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 Courage Heroism, 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 Points Life-changing decisions, rites of passage, negotiating change Planet You Identity, 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 Visualizing Making Connections Making Inferences Asking Questions Monitoring Comprehension Summarizing 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 Nelson