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  • Welcome to English 10-1! Please Start Here

     

    Welcome to English 10-1

    In this Introduction to the course, you will need to check out the Start Here menu, located at the top of the course (Its the big blue and red thing with all the buttons you probably ignored). 

    Once you have clicked on and read through the Course Outline, Instructional Walkthrough and other elements, you will need to complete your Student Intention Form as well as a short quiz to determine if you have an understanding of how to complete the course. Once you have completed the quiz, you are able to start the course!

    Learn Alberta

    This course uses some audio and image links from LearnAlberta. You MUST log in to Learn Alberta for images and sound files to work. To log in, click here.

    Login: LA44

    Password: 8966.

    Once you are logged in, you can close the window. If you sign in and the audio tracks still don't appear, click this link

            

    Texts Required For This Course:

    Sightlines 10 (digital copy found here)

    Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (digital copy is provided, but print is available)

    One of either a) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee or b) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card or c) Animal Farm by George Orwell

  • Module 1: Communication is the Key

    Module One: Communication is the Key

    Have you ever thought about what life would be like if you were unable to communicate?

    Suppose for a moment that you lost all your senses - that you were unable to see, hear, taste, smell, or touch.  Then imagine that you were also unable to speak.

    What would your life be like?

    Using your senses to receive messages and your voice and body movements to send them are abilites that you probably accept unconsciously. 

    Your ability to communicate is the key that opens opportunities in your life.

    This communication key allows you to share your ideas, feelings, and opinions.  It also enables you to learn from the ideas, feelings, and opinions of others.

    Without communication, you'd be totally isolated from the world and people in it.

    This course will help you improve your communication skills so that you can function effectively in your life and in your career. In this module, you'll reflect on what you already know about communication, and you'll develop skills to help you complete this course successfully.

    Work through the Module One lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.

    Not available unless: The activity English 10-1 Getting Started Quiz is complete and passed

  • Module 2: The Narrative Voice

    Module Two: The Narrative Voice

    Storytelling is an ancient art that is still relevant.

    Everyone loves to listen to stories, and everyone loves to tell stories.

    Stories can be written down for others to read.

    Stories can be in prose or poetic form.

    Some are created simply to entertain, while others are meant to instruct or explain or inspire thinking.

    • What are your favourite stories? 
    • Who are your favourite storytellers? 
    • What stories do you like to tell? 
    • Are you a good story teller?

    This module will teach you about the awesome power of story!

    Work through the Module Two lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.

    Not available unless: The activity English 10-1 Getting Started Quiz is complete and passed

  • Module 3: Love and Relationships

    Module Three - Love and Relationships

    Love and relationships are a timeless focus of humanity. Everyone has relationships, starting with family, and extending to friendships and then romantic. In this module, you will examine the idea of relationships. What is love? What is the key to a relationship? Can teenagers feel true love? These are the questions we will analyze in this module. We will do this by looking at Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story of intense and passionate love. Or is it? Is it really true, eternal, everlasting, passionate love? How can we tell? What can we learn about relationships from this story?

    Complete the Love and Relationships Survey.

    Work through the Module Three lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.


  • Module 4: Poetry and Film

    Module Four: Poetry and Film


    "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.  They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

    In this module, you'll read of things that cannot be seen or touched, in poems that are purposefully destined to be felt with the heart.

    Also in this module, you'll study another powerful mode of expression that appeals directly to the heart - the feature film. 

    Movies have a lot in common with poetry.  It's no accident that good movies are often described as being "poetic" and "lyrical".

    Your movie options are: Jurassic Park, Castaway, The Birds, Remember the Titans, Princess Bride, Raiders of the Lost Ark, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Lion King, Up

    Work through the Module Four lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.


  • Halfway Check

    This is the halfway checkpoint. In order to move on to the second half of the course, you need all assignments from Modules 1, 2 3 and 4 submitted, and you need to have passed all assignments, as well as communicated with your teacher through Blackboard, email, Google Chat or Google Hangout. 

    When you get to this point, submit the check in assignment below, and make sure to communicate with your teacher!

  • Module 5: The Novel and Drama

    Module Five: The Novel and the Drama

    Are you familiar with the two words "novel" and "drama"? Though you may have heard these terms at school or at home, you may not have a precise understanding of them. This module will help you come to a more complete understanding of what "novel" and "drama" mean - especially in the context of your study of English Language Arts. You'll also spend some time enjoying literature that was chosen with Grade 10 students in mind. There aren't lessons for this module. Instead, the assignments will help guide your thinking as you read the novel. 

     

    There are three books you may choose from:

    Animal Farm by George Orwell

    Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

     

    If you cannot find the book on your own, we can send you a copy, just email your teacher that you need a copy. 

    Please click here for a Google Slide on the books and how to select the book for your novel study. 

    Not available unless: The activity Check In Assignment is marked complete

  • Module 6 :Media

    Module Six: Media

    It is difficult to imagine what modern life would  be like without television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and computers.  Most people spent hours every day - at work, at school, at home - accessing different communication media for a variety of reasons.  Through these media, you can get news and information, you can be entertained and educated, and you can even conduct business and social interactions.

    The media make up a very important part of people's lives - so important a part that most people cannot imagine their lives without it.

    This module focuses on the roles that various media play in your life.  You will explore the techniques that advertisers use to persuade you to buy their products and services.  You'll also examine the techniques that writers, speakers, and visual text creators use to get their messages across to their audiences.

    Work through the Module Six lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.

    Not available unless: The activity Check In Assignment is marked complete

  • Module 7: Journey's End

    Module 7: Journey's End

    Congratulations!

    The end of your journey through English Language Arts 10-1 is in sight!
     

    Throughout this course, you've been improving your communication skills and developing your understanding of literature.  Now you'll learn how to do research and write a research-based report.  When you've finished this module, you'll know how to locate information in a library and on the Internet, and you'll be able to report your information effectively.
     

    You'll also have an opportunity in this module to reflect on what you've learned in this course.  You'll think about your communication strengths and where you need to improve because excellent communication skills will help you succeed in school and in life.
     

    The last section in this module will help to prepare you to write your final test. 
     

    Very soon, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you've completed this stage of your journey through English Language Arts and are ready to proceed to the next one.

    Work through the Module Seven lessons.

    Complete assignments as directed.

    Complete all parts of Module 7, Challenge 2.


    Not available unless: The activity Check In Assignment is marked complete

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