Prerequisite Courses
Home Learning
Moderate
Course Description
Students will build competence, confidence, and independence in reading, writing, and speaking in a variety of genres and forms. They will understand the power of writing and images to make sense of and transform human experiences and connect literature to their lives in order to evaluate their own experiences and understanding.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Engage in the writing process.
- Interpret and evaluate texts.
- Develop a variety of reading strategies.
- Make use of a range of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively.
- Apply knowledge of genre, language structure, language conventions (spelling and punctuation), literary devices, and media techniques to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
- Develop an understanding of the power of writing to transform human experience.
Assessment
Student assessments may include:
- Journal responses
- Timed writing
- Process writing assignments
- Graphic interpretation of texts
- Shared inquires
- Found poems
- Teacher/peer/self-assessments
- Individual and group presentations and projects
Grades
12
Grading Scheme
Standards-based Course