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Course: Grade 10 English (ENG2D1)
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Course Outline
Teacher:
www.ugdsb.on.ca/westside
Program Leader: A. Willoughby
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Course Description:
This course is designed to extend the range of oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students
need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyse literary texts from
contemporary and historical periods, interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and
media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective
communication. This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 11 university or college preparation
course. Prerequisite: English, Grade 9 Academic
Specific Expectations:
Oral Communications
1. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of
purposes;
2. Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a
variety of purposes;
3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement,
and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
1. Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational,and graphic texts, using
a range of strategies to construct meaning;
2. Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate
understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
3. Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the
strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
1. Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose
and audience;
2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic
forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
3. Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of
language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the
strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media
1. Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;2. Understanding Media Forms,
Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with
them are used to create meaning;
3. Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences,using appropriate forms,
conventions, and techniques;
4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for
improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Instructional Strategies:
Westside teaching staff will use a variety of instructional strategies to help students develop and improve skills in the following
areas: character, citizenship, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, and creativity
and imagination.
Assessment and Evaluation:
Each unit will have one or more major culminating assignments. As well, the students will be required to submit a final
culminating activity at the end of the semester.
● When a student has not submitted a summative evaluation, then a mark of zero may be assigned, and the teacher
will use professional judgment to determine the impact on the overall report card.
● Consequences of cheating and plagiarism may include academic penalties (e.g. loss of marks up to loss of full marks
redo all or part of the work) and/or disciplinary action. See school website for complete policy.
● Oral presentations must be completed within the assigned presentation schedule, otherwise students will be given
one more opportunity to present for a completion mark only.
● Conferencing, as an assessment strategy, is of paramount important to student success in this course.
Late Work
Students are expected to complete all assigned work and submit it by the teacher's established due date. Every attempt will be
made to encourage students to complete all assigned work on time so their grade represent their actual achievement. Should
a student submit work past the due date, a late mark penalty will be assigned. All summative assessments must be submitted
for course credit. Please see Westside's Assessment and Evaluation Policy for more details.
The four strands of Literature Studies & Reading, Writing, Language and Media Studies will each be evaluated within the
following achievement categories as outlined by the Ministry Guidelines:
25%
Knowledge and Understanding
25%
Thinking and Inquiry
25%
Communication
25%
Application
● Term work will be worth 70% of the final mark.
● The final examination and Independent Study Unit (ISU) will be worth 30% of the final mark.
Term Units of Study 70%
Summative Evaluations
Debating (non fiction resources)
1. Work with a small group to plan, research and deliver
your team’s argument on a proposition.
2. Essay
To Kill a Mockingbird (novel).
1. Unit Test
2. Essay
Romeo and Juliet (play)
Unit Test
Culminating Activities 30%
Independent Study Unit (ISU)
1.
2.
Final Examination
Students will keep a portfolio of work throughout
the semester.This will be part of the final
evaluation.
Students will give a presentation using the
information from the material in the portfolio.
Details TBA
Other Information:
i) A record will be kept on the student’s following Learning Skills (as outlined by the Ministry Guidelines): Responsibility,
Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, Self-regulation..
ii) It is the student’s responsibility to speak directly with the teacher before handing in a late assignment.
iii) Students are expected to keep track of all assignments and ensure that they are submitted to the teacher. Should the
student fail to submit any projects or assignments, this will be reflected in his or her mark.
iv) All essays and assignments must be submitted as a hardcopy to the teacher. Summative assessments must be uploaded to
www.turnitin.com. Marked assignments with comments will not be returned until the assignment has been submitted.
v) Students are expected to return their books in the condition they received them. Otherwise the following replacement costs
will apply:
Romeo and Juliet
$26
To Kill a Mockingbird
$12
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