New de-streamed Grade 9 English course

As part of the Ministry of Education’s commitment to ensure Ontario students build stronger literacy skills, and in response to the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Right to Read report recommendations, the Minister of Education has issued new elementary Language and Français curriculum: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8, Language, 2023 and Le curriculum de l’Ontario, de la 1re à la 8e année, Français, 2023, as well as new de-streamed Grade 9 English (ENL1W) and Français (FRL1W) courses.

The new curriculum and courses are aligned with scientific, evidence-based approaches that emphasize direct, explicit and systematic instruction, and may be implemented in the classrooms of private schools and First Nation/federally operated schools in Ontario starting in September 2023. They are designed to support students in developing the language and literacy knowledge and skills they need to succeed in education and in life, and to encourage students to experience the joy and possibility that literacy learning can ignite.

The English, Grade 9 (ENL1W) and Français, 9e année (FRL1W) courses replace the English, Grade 9, Academic (ENG1D) and the Français 9e année (FRA1D). As of September 2023, ENG1D and ENG1P should no longer be offered and the course codes will expire at the end of the 2022-23 school year. Please note that all other courses in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 10-12: English, 2007 and Le curriculum de l’Ontario: Français 10e à 12e année, 2007 remain in effect. 

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Reference:

FSB-Private Schools and International Education Unit (EDU), Issuance of revised elementary Language curriculum and new de-streamed Grade 9 English course | Publication du programme-cadre révisé de français du palier élémentaire et du nouveau cours décloisonné de français de 9e année, Jun. 23, 2023