Ashern Central School

Course Outline and Assessment Guide

Integrated Canadian Studies and English Language Arts 10F
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Teachers: Mrs. J. Bjornson & Mrs. C. Lowry
Course Description: This course will be a full integration of the grade 9 English Language Arts and Social
Studies curricula. Students will be engaged in learning experiences that will help them
develop an in-depth understanding of their rights and responsibilities as both Canadian
and global citizens, while simultaneously developing their six core language skills; listen,
speak, read, write, view, and represent.
Text/Other Resources: A variety of resources will be used, including the internet.





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Assessment Guidelines

Formative assessment is assessment for learning. It is ongoing, descriptive feedback provided to students to
help them learn. It is also used by teachers to adjust instruction as needed. Formative assessment is not used to
determine the students grade in the course.

Summative assessment is assessment of learning. It is used to evaluate how well students have learned the
outcomes of the course. There are a variety of ways that students may demonstrate their learning. Summative
assessments are used to determine the students grade.
The summative assessments used in this course are described below:

Form of Summative Assessment Time of Assessment
Unit tests: will be given at the end of some units of
study.
Quizzes: Student learning will be assessed on an on-
going basis during a unit of study via quizzes.
Unit projects: Much of the student learning in this
course will be achieved through Project-Based
Learning. The projects will be a guided study of a
student-selected topic which is related to the main
topic of the unit. The projects will both be a means of
learning course content and skills, as well as an
assessment tool.
One three days after the completion of
study in the unit.
On-going during each unit of study

On-going during each unit of study. Final
projects will be due at the end of the unit at
a showcase of the students projects.
Final exam: The final exam will be an opportunity for
students to demonstrate improved understanding of
selected outcomes from throughout the semester.
Exam period at the end of semester.

Outcome-Based Assessment
At the beginning of each unit, students will be provided a list of outcomes of which they will be expected
to demonstrate their learning by the end of that unit, or semester. This list will include both Social
Studies content knowledge outcomes, and English Language Arts and Social Studies skills outcomes. The
students will be required to track their own progress, and take responsibility for their achievement of
the course outcomes.


Home and School Communication
The success of every student is largely dependent upon their engagement in the subject, the responsibility they
take for their own learning, as well as the support which they receive from their parents or guardians. When all
three of these factors come together, the learning can be limitless! As such, we will do our best to provide learning
opportunities that are engaging to the students, and help the students increase their own level of responsibility for
their learning. Our request to you, as a parent or guardian, is that you provide the added support and
encouragement that your child requires in order to reach their full potential.
Please do your best to help us establish and maintain open communication on your childs progress in the course.
Below is our contact information, and we would really appreciate if you could provide us with your e-mail address,
and/or home, work, or cell number for ease of communication.
Thank you for your support and cooperation

Mrs. Jennifer Bjornson Mrs. Chelsey Lowry
School 204-768-2571 School 204-768-2571
Cell 204-768-0174 Cell 204-768-0250
Home 204-768-2436 Home 204-768-3631
bjornsj@lakeshoresd.mb.ca lowryc@lakeshoresd.mb.ca

Please return the bottom of this page to Mrs. Bjornson or Mrs. Lowry with your contact information, and preferred
method of communication. Thank you!!!

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Parent/Guardians Name: _____________________________________________________
E-mail: ____________________________________________________________________
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