ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

ELA10 explores the human dimensions relative to important understandings: The Challenge and Mysteries of Life, and The World Around and Within Us. ELA10 provides a range of experiences and resources to improve students’ skill development through both literary and informational texts. The essentials of writing sentences, paragraphs, and reviews, as well as understanding and using components of visual media will be emphasized.

ELB10 explores human dimensions relative to important understandings:  Equity and Ethics and The World Around and Within Us. ELB10 also provides a range of experiences and resources to improve students’ skill development through both literary and informational texts. The essentials of writing sentences, paragraphs, and reviews, as well as understanding and using components of visual media will be emphasized. 

Imagine having time in the busy day to involve yourself in writing, editing, and publishing. Creative Writing 30L is a course made for independent, imaginative people with an innovative bent. This class enriches a student's language experiences and creates a supportive environment for like-spirited individuals in their pursuit of writing. Students need the maturity to manage their own time, the ability to work intensively and to willingly share writing. Creative Writing 30L will also prepare students for post-secondary study and provide an excellent base for those students who intend to make writing the focus of their careers. 

ELA30 examines the historical and cultural issues of our Canadian heritage. Specifically, ELA30 addresses national issues as they are reflected in the traditional and contemporary literature of Canada and its regions. The motifs that frame the course are Canadian Perspectives: Distinct and Rich and Canadian Landscapes: Diverse and Dynamic. 

The ELB30 course addresses global perspectives by using traditional and world literature and philosophies entrenched in contemporary society. The course is guided by two general themes, The Search for Self and The Social Experience. ELB30 emphasizes advanced reading skills and challenges the student to investigate, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate course themes. In ELB30, students write a formal literary paper as well as several other essays. 

AP English Literature and Composition endows students with the ability to read, think, analyze, discuss, and write with heightened insight and stronger control of language. The pursuit of these skills will help ensure student success in other AP and academic courses and facilitates their transition into higher education. Moreover, this class will expose students to the breadth of human experience as it is captured in literature from the 16th to the 21st century. This study ultimately leads students to recognize the bond between all people that is the foundation of the human experience. 

This course is an in depth study of literature that will be taught over the course of two semesters. In conjunction with the study of literature, students will also focus on the art of literary criticism and writing to expand their knowledge of literature. The AP Literature and Composition course will allow the student to complete their required ELA30 and ELB30 credits for graduation. In conjunction with the completion of required credit hours the AP Literature and Composition Exam will conclude the Advanced Placement experience for students. 

This is a two credit course that will be held in the first and second semester of a student's senior year. Students should be in Grade 12 when taking this course. 

Please see Ms. Grier for more information.