This course combines the ELA Composition and Creative Writing curriculums to offer students a way to get all four credits in one course.
Students will complete a discrete Composition unit where they choose a form of writing to focus on (screenplays, proposals, Indigenous stories, or editorials).
Beyond that they will work through four units exploring the core competencies: thinking, communication, personal and cultural identity, and personal and social responsibility, culminating with an independent novel study and a final exam.
This course combines the ELA Composition and Focused Literary Studies curriculums to offer students a way to get all four credits in one course.
Students will complete a Composition unit where they will write a short story. Beyond that they will work through four units, exploring the core competencies: thinking, communication, personal and cultural identity, and personal and social responsibility.
This culminates with an independent novel study and final exam (a self-assessment assignment).
This course combines the ELA Composition and Focused Literary Studies curriculums to offer students a way to get all four credits in one course.
Students will complete a discrete Composition unit where they choose a form of writing to focus on (screenplays, proposals, short stories, or editorials).
Beyond that they will work through four units Novel Study, Poetry, Short Stories, and Non-Fiction; exploring the core competencies: thinking, communication, personal and cultural identity, and personal and social responsibility, culminating with a final exam.
This course combines the ELA Composition and New Media curriculums to offer students a way to get all four credits in one course.
Students will gain personal experience with various forms of digital media including text, audio, video, web, and graphics.
Students will develop skills and knowledge in effective written, oral, and visual communication. Students will explore the writing process in the context of heroes, memories, and storytelling.
Both individually and through asynchronous peer connection, students will investigate the concept of being social in today’s world with guided studies in digital citizenship, bias, personal agency and responsibility, personal and cultural identity, and careers and trends in digital technology and new media.
This course combines the ELA Composition and Spoken Language curriculums to offer students a way to get all four credits in one course. Students will complete a discrete Composition unit where they get to choose a form of writing to focus on (screenplays, proposals, short stories, or editorials). Beyond that they will work through four units exploring the core competencies: thinking, communication, personal and cultural identity and personal and social responsibility. Specifically, students will look at effective speaking, the dialogue in film and drama, oral traditions, oral news reporting, podcasts and public service announcements; culminating with an independent novel study and a final exam.
Composition is “the act of creating written works”. So, it makes sense that this course will focus on the written word, but in creative and interesting ways.
The basis for the course will be to read a specific novel alongside shorter pieces of writing, music, and maybe even recipes! From these texts, students will then learn how to employ various composition techniques to create sophisticated, unique, and crafty pieces.
The main goal is to write original and authentic pieces for a range of purposes and real-world audiences.
English 11 Literary Studies (Dystopia) focuses on literature and stories focusing on visions of utopias and failed utopias (dystopias).
The course offers poetry, a class novel study (The Marrow Thieves) as well as film.
Methods of inquiry will involve assignments, essays and other compositions, and recordings and film presentations.
There is opportunity for students to choose some of the works to study.
The study of Dystopias helps us to define and understand the values important to humanity.
This course builds on and extends previous learning experiences in English Language Arts courses. It is designed for all students and provides them with opportunities to:
- refine their ability to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts and to achieve their personal and career goals
- think critically and creatively about the uses of language
- explore texts from a variety of sources, in multiple modes, and that reflect diverse worldviews
- deepen their understanding of themselves and others in a changing world
- gain insight into the diverse factors that shape identity
- appreciate the importance of self-representation through text
- contribute to Reconciliation by building greater understanding of the knowledge and perspectives of First Peoples
- expand their understanding of what it means to be educated Canadian and global citizens