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CONTENT/RESOURCES
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OUTCOMES
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OUTPUT
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All About English 12
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Course Outline; Assignment List
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Getting Started
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Literary analysis; the Informal Essay
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B1, B8, C8, C12
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ASSIGNMENT: “Perspective” Questions
ASSIGNMENT: “Perspective”Essay
QUIZ: “The Poet of the People”
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Internet Detective
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Plagiarism; Evaluating Web Resources
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B3, B6, B9, C5, C6
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ASSIGNMENT: Becoming an Internet Detective
QUIZ: Effective Research
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The“Write Stuff”
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Writing Forms
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C1, C2, C3, C4, C12, C13, C14
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ASSIGNMENT: Descriptive Paragraph
ASSIGNMENT: Expository Paragraph
ASSIGNMENT: Narrative Paragraph
ASSIGNMENT: Memoir
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Read it & Weep
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Independent Novel Study
RESOURCE: Students need to find their own novel to read
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B1, B4, B6, B7, B8, B10, B12, C4, C13
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BLOG: 3 Separate Posts [Reading Journal]
FORUM: Be Your Novel's Critic
PROJECT: Freeze Frame [Visual Presentation]
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Justice & Revenge
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The Count of Monte Cristo Novel Study
RESOURCES: Novel (text OR online); “Count of MC movie; “A Time to Kill”movie
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A5, A10, C3, B1, B3, B5, B6, B7, C7, C9, C12
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INTERVIEW: “A Time to Kill”
ASSIGNMENT: “A Matter of Balance”[Point of View rewrite]
ESSAY: “The Count of Monte Cristo”[literary analysis]
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The Kite Runner [OSBC]
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The Kite Runner Novel Study [Persian Storytelling; “The Kite Runner” movie]; Elements of Fiction [POV, Plot, etc.]
RESOURCES: “The Kite Runner”novel; movie available online in the course
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B1, B3, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B12, C1, C4, C10, C12, C13, C14
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ASSIGNMENT: Symbols & Heroes
BLOG: 3 Separate Posts [Reading Journal]
ASSIGNMENT: Human Rights in Afghanistan
ASSIGNMENT: Storyboard [3 scenes NOT included in the movie]
ASSIGNMENT: A Closer Look at Character
ASSIGNMENT: Writing in Nasruddin's Style
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Writing to Inform/Entertain
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Blogging; Informal Writing
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B2, B3, B7, C1, C2, C5, C13
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FORUM: Three Awesome Things
ASSIGNMENT: Generating Ideas
BLOG: Your Voice...
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Writing to Persuade
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Documentary Films; Persuasive Writing
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B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B10, C2, C7, C9, C12, C13
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QUIZ: Documentary Film
ASSIGNMENT: Writing to Persuade
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How Short is Short?
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Short Stories [elements of SS – POV, Plot, etc.]; Short Film
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B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, C2, C9
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ASSIGNMENT: Point of View
ASSIGNMENT: An Ounce of Cure [Conflict, Irony, Theme, Setting]
ASSIGNMENT: The Painted Door [Theme, Setting, Symbol, Foreshadowing, Plot]
QUIZ: Short Story Elements
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Understanding Poetry
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Reading and Analyzing Poetry
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B1, B6, B7, B8, B10, B12, C4, C9
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QUIZ: Poetic Devices
ASSIGNMENT: Poetry Analysis
ASSIGNMENT : The “Misty”Poets [Poetry Analysis]
PROJECT: Poetry Presentation [visual, audio]
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Writing Poetry
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Imagery, Found poetry
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B1, B12, C3, C6, C12, C13
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ASSIGNMENT: Imagery Poem
ASSIGNMENT: Found Poem [GLOG]
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Poetry [OSBC]
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TBA
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TBA
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TBA
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Podcasting & Media
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Free Speech on the Internet; Podcasting
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A3, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A19, C4, C12
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PROJECT: Persuasive Podcasting [series of TWO podcasts]
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Provincial Exam Preparation
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Final Exam
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FORUMs
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Students are required to complete 5 out of 9 FORUMs
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FORUM: I Go Along
FORUM: A Modest Proposal
FORUM: Two Friends
FORUM: How Much Land Does a Man Need?
FORUM: A Son's Goodbye
FORUM: The One Great Heart
FORUM: Professional, White, Male, Standard
FORUM: The Painted Door
FORUM: Wordsmith
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