Anglais+9+-+Course+requirments

=__F COURSE REQUIREMENTS __=

1) __READING__:

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Personal reading : You must choose three novels having a minimum of 150 pages. One of these novels chosen must be considered a “classic”.

Due dates: ** Novel 1 : September 17th to October 1st 2010  ** **  Novel 2 : November 12th to December 3rd 2010  **    · **Novel study **: ** //The Outsiders// Date : October 6th to November 3rd **

· Literary genres : You will have the opportunity to read and analyze a variety of different texts such as the short story, the magazine and newspaper article, the poem, the lyrics of a song, the fable, the folk tale, the speech, the script, the memoir, the satirical essay, the editorial, etc.

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FORMAL EVALUATION :

- Short story comprehension test (1-2) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Article / essay comprehension test (1-2) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Poetry test (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Novel test (1)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2) WRITING <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">:

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Response Journal <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Every TWO T0 THREE weeks, you will be required to write a 150 word paragraph in which you will respond to a specific topic such as a current event, a book you have read, a TV show or movie you have watched, a situation you have lived through, etc.

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 * Writing Activities**: During the semester you will have the opportunity to write a wide variety of fictional and non-fictional texts.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Language Mechanics <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: To enhance your overall writing skills, you will have the opportunity to review and apply the following skills and language concepts:

- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vocabulary: common mistakes in writing, homophones, synonyms and antonyms, transitional words, prefixes and suffixes, acronyms and abbreviations, comparatives and superlatives, possessive forms, gerunds used as subject, etc; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Simple, compound, and complex sentences; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Main and subordinate clauses; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Phrases; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Run-ons and fragments; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Capitalization and punctuation rules; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Paragraph structure; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Revising and proofreading strategies; - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Etc.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">FORMAL EVALUATION <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">:

- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Response Journal (4) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Non fiction (1-2) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Narrative – choice of: short story, script, fable, or folk tale (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Magazine or newspaper article (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Poems (various)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3) ORAL EXPRESSION AND COMPREHENSION__:__

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Discussions, speeches and debates <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: During the semester, you will be asked to actively participate in class discussions and improvise short speeches and debates which will give you the techniques and skills needed to present information in front of a group.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Presentations: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">During the semester you will also be asked to complete formal and informal presentations using the expository technique during which you will be required to present different types of information to the class. The format for these presentations may vary from a round table to a presentation in front of the entire class or in smaller groups.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Listening and viewing activities: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">During the semester, you will be listening to various modes of expressions such as speeches, debates, and class presentations. You will also have the opportunity to view different forms of electronic media such as: documentaries, TV shows, commercials, and movies. Many of these activities will be the subject of in-class analysis and study.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">FORMAL EVALUATION: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> - Literary Circle (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Speech / Report (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Group analysis presentation (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Movie: //Dead Poets’ Society -// test (1) - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Documentary: To be determined - test (1)

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F <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">REPORT CARD EVALUATION

Final exam F 40%
TOTAL: F <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">100%

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please note that a failure to complete any major assignment or evaluation __**may result in the student getting an**__ “INCOMPLETE” __**on his or her report card. No final mark can be attributed until**__ all__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">the course requirements have been satisfied.

HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER!!