ENG3U online at Profectus 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.
UNIT 1 :
Reading and Literature Studies (22hrs)
Students will be able to:
Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate an understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
UNIT 2 :
Writing (22hrs)
Students will be able to:
Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements.
appropriate for the purpose and audience;
Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
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.
UNIT 3 :
Oral Communication (22hrs)
Students will be able to:
Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes
Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes
Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
UNIT 4 :
Media Studies (22hrs)
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
FINAL 30%
Course Culmination (22hrs)
The Culminating Unit incorporates all four strands of the English Curriculum, and covers the four achievement chart categories. It consists of two parts:
Culminating Project worth 15% and a
Final Exam worth 15%
Online Course Policies
Listed below are various mandatory policies as you take on this course.
Attendance is regularly tracked through student contributions to online discussion boards, assignment completion, and learning logs. Failure to complete allocated activities may challenge the student’s ability to attain the credit.
This course will be presented using an asynchronistic model whereby work will be posted on the Google Classroom and it is the student’s responsibility to complete it on their own time.
ALL portions of this course are intended to be learned and completed online.
Final Exams and Tests will be written on site at Profectus Academy of Toronto. Course instructors will relay this information to students and families.
The integrity of student work will be checked on an ongoing basis using Quetext or Turnitin. Plagiarism is not tolerated.
Assessment & Evaluation Policies
The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. The Achievement Chart for English will guide all assessment and evaluation
Knowledge and Understanding
17.5%
Thinking
17.5%
Communication
17.5%
Application
17.5%
The final grade will be determined as follows:
70% based on Assessment OF Learning (including conversations, observations and products) conducted throughout the course.
30% based on Culminating Tasks administered at or towards the end of the course.
Assessment and evaluation is divided into two important parts. The grade the student receives on a midterm or final report indicates achievement/ proficiency in Curriculum Expectations. A level of competence (Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, Good or Excellent) will be assessed and reported in the area of Learning Skills and Work Habits: Independent Work, Collaboration, Responsibility, Initiative, Self-Regulation, and Organization.
