ENG 2D COURSE OF STUDY 2010/2011

Teachers:

G. Davis

J. McNaughton

J. Dickstein

J. Bulgutch

E. Grondin

English Office: Room 235

Phone: 416-393-8585 X.20090

Unit 1: Feature/Leaflet

Evaluation:

  • Feature Article Creation
  • Leaflet Creation

Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 7 (feature) & Unit 9 (leaflet)

Other Text(s): Selected articles & brochures

Terms/Concepts: Feature Articles

hard news / inverted pyramid structure / human interest angle
Headline / lead / tone

Terms/Concepts: Leaflet

cover panel / design principles / design techniques
Balance / harmony / audience appeal

Grammar:

Misplaced and dangling modifiers, L & W 10, pp.172-4

Review of parts of speech, L & W 10, unit 1 & 2

Review sentence variety, comma splice, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments

Unit 2: Biography

The biography is an independent study unit.

Evaluation:

  • Biography role play
  • Biography written analysis

Other Text(s): Each student will select an autobiography, biography or memoir of his/her choice.

Unit 3: Persuasion

Evaluation:

  • Listening Analysis
  • Persuasive Speech

Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 10

Other Text(s):

  • Selected speeches & opinion pieces
  • Resource Lines

Terms/Concepts: Persuasive Devices

emotional appeal / connotative language / hyperbole
Understatement / personal connection / rhetorical question
Metaphor / simile / personification
concrete imagery / repetition / parallel structure

Grammar: Parallelism, L & W 10, pp.209-210

December Exam

Evaluation: Non-Fiction Analysis

  • Sight Passage: Short Answers
  • Sight Passage: Personal Opinion Piece

Unit 4: Short Story & The Literary Essay

Evaluation:

  • Literary Paragraph
  • Essay Outline

Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 2 (short story)

Other Text(s): Selected short stories & essays

Terms/Concepts: Fiction Analysis

internal conflict / external conflict / setting
Character / protagonist / antagonist
Characterisation / setting / mood
Theme / point of view / symbol
verbal irony / situational irony / dramatic irony

Terms/Concepts: Essay Structure

Thesis / topic sentences / organising principle(“map”)
Introduction / body / conclusion
opening statement (“hook”) / clinching statement / transitions/connectors

Unit 5: The Lord of the Flies

Evaluation:

  • Fiction Term Test
  • Reading Comprehension Tests
  • Literary Essay

Other Text(s):

  • Lord of the Flies (William Golding)

Terms: See “Fiction Analysis” & “Essay Structure” in Unit 5

Grammar/Usage:

Use of quotations in literary analysis

Unit 6: Graphic Novels

Evaluation:

  • Comic Strip Adaptation (of Lord of the Flies)

Other Text(s):

  • Understanding Comics (Scott McLeod)
  • Selected graphic novels (100 Demons, Death Note, Persepolis, Same Difference, Scott Pilgrim, Y: The Last Man)

Terms/Concepts: General

Comic / cartoon / panel
non-verbal self-awareness / manga

Terms/Concepts: Textual Effects

word balloon / thought balloon / caption box
sound effects / font sizes / font styles

Terms/Concepts: Visual Effects

panel-to-panel transitions:
aspect-to-aspect / panel-to-panel transitions:
action-to-action / panel-to-panel transitions:
scene-to-scene
panel-to-panel transitions:
moment-to-moment / panel-to-panel transitions:
subject-to-subject / panel-to-panel transitions:
non-sequitur
panel sizes/shapes / motion lines / time effects
bug’s eye view / bird’s eye view / emotional/physical effects

Unit 7: Romeo & Juliet

Evaluation:

  • Group Dramatic Presentation

The rest of the Romeo & Juliet evaluations are part of the summative assessment.

Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 3 (film adaptation)

Other Text(s):

  • Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare)
  • Selected screenplay adaptations

Terms/Concepts: Drama Study

Sonnet / prologue / iambic pentameter
Couplet / introduction / inciting force
rising action / climax / falling action
Catastrophe / conclusion / soliloquy
comic relief / allusion / figurative imagery
pathetic fallacy

Terms/Concepts: Screenplay Adaptation

scene / camera angles / camera movement
camera shots / scene identification / formatting conventions

Summative Evaluation (30%)

  • Screenplay adaptation of Romeo & Juliet (10%)
  • June Exam: Literary essay on Romeo & Juliet (20%)

Proposed 2D Evaluations 2009-2010

Course weighting: Reading & Literature (30%), Writing & Language (20%, 10%), Speaking & Listening (20%), Media (20%)

Final Report: Term Work (70%) and Summative Work (30%)

Assignment / Tentative Due Date / Actual Due Date / Category / Weight Per Report
1 2 3 4 / My Mark
Unit 1: Information Text
Feature Article / Oct 6 / Writing / 5
Language / 5
Media / 5
Leaflet / Oct 25 / Media / 10
Reading / 5
Unit 2: Persuasion
Opinion Piece/Written Speech / Nov 10 / Writing
Language / 10
5
Grammar Test / Nov 12 / Language / 5
Listening Test / Nov 16 / Listening / 5
Persuasive Speech / Nov 23 / Speaking / 15
Unit 3: Independent Reading
Biography Cocktail Party / Nov 29 –
Dec 2 / Speaking / 10
Reading / 5
December Exam
Reading Analysis & Opinion Piece / Dec 10 / Reading / 15
Writing / 15
Language / 15
Unit 4: Literary Analysis
Literary Paragraph / Jan 20 / Reading / 10
Writing / 10
Language / 5
Reading Test / Feb 1 / Reading / 5
Unit 5: Novel Study
Literary Essay / April 1 / Reading / 15
Writing / 15
Language / 5
Unit 6: Graphic Novel
Comic Strip Adaptation of Lord of the Flies / April 6 / Media / 15
Summative Unit: Romeo & Juliet
Oral Presentation (Scene Adaptation) / May 24-June 7 / 15
Exam
(Literary Essay) / June 17 / 15