25 Corporation Drive
Brampton, ON, L6S 6A2
Phone: 905.791.1195
Department Name: ENGLISH
Course Name:
Course Code:
Grade 12 College English
ENG4C1
Course Description:
Strands/ Units:
Welcome to Grade 12 College English! This course emphasizes the consolidation of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse a variety of informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from various countries and cultures, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms for practical and academic purposes. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare students for college or the workplace.
The texts used in the course will include, but are not restricted to, the following titles:
Hamlet / A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Catcher in the Rye
A View from the Bridge
A Streetcar Named Desire
Between the Lines 12
Assessment and Evaluation:
Category
Weighting
Weight
Final Summative
Assessments
Knowledge/Understanding 20%
Grade
Distribution
Thinking 30% Term Work 70%
Application 20% Course Culminating 15%
Communication 30% Exam 15%