the novel—focus on conflict, resolution, character, and theme
Module 2 Test covers the work of Module 2.

The textbooks for this module are: The Hobbit (Tolkien) (Little, Brown and Co.) (EN0921J) (7540001397) $13.00
In Context Three (Graves, McClymont) (Nelson Canada) (EN0914J) (7540001392) 70.00
Poetry and Language: Reading Selections for English 9 (7540005333) 8.00
Inside Stories 1 (Kirkland, Davies) (HBJ-Holt) (EN0916J) (7540001393) 70.00
Audio Tape 1 (JEN9H5) (7540001052) 5.00 or CD 1 (7540005322) 8.00

Module 3: Myths and Make Believe
Section 1: “Best Loved Folk Tales of the World” and “The Nature of Myth”—focus on the characteristics of folk literature—focus on listening skills; “Ice and Flame”—focus on Descriptive Language I: simile, metaphor, personification—focus on descriptive Language II: assonance, alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia; “Prometheus the Fire-Thief”— focus on Descriptive Language III: contrast, extended metaphor
Section 2: Legends: Heroes and Villains-”The Old Man and the Magic Bowl”—focus on Story Structure I: setting, character, mood, theme—focus on Story Structure II: conflict, plot, climax, denouement
Section 3: Novel: “The Third Magic” Part I, Chapters 1 through 7—focus on symbolism: line versus circle
Section 4: Novel: “The Third Magic” Part II, Chapters 8 through 14—focus on symbolism of names and the number three; Focus on the symbolism of “The Egg”
Section 5: Novel: “The Third Magic” Part III, Chapters 15 through 21 and Epilogue—focus on suspense, climax, and irony
Module 3 Test covers the work of Module 3.

The textbooks for this module are: The Third Magic (Katz) (Douglas and McIntyre) (EN0918J) (7540001395) $15.00
In Context Three (Graves, McClymont) (Nelson Canada) (EN0914J) (7540001392) 70.00
Best-Loved Folktales of the World (Cole) (Great Pacific News) (EN0924J) (7540001401) 20.00
Audio Tape 2 (JEN9J5) (7540001051) 5.00
or CD 2 (7540005323) 8.00

Module 4: Shakespeare’s Theatre
Section 1: The life of William Shakespeare; Elizabethan England; Shakespearean theatre; Sonnets
Section 2: Novel: “Cue for Treason” (Chapters 1 through 25) —reading and understanding
Section 3: Novel: “Cue for Treason” (cont’d)—Introduction; Plot; Character; Conflict and character motivation; Setting and mood; Theme and final review
Section 4: Play: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”— Introduction; All You Need to Know about Shakespearean Drama; Understanding Acts I, II, and III
Section 5: Play: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (cont’d)— Understanding Acts IV and V; Romance; Comedy and conclusion
Module 4 Test covers the work of Module 4.

The textbooks for this module are: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) (Great Pacific News) (EN0925J) (7540001391) $30.00
Cue for Treason (Trease) (Copp Clark Pitman) (EN0920J) (7540001400) 25.00
Poetry and Language: Reading Selections for English 9 (7540005333) 8.00
A Midsummer Night’s Dream video (BBC) (JVT0901) (7540001639) $30.00, is available.
While this is not compulsory, we strongly recommend that you watch it if at all possible.

Module 5: The Outsiders
Section 1: Short stories: “We All Don’t Have to Talk Alike”— focus on character development; “The Friday Everything Changed”—focus on plot and setting; “The All-American Slurp”—focus on theme
Section 2: Nonfiction stories: “The Rosa Parks Story” and “Perez: Escaped to Canada”—focus on denotation and connotation; Poetry: “Jamie” and “Quinnapoxed”—focus on compactness and imagery; “Warning” and “Old Woman Seated”— focus on tone
Section 3: Poetry: “Hunger”, “A Helping Hand”, “Summer Camp”—focus on figurative language, personification, simile and metaphor; Novel: “The War Between the Classes”—focus on Chapters 6 to 14
Section 4: Novel: “The War Between the Classes” (cont’d)focus on characterization and point of view; Focus on plot: types of conflict and form
Module 5 Test covers the work of Module 5.

The textbooks for this module are: The War Between the Classes (Miklowitz) (Great Pacific News) (EN0922J) (7540001399) $10.00
In Context Three (Graves, McClymont) (Nelson Canada) (EN0914J) (7540001392) 70.00
Poetry and Language: Reading Selections for English 9 (7540005333) 8.00
Inside Stories 1 (Kirkland, Davies) (HBJ-Holt) (EN0916J) (7540001393) 70.00
Audio Tape 2 (JEN9J5) (7540001051) 5.00 or CD 2 (7540005323) 8.00

Module 6: Living With Nature
Section 1: Short stories: “A Way Out of the Forests”—focus on story elements; “Operation Survival”—focus on plot and mood; “The Sea Devil”—focus on characterization and foreshadowing; focus on theme
Section 2: The play: “Accomplices”—focus on the play; Focus on the legend: “The Boy Who Fed Eagles”; Focus on poetry, Part I: “There Are Some Things” and “The Nurselog”; Focus on Poetry Part II: “It Rained” and “Sometimes When It Rains”
Section 3: Nonfiction biography: “Stoney Creek Woman”
Section 4: Nonfiction biography: “Stoney Creek Woman” (cont’d)
Module 6 Test covers the work of Module 6.

The textbooks for this module are: Stoney Creek Woman (Moran) (Arsenal Pulp Press) (EN0919J) (7540001394) $25.00
Inside Stories 1 (Kirkland, Davies) (HBJ-Holt) (EN0916J) (7540001393) 70.00
In Context Three (Graves, McClymont) (Nelson Canada) (EN0914J) (7540001392) 70.00
Poetry and Language: Reading Selections for English 9 (7540005333) 8.00
Audio Tape 2 (JEN9J5) (7540001051) 5.00 or CD 2 (7540005323) 8.00