English
40S Electives
EAL
for Academic Success 40S (EALAS40S)
This grade 12 course is designed for advanced-level English as
an additional language students who wish to further develop the academic English
language skills required for success in Senior Years and post-secondary
education. This course is
designed to help ensure success for EAL learners in Grade 12 across a number of
subject areas, with emphasis on the sciences, mathematics, and social sciences,
as well as help prepare students for post secondary study.
Students will develop skills such as interpreting and producing subject
area texts, completing various forms of student-led inquiry and classroom
interactions. They will interact with material drawn from a variety of subject
areas in order to improve their skills in reading, writing, listening and
speaking, and to enhance their use of learning strategies. (Prerequisite:
ELACF30S or ELALF30S)
The aim of the
following Grade 12 electives is to provide opportunities for students to apply
the skills developed in English 40S in a more specific manner to a narrower
range of forms. An important part of each elective is an opportunity for
students to do individual research on a particular topic culminating in a final
research paper.
English 40S and Technical Communication (ELALT 40S)
This course is an
asset for students who intend to enter careers in business, engineering,
science, and industry. ELATC 40S includes teamwork and individual work, with a
specific focus on self-directed learning. Course content includes writing
technical documents, such as memos, letters, and proposals, based on
hypothetical and real situations. Further more, students will increase their
ability to manage and coordinate time schedules. Students will choose a topic
on which to write a twenty page formal report in lieu of a final exam which
will serve as the basis for a formal presentation at the end of the
semester.
English 40S Language and Transactional Elective
(ELATR 40S)
Transactional
language is the language used to get things done – in the world of business,
academics and the media. This elective examines a number of transactional forms
such as: essays, biographies, letters, reviews, editorials, feature articles
and research papers. Although the
course focuses on written communication, there will be a strong oral component
as well. A research project based on an area of student interest will be
required. In lieu of a final exam, students will be required to create a
magazine based on a theme of their choice.
English 40S Language and Literature (ELALL 40S)
This elective is ideal for those students who love to read and
wish to develop their literary analysis skills. Working chronologically from the
Ancient Greek, Roman and Middle East traditions, through the Medieval,
Renaissance, and Romantic eras, we will study various selections from the
world’s great writers of the past, and compare with those of the Modern
world.
(Prerequisite:
ELACF 40S or ELALF 40S)
40S Electives
EAL
for Academic Success 40S (EALAS40S)
This grade 12 course is designed for advanced-level English as
an additional language students who wish to further develop the academic English
language skills required for success in Senior Years and post-secondary
education. This course is
designed to help ensure success for EAL learners in Grade 12 across a number of
subject areas, with emphasis on the sciences, mathematics, and social sciences,
as well as help prepare students for post secondary study.
Students will develop skills such as interpreting and producing subject
area texts, completing various forms of student-led inquiry and classroom
interactions. They will interact with material drawn from a variety of subject
areas in order to improve their skills in reading, writing, listening and
speaking, and to enhance their use of learning strategies. (Prerequisite:
ELACF30S or ELALF30S)
The aim of the
following Grade 12 electives is to provide opportunities for students to apply
the skills developed in English 40S in a more specific manner to a narrower
range of forms. An important part of each elective is an opportunity for
students to do individual research on a particular topic culminating in a final
research paper.
English 40S and Technical Communication (ELALT 40S)
This course is an
asset for students who intend to enter careers in business, engineering,
science, and industry. ELATC 40S includes teamwork and individual work, with a
specific focus on self-directed learning. Course content includes writing
technical documents, such as memos, letters, and proposals, based on
hypothetical and real situations. Further more, students will increase their
ability to manage and coordinate time schedules. Students will choose a topic
on which to write a twenty page formal report in lieu of a final exam which
will serve as the basis for a formal presentation at the end of the
semester.
English 40S Language and Transactional Elective
(ELATR 40S)
Transactional
language is the language used to get things done – in the world of business,
academics and the media. This elective examines a number of transactional forms
such as: essays, biographies, letters, reviews, editorials, feature articles
and research papers. Although the
course focuses on written communication, there will be a strong oral component
as well. A research project based on an area of student interest will be
required. In lieu of a final exam, students will be required to create a
magazine based on a theme of their choice.
English 40S Language and Literature (ELALL 40S)
This elective is ideal for those students who love to read and
wish to develop their literary analysis skills. Working chronologically from the
Ancient Greek, Roman and Middle East traditions, through the Medieval,
Renaissance, and Romantic eras, we will study various selections from the
world’s great writers of the past, and compare with those of the Modern
world.
(Prerequisite:
ELACF 40S or ELALF 40S)