Description: This course is designed to extend

English, Grade 10, Academic

the range of oral communication, reading,
writing, and media literacy skills that students CONSTRUCTING &
need for success in their secondary school
academic programs and in their daily lives.
UNDERSTANDING
Students will analyse literary texts from IDENTITIES
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 effective
communication. This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory
Grade 11 university or college preparation course.
Guiding Course Questions:
1. How do texts help us evaluate the struggles individuals
experience both internally and externally?
2. To what extent do texts help us understand the importance of
embracing and accepting all aspects of our identity?
3. To what extent do texts help us understand how an individual’s
past shapes and impacts their future?
Units of Study:
Media Texts
 A consideration of film and music videos with a focus on students’
formation of identity and presentation of media conventions
 Assessments include a music video storyboard
Short Fiction and Non-fiction Texts
 Reading of various short fiction and non-fiction texts that reflect the course
theme
 Assessments include a unit test
Novel Study
 A dynamic study of a chosen text involving close readings, research, and
book club discussions
 Assessments include an inquiry opinion essay, weekly group discussions,
and a critical journal
Drama
 Examination of the play The Shape of a Girl
 Assessments include a monologue and a textual analysis
Culminating Unit
 An independent reading of a personally selected novel
 Assessments include checkpoints, a book trailer to promote the novel, and
an essay
** There may be some changes to the summative assignments at the beginning of the course based on the
needs of the class. **

Assessment and Evaluation Categories:

Knowledge/Understanding (KU) 17.5% Content: texts, strategies, terms, concepts
Thinking (TH) 17.5% Skills: planning (writing), processing (reading), critical
thinking
Communication (CO) 17.5% Style: clarity, vocabulary, mechanics, oral presentation
skills
Application (AP) 17.5% Skills: transferring skills & knowledge & making
connections
Culminating Unit (CU) 15% Summative Evaluation
Examination (EX) 15% Summative Evaluation
 Course Information:
Teacher’s Name: Phone: 905.850.5012 ext. ______
_________________________ Department Head: S. Caporiccio
Course Code: ENG2D1 - _______

English Department Emily Carr Secondary School