Kaiapoi High School
Year 9 English
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Collins.
The Year 9 English programme is designed to reinforce and build on core literacy and thinking skills which are fundamental to students' success at secondary school.
Students will learn how to analyse texts, apply critical thinking skills, and effectively communicate ideas. They will have the opportunity to develop their writing skills, both creative and formal styles, and gain an understanding of how language features can be used effectively. Students will also improve their spelling and grammar skills, expand their vocabulary, and develop an appreciation of the importance of literacy, language, and literature.
Students in Year 9 English will be expected to read independently for at least 10 minutes per day outside school time.
This is a core subject and will be added to your timetable automatically.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
Communication
In this topic students will study how information is communicated in a range of formats. These include written (short stories), oral (poems, songs), and visual (short films, posters, cartoons). Students will be required to think critically about how they receive this information. They will then produce their own work to communicate ideas in written, oral and/or visual forms.
Creative Writing
This unit will see students learning about using sensory detail and a range of language features to produce effective descriptive writing. Students will also be able to improve their grammar skills by learning about effective sentence structures and different sentence styles.
Novel Study
Here, students will study an extended written text, looking at how ideas are conveyed. Students will think critically about different techniques which go into the construction of an effective text. They will also be able to discuss how deeper ideas have been presented within the text, and how these ideas relate to them and the world around them.
Research
This unit will focus on building effective research skills, including how to decide on the trustworthiness of source material. They will also learn the elements of email construction and etiquette. Students will then put this knowledge into practice by completing their own research on a topic and constructing an email to inform people about the findings of their research.
Reading Challenge
This is an ongoing assignment throughout the first three terms. Students will read and review at least three different texts, one of which must be an extended text. Focus areas will be how they have responded to ideas and elements in the texts, and how these relate to the world around them.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Charged device. Pen.
Pathway
Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.
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