St. André Bessette Secondary School
ENG 2D - Grade 10 Academic
PREREQUISITE: Grade 9 English, Academic or Applied
Course Description
This course is designed to extend the range of oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyse literary texts from contemporary and historical periods, interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 1l university or college preparation course.
Day One Forms
On the first day of class, all students were given a slip of paper with a web address 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 INCOMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS; PLAGIARISM)
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.
Assignment #1
A paper copy of the first assignment was distributed on the first day of class. If you have forgotten it somewhere, or lost it, click below to download another copy.
AN OPEN LETTER FROM HARPER LEE
Core Text: To Kill a Mockingbird
We will be working on this text for several weeks. You will be expected to read approximately one chapter 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 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.
To Kill a Mockingbird content questions. (Word file)
To Kill a Mockingbird content questions. (PDF file)
To Kill a Mockingbird content questions. (Web page)
To Kill a Mockingbird Research Seminar
Core Text: Night
This text will be primarily read independently (although we will start the text together, and re-read key scene as a class). Chapters and questions will be assigned as homework nightly during this unit. Each student must ensure that he/she keeps up with the reading, completes homework and brings his/her completed content and analysis question to every class. 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 Question for Night (Word file)
Content and Analysis Question for Night (PDF file)
Content and Analysis Question for Night (Web page)
Core Text: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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 assignments, and your study guide for this unit when you prepare for the final exam.
Content and Analysis Questions for A Midsummer's Night Dream (Word file)
Content and Analysis Questions for A Midsummer's Night Dream (PDF file)
Content and Analysis Questions for A Midsummer's Night Dream (Web page)
If you are ever away from class, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to complete the reading missed in class. Once you have read the missed scene(s), please check with Mr. Gallivan regarding any aspects you were unsure about.
To find a complete online version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, click on the links below.
Full text with some words translated in a space on the right hand side.
A Dictionary of words commonly used in Elizabethan times, but not very common today.
The Final Task
For those who lost their copy of the Final Task assignment sheet, here is an additional copy:
Final Exam