This course enables students to continue to develop and consolidate the foundational knowledge and skills that they need for reading, writing, and oral and visual communication. Throughout the course, students will continue to enhance their media literacy and critical literacy skills, and to develop and apply transferable skills, including digital literacy. Students will also make connections to their lived experiences and to society and increase their understanding of the importance of language and literacy across the curriculum.
- Teacher: Shyleeni Ravin
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 analyse 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.
This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and
creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will
analyse challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well
as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts
in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and
clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course
is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college
preparation course.
- Teacher: Shyleeni Ravin
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.
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.
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.
- Teacher: Shyleeni Ravin