ENG 2P: English, Grade 10, Applied

Course Overview:

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 school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyse literary 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 11 university or college preparation course.

Pre-requisite: Grade 9, Academic or Applied

Overall Expectations:

Oral Communication

• Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes;
• Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
• Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.

Reading and Literature Studies

• Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
• Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
• Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
• Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

Writing

• Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
• Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
• Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
• Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.

Media Studies

• Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
• Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
• Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
• Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.

Units of Study:

Short Stories Evaluations: 2 Reading/Comprehension Quizzes 1 Writing Assignment 1 Oral Assignment Unit Quest	Novel Study Evaluations: 2 Vocabulary Quizzes 2 Reading/Comprehension Quizzes Essay Oral Assignment Unit Test	Shakespeare Evaluations: 2 Vocabulary Quizzes 2 Reading/Comprehension Quizzes Essay Oral Assignment Unit Test
Poetry Evaluations: Writing Assignment Oral Assignment	Media Evaluations: Critical Analysis of Media Assignment with Oral Component

Course Mark Breakdown

Term Work: 70%

Summative Evaluation: 30% (Culm. 15%, Exam 15%)               

• Knowledge/Understanding              12.5%
• Thinking/Inquiry                           17.5%
• Communication                            17.5% 
• Application                                  17.5%
• Accelerated Reader                       5.0%

Strategies Used in The Classroom

• Developing Vocabulary
• Progress Folders
• Use of Exemplars
• Conferencing with Students
• Formative Assessments
• Modeling Reading Strategies
• Test-Taking Strategies for OSSLT