ENG3UI
Ministry Document: The Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 and 12: English 2007
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2DI / Credit(s): 1.0

Course Description: The History of the Hero

This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college preparation course.

How This Course Supports the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations:

The primary goal of Catholic education is to graduate young men and women who are discerning believers in the saving story of Christ and who become responsible citizens, based on the centrality of a tradition of church social teaching which gives primacy to the common good.

This course will challenge students to examine gospel values in the context of the literature they read. The course invites students to be effective communicators who relate honestly and sensitively to literature and to each other. It encourages reflective, creative and holistic thinking and invites students to experience vicariously the choices of characters they read about and thereby become open-minded citizens who examine their own life options; it develops self-directed, responsible, life-long learners.

Overall Expectations for Student Learning

Through this course, students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge, skills and values related to the following strands:

Oral CommunicationReading and Literature Studies

WritingMedia Studies

More specific course information available at:

Learning Resources: The Great Gatsby($9), Frankenstein($7.50), Macbeth($11.95), The Oxford Student’s Guide to Language, Literature and Media($33.95), Reference Points ($41.95),Imprints Volumes I and II ($34.95 each). independent novels (varied prices).

Unit Title/ Description

/ Assessment & Evaluation Strategies
Non-Fiction and Essays – Imprints Vol. 1
- demonstrates understanding of form, style and content of the essay
- analyze and explain the use authors’ choices of language, syntax, and rhetorical and literary devices to create meaning / Test, Personal Essay
Oral Presentation, In-class Essay
Test, Magazine
Analytical Comparative Report
Narrative Writing
Culminating Assignment:
Comparative Essay, with Literary
Circles and Process Components
The Novel : Frankenstein or The Great Gatsby
-analyze and explain how key elements of the novel influence meaning
-select and use evidence to support interpretations, analyses, and arguments
-explain the influence of social and historical values and perspectives on the novel
Poetry - Imprints Vol. 2
-describe and analyze how authors use style and structure to create meaning and appeal to audience
-create a research strategy which includes a variety of primary and secondary source material
-present information and ideas in essays, reviews, and summaries
- create a media work in a style suited to a specific audience
Drama: Macbeth
-analyze how dramatic structure is used to enhance meaning
-use appropriate writing forms, with a focus on essays
- demonstrate an understanding of media texts, audiences and industry practices byanalyzing representations, forms and techniques in media work
Short Fiction: Imprints Vol. 2
-demonstrate and understanding of the elements of fiction
-describe the elements of style in texts from various periods and analyze their effect
-use appropriate writing forms with a focus on narratives
- describe the language of a variety of literary texts and explain how the language is used to communicate information and express opinions and emotions
Language/Writing Process:
- this unit is integrated with all other units of this course
- apply knowledge of language conventions to read, write, and speak effectively, with a focus on identifying, developing, and sustaining a voice appropriate to the specific purpose and intended audience for business, technical, and personal communication
- use correctly the grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation conventions of StandardCanadian English
The History of the English Language
- this unit will be integrated into other units of this course to provide context; it will:
-identify and describe the major influences in the development of the English language
-apply knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and roots to expand vocabulary
-read and demonstrate an understanding of texts from various periods
Term Work – worth 70 % of the mark
Culminating Activity – 15%; Final Evaluation - 15%
This course will have a 2 hour final examination, that will be scheduled during the examination period.

Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning

Student achievement of the learning expectations will be evaluated according to the following breakdowns:

Weighting (%)
Categories of
Knowledge, Skills and Values / Term Evaluation / Final Evaluation
Activity
Knowledge and Understanding / 25% / 25%
Thinking / 25% / 25%
Communication / 25% / 25%
Application / 25% / 25%
Breakdown of Final Mark / 70% / 30% / =100%

Learning Skills…

There are 6 Learning Skills and Work Habits

Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, and Self-Regulation

The student’s demonstrated learning skills in each course will be evaluated using the four-point scale.

(E-Excellent, G-Good, S-Satisfactory, N-Needs Improvement)

These skills and work habits will be clearly communicated to students and will be reported separately from student achievement of the curriculum expectations. Although learning skills have a significant impact (positive or negative) on achievement, the evaluation of the learning skills will not be included in the determination of the student’s percentage grade. In rare cases, for example in the health and physical education curriculum or with the mathematics process expectations, it is not possible to separate the evaluation of the learning skills and work habits from the evaluation of a student’s achievement of a curriculum expectation. In these cases, teachers need to clearly identify the focus of such curriculum expectations and the evidence that will be collected to assess and evaluate student achievement.

For students on an Individual Education Plan, assessment and evaluation of learning skills and work habits must be based on the identified strengths and needs in the student’s Individual Education Plan.

Supports for Higher Learning

Whenever changes are made to address student learning needs, these accommodations, modifications, or alternative expectations will be outlined in an IEP and communicated to parents.

School, Department, and Classroom Policies:

  • A student who misses a summative test for legitimate reasons must make arrangements with the teacher to write the test on the first day back to school.
  • All summative evaluation activities are due on the date or within the timeframe specified by the teacher or the activity. (Extenuating circumstances must be discussed with the teacher in advance.)
  • All process work must be completed and submitted, as directed by the teacher, in order for summative assignments to be evaluated.
  • Instances of late and missed assignments, cheating and plagiarism will follow the Board’s Assessment and Evaluation policy as outlined in APC 017:

Students with incomplete summative evaluations and/or culminating activities in the course and/or those not achieving the credit at the end of the semester may be required to attend a 2 hour credit rescue period during the examination schedule to complete and demonstrate overall or missing expectations for the course. Students completing all culminating activities and achieving Level 1 standing at the end of the semester will not be required to attend the two hour credit recovery time scheduled during the examination schedule.

You may contact your teacher at the school telephone number (519)741-1990 ext. 232.