Teacher(s): Time: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: This Course: Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Assessment: 1. How can an author use dramatic literature to explain the importance of relationships and the results of an individual’s decisions and actions? 2. How can a study of literature show how individuals face physical, emotional, and social difficulties and in the process help students learn about themselves? 3. How can literature have an influence on the future and on an individual’s role in the future? 4. How can an understanding of Catholic and First Nations beliefs lead to a better understanding of human relationships? 5. How do the elements of a novel, a short story, and / or a drama combine to create a realistic story? 6. How can a reader prepare to read non-fictional information to assist in determining fact from opinion in order to make good decisions? 7. How has Shakespearean drama influenced society over the past centuries? 8. How can writing effectively describe, narrate, explain and inform, and persuade? 9. How is an effective paragraph written for a particular purpose? 10. How are language cues and conventions (pragmatic, syntactic, semantic, graphophonic, and textual) applied in everyday writing? exploring human relationships as we struggle to survive and look to the future through the study of a variety of texts using essential language cues and conventions while reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing. Term Marks Reading assignments Writing assignments Listening and Speaking assignments Viewing and Representing assignments Language Cues and Conventions Quizzes Exams Homework completion & participation Final Mark Reading assignments Writing assignments Listening and Speaking assignments Viewing and Representing assignments Language Cues and Conventions Quizzes Exams Homework completion & participation Final exam/project ELA B90 Relationships and Life

Learning Principles Learning Routines Course Map This Course: includes Differentiation Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these Units ELA B90 – Relationships and Life Loyalty & Relationships Our Shared Linguistic and Cultural Roots Surviving and Conquering Language Cues and Conventions Research Skills Creative Writing Paragraphs Oral Presentations Elements of literature Personal and Philosophical Environmental and Technological Communicative Fiction Reading Narrate Pragmatic Self concept Non-fiction Writing Describe Textual Relationships Poetry Speaking Persuade Syntactic Imagination Drama Listening Expose Semantic Communication Inquiry Viewing Inform Graphophonic Technology Representing Environment Course Organizer Reading Strategies Comprehend Unit Organizer Writing Strategies Respond Graphic Organizers Speaking Strategies Compose Individual Work Listening Strategies Create Group Work Viewing Strategies Assess Portfolios Representing Strategies Reflect Journals Individual adaptations: - content - process - product - learning environment - assessment -Communicate your thoughts and ideas -Accept thoughts and ideas of others - Participate fully -Remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create