UNIT
CONTENT/RESOURCES
OUTPUT
All About English 11
Course Outline; Assignment List
Journals
Free Writing; Narrative; Informal Writing
Reading for Information
Non-Fiction; Critical Reading: Grammar Checkup; Group ASSIGNMENT: Victoria's Ugly Stain
Process
JOURNAL: Write your Own
ASSIGNMENT: Examine the Arguments
ASSIGNMENT: Save this Group!
QUIZ: Grammar
Writing a Research Report
Research; Writing a Research Report
ASSIGNMENT: Finding a Focus
ASSIGNMENT: Evaluating Sources
ASSIGNMENT: Taking Research Notes
ASSIGNMENT: Creating an Outline
ASSIGNMENT: Writing the First Draft
ASSIGNMENT: Research Report Final Copy
QUIZ: Punctuation
The Elements of Fiction
Reading & Interpreting Short Stories; Elements of a Short ASSIGNMENT: Point of View
Story
ASSIGNMENT: Comparing Style
ASSIGNMENT: Alternate Ending
Responding to Literature
Written, Visual and Oral Responses to Literature
ASSIGNMENT: Written Response to Literature
ASSIGNMENT: Visual Response to Literature
ASSIGNMENT: Oral Response to Literature
Writing to Persuade
Research, Analysing Internet Sites, Writing a Persuasive
ASSIGNMENT: Internet Research
Essay
ASSIGNMENT: Persuasive Essay
Choose your own Adventure Independent Novel Study
ASSIGNMENT: Reading Plan
RESOURCE: Students need to find their own novel to
JOURNAL: Section #1
read
JOURNAL: Section #2
JOURNAL: Section #3
JOURNAL: Section #4
FORUM: Be Your Novel's Critic
PROJECT: Character Slideshow
The Life of Pi
The Life of Pi Novel Study: analysis of themes
JOURNAL: Pre-Reading
RESOURCES: Novel
JOURNAL: a Boy & a Tiger
JOURNAL: Life at Sea
JOURNAL: The Ending
FORUM: Of Gods and Tigers
PROJECT: Photostory
Night
Night Novel Study: exploration of background to the
ASSIGNMENT: The Holocaust
novel; analysis of themes of the novel
ASSIGNMENT: Genocide
RESOURCES: Night novel
QUIZ 1: Chapters 1 & 2
JOURNAL 1: Letter from a Jewish Teenager
QUIZ 2: Chapters 3 & 4
QUIZ 3: Chapters 5 & 6
JOURNAL 2: Letter from a Nazi Soldier
QUIZ 4: Chapters 7 - 9
JOURNAL 3: Letter from an American Soldier
PROJECT: The Holocaust in the News
Read a Story
Elements of a Short Story
GLOSSARY: Elements of a Short Story
ASSIGNMENT: Story Presentation
Create a Story
Create a Graphic Novel, a Short Story or a Movie
ASSIGNMENT: Create a Story
A Revolution?
Exploring Meaning in Poetry; Analyzing Poetry
FORUM: I made this
FORUM: Bloc Poems
FORUM: Adaptive Language
ASSIGNMENT: Explorations
JOURNAL: Poetry
ASSIGNMENT : Concept Map
Join the Revolution
Exploring types of Poetry; Writing and Performing a
POETRY: My Way
Poem
FORUM: Seize the Day
ASSIGNMENT: Spoken Word Poetry
Poetry
Reading, Analyzing & Writing Poetry
JOURNAL: Jumping In
JOURNAL: Symbolism
QUIZ: Literary Devices
ASSIGNMENT: Symbolic Collage
ASSIGNMENT: Personal Response
ASSIGNMENT: Poetic Reading
ASSIGNMENT: Composition Outline
ASSIGNMENT: The First Draft
ASSIGNMENT: The Final Copy
Publish Me!
Non-Fiction Writing
ASSIGNMENT: Publish Me! [eZine OR News Story
Final Exam
NOTE: The final exam consists of some literature analysis but also requires students to write a reflective essay on the best piece of
work they have created in the course.
FORUMs
Students are required to complete 5 out of 8 FORUMs
FORUM: The Dog that Bit People
FORUM: Games at Twilight
FORUM: Mushrooms in the City
FORUM: Notes on Punctuation
FORUM: There Will Come Soft Rains
FORUM: Through the Tunnel
FORUM: Glove's Labour Lost
FORUM: The Street