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Reading (Ages 15-16)

Year 9



Month 1
(Year 9)
AIMS:
  • Read critically
TARGET: Studying setting, plot, and characterisation, and the effects of these. 
RESOURCES: Text: The Great Gatsby
(FRONTLOAD): After reading the whole book complete the following tasks.
(TASK): 
1. Describe the setting of the book.
2. Create a mind map to show the plot of the book, Use the following video if you don’t know what a mind map is. Video
3. Compare and contrast 2 main characters using a Venn Diagram.
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Month 2
(Year 9)
AIMS:
1. Develop an appreciation and love of reading, and read increasingly challenging material independently.
2. Understand increasingly challenging texts.
TARGET:
* 1. Reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction.
* 2. Checking their understanding to make sure that what they have read makes sense.
RESOURCES: Text: The Great Gatsby
(FRONTLOAD): Click on the link of the book you chose to read to open it.
(TASK): After reading the book, choose 3 question per chapter/part to answer.
Guided Questions


Month 3
(Year 9)
Text: The Great Gatsby
Write notes about the elements of the plot as you watch.

Compare the plot of the book with the plot of the video using a Venn Diagram.
Share the Venn diagram with someone. ​


Month 4
(Year 9)
AIMS: Read increasingly challenging material independently.
TARGET: Making Inferences and referring to evidence in the text.
RESOURCES: Text: The Tempest
(FRONTLOAD): Click on the link below to answer the questions.
(TASK): Choose 5 of the 8 questions that appear at the end of the Study Guide
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Month 5
(Year 9)
AIMS: Read critically
TARGET:
Understanding how the work of dramatists is communicated effectively through performance and how alternative staging allows for different interpretations of a play.
RESOURCES:
Video: The Tempest
(FRONTLOAD): Open the video and watch the play.
(TASK): After watching the play and having read the book.
1. Compare and contrast both of them using a Venn Diagram.
2. Questions
  • What new perspectives did you gain after watching the play?
  • How did watching the play help you understand the story more in depth?


Month 6
(Year 9)
AIMS: Understand increasingly challenging texts.
TARGET:
Reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, including in particular whole books, short stories, poems and plays with a wide coverage of genres, historical periods, forms and authors. The range will include high-quality works.
Making Inferences and referring to evidence in the text.
RESOURCES:
Text: The Tempest
(FRONTLOAD): Open the novel.
(TASK): Read the novel and after every act create an Inferring chart. Use the examples below as references.
Inferring examples: example 1 example 2 example 3


Month  7 
(Year 9)
RESOURCES: Text: The Tempest
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Watch the video
Write notes about the elements of the plot as you watch.
Compare the plot of the book with the plot of the video using a Venn Diagram.
Share the Venn diagram with someone. ​

Month 8 
(Year 9)
AIMS:
Understand increasingly challenging texts.
TARGET:
Learning new vocabulary, relating it explicitly to known vocabulary and understanding it with the help of context and dictionaries.
RESOURCES:  Walt Whitman
(FRONTLOAD): Open the link to go to Maya’s poems.
(TASK):
1. Choose three of the poems and make a list of all the new words you can find.
2. Choose 3 of the words and write 3 poems inspired by these words.
3. Use the following examples to help you with ideas on how to write poetry.
How to write a poem  
Types of Poems  
How to write Poetry
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Month 9 
(Year 9)
AIM: Reading Non-Fiction Text
 
TARGET: 
Learning new vocabulary, relating it explicitly to known vocabulary and understanding it with the help of context and dictionaries 

Non-Fiction Books:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
https://openlibrary.org/


As you read, record unknown vocabulary words.
Use this online dictionary to find out the meaning of the words. ​


Month 10
(Year 9)
AIMS:Understand increasingly challenging texts.
TARGET: Studying setting, plot, and characterization, and the effects of these
RESOURCES: Text: Animal Farm
(FRONTLOAD): Open the link below to answer the questions.
(TASK): Answer 10 of the 14 questions.
Study Guide
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Month 11
(Year 9)
AIMS:
Understand increasingly challenging texts.
Read critically
TARGET: Recognizing a range of poetic conventions and understanding how these have been used
RESOURCES: Poetry: Maya Angelou
(FRONTLOAD): Click on the link and follow the poetry lesson using Edgar Allan Poe’s poems.
(TASK):
Follow poetry lesson.
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Month 12
(Year 9)
AIMS:
Understand increasingly challenging texts.
TARGET:
Learning new vocabulary, relating it explicitly to known vocabulary and understanding it with the help of context and dictionaries.
RESOURCES:  Maya Angelou
(FRONTLOAD): Open the link to go to Maya’s poems.
(TASK):
1. Choose three of the poems and make a list of all the new words you can find.
2. Choose 3 of the words and write 3 poems inspired by these words.
3. Use the following examples to help you with ideas on how to write poetry.
How to write a poem  
Types of Poems  
How to write Poetry

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