ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

• English Language Arts 10 is a dynamic and engaging course that helps students develop critical thinking, take ownership of their learning, and reflect on their progress. By exploring relevant themes, students are encouraged to become active, thoughtful citizens and lifelong learners, both in school and beyond. They will build essential skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. Learning experiences will support growth in comprehending and responding, composing and creating, as well as assessing and reflecting.

• This is the ELN10 course delivered over a longer duration and at a slower pace for those students who need extra support through the engagement of differentiation, writing and reading supports, planners to help with written and verbal expression, etc. This is a pathway for students who may have chosen the English 9 Plus section or have moved to the Modified pathway in grade 10 for their learning.

• Students who select this option also earn a Literacy 10 elective in addition to the ELN10 requirement.

In this course, students will:

• Explore digital writing, cultural voices, and journalism

• Develop their creative thinking and writing skills, use the writing process to explore a variety of genres, and practice the techniques and exercises used by professional writers

• Develop manuscripts, write weekly assignments, collaborate in writing workshops, attend public readings by published writers, and present work to classmates

In this course, students will:

• Extend their abilities to decode and analyze essential arguments at the heart of democracy.

• learn to questions assumptions and learn to value diverse positions in debate

• learn skills in argument construction, deconstruction, research, logic and rhetoric and persuasive speaking through debate and public speaking. 

ELA30 is about Canada and all things Canadian.

This course will explore two main themes:

• Canadian Perspectives (Distinct and Rich) Sub-themes include: Define the Individual, Negotiate the Community; Celebrate the Glorious, Acknowledge the Scandalous; Shift Centres, Blur Margins; and Understand Beliefs, Initiate Action.

• Canadian Landscapes (Diverse and Dynamic) Sub-themes include: Natural and Constructed; Psychological and Physical; Historical and Contemporary; and Personal and Social.

While examining these themes, students will strengthen their language skills by learning from influential First Nations, Metis, Saskatchewan, and Canadian writers, speakers, and multimedia creators.

ELB30 centers on global voices and perspectives found in traditional and contemporary world literature.

This course will explore two main themes:

• The Search for Self. Sub-themes include: Sense of Self; Ideals; Joy and Inspiration; and Doubt and Fear.

• The Social Experience. Sub-themes include: Dealing with Universal Issues; Ambition, Power, and the Common Good; Social Criticism; and Addressing the Issues.

While examining these themes, you will have the opportunity to learn from writers, speakers, and multimedia creators from different times, places, and perspectives, considering how language is used to transform both small and big worlds.