St. André Bessette Secondary School
ENG 3C - Grade 11 College Prep.
PREREQUISITE: Grade 10 English, Applied or Academic
Course Description
This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will study the content, form, and style of a variety of informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from Canada and other countries, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms for practical and academic purposes. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 college preparation course.
Day One Forms
On the first day of class, all students were given a slip of paper with a webaddress on it. This directs students and parents to the documents below. Students and parent must read each of the files and then sign and date the slip and return it to Mr. Gallivan.
GUIDELINES FOR MR. GALLIVAN'S ENGLISH CLASS
BOARD POLICY FOR ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT (LATE OR MISSING ASSIGNMENTS; PLAGERISM)
Useful Links
Essays and Formal Writing
The Online Writing Lab (The OWL) by Purdue University. The complete online guide to MLA essay writing.
Do you ever work offline? Click HERE to download a file copy of The OWL's MLA guide. Keep it on your computer or tablet, and you can reference it any time you need.
The OWL has a lot of great information, but there is a lot of it. Click the link below to download Mr. Gallivan's guide for proper format for quotations in formal MLA essays. This will cover all, or almost all, aspects you will use at the high school level.
Core Text: Macbeth
The majority of this text will be read and analyzed in class. After we read each scene it is your responsibility to complete the questions. Make sure to record detailed answers to each question as this will be the basis for your review for quizzes, your quick reference for assignment, and your study guide for this unit when you prepare for the final exam.
Content and Analysis Questions for Macbeth (Word file)
Content and Analysis Questions for Macbeth (PDF file)
Content and Analysis Questions for Macbeth (New Webpage)
Core Text: No Signature
We will be working on this text for several weeks. We will read approximately 1-3 chapters per day (this will sometimes vary depending upon things such as: size of chapter; other events; amount of class time provided for reading; et cetera. After we read each chapter it is your responsibility to complete the questions. Make sure to record detailed answers to each question as this will be the basis for your review for quizzes, your quick reference for assignment, and your study guide for this unit when you prepare for the final exam.
Content and Analysis Questions for No Signature (PDF File)
Content and Analysis Questions for No Signature (Word File)
Content and Analysis Questions for No Signature (New Webpage)