ENG2P (10年级应用英语)

Unit Titles and Descriptions

Getting the Message Out

In this unit students will learn how to "listen to understand." Students will identify and use strategies to listen for different purposes and will be assessed on their active listening skills. The unit concludes with a summative oral presentation task in which students will talk about the three most important listening skills. The final assignment in the unit incorporates listening and interviewing skills in a mock interview assignment. In the process, students will also work on identifying bias in other articles and videos and will thus be able to avoid a lack of objectivity in the creation of their own presentations

Anthology

In this unit students will study short stories and begin with a review of how plots are constructed. Students will infer meanings by predicting outcomes for the plots, by working with diction in the contexts in which words appear, and by determining how the elements of fiction combine to produce effective short stories. The unit ends with students writing short narratives after examining the models presented to them in course notes.

Novel Study

This part of the course focuses on the novel and on the moral issues surrounding current questions that students consider as consumers and as increasingly independent thinkers. The study of the novel builds directly on the short fiction in the previous unit and involves a number of discussions that deal with issues that the author presents in this novel for young adults. Students will use key terms that enable them to discuss the novel with some complexity. They will end the unit by writing a newspaper article that deals with a hypothetical student protest that is similar in theme and concept to one mentioned in the final stages of the novel.

The Graphic Novel

Students will choose one of two graphic novels for study and will use information from the previous two units in their approach to this relatively new genre. Particular attention is paid to the physical properties of the graphic novel and the ways in which color, cell shape and size, symbolism, and other graphic elements such as maps and photographs all contribute to the effectiveness of the works. The graphic novels are based on true stories, so the intersection of fiction and non-fiction is also referred to during the study of the two works.

Media Studies

In the final unit of this course, students will learn how both simple and complex media texts are created to suit particular purposes and audiences and how these media texts convey their overt and implied messages using different forms of advertising. As a final culminating task, students will create a media campaign for their home town.

Final Assessment

Exam

This is a proctored exam worth 30% of your final grade.

A. Oral Communication

A1

Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes;

A2

Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes

A3

Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations

B. Reading and Literature Studies

B1

Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;

B2

Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning

B3

solve problems involving trigonometric equations and prove trigonometric identities.

C. Writing

C1

Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;

C2

Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;

C3

Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively

C4

Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process

D. Media Studies

D1

Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts

D2

Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;

D3

Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.