Course Overview
This course is designed to develop the 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 informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. The course is intended to prepare students for the Grade 10 academic English course, which leads to university or college preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12.
Units of Study
Voices: Advertising techniques, Media Creation and Presentation
Narrative Forms and Voices: Descriptive, narrative and expository writing
Poetic Forms and Voices: Formal Speech, independent study project
Dramatic Forms and Voices: formal 5 paragraph essay
Informational Forms and Voices: Creation of informational texts
Summative Preparation and Review
Narrative Forms and Voices: Descriptive, narrative and expository writing
Poetic Forms and Voices: Formal Speech, independent study project
Dramatic Forms and Voices: formal 5 paragraph essay
Informational Forms and Voices: Creation of informational texts
Summative Preparation and Review