‫ תשע"ד‬2013-2014
Curriculum -
9th Grade – Level - Gimel
Book: On Track Alternative
Unit
1
Keep
Track
Months
Access to Information
Social Interaction
Appreciation of Literature,
Culture and Language
Presentation
September/
October
Suzy's tips – advice column
In the Red – review of TV
show
Working Teens – listening
More Hours in a Day – book
review
Give and receive tips
Express feelings, likes
and dislikes
Interact for purposes of
persuading
Grammar:
Imperatives
Future Simple
Writing:
Capital Letters
- Engage in a short
conversation
- Ask and answer
questions about familiar
topics
Express feeling likes
and dislikes
Grammar:
Present Simple – positive and
negative
Present Simple – questions
Identify cognates
- identify different text types
and use this knowledge as
needed
- locate relevant information for
a specific purpose
-identify explicit opinions and
feelings
2
Let's
Party
November
Come to a Festival –brochure
A Surprise Party – listening
Festivals Around the World
– an article
Red Hen and Lies – a short
story
- identify different text types
and use this knowledge as
Literature:
-aware of social and cultural
frameworks
-are familiar with ageappropriate
texts
Literature
- are familiar with different
Tasks
Plan how to keep track
of money
Writing:
Punctuation
Tasks:
Write an invitation
Make a poster
needed
- locate relevant information for
a specific purpose
-identify explicit opinions and
feelings
Understand the main idea and
supporting details in a text and
use this knowledge as needed
3
December/
Go For It January
Cycling Mom – interview
A Food Survey – listening
Coach Carter – movie review
A Giant Player – article
cultural practices
- are aware of the social and
cultural frameworks within
which a short story was written
-discuss main characters,
setting and events in a story
-recognize the use of basic
literary techniques - metaphors
-express ideas and opinions
about a short story
-Ask and answer simple
questions about general
topics
-Express feelings likes
and dislikes
- understand the main ideas
and sequence of events in an
interview and use the
knowledge as needed
-understand the structure and
conventions of an interview
and movie review
-identify explicit opinions and
feelings
-locate relevant information for
a specific purpose
4
February
Pets and /March
People
For Sale – ad and excerpt from
a book
People and their Pets –
listening
Guilty of Murder – newspaper
Grammar
Gerunds –
Express feeling , likes and
dislikes
Modals and semi-modals –
rules, recommendations,
opinions
Literature
-are aware of the social and
cultural frameworks within
which a movie review was
written
-are familiar with different
cultural products and practices
-describe main characters,
setting and events in a story
-communicate a personal
response to a text.
-Interact for purposes of
giving and receiving
information
-Express personal
wishes and opinions
Grammar:
Adjectives – describe people,
things
Relative Pronouns – add
additional information
Writing:
Short paragraph
Tasks
Write about friends,
books or movies.
Conduct a school
survey.
Write a movie review
Writing:
Using Adjectives in
sentences – write about
people and their pets
article
Never Lose Hope – a true
story
5
April/May
Chat
and Play
-understand the structure and
conventions of an ad and a
newspaper article an use
knowledge as needed
-extract relevant information for
a specific purpose from
different sources
-identify explicit opinions and
feelings
-draw inferences in order to
identify the points of view in a
text, distinguishing fact from
opinion
I Create Games – article
Shannon Part one – story
Shannon Part two- listening
Cyber Sport- article
-Understand the main idea,
supporting details and
sequence of events in a text
-Draw inferences in order to
identify the points of view
-Identify explicit opinions and
feelings
6
Travel
the
World
June
The Fastest Train in Japan
-blog, web log
The Israel Trail – listening
Murder on the Five O'clock
-Engage is a short
conversation
Literature:
Communicate a personal
response in a poem
-Recognize the use of literary
Techniques – rhymes
-Describe main characters,
setting and events in a short
story
-Communicate a personal
response to a short story
-Are familiar with ageappropriate literary texts
Tasks
Write an ad
Ask and answer
questions about a
general topic.
-Express personal
wishes and opinionsEngage in
conversations
-Interact for purposes of
persuading
Grammar:
Past Simple – positive and
negative
Questions in the Past Simple
Writing:
Connectors in
sentences in the past
tense
Literature:
Describe main characters
,setting and events in a story
-Communicate a personal
response in a story
-Are familiar with different
cultural products and practices
-Discuss themes and conflicts
in a literary text.
Tasks
Conduct an interview
-Express personal
wishes and opinions
-Ask and answer
questions about future
Grammar:
Present Progressive – things
that are happening now
Past Progressive – things that
Writing:
Topic sentences
Write details and
examples of topic
Write about a computer
game you played
Train – mystery story
The Last Leaf – short play
-understand the structure and
conventions of a blog
-Draw inferences in order to
identify the points of view in a
texts, distinguishing fact from
opinion
-Understand the main idea and
supporting details in a text
plans
-Engage in short
conversations
were happening in the past
sentences
Literature
-Are aware of different cultural
practices , behaviors and
traditions
-Discuss themes and conflicts
in a play
-Express ideas and opinions
about a play
Task
Give a talk with photos
of a trip
Conduct an interview