LEARNING EXPECTATIONS GRADE 9
Ensino Médio
Muchness lives where curiosity meets care
Finding Muchness by Kobi
2026 Theme of the Year
Our mission
Escola Concept
offers an academically rigorous, challenging, inclusive, global education designed to develop happy and thoughtful human beings who positively impact the world we live in. The school's program is designed to nurture the dispositions of lifelong learners who collaborate to co-create, embrace an entrepreneurial mindset, understand the meaning of living sustainably, and are globally and digitally fluent. Learners apply habits of mind to their daily actions, use the language of thinking to communicate, and understand the elements of design thinking to problem solve and innovate. Learning is facilitated and assessed through relevant, project-based experiences. Upon graduation, learners will be prepared for their university of choice in Brazil, or elsewhere around the world.
FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PER GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
The standards and benchmarks that guide instruction derive from both the national curriculum mandated by the Ministry of Education, besides international references such as Illustrative Mathematics, Fieldwork Education, U.S. Common Core, AP Curriculum (College Board) NGSS, and NCSS. The main core areas of knowledge are divided into the following:
English Language
Study literature and informational texts through character, theme, and rhetoric while writing across genres. Develop grammar, vocabulary, and communication skills via inquiry, discussion, and media literacy.
Portuguese Language
Análise crítica de textos de diferentes esferas, produção autoral com clareza e coesão, além de debates com escuta ativa, ética e responsabilidade social.
Mathematics
Learn linear, quadratic, and exponential functions; solve systems; and apply statistical thinking. Build fluency through real-world problem-solving and multiple representations.
Social Sciences (History and Geography)
Examine industrialization, world conflicts, globalization, and civic participation. Explore history, geography, civics, economics, and culture to understand modern society
FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PER GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
Natural Sciences
Investigate waves, chemical reactions, evolution, and astronomy. Explore physics, chemistry, biology, and environmental science through inquiry, labs, and digital tools.
Career & College Counseling Guide
The WAKE College & Career Counseling Manual offers a structured framework for post-secondary planning. Using the WAKE model—Wonder, Act, Know, Execute—it guides learners in self-discovery, academic growth, and career exploration, ensuring a confident and purposeful transition beyond high school.
AP - Advanced Placement
College-level courses and exams offered in high school that allow learners to demonstrate mastery of subjects, earn college credit, and strengthen university applications.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Arts
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Curriculum Snapshot
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (ELA) – the internationally recognized benchmark that guarantees rigor, continuity, and comparability with the world’s leading schools.
At Escola Concept, every Grade 9 learner embarks on a literary and intellectual journey that connects academic mastery with personal growth. Our model – Understand → Explore → Materialize –ensures learning is both structured, transformative, and culturaly relevant to our learners.
Course Overview
Grade 9 English Language Arts introduces learners to high schoollevel reading, writing, speaking, and language study. The course is organized around the essential questions: Who am I becoming, and how do stories help us understand our journeys?
How do authors use storytelling to explore growth and transformation?
Learners engage with fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and media texts that focus on identity and transformation. They strengthen their ability to analyze texts, produce writing across genres, and participate in academic discussions and presentations.
Learning Structure
Each lesson follows Escola Concept’s three-phase model:
Understand: Introduction of anchor texts and key concepts through essential questions.
Explore: Practice with close reading, annotation, drafting, and collaborative discussion.
Materialize: Application through essays, debates, presentations, and performance tasks.
Content Areas
Reading: Literature & Informational Texts
Analysis of theme, character development, structure, and rhetoric. Comparison of perspectives across works.
Writing: Argumentative, Narrative, Informative
Development of arguments supported by evidence.
Narrative writing with descriptive detail and structure.
Informative texts composed with clarity and purpose.
Competencies
By the end of Grade 9, learners will be able to:
Speaking & Listening
Participation in structured academic discussions.
Formal presentations and collaborative projects.
Language: Grammar, Conventions, Vocabulary
Application of grammar rules and varied syntax.
Expansion of academic vocabulary in context.
Analyze and evaluate texts with evidence-based reasoning. Write across genres with coherence and control of language. Express and defend ideas effectively in both speech and writing. Apply grammar and vocabulary with accuracy in academic contexts. Integrate research and sources into written work.
Assessment and Student Work
Student progress is documented through:
Personal narratives, argumentative essays, and informative texts. Class debates, Socratic seminars, and oral defenses.
Multimedia presentations that compare perspectives across texts. Ongoing writing portfolios and vocabulary journals.
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA
Curriculum Snapshot
Aligned with the BNCC (Base Nacional Comum Curricular – Língua Portuguesa, Anos Finais), Grade 9 Portuguese Language ensures rigor, continuity, and comparability with leading national and international frameworks.
At Escola Concept, every Grade 9 learner engages in the development of linguistic, critical, and authorial competencies. Our model – Compreender → Explorar → Materializar – ensures learning is structured, applied, and meaningful
Course Overview
Grade 9 Portuguese Language consolidates learners’ ability to read, write, and argue with intentionality, awareness, and responsibility. The course emphasizes language as a tool for social action and identity construction.
