English 10

Isherwood

English 10 at St. Jeromes

Miss Isherwood
Welcome! I look forward to working with you this semester.
The senior high school English Language Arts
program highlights six language arts-listening,
speaking, reading, writing, viewing and
representing. All of the language arts are
interrelated and interdependent and you will be
able to use these to communicate effectively in
a variety of contexts for a variety of purposes. It
is important that in order to be successful, you
attend all classes, hand in all assignments, and
work to your full potential.
Contact Information:
Our class website, missisherwood.weebly.com, will be updated with a
daily blog post outlining all activities, notes, and assignments. I am
always available by email @ Kirsten.isherwood@ecacs16.ab.ca.
Units of Study:
Intro/Unit 1: Changes in Me
Short Story: Harrison
Essay: I Used to Be
Bergeron By Kurt
Ashamed of My Fear. Then I
Vonnegut Jr.
Started Training as an
Acrobat
Visual & Multimedia Text:
Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird
2081
By Harper Lee
Short Story: Saturday
Feature Film: The Help
Climbing By W.D.
Valgardson
Unit 2: Judging & Being Judged

Short Story: The

Pedestrian By Ray
Visual & Multimedia Text:
Bradbury
Killing Us Softly 3
Modern Screenplay: The
Short Story: The
Different Ones By Rod
Possibility of Evil By
Serling
Shirley Jackson
Short Story: Lamb to the
Feature Film: October Sky
Slaughter By Roald Dahl

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Unit 3: The Power of Choice

Visual & Multimedia Text:

Amy Purdy: Living Beyond
Limits
Shakespearean Play: The
Merchant of Venice
Visual & Multimedia Text: I
Have a Dream By Martin
Luther King Jr.

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Short Story: Hurt By

Alden Nowlan
Short Story: Long Walk to
Forever By Kurt Vonnegut
Kr.

*We may also study other poems and short stories as appropriate. Dates are approximate and may
change.

Assessment:
Your final mark in English 10 will be determined as follows:

Class Mark: 80%

Written Response: 20%
Projects: 20%
Minor Assignments: 15%
Quizzes & Unit Exams: 25%

Final Exam: 20%

Part A: Take-home Written
Part B: M.C. Reading
Response: 10%
Comprehension & Course
Content: 10%

Classroom Policies:
We will follow the 3 Rs
Respect
Respect the
Respect
Yourself &
Environment
Learning
Others

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