IONA CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
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ENG 4U1
ENGLISH, GRADE TWELVE
UNIVERSITY
Course Description/Rationale:
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 analyse a range of challenging literary texts from various periods,
countries, and cultures; interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts; and create oral, written, and media texts ina
variety of forms. An important focus will be on using academic language coherently and confidently, selecting the reading
strategies best suited to particular texts and particular purposes for reading, and developing greater control in writing. The
course is intended to prepare students for university, college or the workplace.
Oral Communication
Strands
of Study and Overall Expectations include:
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 and Literature Studies
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
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.
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Media Studies
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.
Efforts will be made to meet the individual learning needs of students in order to ensure these
expectations are being met.
Course Breakdown
UNITS OF STUDY
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Resources:
TEXTS AND RESOURCES
Writing/Language Study(on-going) Reference Points
wRITINGSSSSSSDDNNNN
Short Fiction/Essays/Media
Viewpoints 12
Literary Criticism
selected readings
Non-Fiction/Essays/Media
The Act of Writing
Assigned readings
Novel Study
The Wars or
Lives of the Saints or
1984
Hamlet
A Streetcar Named
Desire
Oedipus Rex
Drama
The course will use a variety of resources
including video, CD-ROM, Internet Applications
and a variety of print sources. The textbooks
will be distributed to students during the first
week of the course. The texts and all other
resources assigned to students are the
responsibility of the student. Any damage
incurred will result in payment for replacement.
Evaluation Structure::
Knowledge/Understanding
Thinking
Communication
Application
20%
30%
30%
20%
The above is reflected both in the term work
(worth 70% of the final mark) and the summative
work (worth 30% of the final mark). Summative
work consists of the Final Exam (20%) and a
Culminating Activity (10%).
Evaluation Policy
Students will be assessed & evaluated according to the work produced & skills displayed. Methods of providing feedback will
include assessing work in process & evaluating completed assignments, tests, co-operative learning activities, simulations and
presentations. Peer & self-evaluations will also be utilized. Student marks will be determined by evaluating process & product
according to 4 categories & 4 levels. Please see the chart below for specific skills and key words used to determine student
competency in the different categories.
Category
Knowledge/Understanding: Knowledge of
content and understanding of content.
Thinking: Use of planning skills, processing
skills and critical/creative thinking skill.
Communication: Expression and organization
of ideas and information and use of conventions
vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline in
oral, graphic, and written forms, including media
forms; communication for different audiences
and purposes in oral, graphic, and written forms,
including media forms.
Application: Application and transfer of
knowledge and skills; Making connections within
and between various contexts.
Level 1:
Level 2:
Level 3:
Level 4:
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-100%
Limited display of:
Some success in:
-knowledge and
understanding
-knowledge and
understanding
-critical and creative
thinking skills and/or
processes
-critical and creative
thinking skills and/or
processes
-conveying of
meaning through
various forms
-conveying of meaning
through various forms
-knowledge and
skills to make
connections between
various contexts
-knowledge and skills to
make connections
between various
contexts
Considerable display
of:
-knowledge and
understanding
Thorough understanding of:
-knowledge and understanding
-critical and creative thinking
skills and/or processes
-critical and creative
thinking skills and/or
processes
-conveying of meaning through
various forms
-conveying of
meaning through
various forms
-knowledge and skills to make
connections between various
contexts
-knowledge and
skills to make
connections between
various contexts
Feedback will also be provided for student learning skills. Skills like working independently, team work, organization, work habits and homework, and
initiative are assessed independently student achievement and will be conducted through the use of a rubric indicating specific criteria to be achieved to
receive each of the following letter grades:
E –Excellent
G – Good
S – Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
Other Evaluation Issues
LATE ASSIGNMENTS. Assignments submitted after the Primary Due Date established by the teacher will incur a penalty of up to 10 %
over the course of a 3 day window. At the end of the third day, no further assignments will be accepted. If the teacher returns the marked
assignments within the late 3 day window, the date of return is considered the closure date of the assignment and no further assignments
will be accepted. Repeated lateness in submissions indicates poor organization skills and will result in parental contact and will be reflected in
the learning skills section of the report card.
INCOMPLETE ASSSIGNMENTS Assignments will be graded according to the extent with which they meet the criteria established
in the rubric or evaluation structure.
MISSED TESTS Tests missed with a legitimate reason will be written within a few days of the student returning from the absence.
Student eligibility to write the test and the date of writing will be at the discretion of the teacher.
CULMINATING ACTIVITIES These activities will be due toward the end of the course. They are valued at 15 per cent of the final