US 9^th Grade Courses

Based on their academic record, students choose a minimum of five courses from the list below.

• Art

  Term 1

  • Basic Art & Design vocabulary
  • Exploring line, tone and texture
  • Basic form and structure : direct observation
  • Sketching, rough layouts and composition
  • Developing an idea or design
  • Using colour
  • Experimentation with different materials
  • School Christmas card design

   

  Term 2

  • Looking at different Artists and styles
  • Examining and reproducing an image in a chosen style
  • Creative use of materials : mixed media and collage
  • Interpretation; using your imagination
  • Graphic Design e.g. CD, film, computer game, book, etc.

   

  Term 3

  • Still life : natural objects / outside observation
  • Presentation and mounting of coursework
  • Personal object

   

• Algebra 1

  Term 1

  • Introduction to Algebra
  • Rules of Arithmetic
  • Linear Equations with One Variable
  • Exponents & Polynomials

   

• Economics

  Term 1

  • The Basic Economic Problem
  • How the Market Works and Market Failure
  • Economic Indicators
  • Trends in Production, Population, and Living Standards

   

  Term 2

  • International Aspects of Economics
  • Features and Purposes of Business Organizations
  • Internal Structure of Business Organizations

   

  Term 3

  • The Elements of Employment
  • Influences on Business Organizations
  • The Importance of Markets and Customers

   

• English 1

  Term 1

  • Explorers
  • Describing events in the past
  • Making comparisons
  • Grammar
  • Our World
  • Canada and the USA
  • Growing Up
  • Have a Laugh!
  • A Great Film!

   

  Term 2

  • Disaster
  • A Place to Stay
  • Your Mind
  • Music Makers

   

  Term 3

  • Doctor's Orders
  • Exchanging information
  • Giving advice
  • Lost Worlds
  • Good or Bad Luck?

   

• English 2

  Term 1

  • Best of British
  • Ways of Talking
  • Friends and Enemies
  • A Working Life
  • Travel
  • Live Forever
  • Campaigning for Survival
  • Reality TV

   

  Term 2

  • Good and Evil
  • Getting into Trouble
  • Two Sides To Every Story
  • Mysteries Places

   

  Term 3

  • Love
  • Anger
  • Skills: Narrative
  • Fear
  • Happiness

   

• English Language and Literature

  The Power of Storytelling

  • Maupassant - "The Necklace"
  • O'Brian - "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"
  • Collier - "Marigolds"
  • Tan - "Two Kinds"
  • O'Flaherty - "The Sniper"
  • Jackson - "The Possibility of Evil"
  • Valenzuala - "The Censors"
  • Poe - "The Cask of Amontillado"

   

• European History

  Term 1

  • The First World War
  • The Rise of Totalitarianism

   

  Term 2

  • The Second World War

   

  Term 3

  • The Cold War

   

• Geometry

  Term 1

  • Basics of Geometry
  • Patterns & inductive reasoning
  • Reasoning & Proof
  • Perpendicular & Parallel Lines
  • Congruent Triangles

   

  Term 2

  • Properties of Triangles
  • Quadrilaterals
  • Right Triangles

   

• Integrated Science

  Term 1

  • Matter
  • Elements, mixtures & compounds
  • Atomic structure
  • The periodic table

   

  Term 2

  • Groups of metals
  • Groups of non-metals
  • Ionic compounds
  • Covalent bonding
  • Metals and structure

   

  Term 3

  • Natural Resources
  • Land Use
  • People's Effect on the Environment

   

• World History

  Term 1

  • Political Revolutions: Contrast and Change
  • The Industrial Revolution

   

  Term 2

  • Global Change and New Imperialism

   

  Term 3

  • The First World War

   

• German

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• Italian

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• Spanish

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)

  All students follow one period per week.

• Sports

  All students follow sports classes (variety of activities).