This course emphasizes the consolidation of the literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze a range of challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures; interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts; and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using academic language coherently and confidently, selecting the reading strategies best suited to particular texts and particular purposes for reading, and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare students for university, college, or the workplace.
Unit Content and Courses of Delivery
Short Stories and Writing Development (25 hours)
During this section of the course, students will explore literary works in detail, examining various meanings of a text and responding to items such as language, characterization, and structures. Students also explore the different types of writing and their characteristics; expository, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, and creative. Students will create their own personal narrative
Novel Study: The Great Gatsby (30 hours)
Students will study F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ which is a novel largely about America’s obsession with wealth and money. Students will become familiar with the 1920’s era also known as the “Roaring 20”s. This will provide students with a deeper insight of the characters of the novel. Students will analyze characters and there relation to the American Dream. The American Dream will be a major focus of this unit.
Poetry (30 hours)
Students will study various types of poetic devices, as well as the oeuvre of various poets. Students will draw upon their knowledge and experience of literary analysis from previous units to examine themes, symbols, and motifs in poetry and learn to relate it to their personal experience and understanding
Media Studies (22 hours)
In the media studies unit, students will explore the effects of media on gender portrayal and the different types of techniques used for advertising. Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
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