Annual Plan – 9th Grade

(Subject to Change)

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Semester I

Just Imagine – Units 1-3
In these units the students will learn how to convey information about past events using past simple and past progrssive. they will learn how to describe people and things using adjectives that end in – ed and -ing. They will learn deive writing. They will learn how to use main ideas and supporting details. They will learn how to use relative clauses to give information about people, places and things. They will learn how to use synonyms to enrich language

New Practical Grammar
The students will review previous tenses: Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past simple tenses, past progressive, future simple. Students will learn how to use conditionals. 

Semester II

Just Imagine – Units 4-6
In these units the students will learn to activate prior knowledge to understand new information.
Students will learn how to ask questions before reading.
Students will learn how to distinguish fact from opinion.

Students will learn to understand links in Internet articles.
Students will learn how to identify problems and solutions in a literary text.

New Practical Grammar
The students will review passive-active, and modals. The students will learn how to use present perfect simple, present perfect progressive, past perfect simple and past perfect progressive.

Each semester: one book report (2 book reports for native speakers), one test, several quizzes and/or creative assignments.

Students will become familiar with different types of texts (articles, stories, blogs, poems, webpages, interviews, etc.) studying their structures, main ideas, supporting details and interpreting information from visual data. They will learn to answer questions using LOTS (lower order thinking skills) and HOTS (higher order thinking skills). They will deepen their understanding of grammar rules and usage. Students will practice their listening skills by listening to various types of broadcast. students will engage in meaningful conversations that will endow them adept oral skills and integrating acquired vocabulary for immediate response interaction. Additionally, they will develop their writing skills to produce persuasive compositions or display creative production in other forms. 

Students will be required to participate in the lessons, interact with each other ,work in groups and individually. They are also expected to hand in assignments on time.

Teachers will do everything to ensure a successful and enriching school year. 

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