Grade 9 English Language (Live)

About Course

English is an essential component of our everyday life. It is one of the main subjects that is needed for entry into college. It is also important to any job application. This course will provide you with a fundamental part of your journey towards sitting the CSEC Englis A exam.

Course Content

Introduction to Paragraph Writing
Introduction to Paragraph Writing Paragraphs are the group of sentences combined together, about a certain topic. It is a very important form of writing as we write almost everything in paragraphs, be it an answer, essay, story, emails, etc. We can say that a well-structured paragraph is the essence of good writing. The purposes of the paragraph are to give information, to explain something, to tell a story, and to convince someone that our idea is right. Paragraphs are blocks of textual content that segment out a larger piece of writing—stories, novels, articles, creative writing, or professional writing portions—making it less complicated to read and understand. Excellent paragraphs are an available writing skill for plenty of types of literature, and proper writers can substantially beautify the clarity of their news, essays, or fiction writing whilst constructing nicely. Structure of a Paragraph A paragraph has three major parts- Topic sentence Supporting sentences Concluding sentence 1. Topic Sentence A topic sentence is a precise statement that reflects the main idea of the paragraph. It should be carefully written as it will show the reader what you are going to talk about. Words chosen for this should not be cluttered and ambiguous as readers will decide to read further based on this. It is not necessary to write the topic sentence at the beginning of the paragraph. It can be put anywhere, as long as it reflects the main topic. For instance, if you mention that you are going to talk about the advantages of using the hand sanitizer, then in supporting sentence you should only talk about advantages, not the features or anything else. 2. Supporting Sentences Supporting sentences explain the topic sentence in detail. They expand the main topic and develops the main idea into the explanation. They explain the main topic using examples, facts, quotes, etc. They have to be related to the topic sentence. There can be two types of Supporting sentences, First, The major supporting sentence; this sentence directly explains the main idea with some new fact or new idea. Second, a minor support sentence helps the major supporting sentence develop the controlling idea. 3. Conclusion Sentence A good concluding sentence brings a paragraph to a polished end. It may give a summary of the main topic, a concluding sentence also gives a final take on the topic and leaves the reader with complete information. A good conclusion can either be just reiterating the topic again or it could be concluded with a few main points which were not exclusively mentioned in the paragraph.

Paragraph Hamburger Presentation

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Intro to Paragraph Writing Quiz

Writing paragraphs
See intro lesson.

Equivalent Sentences
Being able to identify equivalent sentences is an essential skill in writing your CSEC paper 1. An equivalent sentence is similar in meaning to the original, even though the structure and words are different. Engaging in identifying equivalent sentences is an important activity that can be used to improve your paraphrasing skills and, by extension, summary writing.

Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Writing Persuasive writing is a form of nonfiction writing that encourages careful word choice, the development of logical arguments, and a cohesive summary.

Modes Of Persuasion/Sentence Completion

Writing The Persuasive Essay
A persuasive essay explains a specific topic and attempts to persuade the audience that your point of view is the most informed, logical and valid perspective on the topic.

Vocabulary Development
Synonym: a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close. Antonym: An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example, hot and cold are antonyms, as are good and bad.

Reading Comprehension Skills

Class Recordings

01/11/23 – Persuasive Writing

01:36:53
08/11/23 – Antonyms and Synonyms

01:54:54
15/11/23 – Levels of Comprehension

01:55:39
22/11/23 – Introduction to Summary Writing

01:57:19
29/11/23 – Finding the Main Idea

01:52:36
06/12/23 Summary Writing

01:54:15
10/01/24 Achieving Conciseness

01:47:04
17/01/24 Summary Writing and Assessment

55:39
24/01/24 Expository Writing

01:37:39
31/01/24 What is a Report?

22:25
07/02/24- Reading Comprehesion

01:50:54
21/02/24 Expository Writing

01:45:29
Expository Writing-Body Paragraph

01:49:19

Summary Writing

Summary Writing: Unnecessary Data

December Assessment
Click the link or copy and paste to complete the test on or before January 6th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gdI-_X61v9BdZ09pjxvkpza6UUczpzTihnjCRx2eYrs/edit

Summary – Achieving Conciseness

Report Writing 1 & 2
A report is a nonfiction account that presents and/or summarizes the facts about a particular event, topic, or issue. The idea is that people who are unfamiliar with the subject can find everything they need to know from a good report. Reports make it easy to catch someone up to speed on a subject, but actually writing a report is anything but easy. So to help you understand what to do, below we present a little report of our own, all about report writing.

Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary
Read and discuss the comprehension passage then answer the questions in the google forms doc. Complete the vocabulary exercise attached after doing the comprehension.

Expository Writing

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About Course

Course Content

Paragraph Hamburger Presentation

Intro to Paragraph Writing Quiz

Writing paragraphs See intro lesson.

Parts of a Paragraph

Complete The Paragraph writing Quiz & Writing Task

Equivalent Sentences

Equivalent Sentences Quiz

Persuasive Writing Persuasive Writing Persuasive writing is a form of nonfiction writing that encourages careful word choice, the development of logical arguments, and a cohesive summary.

Draft Lesson

Assignments

Modes Of Persuasion/Sentence Completion

Modes of Persuasion

Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion

Writing The Persuasive Essay A persuasive essay explains a specific topic and attempts to persuade the audience that your point of view is the most informed, logical and valid perspective on the topic.

The Persuasive Essay

Persuasive Writing Prompt

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms & Antonyms

Reading Comprehension Skills

Comprehension Passage, Slide & Video

Comprehension Assessment

Class Recordings

01/11/23 – Persuasive Writing

08/11/23 – Antonyms and Synonyms

15/11/23 – Levels of Comprehension

22/11/23 – Introduction to Summary Writing

29/11/23 – Finding the Main Idea

06/12/23 Summary Writing

10/01/24 Achieving Conciseness

17/01/24 Summary Writing and Assessment

24/01/24 Expository Writing

31/01/24 What is a Report?

07/02/24- Reading Comprehesion

21/02/24 Expository Writing

Expository Writing-Body Paragraph

Summary Writing

Summary Writing Slide & Video

Practice Activity

Summary Writing: Unnecessary Data

Deleting Examples, Statistics and Repetition

Summarize Application 1.3

December Assessment Click the link or copy and paste to complete the test on or before January 6th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gdI-_X61v9BdZ09pjxvkpza6UUczpzTihnjCRx2eYrs/edit

Assignment

Summary – Achieving Conciseness

Achieving Conciseness Slide

Summary Writing Assessment

Report Writing Slides

Write an Accident Report

Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Read and discuss the comprehension passage then answer the questions in the google forms doc. Complete the vocabulary exercise attached after doing the comprehension.