Professional Documents
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Halifax, NS
491-4444; 491-1700 (Fax)
English Department
J. MacDonald
juliamac@staff.ednet.ns.ca
ext.2831303
The general curriculum outcomes are the foundation for all English language arts curriculum guides. They identify
what students are expected to know and be able to do upon completion of study in English language arts. Although the
statements of learning outcomes are organized under the headings Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing,
and Writing and Other Ways of Representing, it is important to recognize that all these language processes are
interrelated and can be developed most effectively as interdependent processes. Extensive specific curriculum
outcomes provide a continuum from grade 10 to 12.
Speaking and Listening
Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas,
feelings, and experiences.
Students will be expected to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond
personally and critically.
Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and
purpose.
Reading and Viewing
Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information,
media, and visual texts.
Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies,
resources, and technologies.
Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.
Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language,
form, and genre.
Writing and Representing
Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on
their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imagination.
Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a
range of audiences and purposes.
Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and other ways of
representing and to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness.
COURSE CONTENT AND STUDENT EVALUATION - ENGLISH 10-12
The course mark is based on a balanced assessment of the following ways in which students demonstrate
achievement of course outcomes. As stated in the General Curriculum Outcomes, we are aware that all these
language processes are interrelated and interdependent. Therefore, teachers usually employ specific learning
and assessment strategies that allow them to address a number of outcomes at once.
Reading
and
Viewing
Learning Activities
small-group discussions
debates
oral presentations
seminars
re-enactments
GCO 4: Students will be engage extensively in selfexpected to select, read, and selected reading
view with understanding a talk and write about reading
range of literature,
and viewing experiences
information, media, and
question texts
visual texts.
make connections
explore how and why readers
and viewers construct different
meanings from the same text
discussion groups
listen to the teacher read aloud
GCO 5: Students will be
expected to interpret,
select, and combine
information using a
variety of strategies,
resources, and
technologies.
Assessment
Percentage
Informal
10%
small group
discussions
self-assessment
peer assessment
post-event discussion
15%
Formal
debate
group presentation
individual presentation
5%
Reflection
learning-log
Informal
booktalks
reading journal
assignments
10%
Formal
tests / quizzes
research project
essay
15%
Independent Reading
portfolio
reading journal
10%
expressive writing
free writes
marginal notations
reading journal entries
paragraphs
letters
narratives
reviews
scripts / storyboards
news / sport / weather reports
flier / ad design
Informal
reading journal
10%
Formal
assignments
essays
15%
Creative Expression
portfolio
10%
Total semester course work will be given a mark out of 100%, which equals 85% of the final grade. The final
exam will account for the remaining 15%.