St. André Bessette Secondary School
ENG 4C - Grade 12 College Prep.
PREREQUISITE: Grade 11 English, College or University Prep.
Course Description
This course emphasizes the consolidation of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse a variety of informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from various countries and cultures, 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 and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare students for college or the workplace.
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: Death of a Salesman
The majority of this text will be read and analyzed in class. After we read each scene it is your responcibility 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.
Death of a Salesman Content Questions (word file to download)
Death of a Salesman Content Questions (PDF file to download)
Death of a Salesman Content Questions (seperate web page to view)
Core Text: Animal Farm
The majority of this text will be read and analyzed in class. After we read each scene it is your responcibility 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.
Animal Farm Content Questions (word file to download)
Animal Farm Content Questions (PDF file to download)
Animal Farm Content Questions (seperate web page to view)
Final Task
The final task was distributed in class on Monday 29 May. Below you will find links to help you to understand that think about the Jungian Analysis of Archetypes needed to complete your presentation:
The Archetypal Quest Powerpoint
Joseph Campbell's Analysis of Jungian Archetypes