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MS. LINDA O'RIELLY
(school year: 2009-2010)
Note to parents: If there are any questions or concerns with regards to your child's progress in their course, please do not hesitate to contact me at: lindao'rielly@esdnl.ca or at 745-9731.  






English 2202    Outline  Term Two

* Themes Study  from Between the Lines  
* Notes and hand-outs on terms of short story, poetry, and essays   questions on selections read in class are worked on in class and if
                                                                                                              needed, finished at home  due:  June 1
                                                                                                   Essay assignment on s uspense due June 8
 
*Plays from Searchlights Plays
* Paragraph and Essay writing
* Presentations

Evaluation

- In-class Assessments (tests)
- Essay Writing 
- Creative Writing
- Presentation in speech, power point, or poster board  
-  Year end test on play read in class.  This test will also include an unseen listening section.  June 11, 2010
 
 
  

 

 
English 2201   Outline  Term Two

*Echoes  study of essays and poetry

* Novel Study Lord of the Flies   
* Shakespearean  play Julius Caesar 
* Journals
* Presentations  
* Public Speaking
* Night 
* Visuals


Evaluation   

- In-Class Assessments (tests)  
- Essay Writing      
- Journal Writing
- Creative Writing
- Research  Holocaust paper due: June 9
-  Public Speaking
- June Exam 25%



English 3201    Outline  Term Two    

* Essay and Poetry unit in  Echoes  
* Comic mode novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  
* Shakespeare's MacBeth
* Presentations
 * Catcher in the Rye 
* Visual terms


Evaluation

- In-Class Assessments (tests) reading checks for Catcher begin Apr. 30  "Macbeth" test May 31    "Catcher" test June 4  
- Essay Writing  "Macbeth" assignment due one wk. after finishing play  May 28 

- Public Speaking  
-  Creative Writing
_ research paper  

-  June Public 50%



Writing 2203       Term Two (no text book)

* Paraphrase and precis writing   
* persuasive writing
* editorial writing and research  
* research paper 1000-1200 words  APA form of documentation
* biography of an individual that has changed the world  Biography (500 words) due:  May 20
* Personal Reflection Writing (journals) Journals due: June 9
* Movie review  Avatar review due: June 7



Evaluation


- quiz  
- essays   
- Research paper
- Journals
- In class visual project 

*** There is no Exam
*** It is crucial that students pass in all projects and on time
 
 
 
Newfoundland Labrador Studies 2205
This is the first year that NL Studies 2205 will be delivered to the schools, province-wide.  here at St. Kevin's, this is our third year offering this new and exciting two credit course.  There are three textbooks for the course.  
The course looks at the province's culture, heritage, identity, as well as historical moments, present realities, and future potential.  In studying these componets, the class will consider significance, cause and consequence, comparison, and other ways of historical and critical thinking.  In developing the student's sense of place, in newfoundland and labrador, NL Studies is designed to bring the community into the classroom and the classroom out into the community.
NL Studies is both a Canadian Studies and a Fine Arts credit  

Sections:

Unit 1    Culture Heritage and identity
Unit 2    People and the Land
Unit 3    Governance and Autonomy
Unit 4    Environment and Economy

Evaluation:

Arts Related Assignments/Presentations/Group Work   35%   Song-writing assignment due: May 18  
Social Studies Assignments/Presentations/Group Work  35% 
Tests              30% 


English 1201  Term Two

Unit two Sightlines Short stories, poems, visuals, prose   
non-fiction study Death on the Ice
Novel "The Giver"  reading checks begin Apr. 30
Public Speaking
Research paper  


Evaluation:

In- class tests
Assignments
Presentations  





 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













 
    








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