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English, Grade 11
University Preparation ENG3U
This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyse challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course
is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college preparation course.
Prerequisite: English, Grade 10, Academic
Key to Footnote References
The footnotes throughout this course contain abbreviated references to teacher resource guides in the ministry’s “Think Literacy Library”, available on the ministry website, at www.edu.gov.on.ca. The guides are identified as follows:
TLCC 7-12 refers to the main guide, Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches, Grades 7–12. TLE 7-9 and TLE 10-12 refer to the subject-specific guides for Language/English, Grades 7–9,
and English, Grades 10–12.
Other subject-specific guides are identified by the initials “TL”, followed by the name of the subject (e.g., Computer Integration; Library Research; Media; Technological Education) and the grades the resource guide covers (e.g., TL Computer Integration 7-12).
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