ENG3U
Mrs. Morgenstern
Front
Door
Amos
Anaya
Robles
Kenny
Kiefer
O’Brien
Orr
Burton
Crisan
Lambert
Light-Young Regan
Ruttiman
Draper
Eliason
McDonald
Medeiros
Soyic
Tidman
Faroldi
Gouett
Michels
MoranMacDonald
Yuen
Greenis
Jung
Morris
Niles
SOMEONE ONCE SAID…
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply
describe it. It enriches the necessary
competencies that daily life requires and
provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the
deserts that our lives have already become.
 - C.S. Lewis
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SYLLABUS
Short stories
 The essay
 Animal Farm
 A Tale of Two Cities
 Poetry and public
speaking
 Henry IV, Part 1
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A word on the
importance of the
Grade 11 English
course…
MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS
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Animal Farm
Independent reading
 Comprehension and analysis test on March 4
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Personal essay
 Poetry and speeches
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Choice of poetry seminar or
 Public speech (based on personal essay)
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Major themes
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Satire
Propaganda
Honour
Sense of self
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“But if thought corrupts
language, language can
also corrupt thought.”
George Orwell, 1984
 (Author of Animal Farm)
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EXPECTATIONS
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Accountability
Uniform
 Punctuality
 Academic
responsibilities
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Late policy – one
level per day late
Adult behaviour
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
- From “Invictus” by William Ernest
Henley
ONLINE COURSE MATERIAL
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Class website
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Online discussion
board
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Other useful websites
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Electronic submission
All assignments
submitted by email
 PDF files (hassle-free)
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Online materials are a
supplement to class
activities!
LANGUAGE REGISTERS
Register
Example
Static
RARELY or NEVER changes. It is “frozen” in time and
content. e.g. the Pledge of Allegiance, the Lord’s Prayer…
Formal
Used in formal settings and is one-way in nature, usually
impersonal and formal. A common format for this register
are speeches. e.g. sermons, rhetorical statements and
questions, speeches…
Consultative
Users engage in a mutually accepted structure of
communications. It is formal and societal expectations
accompany the users of this speech. It is professional
discourse. e.g. when strangers meet, communications
between a superior and a subordinate…
Casual
Informal language used by peers and friends. Slang,
vulgarities and colloquialisms are normal. One must be
member to engage in this register. e.g. buddies, teammates,
chats and emails, and blogs, and letters to friends.
THE SPREADING “YOU KNOW”
Essay published in The New Yorker in 1960
 A major offender
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Complete questions for further thought for
homework
 Your work will be assessed
 Other homework:
 Read “The Test” in Images
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