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Course Description
This course provides foundational literacy and communication skills to prepare students for success in their
daily lives, in the workplace, and in the Grade 10 LDCC Course. The course is organized into strands that
develop listening and talking skills, reading and viewing skills, and writing skills. In all strands, the focus is
on developing foundational literacy skills and on using language clearly and accurately in a variety of
authentic contexts. Students develop strategies and put into practice the processes involved in talking,
listening, reading, viewing, writing, and thinking, and reflect regularly upon their growth in these areas.
How This Course Supports The Ontario Catholic School Graduate
Expectations
The course content enables students to reflect upon their identities as individuals and
as members of a Catholic faith community, and encourages the development of a
confident and positive sense of self, as well as values based upon Catholic social
teaching, including finding meaning, dignity, fulfillment, and vocation in work which
contributes to the common good.
The course emphasizes the process-based development of skills in talking, listening,
reading, viewing, and writing to help students grow into effective communicators who
can articulate Catholic beliefs. Another important aspect of this course is the
development of students ability to think reflectively, critically, and creatively, so that
they can learn and comprehend in the light of gospel values. Through their
communication and interaction in this course, students are called upon to be
collaborating contributors in a Christ-centred community, who affirm their own dignity
and worth and that of others around them.
Overall Course Content: Developing Listening and Talking Skills, Developing Reading and Viewing
Skills, Developing Writing Skills
The curriculum expectations that must be met in order to earn this credit can be found at:
http://www.curriculum.org/csc/library/ldcc/pdf/LDCC_English_Subject_Doc.pdf
Teaching Approaches:
The LDCC English courses will introduce a rich variety of activities that provide students with opportunities
to close the gaps in their knowledge and application of language processes and skills. Students who are
explicitly taught and become adept at using a repertoire of reading, writing, and oral communication skills
are able to apply those skills in other contexts. Students who are provided with opportunities to develop and
refine their communication skills are able to read for meaning, write with clarity and purpose, and participate
productively in classroom discussions.
Course Resources:
Students will be provided with a variety of resources, some for in-class use and others to be taken home and
brought to class on a regular basis. Resources are costly investments and as such are expected to be used in a
respectful manner and returned in the same condition in which they were issued. Lack of student
responsibility in this regard may result in a repair or replacement cost to the student and his/her
parent/guardian.
Assessment Strategies:
A wide variety of assessment and evaluation strategies will be used to ensure that students
demonstrate their achievement of the curriculum expectations under four categories:
Knowledge/Understanding (25%), Thinking (25%), Communication (25%), and Application (25%).
Seventy per cent of the final grade will be based on evaluations conducted in class, throughout the
course.
The remaining thirty percent will be based on a final evaluation in the form of an assignment and/or
performance task. Should a student miss all or part of the scheduled final evaluation activities,
the student will forfeit whatever portion of the thirty percent that was not completed. In
extenuating circumstances (e.g., illness, death in the family, etc.) the principal shall determine
an alternative resolution for a missed final evaluation.