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Grade 12 Enriched English

ENG4UE

The assessment of learning skills

The course descriptor for ENG4UE,

Grade 12 Enriched English

Determining the final mark

The development of sound learning skills is essential to the success of our students. Teachers and students will work together to understand and further the development of student learning skills in the areas of initiative, work habits, organization, team work, and independent work.

This course is the second of the two final required years of study to earn the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Diploma and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (O.S.S.D.). This course of study is a continuation of ENG 3UE, and emphasizes consolidation of literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills. Students will: analyse a range of challenging texts from various time periods, countries, and cultures; write analytical and argumentative essays, and a major paper for an independent literary research project; and apply key concepts to analyse media works. An important focus will be on understanding academic language and using it coherently and confidently in discussion and argument. Students will establish and maintain a writing portfolio which contains writing in various modes, written for various purposes, and for real and imagined audiences. The main features that distinguish this course from the regular Grade 12 Academic program, is the inclusion of: a wider range of literary works, some of which are studied in greater than average depth; and further instruction in the art of oral and written commentaries.

Prerequisite: ENG3UE

In this enriched level course, the final mark is determined using the following procedure: term work comprises 70% of the final mark and end of year summative evaluations comprise 30% of the final mark.

A variety of term assessment and evaluation tasks will be used such as unstructured and structured observations, presentations, discussions, research tasks, quizzes, tests, etc.

Throughout the year, students will be assessed on curriculum expectations, receive feedback on learning, and be given opportunities to improve performance within four categories of learning. 70% of their final grade will reflect their mastery throughout the year of the overall expectations.

Towards the end of the course, students will complete a summative evaluation (30%) that will address the overall curriculum expectations for the various strands of the course.

The overall curriculum expectations for Grade 12 Enriched English

Oral Communication

By the end of this course, students will:

  • listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes;
  • use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
  • 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

By the end of this course, students will:

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

Writing

By the end of this course, students will:

  • generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
  • draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
  • use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
  • 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.

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Media Studies

By the end of this course, students will:

  • demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
  • identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
  • create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
  • 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.

Course of Study

UNIT I: Detailed Study for Oral Commentary

(15% of final, plus IB1 IOP mark worth 15%)

  • A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  • Selected Poetry of Robert Frost

UNIT 2: Commentary Preparation—Paper One(20%)

  • Ongoing; miscellaneous fiction and non-fiction passages

UNIT3: THE ART OF THE NOVEL—Paper Two (25%)

  • Emma by Jane Austen
  • Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
  • The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (HL only)
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
UNIT 4:Preparation for the OCDSB Board Wide Examination (June)

The “Work in Translation Essay” (a summative written last year in IB1) is also sent off to the IBO this year and is worth 25% of the final IB grade.