Course: ENG2L Teacher: Program Leader: A. Willoughby
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Course Description:
In this course, students focus on extending their literacy and communication skills to prepare for success in their daily lives, in the workplace, or in the English Grade 11 Workplace Preparation course. The course is organized into strands that extend listening and talking skills, reading and viewing skills, and writing skills. In all strands, the focus is on refining foundational literacy skills and on using language clearly and accurately in a variety of authentic contexts. Students build on their strategies and engage in the processes involved in talking, listening, reading, viewing, writing, and thinking, and reflect regularly upon their growth in these areas.
Prerequisite: A Grade 9 English credit
Overall Course Expectations
Oral Communication:
• apply active listening strategies to gather information and ideas as they contribute to small-group and class discussions;
• use talk to extend critical and creative thinking skills in small- and large-group interactions;
• contribute ideas and engage in thoughtful conversation in classroom activities;
• assess their growth as oral communicators and set goals for extending their talking and listening skills.
Reading and Viewing::
• apply reading and viewing strategies to understand and make connections with texts that are part of school, workplace, and everyday life, with an emphasis on increasing independence;
• read and interpret a variety of engaging, authentic, and relevant print and non-print text forms, both teacher and student selected;
• assess their growth as independent readers and viewers and set goals for extending their reading and viewing skills.
Writing:
• apply the writing process by generating and organizing ideas, writing a draft, revising, and editing to produce a variety of short written texts;
• convey information and ideas with clarity and coherence in a variety of short print and non-print forms;
• assess their growth as writers and set goals for extending their writing skills.
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 strands of Literature Studies and 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 Independent Study Unit is worth 20% of term mark.)
● The culminating activity will be worth 30% of the final mark.
Unit of Study
Narrative: Acceleration
Big Idea: The conflicts we experience define us
1. Series of Paragraphs
2. Test
Term Work (70%)
Summative Evaluations
Media
Big Idea: Media Affects our Identity
Social Issues: various non-fiction
Big Idea: We impact our environment
1. Research Project and Presentation
2. Test
1. Create an Informational text
Culminating Activities
ISU (15%)
Exam (15%)
Other Information:
Series of paragraphs and short presentation: “What defines you? What defines the main character in your book?” 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) Students are expected to return their books in the condition they received them. Otherwise the following replacement costs will apply: Acceleration: $10