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English 12 Course Outline 2016-2017

This document outlines the course outline for English 12 taught by Ms. M. Ng during the 2017-2018 school year. The goal of the course is to inspire students to become successful language learners who can thoughtfully interact with others and appreciate language. Big ideas that will be explored include understanding how texts are constructed and how language shapes ideas. Students will develop skills in accessing and evaluating information, thinking critically, and creating original texts. Formative and summative assessments will include essays, presentations, and a provincial examination worth 40% of the final grade. Students are expected to respect classroom rules and complete missed work when absent. Required supplies include a binder, journal, writing tools, and literature will include novels, short stories

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English 12 Course Outline 2016-2017

This document outlines the course outline for English 12 taught by Ms. M. Ng during the 2017-2018 school year. The goal of the course is to inspire students to become successful language learners who can thoughtfully interact with others and appreciate language. Big ideas that will be explored include understanding how texts are constructed and how language shapes ideas. Students will develop skills in accessing and evaluating information, thinking critically, and creating original texts. Formative and summative assessments will include essays, presentations, and a provincial examination worth 40% of the final grade. Students are expected to respect classroom rules and complete missed work when absent. Required supplies include a binder, journal, writing tools, and literature will include novels, short stories

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RSS English 12 Course Outline 2017-2018

Ms. M. Ng
Email: mng@sd38.bc.ca Phone number: 604-668-6400 Room: 130

Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Welcome to English 12
The aim of this course is to inspire students to become successful language learners who use
language to interact with individuals and communities, make meaningful connections with
themselves and the world around them, understand and appreciate the power of language, think
critically and reflectively, become responsible and productive world citizens. Students are
expected to play a major role in this course and are responsible for mastering concepts and skills
connected to the English Language Arts 12 Curriculum.

Big Ideas of English Language Arts 12

The People Texts are Language Questioning


exploration of understand text socially, shapes ideas what we hear,
text and story differently culturally, and influences read, and view
deepens our depending on geographically, others. contributes
their and historically to our ability to
understanding
worldviews and constructed. be educated
of diverse, perspectives. and engaged
complex ideas citizens.
about identity,
others, and the
world.

ELA 12 Curricular Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively
to be able to:

1. Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate its
relevance, accuracy and reliability.
2. Synthesize ideas from a variety of different text/sources.
3. Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between and beyond
texts.
4. Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
5. Recognize and appreciate how various forms, structures, and features of texts reflect a
variety of purposes, audiences, and messages.
6. Identify the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples
perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
7. Develop awareness of how First Peoples languages and texts reflect their culture,
knowledge, history, and worldview.
8. Reflect on, assess, and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact
according to purpose, audience, and message.
9. Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using new or unfamiliar genre,
forms, structures, and styles.
10. Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently an das
appropriate to the context.

(For further details on curricular competencies, visit https://curriculum.gov.c.ca)


Formative and Summative Assessments
Students will have many opportunities to think and communicate their ideas and thoughts
through reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will be required to
complete paragraphs, essays, stories, poems and creative works, reflective journals,
presentations, and projects. Self, peer and teacher assessments and feedback will be ongoing
and students will have opportunities to revise and improve their work. Summative assessments
such as in-class compositions, unit tests, and portfolio will carry more weight in term marks.
Finally, this course includes a provincial examination worth 40% of students final mark while
class mark is worth 60%.

Term 1 (30 %) Term 2 (30 %) Term 3 (40 %)


NOTE: If a students work is not entirely complete at the time reports are issued, an I for
Incomplete or In Progress will be assigned. The student will be allowed additional time
to complete the work for a passing grade.

Expectations:
We are working in a community of respect. All members of the school community are
expected to respect themselves, each other, and the classroom rules developed at the
beginning of the year. Come to class on time and be ready to learn and share your
ideas!

If you miss a class, you are expected to email Ms. Ng directly at mng@sd38.bc.ca,
check school website, and ask a friend for missed work and assignments. Once
you are in class again, you are expected to hand in assignments promptly.

Supplies:
1) Duo Tang (journal/reflections/portfolio) 3) Pen/Pencil/Eraser/White-out
2) 2inch Binder (lined and blank paper) 4) Thesaurus/Pocket Dictionary

Literature List

Novels: 1)Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden 4) Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
2)Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden 5) A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
3)1984 by George Orwell 6) Other various Lit Circle titles

Short Stories and Poetry: Inside Stories III by Davies and Wowk

Drama/Play: Taming of the Shrewd or Hamlet by William Shakespeare

(SHOW THIS PORTION TO MS. NG ONCE YOU FILL OUT THE INFORMATION BELOW!!!)

_____________________________________________________________________
Student name and contact information: email and phone number

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Parents names and contact information: email and phone numbers

(Final Note: Parents are encouraged to contact Ms. Ng if they have pertinent information
about their teenager via email mng@sd38.bc.ca or call 604-668-6400.)

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