Alberta PAT study guide
Alberta PAT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Alberta's Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) are standardized provincial assessments administered annually to all Alberta students in grades 6 and 9. They reflect the essentials all Alberta students are expected to achieve, regardless of school choice or location, and they serve three purposes: determining whether students are learning what they are expected to learn, reporting to Albertans how well students have achieved provincial standards at given points in their schooling, and assisting schools, authorities and the province in monitoring and improving student learning. The Alberta PAT study guide has 5 sections and about 1,627 words.
01English Language Arts and Literature
The Grade 9 ELA PAT splits into Part A (writing) and Part B (reading). Part A offers a choice between narrative and functional writing; markers look for a clear controlling idea, organized paragraphs with transitions, specific supporting detail, varied sentence structure, and correct conventions - spelling, punctuation, agreement, sentence boundaries.
341 words, about 2 min02Français langue première et littérature / French Immersion Language Arts and Literature
L'épreuve de lecture porte sur des textes littéraires et courants. On te demande de dégager l'idée principale et les idées secondaires, de faire des inférences, de reconnaître le point de vue du narrateur, le ton, les figures de style (comparaison, métaphore, personnification, hyperbole) et l'intention de l'auteur (informer, convaincre, divertir).
350 words, about 2 min03Mathematics
Grade 9 mathematics tests number (powers, square roots, rational numbers), patterns and relations (polynomials, linear relations, equations, inequalities), shape and space (circle geometry, surface area, volume, similarity), and statistics and probability. Negative bases and exponents: −3² = −9, but (−3)² = +9.
300 words, about 2 min04Science
Grade 9 science draws on biological diversity, matter and chemical change, environmental chemistry, electrical principles and technologies, and space exploration. Expect definitions, diagram interpretation, data tables, and “which explanation is best” reasoning.
325 words, about 2 min05Social Studies
Grade 9 social studies examines Canada's governance, rights, immigration and demographics, economic life, and relations with the United States and the world. Know the division of powers: section 91 gives the federal government matters of national scope (defence, currency, criminal law, with immigration shared), while section 92 gives provinces local matters (health delivery, education, highways, natural resources).
311 words, about 2 min