Learners engage in critical reading of literary, journalistic, digital, and opinion texts; produce argumentative and authorial writing; participate in ethical debates and oral practices; analyze language in its social and cultural contexts; and create multimodal projects that integrate verbal, visual, and digital elements
Learning Structure
Each lesson follows Escola Concept’s three-phase model:
Compreender: Guided study of texts, concepts, and contexts.
Explorar: Critical analysis, debate, investigation, and experimentation with language.
Materializar: Production of authorial texts, collaborative projects, and public presentations
Content Areas
Leitura e Interpretação: Critical analysis of literary, journalistic, academic, and digital texts; focus on themes, ideologies, and discourse.
Produção Textual: Essays, opinion articles, manifestos, and open letters; clarity, cohesion, and style with revision cycles.
Comunicação Oral: Debates, discussions, simulations, and public presentations with ethical argumentation.
Análise Linguística: Grammar and stylistic resources; reflection on linguistic variation, standard norms, and discourse identities.
Multiletramentos e Cultura Digital: Critical interpretation and creation of multimodal texts such as videos, podcasts, and infographic
Competencies
By the end of Grade 9, learners will be able to:
Produce clear, cohesive, and authorial texts.
Read and interpret diverse discourses critically.
Argue ethically and position themselves responsibly in oral and written contexts.
Curate and use information and media consciously.
Engage in projects of intervention and research.
Recognize language as a tool for social transformation.
Assessment and Student Work
Progress will be documented through:
Authorial writing projects and essays.
Oral debates, panels, and public presentations.
Digital productions integrating verbal, visual, and audio elements. Research projects with collaborative outputs.
Portfolios of reading notes, writing drafts, and revised productions
MATH EMATICS
Curriculum Snapshot
Aligned with the BNCC (Base Nacional Comum Curricular) and Illustrative Mathematics (IM, connected to the Common Core State Standards – CCSS), Grade 9 Mathematics ensures rigor, continuity, and international comparability.
At Escola Concept, every Grade 9 learner develops mathematical reasoning through contextual problems and collaborative inquiry. Our model – Understand → Explore → Materialize – ensures learning is structured, applied, and meaningful for our learners.
Course Overview
Grade 9 Mathematics deepens learners’ understanding of algebra and functions while introducing them to statistical reasoning and probability. The course is organized around questions such as:
How can we use functions to represent and interpret relationships in the real world?
How do mathematical models help us describe, predict, and solve problems?
Learners study linear, quadratic, and exponential functions, work with systems of equations, apply exponent rules, and analyze data using statistical tools. They strengthen their ability to reason with structure, solve problems with multiple strategies, and communicate their thinking with precision.
Learning Structure
Each lesson follows Escola Concept’s three-phase model:
Understand: Introduction of mathematical concepts and problems through real-world contexts. Explore: Practice with multiple representations (graphs, tables, equations, and models), collaborative problem-solving, and guided reasoning.
Materialize: Application through modeling tasks, real-world investigations, statistical projects, and performance assessments
Content Areas
Equations and Expressions: Solving and interpreting linear, quadratic, and exponential equations; manipulating algebraic expressions.
Functions and Graphing: Defining, comparing, and analyzing linear, quadratic, and exponential functions; applying transformations.
Systems of Equations and Inequalities: Solving systems with graphing, substitution, and elimination; interpreting solutions.
Exponents, Roots, and Factoring: Applying exponent rules, operating with radicals, factoring quadratics.
Statistics and Probability: Summarizing and interpreting data distributions; modeling probability in real contexts
Competencies
By the end of Grade 9, learners will be able to:
Demonstrate fluency with linear, quadratic, and exponential equations.
Model relationships using functions and interpret their behavior.
Analyze data using statistical tools and probability models.
Apply quantitative reasoning in real-world problem-solving.
Communicate mathematical reasoning with precision using symbols, graphs, and academic language.
Assessment and Student Work
Student progress is documented through:
Problem sets and modeling tasks that connect to real-world contexts.
Graphical and written analyses of functions and systems.
Collaborative discussions where learners justify and critique reasoning.
Performance assessments in statistics, probability, and algebra. A cumulative portfolio demonstrating growth in mathematical communication.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Aligned with the BNCC (Base Nacional Comum Curricular), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and AP World History, Grade 9 Social Sciences ensures rigor, continuity, and international comparability.
At Escola Concept, every Grade 9 learner engages in historical, geographical, civic, and economic inquiry. Our model – Understand → Explore → Materialize – ensures learning is structured, applied, and meaningful.
Course Overview
The Grade 9 Social Sciences course, Contemporary World Studies, examines global history, political systems, and socio-economic developments from the 19th century to the present. Learners analyze industrialization, world conflicts, decolonization, globalization, and civic participation. The course emphasizes critical engagement with modern global issues through case studies, primary sources, and interdisciplinary exploration.
Learning Structure
Each lesson follows Escola Concept’s three-phase model:
Understand: Introduction of historical and political concepts through guided inquiry.
Explore: Research, case study analysis, and structured discussions.
Materialize: Application through projects, debates, and policy-based problem-solving tasks.
