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Curriculum – 9th Grade – Level -aleph
Book: Mind Matters
Unit
Months
Access to Information
1
The
Creative
Eye
September In Honor of the Presidentarticle
The Renaissance Manlistening
Marla – 4 year old painterarticle
-Completing a flow chart
-Understanding the main idea
an supporting details
-Interpreting information from
visual data
-Extracting relevant
information for a specific
purpose
Social Interaction
Appreciation of Literature,
Culture and Language
Presentation
Get Creative –
discovering inventions
describing a painting
Grammar
Nouns
Idioms
Past Simple – active/passive
Suffixes
Adjectives
Present Simple –
active/passive
Grammar Worksheet 5 –
Units 1,3
Writing:
Writing about someone
you admire
-Expressing opinions
about games
-Describing cartoons
-Expressing opinions
about Leonard da
Vinci's inventions and
about young artists.
Literature
Flowers Are Red – poem
-Recognizing the use of literary
techniques in a poem
Comparing different teaching
practices
Tasks
-Find out how a toy or
device was invented
and write an article.
- Find 2 or 3 cartoons in
a paper or on the
internet and analyze
meaning.
- Draw an idiom and
explain the meaning.
-Find a painting by a
famous artist – describe
and give some
background
about his/her work.
-Ask a child to draw or
paint a picture –
Interview the child and
describe
the artwork.
2
Actions
October/
November
Touching the void – book
review
A Record Breaker – listening
– news report
Hilary Swank – A million
dollar baby – biography
Get Creative;
Role-playing an
interview or meeting
Presenting a story orally
-Expressing options
about a human dilemma
-Understanding different text
types
- Understanding cause and
effects
-Sequencing events
-Understanding the main idea
and supporting ideas
3
The
Musical
Ear
December/ Free Music for All- magazine
January
article
The Voice of the Streets –
article
Dancing in the Streets –
listening
-Understanding the main idea
and supporting details
-Learning about opinions
-Understanding different text
types
Grammar:
Opposites
Modals and semi-modals
Idioms
Relative Clauses
Grammar Worksheets 5 –
Unit 9
Literature:
Lord of the Flies – adapted
excerpt from novel
Discussing themes and
conflicts in literary text
-Becoming aware of the
cultural context of the story
-Recognizing the use of
dialogue
-Expressing opinions about
characters in a story
Get Creative:
Role-playing an
interview with a famous
singer
Discussing social issues
in music and the
meaning of a song
-Discussing musical
preferences
Discussing quotations
Expressing opinions
Grammar:
Compound words
Words that are verbs and
nouns
Present Perfect – active and
passive
Metaphors/Similes
Gerunds
Idioms
Grammar Worksheets 5 –
Unit 4
Literature:
Writing
Writing a review of a
book, movie or T.V.
show Writing a news
report about a celebrity
Tasks:
-Find out about an
expedition to a remote
place – Write about it.
- Find out about a
celebrity you admire –
interview , role –playing
Writing:
Choose an issue that
songwriters write about
and write a song or
analyze a known song.
Tasks
Prepare a
questionnaire about
musical interests.
Create a quiz about
music. Analyze a rap
Rehearsal – short story
-extracting relevant
information for s specific
purpose
4
February/
The
March
Scientific
World
The Amazing Galapagos –
excerpt from a guide book
Put Your Mind to It
-animal quiz
Number Craze – article
Animal Intelligence –
listening
-Understanding the main idea
and supporting details
-Understanding the structure
and conventions of different
text types
Interpreting information from
visual data
Extracting relevant
information for a specific
purpose
Finding out and following
directions and instructions
-Drawing inferences
-discussing themes and
conflicts in literary texts
-Comparing different cultural
behaviors with your own
-Recognizing the use of
personification and similes
Get creative:
Describing an imaginary
animal
Expressing opinions
about puzzles
-Giving and receiving
information
-Expressing opinions on
different topics
Grammar:
Adjective endings
Present Progressive – active
and passive
Past Progressive – active and
passive
Idiomatic expressions
Grammar worksheets 5 –
Unit 10
Literature;
A Case of Poisoning –
Narrative
-Recognizing the use of
narrative
-Discussing themes and
conflicts in literary texts
-Expressing ideas and opinions
about literary texts
-Becoming aware of the social
and cultural frameworks within
which literary texts were written
-Comparing different cultural
practices, behaviors and
song
Find out about the
history of one type of
protest music.
Writing:
Description of
photographs
Tasks:
Find out about an
unusual animal, find
pictures and write about
it.
Carry out a study of an
animal or pet
Do a survey about
puzzles or games
Prepare a science quiz.
traditions
5
Words
April/May
Charles Dickens and the
Serial Novel – article
The Case for Short words –
excerpt from non-fiction article
Ways with Words – listening
– radio program
-Predicting content
-Understanding the main idea
and supporting idea
-Understanding the structure
and conventions of different
text types
-Extracting relevant
information for a specific
purpose
-Drawing inferences from the
text
6
June
Alone
and
Together
Never Too Young –
newspaper article
Visionary – narrative
Learning Differently –
listening.
- Interpreting the writers point
of view
-Understanding the main idea
Get creative:
Create a new language
Expressing opinions
about soap operas and
books
Expressing opinions
about speaking in
simple language vs
sophisticated language
Discussing interesting
expressions in your
language
Grammar:
Connectors
Past Perfect – active and
passive
Words that are used a verbs
and nouns
Synonyms
First and second conditionals
Grammar Worksheets 5 –
Unit 5,8
Writing:
- Write a script,
- Write as haiku
Tasks:
Read one of Charles
Dickens books and write
a review
Review of a magazine
or T.V. serial.
Literature:
The House on Mango Streetexcerpt from a novel
-Becoming aware of the social
and cultural frameworks within
which literary tests were written
-Comparing different cultural
practices, behaviors and
traditions
-Recognizing the importance of
setting
Get creative:
Expressing opinions
about what to do with a
large school donation
- Discussing leadership
qualities
-Interacting in order to
prepare a campaign
Grammar:
Saying
Reported speech, statements,
commands and questions
Adverbs
Grammar Worksheets 5 –
Unit 7
Literature:
Teevee – poem
Writing:
Express an opinion
Writing a slogan or
jingle
Tasks:
Write a biography about
a world or Israeli leader
and supporting details
-Understanding the structure
and conventions of different
text types
-Discussing themes and
conflicts in literary texts
The Dairy of a Young Girl –
excerpts from Anne Frank
-Recognizing the use of basic
literary techniques in a diary
-Discussing themes and
conflicts in literary texts
-Becoming aware of the social
and cultural frameworks within
which literary texts were written
Survey about qualities
of a leader
Write about a disability
and how people
overcome difficulties.