English 2201 – 2019-2020
PWC Course Overview:
English 2201 is an academic course, designed for the majority of students entering Level Two. The six strands of English language arts are taught in an integrated manner. English 2201 emphasizes literary texts and is intended to enable students to be analytical and critical readers and viewers.
Students will:
- be exposed to and analyze a wide variety of texts
- create a variety of texts for a wide range of audiences and purposes
- develop an increasingly sophisticated interpretation of texts
- examine and evaluate ideas and style in texts, including those they create
- express themselves precisely and with clarity
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| Strands: Speaking = 13% Listening = 12% Reading = 18% Viewing = 17% Writing = 13% Representing = 12% |
Final = 15% |
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| I am (We are) Poem (Poetic #1) (Both Writing and Representing) (4 classes) 1st Novel to be chosen by students Analytical Essay Unit (6 classes)
Poetry Unit: (12 classes)
Shorter and Longer Dramatic Work: Hamilton and I Never Saw Another Butterfly or another (12 classes)
Novel Study (8 classes)
Personal Response: (3 classes)
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2nd Novel to be chosen by students Artistic Visuals Unit: (12 classes)
Short Story Unit: (12 classes)
Google Slideshow on Novel (12 classes)
Media Visuals Unit: (6 classes)
Essay Unit: (14 classes)
Review: (4 classes) |
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Course Content Requirements:
| WRITING AND REPRESENTING ACTIVITIES
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| Transactional (persuasive, explanatory, procedural, etc.) | Minimum of 2
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| Expressive (memoir, biography or autobiography, narrative, etc.) | Minimum of 2
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| Visual/Multimedia (web page, model, collage, photo essay, drama, etc.) | Minimum of 2
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| Inquiry Based/ Research Focused
– Can be writing or representing, may also be incorporated into other texts throughout the year; students should complete at least one formal paper |
Minimum of 1 (3-5 pages withat least 4 sources)
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| Poetic (poetry, prose poems, songs, rap, spoken word, etc.) | Minimum of 2
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| READING AND VIEWING ACTIVITIES
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| Poetry (ballad, elegy, epic, free verse, blank verse, lyric, narrative, ode, sonnet, etc.) | Minimum of 8 |
| Drama Longer: play, script, excerpt, etc.
Shorter: monologue, student written script, excerpt, etc. |
Minimum of 1 longer & 1 shorter |
| Short Prose (fiction and non-fiction – essay, short story, article, blog, rant, etc.) | Minimum of 3 fiction & 6 non-fiction |
| Multimedia (film, music, websites, commercials, advertisements, podcasts, etc.) | Minimum of 5 |
| Extended Texts (independent and/or class study, novel, biography) | Minimum of 2
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| SPEAKING AND LISTENING ACTIVITIES | |
| Informal speaking and listening experiences can be observed on a continual basis | Minimum of 2 listening |
| Formal speaking experiences involve products produced through processes; these experiences may help students meet outcomes in writing and representing | Minimum of 2 informal and/or formal speaking |
Alison Edwards 