289 College Ave. W., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 1S9 519-821-0360 www.centennialcvi.com
Course Code: ENG 1D1
Instructor: Mr. G. Reimer
Email: glenn.reimer@ugdsb.on.ca, greimer@ugcloud.ca
Textbook and Replacement Cost:
• Sightlines 9 – $60.00
• Language and Writing – $20.00
• To Kill a Mockingbird – $20.00
• Student supplied novel
• Play – $20.00
• Course Duotang – $10.00
Department Head: R. Todd
Email: robin.todd@ugdsb.on.ca
Ministry of Education Course Description:
This course is designed to develop the 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 analyze
literary texts from contemporary and historical periods, interpret informational and graphic texts, and create oral,
written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the use of strategies that contribute
to effective communication.
Relevant Websites:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/ – Ministry Website with Curriculum details
http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/ccvi/english/courses/eng1D/home.html – Course Website
Assessment and Evaluation Policy:
• Teachers use evaluation practices and procedures that are fair, transparent and equitable to all students.
• Determining a report card grade will reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement with special
consideration given to more recent evidence.
• Please review the Student Handbook for a detailed review of our school-wide evaluation policy.
• 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 non-performance 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 two-week 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 twoweek 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).
Teachers will use a number of strategies to help prevent and/or address late and missed assignments and tests before
and within the two-week window of opportunity. Early in the two-week window of opportunity, teachers will notify parents
about missed tests or assignments.
289 College Ave. W., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 1S9 519-821-0360 www.centennialcvi.com
Evaluation Requirement:
The weighting of evaluated tasks throughout the course will reflect a balance of the following achievement
categories: knowledge and understanding (25%), thinking (25%), application (25%), and communication
(25%).
The following tasks represent the evaluations that will form the student’s final grade:
1. Term Summatives: (70%)
Assessment:
Due Dates
(approximate):
Unit One (Short Stories): argument paragraph
week of February 29/16
short story assignment
week of February 29/16
Unit Two (To Kill a Mockingbird): racism pamphlet
week of March 28/16
quotation analysis
week of April 4/16
literary essay
week of April 28/16
tests
throughout unit
Unit Three (Poetry): test
week of April 25/16
Unit Four (Independent Study Unit): creative and analytic elements
week of May 24/16
Unit Five (Twelfth Night): quizzes
throughout unit
Unit Six (Grammar): quizzes
throughout semester
2. Culminating Summatives: (30%)
a. Poetry (Argument, Presentation, Anthology)
b. Final Exam
See CCVI Assessment and Evaluation Policy for further information.
15%
15%