Grade 9
English - ENL1W NEW
The Grade 9 English course builds on the elementary language program and is based on the same fundamental principles.
This course is designed to be inclusive of all students in order to facilitate their transition from the elementary grades to the secondary level. It offers opportunities for all students to build a solid foundation in language and literacy, broaden their knowledge and skills, and develop their identities as critically literate learners. This approach allows students to make informed decisions in choosing future English courses based on their interests, and in support of their future plans for apprenticeship training, university, college, community living, or the workplace.
Similar to the elementary curriculum, the Grade 9 English course adopts a strong focus on the foundational knowledge and skills that students need in order to establish a strong basis for language and literacy learning in the senior grades. Acquiring the knowledge and skills described in this course will enable students to understand, respond to, appreciate, and create a full range of texts in various forms, genres, modes, and media, including digital and media texts. The attention paid to the diverse text forms, genres, modes, and media used to communicate meaning in various contexts and communities is considered essential to a robust English and literacy program.
Throughout the course, students actively participate in language and literacy learning by making connections to their lived experiences and to those of others. They continue to learn how to apply transferable skills in a language and literacy context and to develop media and digital literacy. Teachers implement the curriculum through effective assessment and instructional practices that are rooted in culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy (CRRP). They utilize a variety of assessment and instructional approaches that provide students with multiple entry points to access language and literacy learning and multiple opportunities to demonstrate their achievement in English.
This course continues the learning from Grade 8 and prepares students for success in all senior secondary English courses in all pathways moving forward. Students who successfully complete the Grade 9 English course may proceed to an English course in Grade 10.
Grade 10
English - ENG2D1
This course is designed to extend the range of
oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students
need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily
lives. Students will analyze literary texts from contemporary and historical
periods, 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 the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication.
This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 11
university or college preparation course.
PREREQUISITE: ENG1D1 - English - Academic or ESLDO1
- English as a Second Language, Level 4, Open or ESLEO1 -
English as a Second Language, Level 5, Open
English - ENG2P1
This course is designed to extend the range of
oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students
need for success in secondary school and daily life. Students will study and
create a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts. An important
focus will be on the consolidation of strategies and processes that help
students interpret texts and communicate clearly and effectively. This course is
intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 11 college or workplace
preparation course.
Prerequisite: English, Grade 9, Academic or Applied
English
- ENG2L1
In this course, students
focus on extending their literacy and communication skills to prepare for
success in their daily lives, in the workplace, in the English Grade 11
Workplace Preparation course (ENG3E), or in the English Contemporary Aboriginal
Voices, Grade 11 Workplace Preparation course (NBE3E). The course is organized
by strands that extend listening and talking skills, reading and viewing
skills, and writing skills. In all strands, the focus is on refining
foundational literacy skills and in using language clearly and accurately in a
variety of authentic contexts. Students reflect regularly on their growth in
these areas.
COURSE NOTE: Principal's
permission is required.
Grade 11
English - NBE3U / NBE3C
“English:
Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices” is designed
as an alternative to the Grade 11 compulsory courses of the English curriculum.
The English curriculum is based on the belief that language learning is
essential to responsible and productive citizenship, and that all students can
become successful language learners. The curriculum is designed to provide
students with the knowledge and skills that they need to achieve this goal. The
program helps students develop a range of essential skills in the four
interrelated areas of oral communication, reading and literature studies,
writing, and media studies, built on a solid foundation of knowledge of the
conventions of standard English and incorporating the use of analytical,
critical, and metacognitive thinking skills. Students learn best when they are
encouraged to consciously monitor their thinking as they learn, and these
courses include expectations that call for such reflection.
“English: Understanding Contemporary First
Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices” focuses on these core competencies through
exploration of text forms emerging from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
cultures in Canada, and also of the perspectives and influence of texts that
relate to those cultures. The knowledge and skills described in the
expectations will enable students to understand, respond to, and appreciate a
full range of literary, informational, graphic, oral, media, and cultural texts
and to create their own texts in a variety of forms.
Cultural text forms such as clothing and
regalia, stories, songs, music, dances, and cultural practices embody social
and cultural meanings in relation to their use in contemporary and historical
contexts. Exploration of these text forms is therefore a crucial component of
“English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices”.
It is critically important that students are taught to engage responsibly with these
text forms, as well to follow appropriate cultural protocols to ensure respect
for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures. These protocols vary from nation
to nation.
PREREQUISITE for NBE3C: ENG2P1 - English - Applied or ENG2D1 -
English - Academic
PREREQUISITE for NBE3U: ENG2D1 - English - Academic or ESLEO1 -
English as a Second Language, Level 5, Open
English - ENG3E
This course emphasizes the development of
literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary
for success in the workplace and in daily life. Students will study the
content, form, and style of a variety of contemporary informational, graphic,
and literary texts; and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of
forms for practical purposes. An important focus will be on using language
clearly and accurately in a variety of formal and informal contexts. The course
is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 workplace
preparation course.
PREREQUISITE: ENG2L1 - English - Locally Developed or ENG2P1
- English - Applied
Grade 12
English - ENG4U1
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 analyse 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.
PREREQUISITE: ENG3U1 - English - University or NBE3U1 - English -
University
English - ENG4C1
This course emphasizes the consolidation of
literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary
for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse a variety of
informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from various
countries and cultures, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety
of forms for practical and academic purposes. An important focus will be on
using language with precision and clarity and developing greater control in
writing. The course is intended to prepare students for college or the
workplace.
PREREQUISITE: ENG3C1
- English - College or ENG3U1 - English - University or NBE3C1 - English -
College or NBE3U1 - English – University
English
- ENG4E1
This course emphasizes
the consolidation of literacy, communication, and critical and creative
thinking skills necessary for success in the workplace and in daily life.
Students will analyse informational, graphic, and literary texts and create
oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms for workplace-related and
practical purposes. An important focus will be on using language accurately and
organizing ideas and information coherently. The course is intended to prepare
students for the workplace and active citizenship.
Prerequisite: English, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course
- OLC4O1
This course is designed to help students
acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated
by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Students who complete
the course successfully will meet the provincial literacy requirement for
graduation. Students will read a variety of informational, narrative, and
graphic texts and will produce a variety of forms of writing, including
summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Students
will also maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading
experiences and samples of their writing.
COURSE NOTE: See
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Requirement.
PREREQUISITE: Eligibility requirement: Students who have been eligible
to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once
are eligible to take the course. (Students who have already met the literacy
requirement for graduation may be eligible to take the course under special
circumstances, at the discretion of the principal.)