ENG2D COURSE OF STUDY 2011/2012 Teachers: G. Davis J. McNaughton J. Dickstein J. Bulgutch E. Grondin English Office: Room 235 Phone: 416-393-8585 X.20090 Unit 1: Informative Essay ( How to ) o Informal Essay o Grammar Test Selected articles & essays Terms/Concepts: Essay Introduction Paragraph Structure Conclusion Thesis Tone Literary Devices Grammar: Misplaced and dangling modifiers, L & W 10, pp.172-4 Review of parts of speech, L & W 10, unit 1 & 2 Review sentence variety, comma splice, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments Unit 2: Persuasion o Listening Analysis o Persuasive Letter Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 10 o Selected speeches & opinion pieces o Resource Lines Terms/Concepts: Persuasive Devices emotional appeal connotative language hyperbole Understatement personal connection rhetorical question Metaphor simile personification concrete imagery repetition parallel structure
Grammar: Parallelism, L & W 10, pp.209-210 Unit 3: Biography & PowerPoint The biography is an independent study unit. o PowerPoint Presentation o Biography written analysis Each student will select an autobiography, biography or memoir of his/her choice. Terms/Concepts: PowerPoint Slide Layout PowerPoint Techniques Presentation Techniques Balance Harmony Audience Appeal December Exam Non-Fiction Analysis o Sight Passage: Short Answers o Sight Passage: Personal Opinion Piece Unit 4: Short Story & The Literary Essay o Introduction and Literary Paragraph o Essay Outline Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 2 (Short Story) Selected Short Stories & Essays Terms/Concepts: Fiction Analysis internal conflict external conflict setting Character protagonist antagonist Characterisation setting mood Theme point of view symbol verbal irony situational irony dramatic irony Terms/Concepts: Essay Structure Thesis topic sentences organising principle( map ) Introduction body conclusion opening statement ( hook ) clinching statement transitions/connectors
Unit 5: Novel Study o Fiction Term Test o Reading Comprehension Tests o Literary Essay o TBA Terms: See Fiction Analysis & Essay Structure in Unit 4 Grammar/Usage: Use of quotations in literary analysis Unit 6: Graphic Novels o Comic Strip Adaptation o o Understanding Comics (Scott McLeod) o Selected graphic novels (100 Demons, Death Note, Persepolis, Same Difference, Scott Pilgrim, Y: The Last Man) Terms/Concepts: General Comic cartoon panel non-verbal self-awareness manga Terms/Concepts: Textual Effects word balloon thought balloon caption box sound effects font sizes font styles Terms/Concepts: Visual Effects aspect-to-aspect action-to-action scene-to-scene moment-to-moment subject-to-subject non-sequitur panel sizes/shapes motion lines time effects bug s eye view bird s eye view emotional/physical effects
Unit 7: Romeo & Juliet o Group Dramatic Presentation The rest of the Romeo & Juliet evaluations are part of the summative assessment. Text Unit(s): Language & Writing 10, Unit 3 (film adaptation) o Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare) o Selected screenplay adaptations Terms/Concepts: Drama Study Sonnet prologue iambic pentameter Couplet introduction inciting force rising action climax falling action Catastrophe conclusion soliloquy comic relief allusion figurative imagery pathetic fallacy Terms/Concepts: Screenplay Adaptation scene camera angles camera movement camera shots scene identification formatting conventions Summative Evaluation (30%) o Screenplay adaptation of Romeo & Juliet (10%) o June Exam: Literary essay on Romeo & Juliet (20%)
Proposed 2D Evaluations 2009-2010 Course weighting: Reading & Literature (30%), Writing & Language (20%, 10%), Speaking & Listening (20%), Media (20%) Final Report: Term Work (70%) and Summative Work (30%) Assignment Tentative Due Date Unit 1: Information Text Feature Article Oct 6 Leaflet Oct 25 Actual Due Date Category Writing 5 Language 5 Media 5 Media 10 Reading 5 Unit 2: Persuasion Opinion Piece/Written Speech Nov 10 Writing Language Grammar Test Nov 12 Language 5 Listening Test Nov 16 Listening 5 Persuasive Speech Nov 23 Speaking 15 Unit 3: Independent Reading Weight Per Report 1 2 3 4 Biography Cocktail Party Nov 29 Speaking 10 Dec 2 Reading 5 December Exam Reading Analysis & Opinion Dec 10 Reading 15 Piece Writing 15 Language 15 Unit 4: Literary Analysis Literary Paragraph Jan 20 Reading 10 Writing 10 10 5 Language 5 My Mark Reading Test Feb 1 Reading 5 Unit 5: Novel Study Literary Essay April 1 Reading 15 Writing 15 Language 5 Unit 6: Graphic Novel Comic Strip Adaptation of Lord of the Flies April 6 Media 15 Summative Unit: Romeo & Juliet Oral Presentation (Scene May 24-15 Adaptation) June 7 Exam (Literary Essay) June 17 15