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LEVEL 2 Rights and Responsibili1es- ENG-2102-4 Enjoyment and Entertainment II -ENG 2101-2 Oct 31-Dec 23, 2011 9am-1pm Break: 10:55-11:10am Room: PACC 305 (9-11am) Room: PACC 301 (11-1pm) Instructor: Ashley Daniel Foot afoot@lbpearson.qc.ca Course website: hKp://EnglishL2.tumblr.com Course Overview Rights and ResponsibiliEes- 9:00-11:00am M-F To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in charge of it. Abbie M. Dale The goal of the course Rights and Responsibili0es is to help adult learners use oral and wriKen discourse to deal competently with real-life situa1ons in maKers related to their rights and responsibili1es. By the end of the course, adult learners will be able to understand and produce simple informa1ve and expressive texts related to their rights and responsibili1es. They will, for example, understand booklets and brochures, basic contracts as well as lectures and short television debates and commentaries. They will produce leKers of complaint or inquiry and simple opinion texts in order to obtain and give per1nent legal informa1on and advice. They will also be able to request assistance, express their needs, share their concerns, and exchange their opinions and points of views with others about maKers pertaining to their rights and responsibili1es. This course develops adult learners language prociency by involving them in a variety of speaking, listening, reading and wri1ng ac1vi1es that provide adults with an opportunity to put language skills into prac1ce in situa1ons related to exercising their basic rights and fullling their obliga1ons in dierent areas of their lives. It is not the inten1on of this course to make adults experts either in complex legal maKers or legal discourse, but rather to provide them with the opportunity to construct the language resources they need to consult appropriate agencies and documenta1on that are accessible to the average ci1zen. Learning ObjecEves : -Using language in exercising rights and responsibili1es -Interac1ng orally in maKers related to rights and responsibili1es -Listening to informa1ve texts related to rights and responsibili1es -Reading informa1ve texts related to rights and responsibili1es -Writes informa1ve and expressive texts related to rights and responsibili1es.

In order to be successful in this secEon of the course we will need to focus on: -wri1ng sentences that make sense -thinking logically (in well organized ways) -exercising cri1cal and ethical judgement -construc1ng meaning from complicated documents -expressing ourselves clearly when speaking and wri1ng Enjoyment and Entertainment II 11:00am-1:00pm MF Read as you taste fruit or savour wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life. -George Holbrook Jackson (1874 1948) The goal of the course Enjoyment and Entertainment II is to help adult learners use oral and wriKen discourse to deal competently with real-life situa1ons related to exploring and apprecia1ng the crea1ve poten1al of language. By the end of the course, adult learners will be able to understand and produce a variety of informa1ve, expressive and aesthe1c texts related to the crea1ve aspect of language. They will, for example, create short stories, skits or poems, write simple reviews of aesthe1c texts, respond to short plays, tales or myths, give oral readings and understand interviews. They will also be able to tell stories and anecdotes and share views and responses to aesthe1c texts. This course develops adult learners language prociency by involving them in a variety of speaking, listening, reading and wri1ng ac1vi1es that provide adults with an opportunity to put language skills into prac1ce in situa1ons where they discover and appreciate literary works and experiment with language imagina1vely. Learning ObjecEves -Explore and appreciate the crea1ve poten1al of language (storytelling, reading for pleasure) -Interact orally to explore and appreciate hte crea1ve poten1al of language -Listen to informa1ve and aesthe1c texts to explore and appreciate the crea1ve poten1al of language -Read informa1ve, expressive and aesthe1c texts to explore and appreciate the crea1ve poten1al of language -Write expressive and aesthe1c texts to explore and appreciate the crea1ve poten1al of language In order to be successful in this class, we will need to focus on: Communica1ng clearly Using our crea1vity and be willing to try new things or ways of thinking about a text (wriKen, spoken or visual) Use cri1cal and ethical judgement

