English Literacy Development Level 4
Course Description
This course extends students’ literacy skills and ability to apply learning strategies effectively, and teaches them how to use community resources to enhance lifelong learning. Students will communicate with increased accuracy and fluency for a variety of academic and everyday purposes; perform a variety of guided reading, writing, and viewing tasks; and use media and community resources to complete guided-research projects. This course further develops the critical thinking skills students will need to participate in Canadian society as informed citizens.
Overall Curriculum Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
A. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
| A1 | demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes; |
| A2 | use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes; |
| A3 | use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English. |
B. Reading
| B1 | read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes; |
| B2 | use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts; |
| B3 | use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary; |
| B4 | locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes. |
C. Writing
| C1 | write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences; |
| C2 | organize ideas coherently in writing; |
| C3 | use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation; |
| C4 | use the stages of the writing process. |
D. SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MEDIA LITERACY
| D1 | use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts; |
| D2 | demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society; |
| D3 | demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system; |
| D4 | demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts. |
Course Content
| Unit | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Going Canadian – Developing Awareness of Canada, Citizenship, and Diversity This unit covers a variety of facts about Canadian geography, history, citizenship, different levels of governments, and social structure and policy. These will be viewed through the lens of the media forms in which they are presented. Note taking and journal writing skills will be practiced. Students will also focus on orally presenting information and sharing opinions about before mentioned topics and constructing media texts to demonstrate their understanding. At the end of this unit, students will produce a poster stating the features typical of being Canadian and will have an oral test with the teacher on the key points covered in this unit. |
24 hours |
| 2 |
Studies in Short Fiction and Nonfiction Students will be introduced to complex texts in this unit, such as myths, legends, short stories, newspaper reports. Language development in this unit focuses on retelling plots in narratives, writing summaries, and recognizing rhetorical devices that authors use to convey meaning and depict details. Vocabulary will also be a focus of this unit, which involves word roots, prefixes, affixes and other word-formation methods. The end of unit project will be an adaption of the following: one of O’Henry’s short stories or one of the Greek or Roman myths. |
27 hours |
| 3 |
Poetry Study This unit on poetry provides students with the opportunity to read, analyze, and write poetry. More specifically, students will understand what poetry is and learn to identify a variety of poetic devices, such as, rhyme, alliteration, metaphor, etc. Moreover, students will be exposed to some poems translated into English language, and compare the devices used in English poetry and those in their native language. For the culminating activity, students will be tested on the rhetoric devices for poetry. |
18 hours |
| 4 |
Novel Study In this unit, students will read Anne of Green Gables by a Canadian writer named Lucy Maud Montgomery and complete chapter review questions. Students will continue to enhance their communication and speaking skills through speaking in classroom discussions. They will write a book report as the final assessment at the end of the unit. For Culminating Activity the students will write a Book Review accompanied with a 10-minute Oral Presentation with question and answer session. |
24 hours |
| 5 |
Writing Conventions Writing conventions will focus mainly on the construction of higher level English through cooperative and independent activities. Students will better understand the writing process, essay structure, essay organization and approaches for writing research paper. Special emphasis will be laid on proper grammar and style, choice of words, accurate use of punctuation, etc. |
14 hours |
| Final Evaluation | Written examination | 3 hours |
| Total : 110 hours |
Assessment for Learning (AFL) provides information to students as they are learning and refining their skills. Assessment as Learning (AAL) acts as a stepping-stone for students to begin applying their understanding using critical thinking; it bridges the gap between AFL and AOL. Assessment of Learning (AOL) at the end of units of the course, provides students with the opportunity to synthesize/apply/demonstrate their learning and the achievement of the expectations via Observation, Conversation and Product.
There are four levels of achievement for students who are passing the course:
- Level 1 (50-59%)
- Level 2 (60-69%)
- Level 3 (70-79%)
- Level 4 (80-100%)
Level 3 is the provincial standard for student achievement.
The final grade will include the following weighting:
| Knowledge | Thinking/Inquiry | Communication | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Understanding | |||
| 12.5 |
Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. Final evaluation will take into account the student’s most recent and most consistent performance.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation consisting of the final examination and the independent study unit, which will take into account the entire course, including the student’s most recent and most consistent performance.
The evaluation for this course is based on the student’s achievement of curriculum expectations and the demonstrated skills required for effective learning. The final percentage grade represents the quality of the student’s overall achievement of the expectations for the course and reflects the corresponding level of achievement as described in the achievement chart for the discipline.
Proctoring
- The tests are typically a paper-pen evaluation written at a mutually agreed time, date, and location. The tests will be proctored, meaning a suitable adult with a dedicated identifiable and authentic email address will supervise you writing the tests. This process ensures the security and integrity of the test. Any person related or affiliated to the student in a personal way cannot serve as a test supervisor.
Resources required by the student
- A scanner, smartphone camera, or similar device to upload handwritten or hand-drawn work
- A front-facing camera on a desktop, laptop, or mobile device to allow for proctoring over the internet
- Internet access and a modern standards-compliant web browser
The tuition for this course is $800 for Canadian students and $2000 for international students.
Refunds
Maple Leaf School does not issue refunds. When a student enrolls in our course, MLS administration team undertakes many tasks including establishing electronic/physical files, assigning teachers and tracking the enrolment for Ministry purposes, etc. The work is completed by our school the moment you register online.
Course Curriculum
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