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ENG 2DE - Course Outline
(Pre-IB Enriched Grade Ten Academic English)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This enriched preparatory course for students in the International Baccalaureate Program extends the range of analytic, reading, writing, oral communication, and thinking skills that students need for success in secondary school academic programs, the IB Program, and their daily lives. Students will study and interpret challenging texts from contemporary and historical periods, including novels, plays, poems, and short prose pieces, and they will also analyze and create effective media works. An important focus will be the thoughtful use of spoken and written language. The main features that distinguish this course from the regular Grade Ten Academic program, is the inclusion of: a wider range of literary works, some of which are studied in greater depth; an independent study reading program designed to train students to undertake close textual reading and analysis on their own; the study of a second Shakespearean play; and instruction in the art of oral and written literary commentaries.
Prerequisite: English, Grade 9, Enriched
COURSE OF STUDY:
UNIT 1:SHORT NON-FICTION [September]
Final Evaluation: Personal Response
UNIT 2:ISU: THE HUNGER GAMESby Suzanne Collins [September-October]
Final Evaluation:Epic Hero Written Response
UNIT 3:MEDIA – A Study of Reality Television [October]
Final Evaluation:Oral Group Presentation – Producer Pitch
UNIT 4:JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare [November – December]
Final Evaluation: Written Commentary (in class)
UNIT 5:ISU: Student Choice of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain OR
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ORThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler [November – December]
Final Evaluation:Academic Essay
UNIT 6:LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding [January]
Final Evaluation: Seminar Presentations
UNIT 7:POETRY UNIT [February]
Final Evaluation: Personal Poem Anthology / Written Commentary (in class)
UNIT 8:OntarioSecondary School Literacy Test Preparation [March]
Final Evaluation: OSSLT April11, 2013
UNIT 9:MACBETH by William Shakespeare [April]
Final Evaluation: Written Commentary
UNIT 10:NOVEL/FILM STUDY [April – May]
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
Final Evaluation: Film Critique
SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS: Mid-April – Early June
· Oral Presentation (10%)
· WrittenCommentary (20%)
EVALUATION:
Class Work including oral, group and class work/independent study/tests/quizzes/presentations/media work / 70%Knowledge/Understanding / 17.5%
Thinking/Inquiry / 17.5%
Application / 17.5%
Communication / 17.5%
Summative Evaluation (April- June) / 30%
Oral Presentation / 10%
Written Commentary / 20%