289 College Ave. W., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 1S9 519-821-0360
Course Code: ENG 4U1
Instructor: Mr. G. Reimer
Email: glenn.reimer@ugdsb.on.ca; greimer@ugcloud.ca
Voicemail: 468
Textbooks and Replacement Costs:
ISU novel (student supplied)
Hamlet – $20
Echoes 12 – $60
literature circle novel – $20 each
Grapes of Wrath play adaptation – $20
Department Head: Robin Todd
Email: robin.todd@ugdsb.on.ca
Phone: 821-0360 ext. 319
Course Description:
This course emphasizes the consolidation of the literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking
skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze a range of challenging literary
texts. An important focus will be on using academic language coherently and confidently. The course is
intended to prepare students for university, college, or the workplace. Prerequisite: English, Grade 11,
University Preparation
Relevant Websites:
Course Website: http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/ccvi/english/courses/ENG4U1/home.html
Ministry Website with Curriculum details: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/
Assessment and Evaluation Policy:
1) Teachers use evaluation practices and procedures that are fair, transparent and equitable to all students.
2) Determining a report card grade will reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement with
special consideration given to more recent evidence.
3) Please review the Student Handbook for a detailed review of our school-wide evaluation policy.
4) These policies are also available on our school website.
Late and Missed Assignments and Tests:
Students, parents, teachers, and the community believe that a lack of consequences for academic nonperformance is unfair to students who work hard to meet deadlines and constitutes an inequitable approach.
The same concerned stakeholders also believe that students need to learn to be accountable to themselves and
others to be prepared to meet the requirements of employers, colleges and universities. The Ontario Ministry of
Education policy on Assessment and Evaluation states, “students must provide evidence of their achievement
within the time frame specified by the teacher. Students must understand that there will be consequences for not
completing assignments for evaluation or for submitting those assignments late”.
Stakeholders agree that two weeks is a reasonable amount of time to consider late assignments or
missed tests. Therefore, after the due date of a test or assignment – without a legitimate reason for the absence
or late submission – there will be a 10% late penalty assessed on the first day late. After the due date there will
be a two-week Window of Opportunity to write the missed test, or hand in the late assignment. After the twoweek Window of Opportunity the student will lose the opportunity to gain marks by writing the test, as the
marked test and its contents will be returned to students. After the two-week window of opportunity there will
be a deduction of marks “up to and including the full value of the assignment” (Ministry of Education:
Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools, 2010, 43).