Orchard Park Secondary School
English Department
Course Outline
Course:
Prerequisite:
Ministry Guideline:
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Credit Value:
ENG1P1 – English, Applied
None
The Ontario Curriculum – English
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/english.html
Grade 9, Applied
One (1) Credit over the course of One (1) Semester
Course Summary
This course is designed to develop the key oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills students need for
success in secondary school and daily life. Students will read, interpret, and create a variety of informational, literary, and graphic
texts. An important focus will be on identifying and using appropriate strategies and processes to improve students'
comprehension of texts and to help them communicate clearly and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the
Grade 10 applied English course, which leads to college or workplace preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12.
Please note that the READING AND WRITING EXERCISES, NEWS REPORT AND PERSONAL ESSAY will assist students
in preparing for the Grade 10 Literacy Test. Students are required to read one text independently, approved by the teacher and
appropriate for the grade level. The theme for this course is, “TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES”.
Strands
Reading and
Literature Studies
Writing
Oral Communication
Media Studies
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Evaluations
OSSLT Prep
Myth and Legends Unit
Short Story Unit
Reading Portfolio
Reading Activities (based on core texts)
OSSLT Prep
Personal Essay
Character Sketch Paragraph
Response Journal
Writing Activities (based on core texts)
Dramatic Presentation
Urban Legends Presentation
Oral and Listening Activities
News Report
Film Review
Media Awareness and Analysis Activities
Weight
20 %
20 %
15 %
15 %
TERM
Semester End
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Skills Test of Key Concepts (5%)
Culminating Activity: Literature Circle (10%)
Final Exam (15%)
FINAL SUMMATIVE
70 %
30 %
30 %
Weighting of Assignments and Evaluation
 Seventy per cent of the grade will be based on evaluations conducted through the course, which include projects,
quizzes, tests, discussions, questions based on readings, etc.
 Thirty per cent of the grade will be based on a test of key concepts (see appropriate section above), a Culminating
Activity, and a final exam (both completed near the end of the course), which demonstrates learning and achievement of
the curriculum expectations for the course.
Reporting on Learning Skills
The provincial report card provides a record of the learning skills you demonstrated in this course under the following categories:
Works Independently, Teamwork, Organization, Work Habits, and Initiative, Your performance in each of these skills will
be reported separately except in cases where a specific learning skill is one of the expectations of the course. It should be noted
that better achievement of the Learning Skills often corresponds to better academic achievement.
Assessment and Evaluation
The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Information gathered through assessment helps
teachers to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses in their achievement of the curriculum expectations in each course. This
information also serves to guide teachers in adapting curriculum and instructional approaches to students’ needs and in assessing
the overall effectiveness of programs and classroom practices. Formative evaluation refers to the gathering of information over
time in order to provide an evaluation. Although Formative Assessments are not assigned a formal grade, it is essential that the
student completes all work so as to provide evidence of learning, areas that require improvement, and the aptitude required to
complete summative work. Summative evaluation occurs towards the end of a period of instruction and is assigned a formal
grade.
Text(s) and Other Essential Material: Refer to course text handout and cost list distributed by your teacher
Home/School Communication
Parents may contact the subject teacher through the school's voice mail system (accessible at 905-573-3550), by appointment, or
through other means as indicated by the teacher. The parent will be contacted by the teacher as needed to improve the educational
opportunities of the student. Please refer to the student agenda, or school website, for reporting dates and other important event
dates at Orchard Park Secondary School.
Course Expectations
 It is the student’s responsibility to keep an organized and up-to-date loose-leaf notebook, containing all handouts and
notes that are given throughout the semester. Notebook and text book must be brought to class everyday.
 Good attendance and punctuality are essential to success. It is each student’s responsibility to catch up with missed class
work and assignments due to absence. If a test is missed due to illness it must be written the first day upon return.
 Sufficient notice of dates for tests and due dates for assignments will be given.
 Late Policy: Advance notice MUST be made to your instructor if it is foreseeable that an assignment will not be
submitted on time. If a student does not hand in an assignment on the assigned due date, a student has until the
assignments are handed back to hand it in for assessment. However, once assignments have been handed back, it may be
handed in for feedback (assessment) but no mark will be given.
 Rewrites: At the teacher’s discretion, a student may have the privilege of a rewrite providing that the original
assignment is handed in before the assigned due date. A student has up to one week of receiving the assessed assignment
to complete and hand in a rewrite.
For information about the Orchard Park Homework Policy, please refer to the student agenda. I hope you enjoy this course!
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