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English Department

English Course Descriptions

Grades 9 -12

The English curriculum is grounded in the belief that language learning is essential for responsible citizenship and that all students can succeed as language learners. It emphasizes the development of critical literacy, communication, and comprehension skills across various forms of media, while fostering independent, reflective, and culturally aware learners. Recognizing the diverse backgrounds and needs of Ontario students, the curriculum supports differentiated instruction and promotes exposure to a wide range of texts, including works from diverse cultures and historical periods. It encourages student choice in reading and writing to spark engagement and personal growth. Teachers are tasked with explicitly teaching effective strategies to help students become confident communicators and critical thinkers. Overall, the curriculum aims to prepare students for lifelong learning, meaningful participation in society, and personal fulfillment.

Grade 9: ENL1W |  Academic English, Grade 9

  • ENG2D |  Academic English Grade 10
  • ENG2P |  Applied English Grade 10

In Gr. 11, students take this course as their core English credit. Students focus on content, forms, and style of literary, informational, and graphic texts of First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors in Canada. Students study changes in text and form by Indigenous authors over time. In this course, students will create oral, written, and media texts to explore their own ideas and understanding of identity, self-determination, relationships, and sovereignty while focusing on developing literacy, communication, inquiry, critical and creative thinking skills. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 English course. 

  • NBE3C |  College English, Grade 11
  • NBE3U |  University English, Grade 11

  • ENG4C |  College English, Grade 12
  • ENG4U |  University English, Grade 12
  • EWC4U | The Writer's Craft, University, Grade 12 
  • OLC4O1 |  Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course*, Grade 11 or 12

*Note: This course is offered within NBE3C.

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