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ENG4U1
ENG4U1
English, Grade 12, University
COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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 analyse 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 students for university, college, or the workplace.
From: The Ontario Curriculum, English, Grades 11 and 12 (Revised 2007))
COURSE DOCUMENTATION
COURSE DOCUMENTATION
COURSE SYLLABUS
ENG4U1 Course Outline.pdfThe course syllabus for ENG4U1, including overall curriculum expectations, as well as a breakdown of the assignments that will form the basis of each student's evaluation. Though visually different, this official Thames Valley board version is substantively the same as the more compact version distributed to students in class.
COURSE CURRICULUM
ENG4U Curriculum Document.pdfThe official Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum documents for the ENG4U course. The file contains general and specific expectations within the four strands that make up the English curriculum: Oral Communication, Reading and Literature Studies, Writing, and Media Studies. These expectations form the core of assessment and evaluation in English classes.
COURSE SCHEDULE
COURSE SCHEDULE
Secondary School Calendar.pdfThis is the approved secondary school calendar for 2025 - 2026.
COURSE PROGRESS
COURSE PROGRESS
PROGRESS CHART - CLICK ⬈ TO ENLARGE
For information on how to read this spreadsheet, click here: Reading the Progress Spreadsheet
You must have access to your child's code name in order to use the progress charts. Your child received this code name on joining the class. If you need access to the code name, and your child is unable to provide it, contact Mr. McBurney using the channels outlined in the information package sent home at the start of the semester, or call the school at 519-773-3174.
COURSE TEXTS
COURSE TEXTS
When a young man is drafted into the Vietnam war, he must make a daunting decision: to stay in his home country and fight a war he doesn't believe in, or flee to Canada and be branded a coward by his community. This short story, excerpted from O'Brien's famous Vietnam tale The Things They Carried, explores topics of loyalty, fear, and the fine line between cowardice and bravery.
In groups, students will select and analyze a short story from Darcie Friesen Hossack's collection of short stories revolving around the Mennonite experience in Canada. Topics examined range from grief, to parenthood, to identity and isolation.
Set amidst the turmoil of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s, and the later Taliban occupation, The Kite Runner tells the tale of two young Afghan boys, Amir and Hassan, and the terrible secret which threatens their friendship. After emigrating to the United States, an adult Amir must cope with the repercussions of decisions he made as a child. Topics examined range from fatherhood and truth, to religion and humanity.
Perhaps Shakespeare's most revered tragedy, Hamlet tells the story of a young prince of Denmark who is confronted by a vision claiming to be the ghost of his father. Ordered to revenge his father's murder, Hamlet must navigate the politics of court and the questions of his own conscience. Topics examined range from death and the nature of life, to duty and false appearances.
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