Dual Credit ENG 4C/ENL 1813S Fall 2010/2011
Canterbury High School
Algonquin College
Week
Week 1
Sept.
13-17
Week 2
20-24
Week 3
27- Oct. 01
Week 4
04-08
Week 5
11-15
High School
College
Unit 1 Biographies/autobiographies
Tim Horton, Jim Carey
What is a sentence? Subject Verb
identification what makes up a
complete sentence?
Parts of speech
Punctuation
Direct quotations
Paraphrasing citation
Paragraph practice
Book Lab for Blackboard presentation
Audience intro
(Subject/Verb/Complete the thought)
Autobiographies due
Subject verb agreement practice
Managing Stress/work load (reading
comprehension)
Unit 2 Literature – Of Mice and Men
Theme of Law, Moral Dilemma,
 Leading to a case study assignment
(Alisha’s Assignment)
(initial meeting of a character – how do
they behave (primary source) , focus
questions to try to find the motivation
for these behaviours (secondary source),
then go to the Canadian Mental Health
website to try to diagnose this
character, write what should be done
with this character now in our society)
General Introduction: What is ENL1813
Communications I?
Course expectations. Rules and regulations.
Brief overview of programs. Review course outline
and syllabus. CLRs and EES.
Time permitting, begin Memoir Assignment. If not,
then on Wednesday.
Computer Lab. MyCanadianCompLab.
Diagnostic grammar test in-class.
Of Mice and Men
Write the case study assignment
Editing – peer edit a case study that
they have written about their character
(Lennie)
Obituary for George or Lennie (The End
from Macleans)
Unit 3 - Business Writing
Researching on the internet. Quality websites.
Email
Memo writing
Vocational Writing. General review of grammar,
punctuation, mechanics, part of a sentence. Focus on
comma, semicolon. In-class exercise.
APA format : Focus on in-text citations and references.
In-class exercise.
Inference.
In-class exercise and brief discussion.
Subjective Assignment (may be submitted online or
hard copy in class)
Objective Assignment (may be submitted online or
hard copy in class)
Memoir Due.
Reading and analysis tied in with Monster.
Exercise on summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting in
APA.
Email/Letter Assignment.
Email etiquette. Business letter format.
Subject: Career goals.
Review structure of a memo.
Resume
Cover letter/letter of refusal
Application Forms
Email/Letter Assignment.
Career goals Continued.
Week 6
18-22
Emergency Situation Report due
Continue business writing
Letter of proposal/letter of refusal that
links to the Community Outreach
Assignment
Week 7
25-29
Unit 4 – Media
Audience
Bias
Message
Text Forms and Features
Persuasive writing - convincing
Computer Lab to work on Community
Outreach Workshop/power point
How to present an activity in a
presentation – jeopardy, think pair
share, KWL
Listening to lyrics and analysing the
message to the audience
Advertisement /info product
(like on The Apprentice, it has to be an
ad as well as an infomercial ie:
proactive) creative assignment, radio ad
voice recording
- The radio portion is being done
by another group, they will
listen to their assigned group’s
presentation and take notes,
then create a radio ad based on
the COW that they listened to
Powerpoint
Oral Presentation Skills/Active Listening
Effective Group Work Skills
Powerpoint
Oral Presentation Skills/Active Listening
Effective Group Work Skills
Introduce Group Project.
Organize groups. Develop topics of interest based on
programs at Algonquin.
Class work on Group Project.
Week 8
Nov. 01-05
Week 9
08-12
Week 10
15-19
Scripted Radio Ad to sell their COW due
5%
Unit 5 – Contemporary Literature
My Sister’s Keeper
Anticipation guide
Character development
Lit Circles based on character
Speeches as persuasive communication
– practice writing a paragraph from
basic facts.
Week 11
22-26
Point of View – child vs. Parent
‘Don’t Label Me’ Pearson Ed book
Class work on Group Project.
Class work on Group Project.
Class work on Group Project.
Full morning.
Bus trip to Algonquin.
Ideally, students will give presentations at Algonquin.
Introduction to Essay/Report Writing.
Research Project.
Develop topics.
Research Project drafts/rough work due for editing inclass
Week 12
29- Dec. 3
Week 13
6-10
Continue Lit Circles
Week 14
10-14
Week 15
Research Project drafts/rough work due for editing inclass
Final edits of Research Project. Submit online and/or
hard copy.
Grammar/Punctuation/APA Test Prep
Grammar/Punctuation/APA Test.
Last week before Christmas Break ND
Algonquin course finished
Primary Texts listed relate specifically to Erin’s course as she plans to read Of Mice and Men and My
Sister’s Keeper. Assignments will be adjusted to suit specific texts in each classroom: Alisha will read
Catcher in the Rye and Kristine will use Monster.
There will be various in-class exercises and tests on grammar/punctuation/APA throughout the term.
Time permitting, students will form small groups and prepare mini lessons on
grammar/punctuation/APA.