Grade 9 Literature

Grade 9 is where Literature is either enjoyed or given up on. The course is built to make it the first.

• Reading a poem — who is speaking, what changes, and what the words are doing.
• Reading a short story — where it begins, where it turns, and what the ending leaves open.
• Reading a play — following it as something watched rather than only read.
• Finding evidence — going back to the text instead of answering from memory.
• Explaining an effect — the sentence that turns a description into an answer.
• Writing a paragraph answer — point, evidence, explanation, effect and link, practised until it is a habit.