English

Course Title: English

Course Code: ENL1W

Description: This course enables students to continue to develop and consolidate the foundational knowledge and skills that they need for reading, writing, and oral and visual communication. Throughout the course, students will continue to enhance their media literacy and critical literacy skills, and to develop and apply transferable skills, including digital literacy. Students will also make connections to their lived experiences and to society and increase their understanding of the importance of language and literacy across the curriculum.

Prerequisite: None

Course Title: English as a Second Language

Course Code: ESL

Description: This course enables students to continue to develop and consolidate the foundational knowledge and skills that they need for reading, writing, and oral and visual communication. Throughout the course, students will continue to enhance their media literacy and critical literacy skills, and to develop and apply transferable skills, including digital literacy. Students will also make connections to their lived experiences and to society and increase their understanding of the importance of language and literacy across the curriculum.

Prerequisite: None

Course Title: English

Course Code: ENG2D1

Description: This course extends the range of analytic, reading, writing, oral communication, and thinking skills that students need for success in secondary school academic programs.  Students will study and interpret challenging texts from contemporary and historical periods, including novels, poems, plays, and opinion pieces, and will analyze and create effective media works.  An important focus will be the thoughtful use of spoken and written language.

Prerequisite: English, Grade 9

Course Title: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices, University Preparation

Course Code: NBE3U

Description: In this course, you will explore the themes, forms, and stylistic elements of a variety of literary, informational, graphic, oral, cultural, and media texts emerging from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures in Canada. You will also examine the perspectives and influences of these texts. You will develop your understanding of contemporary texts and their themes of Indigenous authors/creators from various periods and cultures. You will create oral, written, and media texts to explore your own ideas and understanding, focusing on the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. 

Prerequisite: English, Grade 10, Academic

Course Title: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices, College Preparation

Course Code: NBE3C

Description: This course explores the themes, forms, and stylistic elements of literary, informational, graphic, oral, cultural, and media text forms emerging from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures in Canada, and also looks at the perspectives and influences of texts that relate to those cultures. In order to understand contemporary text forms and their themes of identity, relationship, and self-determination, sovereignty, or self-governance, students will study the use of text forms by Indigenous authors/creators from other periods in expressing ideas related to these themes. Students will also create oral, written, and media texts to explore their own ideas and understanding, focusing on the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 English college preparation course 

Prerequisite: English, Grade 10, Academic

Course Title: Media Studies

Course Code: EMS3O

Description: 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: English, Grade 10, Academic or Applied

Course Title: English, College Preparation

Course Code: ENG4C1

Description: This course emphasizes the consolidation of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse a variety of informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from various countries and cultures, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms for practical and academic purposes. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare students for college or the workplace. 

Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, College Preparation

Course Title: English, University Preparation

Course Code: ENG4U1

Description: This course emphasizes consolidation of literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills.  Students will analyze a range of challenging texts from various time periods, countries, and cultures; write analytical and argumentative essays and a major paper for an independent literary research project; and apply key concepts to analyze media works.  An important focus will be on understanding academic language and using it coherently and confidently in discussion and argument.  

Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, University Preparation

Course Title: Writer’s Craft, University Preparation

Course Code: EWC4U1

Description: This course emphasizes knowledge and skills related to the craft of writing. Students will analyse models of effective writing; use a workshop approach to produce a range of works; identify and use techniques required for specialized forms of writing; and identify effective ways to improve the quality of their writing. They will also complete a major paper as part of a creative or analytical independent study project and investigate opportunities for publication and for writing careers. 

Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, University Preparation