Havergal College Course Calendar, 2019-20 Academic Year

GRADE 8 Grade 8 English

GRADE 10 ENG2D – English, Grade 10, Academic 1 CREDIT This course is designed to extend the range of 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 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. Prerequisite: ENG1D – English, Grade 9, Academic or ENG1P – English, Grade 9, Applied This course emphasizes knowledge and skills that will enable students to understand media communication in the twenty-first century and to use media effectively and responsibly. Through analysing the forms and messages of a variety of media works and audience responses to them, and through creating their own media works, students will develop critical thinking skills, aesthetic and ethical judgement, and skills in viewing, representing, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: ENG2D – English, Grade 10, Academic or ENG2P – English, Grade 10, Applied Digital SLR type camera is required. A limited number are available to borrow. ENG3U – English, Grade 11, University Preparation 1 CREDIT This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college preparation course. Prerequisite: ENG2D – English, Grade 10, Academic GRADE 11 EMS3O – Media Studies, Grade 11, Open 1 CREDIT

Students will study a wide variety of literary genres, including short stories, novels, non-fiction, and a play. As well, there is a strong emphasis on helping students develop communication skills, both oral and written, to express themselves fluently and with confidence. This course is designed to give adolescent readers better insight into who they are as they find a sense of self- identity. Through this transition period from childhood to adolescence, students begin questioning, doubting, fearing, wondering, and setting lifelong values. Students will use literature and writing to encounter situations both similar to and different from their own experiences and discover their own emotions. It is through discovering “self” by studying an array of characters that students will be able to better understand the lives of the people around them. By reading, adolescents can find solace in discovering that they are not alone in their thoughts and feelings and that someone understands them. Our hope is that this course will provide students with the opportunity to discuss issues relevant to their particular needs. Finally, students will be guided to make the transition from the literal to a more interpretive level of comprehension.

GRADE 9 ENG1D – English, Grade 9, Academic 1 CREDIT 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.

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