Welcome Language Arts 9 Course Outline
Completion requirements
Welcome!
Welcome to Language Arts 9
All language arts courses involve the study of the six ways of using language that are called strands: reading, writing, listening, viewing, representing, and speaking. English Language Arts 9 does this in eight units.
Each unit contains the instructions you need to complete your assignments. Complete each task in order, following the instructions carefully. As you finish each assignment, submit it to the Submission Box for assessment.
Each unit contains the instructions you need to complete your assignments. Complete each task in order, following the instructions carefully. As you finish each assignment, submit it to the Submission Box for assessment.
This course has two exams. You can write the midterm exam after you complete the Writing Conventions Workshop Quizzes and Units 1, 2, and 3. You will write the final exam after you complete Unit 7. Both require supervision.In this course, there are auto-graded quizzes, formative assessments where you will receive a suggested answer key to which you should compare your answers, and summative assessments that will be marked by your teacher. There are also two supervised exams.
Assignments Title
Duration
Writing Conventions
- 16 auto-graded quizzes
Writing Conventions Workshops 3 weeks Unit 1
- 2 formative assignments
- 6 summative assignments
Short Stories I 6 weeks
Unit 2
- 2 auto-graded quizzes
- 4 summative assignments
Essays
4 weeks
Unit 3
- 1 formative assignment
- 5 summative assignments
Poetry
7 weeks
Midterm
Supervised Exam
1.5 hours
Unit 4
- 1 formative assignment
- 3 summative assignments
Research 3 weeks
Unit 5
- 3 formative assignments
- 4 summative assignments
Short Stories II
5 weeks
Unit 6
- 4 summative assignments
Novel Study 5 weeks Unit 7
- 1 autograded quiz
- 3 summative assignments
Film Study 3 weeks Final
Supervised Exam
1.5 hours
TOTAL
19 auto-graded quizzes
7 formative assignments
29 summative assignments
36 weeks
Assessment Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Quizzes (Writing Workshop and Unit 7) | 5% |
| Summative Assessments (Assignments in Units 1 - 7) | 65% |
| Midterm Exam (after Units 1 - 3 & Writing Workshop - supervised) | 10% |
| Final Exam (after all other assessments are complete - supervised) | 20% |
The exams must be supervised by an approved supervisor who is not a family member. These exams cannot be done at home by yourself. Contact your exam supervisor to arrange to write these exams after you have completed the required course work.
Note: A final exam score of less than 40% will count for 100% of your course mark and your assignment scores will not be applied to your final score. Therefore, if you receive less than 40% on the final exam, you can choose to
write an appeal final exam. Then, if your score on your final exam is 40% or higher, your course work will count towards your final mark.
Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs), Part A and Part B, are written in May and June at your school.
Alberta Education states that students should spend 150 hours per school year working in Language Arts.
That is at least 50% more time than students are expected to spend on any other subject.
Language Arts courses have a lot of work! . . . and your teachers try to keep it interesting for you.
Plan to spend one hour per day, five days per week working on Language Arts.
Submit one assignment per week. This allows extra time for holiday weeks and review for exams.
90 Day No-Work Automatic Withdrawal Policy
Students who do not submit any work in a course within 90 days of registration will be automatically withdrawn from that course. Students will only be withdrawn from courses without submissions for 90 days. Courses with submissions will not be affected.
You will receive an email if you have not submitted any work within 60 days of your registration, reminding you of this policy and encouraging you to submit your work.
If you are withdrawn and want to start working in the course, you need to contact your registering school and have them register you again.
This policy has students who have not submitted an assessment in 60 days automatically withdrawn from your course.
A submitted assignment MUST be marked within that time frame as well. Always leave a minimum of 5 days for an assignment to be marked. This means, do not hand an assignment in on the 59th or 60th days and expect that assignment to be marked in time for your course to not be withdrawn.
To avoid being withdrawn from a course, consistently submit assignments as you complete them. For most students this is not an issue.
There can be exceptional circumstances when it may not be possible to submit an assignment in the next 60 days. If this is the case you must contact your ADLC teacher to discuss a solution.
Finally, if you are withdrawn from a course which you wish to complete, you will need to contact your enrolling school and they will help determine if they will recommend that your course be reinstated.
A submitted assignment MUST be marked within that time frame as well. Always leave a minimum of 5 days for an assignment to be marked. This means, do not hand an assignment in on the 59th or 60th days and expect that assignment to be marked in time for your course to not be withdrawn.
To avoid being withdrawn from a course, consistently submit assignments as you complete them. For most students this is not an issue.
There can be exceptional circumstances when it may not be possible to submit an assignment in the next 60 days. If this is the case you must contact your ADLC teacher to discuss a solution.
Finally, if you are withdrawn from a course which you wish to complete, you will need to contact your enrolling school and they will help determine if they will recommend that your course be reinstated.
