ENG 2DI - Grade Ten Academic English

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"o.rse Descri/%ion 0as s%a%ed in The Ontario Curriculum,
Grades 9 and 10 English, Revised 2007 /olic( doc.men%1&
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 efective communication. This course is
intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade university or college
preparation course. !The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 and 10, Revised 2007 "#$
"o.rse Theme&
%hy do we read stories& %hat escapes can stories provide for us&
Throughout this semester, we will explore escapism in various forms'
characters who literally and (guratively escape their reality, and genres of
literature that allow us as readers to escape and explore new worlds.
#ha%2s %he 3se o)
4%ories5
Te-%s6Reso.rces&
A variety of short)stories and other similar selections !*uotang +,$
%illiam Shakespeare-s A Midsummer Nights !ream !replacement +...//$
Salman 0ushdie-s "aroun and the #ea o$ #tories !replacement +.1.//$
Crossroads 10 !replacement cost +,,.//$
An 2ndependent 3uest 4ovel5!borrowed from the library or purchased$
6ilms may 2nclude' %i$e is &eauti$ul7 'ans %a()rinth7 *inding Neverland7 &ig
*ish, etc 8
The Assessmen% and E7al.a%ion 8olic(9 as o) 4e/%em$er 21,&
All courses at 9uron 9eights conform to the assessment, evaluation and reporting policies and
procedures of the %aterloo 0egion *istrict School :oard. ;lease visit our website,
www.hrh.wrdsb.ca, for more information.
All schools are now adhering to the updated +R!#& Assessment, ,valuation and Re-orting
'olic). <nder the revised guidelines, we will no longer be deducting late marks for assignments
that are handed in after the due date. 9owever, you will have a timeframe within which to
demonstrate your ac=uisition of skills, and if you do not demonstrate the re=uired skills by that
certain date, you will receive an 24>?@;ABTB, which means that insuCcient evidence has been
submitted for that aspect of the course. 2n grades # and /, an incomplete will remain an
incomplete during reporting cycles, and if you have not completed suCcient evidence of
learning, you will receive an D2E on your report card. D@aking upE an incomplete assignment may
consist of going through an entirely new process to prove that you have ac=uired the skills being
evaluated7 you will not Fust complete the assignment that the rest of your classmates have
already completed, submittedGperformed andGor for which they have received a mark.
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RE"EI<E AN IN"=M8:ETE )or %his co.rse.
Ma>or Term E7al.a%ion 8ieces 0Assessmen%s and /ercen%ages ma( $e s.$>ec% %o
change as %he semes%er /rogresses1
Term #ork& 0?@ =7erall <al.e1
Be)ore Mid Term Re/or%ing&
6ormal ;aragraph ,H
Short Story Allusion Group @ediaG;resentation !will not be included in the (nal
mark$
Short Story Test ,H
Short Story Bssay /H
A Midsummer Nights !ream Act 3uiIIes !J$ and activities ,H
4ews Article !may occur after mid)term$ ,H
B( Ainal Mark Re/or%ing&
2ndependent Study 4ovel 6ormal ;aragraph,
;resentation, KisualG@edia >reation ,H
"aroun and the #ea o$ #tories Test and Analysis Activities ,H
4.mma%i7e "o.rse #ork& 0,@ =7erall <al.e1
Summative Bssay ,H
6inal Bxam ,H