English

List of 6 items.

• English, Grade 9, De-streamed

  ENL1W

  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 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

• English, Grade 10, Academic

  ENG2D

  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 analyze 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: English, Grade 9, De-streamed, Academic or Applied

• English, Grade 11, University Preparation

  ENG3U

  This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze 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: English, Grade 10, Academic

• English, Grade 12, University Preparation

  ENG4U

  This course emphasizes the consolidation of the literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze a range of challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures; 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 using academic language coherently and confidently, selecting the reading strategies best suited to particular texts and particular purposes for reading, and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare for university, college, or the workplace
  Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, University Preparation

• English with AP English Literature and Composition Preparation, Grade 12, University Preparation

  ENG4U1

  
  This course covers all of the topics in ENG4U but extends each topic to prepare students for success in the Advanced Placement examination at the end of the year. The students are required to have a stronger command of literary devices, in prose, verse, and drama. The written course assessments are primarily timed essays. The amount of discussion in ENG4U1 is comparable to ENG4U, but the focus is more precise and based on literary devices.
  Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, University Preparation

• The Writer’s Craft, Grade 12, University Preparation

  EWC4U

  This course emphasizes knowledge and skills related to the craft of writing. Students will analyze 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: ENG3U, English, Grade 11, University Preparation