Language and Communications
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ENG2PI
Ministry Document: The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 and 10: English 2007
Prerequisite(s): English 2PI
Credit(s): 1.0
Course Description: This course is designed to extend the range of oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that
students need for success in their secondary academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyze texts from contemporary
and historical periods, interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of
forms. An important focus will be on the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. This course is intended to
prepare students for the compulsory grade 11college or university preparation course.
How This Course Supports the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations:
The primary goal of Catholic education is to graduate young men and women who are discerning believers in the saving story of Christ and
who become responsible citizens, based on the centrality of a tradition of church social teaching which gives primacy to the common good.
This course will challenge students to examine gospel values in the context of the literature they read. The course invites students to be
effective communicators who relate honestly and sensitively to literature and to each other. It encourages reflective, creative and holistic
thinking and invites students to experience vicariously the choices of characters they read about and thereby become open-minded citizens
who examine their own life options; it develops self-directed, responsible, life-long learners.
Overall Expectations for Student Learning
Through this course, students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge, skills and values related to the following strands:
Oral Communication
Reading and Literature Studies
Writing
Media Studies
More specific course information available at:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/english.html
Unit Title / Description
Assessment & Evaluation
Strategies May Include:
Informational Texts
-read, identify, understand and use texts and forms suited to a variety of
purposes and audiences
Short Fiction
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Opinion Piece
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Tests
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Summary Writing
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Expository Writing
-develop an understanding of literary elements and stylistic devices
-apply appropriate strategies to read, understand, and interpret fiction
-examine literary terms, character, and themes in selected fiction and film
Drama and Media
-investigate the elements that make up media forms, the messages they send,
and the way those messages are created
-use knowledge of media forms, purposes, and audiences to create media works
(character essay)
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Research Report
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Journal Responses
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Newspaper Articles
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Oral Presentations
-read, identify, understand and use texts and forms suited to a variety of
purposes and audiences
-develop an understanding of literary elements and stylistic devices
-apply appropriate strategies to read, understand, and interpret fiction
-examine literary terms, character, and themes in selected fiction and film
Writing Process and Language
-Note: this unit is integrated with all course units
-use knowledge of vocabulary and language conventions to speak, read, and
write clearly, correctly, and competently for specific purposes and audiences
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-use listening techniques and oral communication skills to participate in
classroom discussions and formal activities
Culminating
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Culminating activity assignment
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Final examination (76 minutes)
Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning
Student achievement of the learning expectations will be evaluated according to the following breakdowns:
WEIGHTING (%)
CATEGORIES
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS
TERM EVALUATION
OF
AND
VALUES
FINAL EVALUATION
ACTIVITY
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%
70%
30%
Knowledge and Understanding
Thinking
Communication
Application
BREAKDOWN
OF
FINAL MARK
Learning Skills…
There are 6 Learning Skills and Work Habits
Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, and Self-Regulation
The student’s demonstrated learning skills in each course will be evaluated using the four-point scale.
(E-Excellent, G-Good, S-Satisfactory, N-Needs Improvement)
=100%
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These skills and work habits will be clearly communicated to students and will be reported separately from student achievement of the
curriculum expectations. Although learning skills have a significant impact (positive or negative) on achievement, the evaluation of the
learning skills will not be included in the determination of the student’s percentage grade. In rare cases, for example in the health and
physical education curriculum or with the mathematics process expectations, it is not possible to separate the evaluation of the learning
skills and work habits from the evaluation of a student’s achievement of a curriculum expectation. In these cases, teachers need to clearly
identify the focus of such curriculum expectations and the evidence that will be collected to assess and evaluate student achievement.
For students on an Individual Education Plan, assessment and evaluation of learning skills and work habits must be based on the
identified strengths and needs in the student’s Individual Education Plan.
Supports for Higher Learning
Whenever changes are made to address student learning needs, these accommodations, modifications, or alternative expectations will be
outlined in an IEP and communicated to parents.
School, Department, and Classroom Policies:
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A student who misses a summative test for legitimate reasons must make arrangements with the teacher to write the test on the
first day back to school.
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All summative evaluation activities are due on the date or within the timeframe specified by the teacher or the activity.
(Extenuating circumstances must be discussed with the teacher in advance.)
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Instances of late and missed assignments, cheating and plagiarism will follow the Board’s Assessment and Evaluation policy as
outlined in APC 017: http://www.wcdsb.ca/ap_memos/PDF/APC017.pdf
Students with incomplete summative evaluations and/or culminating activities in the course and/or those not achieving the credit at the
end of the semester will be required to attend a 2 hour credit rescue period during the examination schedule to complete and
demonstrate overall or missing expectations for the course. Students completing all culminating activities and achieving Level 1
standing at the end of the semester will not be required to attend the two hour credit recovery time scheduled during the examination
schedule.
Replacement Costs for Texts:
Texts: Literacy Power H $9.95 Crossroads 10 $57.95 Monster $10 Literature and Media 10 $43.95
Twelfth Night (graphic) $11.50