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Introduction

Mr. Kertes di waayu.

Kittitas ada Boosn di wil ‘waatgu.

Canadian ada Boosn ‘nüüyu.

Kxeen di wil dzogu.

Adabiis di pdeegu.

English 9 Quiz Study Guide

  • The quiz will be on Friday September 3rd
  1. What do the Five Foundations for Writing to Learn help you do?
    The Five Foundations help you use writing to learn across all subjects in high school.
  2. What are the Five Foundations for Writing to Learn?
    The Five Foundations are: (I) Focusing; (II) Researching; (III) Organizing; (IV) Revising; and (V) Presenting
  3. What is the theme of English 9?
    The theme of English 9 is “the power of love”.
  4. How do you learn about this?
    I will learn about this by using the Five Foundations (by “writing to learn”).
  5. What you will get out of this learning? (Why learn it?)
    I will become smarter, more powerful, and more attractive by using the Five Foundations to write to learn.
  6. Who is in your study group and project group? What is the title of your Future of Writing novel?

About

Mr. Kertes is an English Language Arts teacher in Prince Rupert (Kxeen), in the territory of the Ts’msyen, at CHSS - home of the Rainmakers. The language of the Ts'msyen is Sm’algya̲x.

Contact

2025-26 Courses

  • English 9
  • EFP11 Literary Studies & Spoken Language
  • EFP12 English First Peoples 12

2026-27 New Courses (tentative)

  • Philosophy 12 (for 11/12)
  • Law Studies 12 (for 11/12)

Extracurriculars

  • CHSS Debate Team
  • CHSS Community Builders Club
  • Exchange Trip (Canada) (Grades 9-11)
  • Community Studies Trip (Europe) (tentative for June/July 2027)
  • Leadership Camp (Haida Gwaii)
  • Middle School Movie Nights