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English Department ENG1D—English Grade 9 Academic Teacher: Mr. P. Langevin Prerequisite: None

Course Description:

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 analyze 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:

Unit Text Short Stories, Poetry, Non-fiction, and Crossroads 9, Sightlines 9 Media Mythology TBA Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream Novel Study Chrysalids by John Wyndham Divergent by Veronica Roth Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Uglies by Scott Westerfield Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Literacy test preparation Literacy Binder (Handouts to be provided) Summative Task Multi-Modal News Display, Oral Presentation

Student Responsibilities

1. All students are expected to submit work by the designated due date.

2. Students should not have an expectation that they will have “extensions” provided on every occasion they fail to meet a set due date for an assignment. Students will be given an additional opportunity to complete the original assignment or an alternate task if, in the teacher’s professional judgment, there is not sufficient evidence of the overall expectations. 3. All students are expected to submit work by the designated due date. When due dates are not met, teachers will communicate this to students and parents. The student will be prepared to attempt the evaluation (test, task, or presentation) upon their return to school.

4. If a student skips a class on the date of a scheduled evaluation: The student will complete the same or an alternate assignment related to the same overall curriculum expectations. The student will be referred to the vice-principal for behavioural follow-up and consequences. Parents will be contacted.

5. Failure to complete the task given an additional opportunity by the arranged date will result in partial mark deduction or a mark of zero being assigned to that piece of work.

6. Work that students attempt to submit after the initial assignment is returned to the class may be considered too late for evaluation, and that assignment will not be evaluated by the teacher. Student will complete an alternate assignment related to the same overall curriculum expectations within our established 1 or 3 day window.

7. Students who repeatedly fail to meet established due dates for their work will be referred to the school principal.

8. Academic Honesty: It is the responsibility of every student to ensure that all assignments which are to be evaluated are original work and accurately documented as outlined by the teacher. Submit work that is original and represents your own effort. Intellectual dishonesty carries very serious repercussions that could jeopardize your credit. Dishonesty corrupts your work and will receive a mark of zero. (Dishonest activity includes submission of someone else’s work (in whole or part)as your own; giving work to someone else to be copied and submitted; failing to acknowledge a reference source, plagiarizing; cheating on tests, quizzes, exams, and any other activity that makes proper evaluation impossible.)

9. Preparation: You are expected to come to class prepared with planners, course notes, pens, assigned text, and homework completed.

10. Format of assignments: Use the MLA style format guide (available in the library and on-line), write in pen (blue or black) or use a computer, use one side of the page only, be sure to document where appropriate, and hand assignments at the beginning of class on the due date.

11. Text Books: These must be maintained in good condition. A replacement charge will apply if you do not hand in the same text that was assigned to you, or if the book is in an unusable condition. A repair charge will apply if the book must be re-covered. Essential Curriculum Expectations

To be met by each student to ensure successful completion of the course: The entire curriculum document is available from: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/english910currb.pdf

Students who complete ENG 1D must show written and oral evidence of skills developed to a standard set by rubrics and assignments developed in conjunction with Ministry guidelines by the English Department, both as set out in the course outline and developed within individual courses. Specific evidence presented by the student must include the range of material represented in the following areas:

ORAL COMMUNICATION - Specific Expectations 1.4 identify the important information and ideas in both simple and complex oral texts in several different ways stning to Understand 2.1 communicate orally for several different purposes, using language suitable for the intended audience

READING AND LITERATURE STUDIES - Specific Expectations 1.3 identify the important ideas and supporting details in both simple and complex texts

1.6 analyse a variety of texts in terms of the information, ideas, issues, or themes they explore, examining how various aspects of the texts contribute to the presentation or development of these elements

WRITING - Specific Expectations 1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for several different types of writing tasks oping and Organizing 1.4 identify, sort, and order main ideas and supporting details for writing tasks, using several different strategies and organizational patterns suited to the content and purpose for writing

2.1 write for different purposes and audiences using several different literary, informational, and graphic forms

2.4 write complete sentences that communicate their meaning clearly and accurately, varying sentence type, structure, and length for different purposes and making logical transitions between ideas

3.3 use punctuation correctly to communicate their intended meaning

3.4 use grammar conventions correctly to communicate their intended meaning clearly

MEDIA STUDIES - Specific Expectations 1.3 evaluate how effectively information, ideas, issues, and opinions are communicated in both simple and complex media texts and decide whether the texts achieve their intended purpose ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

Evaluation The final report card mark will be determined according to the student’s overall achievement of all of the course expectations as set out in The Ontario Curriculum English documents. Students will be given multiple and varied opportunities to demonstrate their achievement of the expectations within each strand throughout the term as well as in the summative activity and final exam. Evaluations will reflect a balance across the four categories of achievement: Knowledge and Understanding, Application, Communication, and Thinking.

The student demonstrates, in all of the overall expectations, specified knowledge and skills with: Level 4 a high degree of effectiveness Achievement surpasses the provincial standard. (80-100)

Level 3 considerable effectiveness Achievement represents the provincial standard. (70-79) Level 2 some effectiveness Achievement is approaching provincial standard. (60-69) Level 1 limited effectiveness Achievement falls much below the provincial standard. (50-59) Below Level 1 *Student does not achieve at least limited effectiveness in all overall expectations. (49 and below)

TERM WORK WILL BE WORTH 70% OF THE FINAL MARK

THE SUMMATIVE AND EXAM WILL BE WORTH 30 % OF THE FINAL MARK

I have read and understood the English Department Policies. ______

Student Signature Parent/Guardian Signature Date