Content Areas
History: Industrialization, imperialism, revolutions, world wars, decolonization, Cold War, and contemporary global issues.
Geography: Political and economic geography, global trade, urbanization, and sustainability.
Civics: Governance models, international organizations, civic responsibilities, and human rights.
Economics: Global markets, ideologies, financial literacy, and globalization.
Cultural Studies: Identity, social movements, media, and cultural globalization
Competencies
By the end of Grade 9, learners will be able to:
Explain causes and outcomes of major global transformations. Compare governance systems and political ideologies.
Analyze globalization and its impact on economies and societies. Interpret spatial data to understand migration, urbanization, and environmental change. Evaluate human rights movements and the role of identity in shaping modern society.
Assessment and Student Work
Student progress is documented through:
Research projects and policy debates.
Analytical essays based on primary and secondary sources.
Civic engagement projects connected to contemporary issues.
Multimedia presentations and collaborative case studies.
Portfolios reflecting historical inquiry, geographic analysis, and civic reasoning.
NATURAL SCIENCES
NATURAL SCIENCES
Curriculum Snapshot
Aligned with the BNCC (Base Nacional Comum Curricular) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Grade 9 Natural Sciences ensures rigor, continuity, and international comparability.
At Escola Concept, every Grade 9 learner engages in an integrated study of physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences. Our model – Understand → Explore → Materialize – ensures learning is structured, applied, and meaningful
Course Overview
Grade 9 Natural Sciences develops an advanced understanding of matter, energy, life, and Earth systems. Learners apply the scientific method, strengthen critical thinking, and explore connections between science, technology, and sustainability. The course is organized around questions such as:
How do scientific models help us explain and predict natural phenomena? How does scientific knowledge guide decisions about sustainability and global challenges?
Learners investigate atomic structure and chemical reactions, energy and electromagnetism, genetics and evolution, ecosystems, and climate change. They also examine the ethical implications of scientific advancements in society
Learning Structure
Each lesson follows Escola Concept’s three-phase model:
Understand: Introduction of scientific concepts and theories through guided exploration.
Explore: Laboratory investigations, collaborative problem-solving, and case studies.
Materialize: Application through research projects, presentations, and scientific investigations.
Content Areas
Physics: Waves, energy conservation, and electromagnetism.
Chemistry: Atomic structure, bonding, conservation of mass, and reaction mechanisms.
Biology: Genetics, heredity, evolution, biodiversity, and ecological conservation.
Earth & Environmental Science: Geological processes, climate change, astronomy, and sustainability.
Competencies
By the end of Grade 9, learners will be able to:
Design and carry out investigations using appropriate tools and models. Interpret and analyze data to draw evidence-based conclusions. Explain atomic structure, chemical reactions, and energy transformations. Apply concepts of heredity, DNA, and evolution to biological systems. Analyze climate change and propose sustainable solutions. Communicate scientific findings clearly and work collaboratively.
Assessment and Student Work
Student progress is documented through:
Laboratory experiments and reports.
Research projects on sustainability, genetics, and global challenges.
Multimedia presentations of scientific findings.
Participation in collaborative investigations and peer-review processes.
Portfolios documenting inquiry, data analysis, and reflections.
CAREER & COLLEGE PREPARATION
CAREER & COLLEGE PREP
The WAKE College & Career Counseling Manual
is a roadmap to help learners, families, and educators navigate post-secondary planning with confidence. Guided by the WAKE framework—Wonder, Act, Know, Execute—it empowers learners to explore their aspirations, build the skills and knowledge needed for success, and take ownership of their future. More than a guide, it is a living document designed to support self-discovery, academic growth, and career exploration, ensuring a purposeful and well-prepared transition beyond high school.
WONDER: Exploration & Self-Discovery
In Grade 9, learners begin shaping their academic story while exploring passions and career interests. They discover how course selection, GPA, and extracurriculars influence future opportunities. Early exposure to AP expectations, university requirements, and the balance between Brazilian and international pathways helps them build a strong foundation for both college and career readiness.
Available Resources
Naviance – Academic & career planning tool for learners. WAKE Academic Roadmap – Guides learners on key milestones per grade.
College Fairs & University Visits – Opportunities to explore global institutions.
Counselor Meetings & Workshops – Personalized guidance at each stage. Know more about the Grade 9 Career & College Preparationhere:
ADVANCED PLACEMENTAP
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
What is Advanced Placement?
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are college-level classes offered in High School that allow you to explore subjects in greater depth, challenge yourself academically, and potentially earn college credit. APs are recognized by universities around the world and help you stand out in applications for college, internships, and other opportunities.These classes are an opportunity to develop critical thinking, time management, and independent study skills — all while discovering what truly inspires you.
Advanced Placement in Grade 9
In Grade 9, learners take AP World History and AP English Language and Composition as part of their core. While taking the official AP exam is optional, all learners will be learning the comprehensive AP course.
Also, in Grade 9 all learners have the “voice and choice” in their course of study and will enroll in one “AP Honors Course” chosen from the following:
Comparative Government and Politics
Human Geography
Literature and Composition
Biology
Calculus
Statistics
Microeconomics
Arts & Design
