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English, Grade 11
Workplace Preparation ENG3E
This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in the workplace and in daily life. Students will study the content, form, and style of a variety of contemporary informational, graphic, and literary texts; and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms for practical purposes. An important focus will be on using language clearly and accu- rately in a variety of formal and informal contexts. The course is intended to prepare stu- dents for the compulsory Grade 12 workplace preparation course.
Prerequisite: English, Grade 10, Applied
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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