English Language Arts 8-12

Assessment

Integrated Resource Package with Prescribed Learning Outcomes - English 8-12

Provincial Exams:  Sample Exams for English 10 and 12

Rubrics developed by NDSS teachers:

oral presentation rubric.doc

writing criteria.doc

English 10

Table of Specifications and Description of Exam

Examinable Terms and Devices

Scoring Guides 

English 12

Table of Specifications and Description of Exam

Examinable Terms and Devices

Scoring Guides 

Key Verbs in Written-Response and Essay Questions

Themes and Inquiries:

The Gift

A possibility for working together as English teachers would be to gather stories, articles and poems together with common themes.  A powerful theme is gifts – what is a true gift? What is the best gift?  Or more philosophically, is a gift always selfish?  Is altruism possible? 

If each of us shares a text that fits the theme, we’ll quickly create a marvelous resource.  You can add the resource yourself if you join our wiki team or email sbeleznay@sd68.bc.ca with your suggestion. 

AN ARROW FOR THE HEART by Dora Duek

Your class can enjoy listening to this story about a Christmas gift about that grew from the pioneer experience of Mennonites in Paraguay. It’s 11 minutes long.  Just go to Part 3 of As It Happens:  http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20081218.shtml

THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes

The gift of a Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones to her purse-snatcher. 

http://www.geocities.com/cyber_explorer99/hughesthankyou.html

STOLEN PARTY by Liliana Heker

Rosaura learns the difference between a gift and payment when she is “invited” to her rich friend’s party.

http://www.arvd-symposium.org/cordialityhall/heker_the_stolen_party.pdf 

Literature Circles 

Literature Circles:  visit it and add your ideas and book choices. 

Novels at the DRC:  Suggested Novels for Secondary Literacy.doc

Secondary reading resources.doc

Novel Studies

Of Mice and Men:  (Thanks, David.) Novel Study student handout.doc

Websites of Note:

Novel Studies (some ideas from SD#68 teachers):  Novels to Independent Reading 

Writing Site:  http://www.writingfix.com/

Teaching Alliteration:  http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?content=c0bc-126

Wordle (a brainstorming tool):  http://www.wordle.net/

PEN (association of writers): http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1537 (includes a lovely reading from Chinua Achebe).   

Podcasting (an article about):  Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom  

At our recent English meeting, we experimented with podcasting.  Below is a reading by Andrew Brown from his recent book of poetry, Crow's First Word.

Somewhere in this room andrew4.mp3