This course further extends students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a wide variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom oral presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of text forms. As well, students will expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate their transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.
There are 4 strands in ESLDO and the overall expectations are as follows:
| 1. Listening and Speaking | |
| 1.1 | Demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes; |
| 1.2 | Use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes; |
| 1.3 | Correctly use the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English. |
| 2. Reading | |
| 2.1 | Read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes; |
| 2.2 | Use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts; |
| 2.3 | Use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary; |
| 2.4 | Locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes. |
| 3. Writing | |
| 3.1 | Write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences; |
| 3.2 | Organize ideas coherently in writing; |
| 3.3 | Correctly use the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation; |
| 3.4 | Use the stages of the writing process. |
| 4. Socio – Cultural Competence and Media Literacy | |
| 4.1 | Use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts; |
| 4.2 | Demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society; |
| 4.3 | Demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system; |
| 4.4 | Demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts. |
| Time Allocated | Online/Offline Component | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Unit 1: Short Story | ||
Students will explore a variety of short stories and begin to understand the structure and flow of story writing. They will explore plot, character development and point of view by analyzing various horror stories. Students will examine why conflict is important in a story and in their lives and the sources of conflict in fiction and their own world. | 24hrs | |
| 2. Unit 2: Canadian History/ Media Literacy | ||
Students will explore Canadian history and social policy by creating a media presentation in groups. Throughout this unit students will explore media techniques in advertising and role-playing in Canadian social contexts. | 24hrs | |
| 3. Unit 3: Podcasting | ||
Students will have the opportunity to not only explore multiple podcasts, but work on creating their own meaningful podcast. This is a meaningful unit as it will require students to engage their critical thinking skills on a new and different level; needing to listen carefully and analyze the content for meaning, rhetoric and facts. | 24hrs | |
| 4. Unit 4: Graphic Novel Study: Dracula | ||
Students will read the ESL adaptation of Dracula. Students will focus on answering questions with detail, writing strong character descriptions and identifying basic elements of a novel. This novel will act as a comprehensive tool to practice speaking as the characters, listening to other students, reading the novel, and writing in response to questions. Students will also explore Gothic fiction and its themes. | 24hrs | |
| 5. Unit 5: Formal Writing | ||
Students will be involved in a variety of discussions and activities that involve social issues, and issues within the school, as well as how it affects their lives and their environments. This will lead to brainstorming ideas on social change, examples of social change, and how they would seek social change. Then they will explore how to write various different texts to show their ideas. | 22.5hrs | |
| 6. Final Evaluation | ||
Final Exam | 1.5 hours | Online |
| Total | 120 Hours | |
This course is organized into a semester format. Lessons and activities will be presented to students via the internet. Synchronous lessons will be provided through live online teaching and lessons, and student to student discussion forums.
A variety of strategies will be used in the online delivery of this course. Instructional strategies will include but are not limited to:
Learning goals will be discussed at the beginning of each assignment and success criteria be provided to students. The success criteria are used to develop the assessment tools in this course, including rubrics and checklists.
A variety of assessment and evaluation methods, strategies and tools are required as appropriate to the expectation being assessed. These include diagnostic, formative and summative within the course and within each unit. We strictly follow the Ministry of Education’s Growing Success document.
Assessment FOR Learning and Assessment AS Learning is obtained through a variety of means, including the following:
Evidence of student achievement (assessment OF learning) is collected through ongoing observations of most consistent work, with consideration given to most recent work from various sources.
Assessment and evaluation in this course will be based on the provincial Ontario Curriculum expectations. Students will be provided with numerous and varied opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement. Categories of assessment and breakdowns are as follows:
A final grade will be determined as follows:
Students with special needs and English Language Learners will be provided with accommodation, including additional time, assistive technology and scribe where available. Teachers who are planning a program in this subject make an effort to take into account considerations for program planning that align with the Ontario Ministry of Education policy and initiatives in a number of important areas.
Learning Skills listed below are key to student success. Learning Skills are assessed independently of achievement and are determined through observation and participation. A checklist and student conference will be used to determine the level in each category.
This course will be entirely administered online, with most resources being available for free. You may choose to purchase a hard copy of the following books:
$549.00
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