ENG
4C, English, Grade 12, College Preparation, (1 credit)
What
You Will Learn:
This course focuses on the study of literature. Students
will improve their ability to comprehend, analyze and
think critically about literature and the important
social themes and messages it communicates. Readings
will focus on themes that are relevant to living in
today’s world.
Course Outline
Unit
1: Short stories, Literary devices, Paragraph writing
This unit continues the study of short stories from
the Grade 11 course. Students will discuss stories based
on the elements of the short story, especially theme.
Students will also learn to identify literary devices
used in literature. We will also review paragraph structure.
Unit 2: Media – News and Advertising
This unit is a continuation of media studies from Grade
11. Students will examine the effects of different media
technologies and will explore how media technology and
media ownership affects news productions. Finally, we
will examine the impact of advertising on our culture.
Unit 3: Poetry
Students will learn about the elements of the poem.
Our focus will be on the social messages of poetry,
and how these are conveyed by the structure, content
and writing style of the poem. Most time will be spent
on a group project examining poetic movements in the
English language, from Renaissance to Post-Modern.
Unit 4: Novel Study
To end the course we will focus on studying a novel
together in class. Our focus will be on the novel’s
themes, and how those themes connect to the life of
the author as well as contemporary life.
Unit 5: Independent Study Project
As part of the course, students will submit an ISU which
will be either a research paper or a literary essay.
We will spend class-time occasionally discussing the
various stages of the project from start to finish.
Resources/Materials
Used
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Readings will be taken from several sources, especially
Imprints 12
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Novel is available from the teacher with a $40 deposit
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Students should have: a binder, a day planner and
a good dictionary and thesaurus.
This course is a requirement to receive an OSS for admission
to many College programs. It will help to prepare students
to write effectively and to pursue a career in communications
based fields (eg. writing, journalism, broadcasting).
It will also encourage students to think critically
about contemporary social issues.
Further
information
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/secondary/grade1112/english/english.html#ENG4C
gr12english@yahoo.ca
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How
You Will Spend Your Time:
In this course, students will have the opportunity to
develop their language skills through reading (fiction
and non-fiction), writing, group assignments and presentations,
class discussions and lectures. Students will also work
on an Independent Study Project. |