Materials needed Pens, pencils, erasers, liquid paper etc. A binder with at least 250 sheets of lined paper and dividers A Journal (an exercise book or notebook with at least 100 pages) Dic1onary/Thesaurus Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Miin, 1993 (available in 12 days from the book room, approx $8.00) I will be providing you with at least 50 dierent arNcles, short stories and worksheets that you must put into your binder. In order to save paper, you will only receive one copy of each arNcle. All arNcles are available on the course website for downloading and prinNng at your leisure. TentaEve EvaluaEon Overview IN CLASS EVALUATION 50% The Giver project 15% (Enjoyment and Entertainment II) Journal 15% (Rights and Responsibili1es) Weekly Quizzes 10% (each week there will be a quiz for only ONE of the sec1ons of this course) Par1cipa1on mark (5%) Midterm 5% SCHEDULED FOR NOV 25, 2011 FINAL EXAM 50% Listening Exam 25% DEC 15, 2011 Reading Exam 30% DEC 19, 2011 Wri1ng Exam 25 % DEC 21, 2011 Speaking Exam 20% DEC 16, 2011

Assignment details
The Giver project Working alone you will create 1 of the following 1) The Giver Character Portrait - you will write a 2 page portrait of one of the characters from the novel. It should include as much informaNon as you can on the character and include at least 4 quotes from the novel that show us something about that character. 2) The Giver scrapbook - You will create a scrabook that represents Jonas journey. 15 items- Each item would represent something of Jonas's physical and mental journey. These items might include pain1ngs of scenes from the novel, photographs, collages, newspaper cumngs, poems about The Giver, Pencil sketches, diary en1res, cumngs from papers that Jonas' might have received (such as his rules), any other items that might represent his journey (maybe you'll want to include a fake pill taped to one of the pages to represent the way the community tried to control Jonas.

3) The Giver live onstage. For this project you will prepare a 5 minute presenta1on that depicts a scene or scene from the novel. You must write a script for your presentaEon and memorize your script. It should be for ONLY one character (maybe a monologue, or you will play mul1ple characters) 4) You will create your own project that represents The Giver-- but you must receive teacher permission by Nov 20, 2011 DUE DATE: Dec 7, 2011 Journal In your class journal you will respond to issues that maKer to you. There must be at least 2 entries per week. You will be given class 1me to write in your journal. 1 entry per week will be assigned in class. If you are absent for the class, you must check the website for the entry. 15 TOTAL ENTRIES- MINIMUM ONE PAGE EACH. Journals will be done in class for 40 mins on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS (before guest speaker) DUE DATE: DEC 19, 2011 Guest Speakers and Special Events Each Thursday there will be a guest speaker or special event. Most of the 1me these events will occur at 12pm and be in the auditorium. You will lose marks if you miss more than 2 of these events. You will earn marks if you ask a quesEon, introduce the event to the school, or help backstage, or help make the stage look nice. PACC LIVE: Nov 10, 17, 24 DEC 1, 8, 15 Special FINAL PACC LIVE 2011 EVENT Dec 22, 2011 Field Trips We will be going on 3 out of school events. -The Montreal Holocaust Museum -The Movies -A Live performance/speaker These eld trips will usually occur during class hours. I will advise you well in advance of the dates. Adendance policy If you are late, class work will be leo on the table beside the door (Room 305). Do not interrupt the class, but rather just take the handout and have a seat. If you are late on a regular basis, please see me. Please email me at afoot@lbpearson.qc.ca if you are going to be absent. If you miss 5 classes in a row, you will be removed from the class list and will need to see Maggie Soldano to re-register. If you miss more than 9 classes, I will require that you meet with Maggie

and myself to discuss your commitment to the class and I will reserve the right to remove you from the class list. Class Schedule NOV 7-11 Nov 7- Course Overview presentaEon Course website STM Bus and Metro booklets (readings online) Journal 1- TRANSPORTATION Part 2 IntroducEon to the Giver First chapters of The Giver compleEon of Freedom Writers Ques0ons on Freedom Writers Nov 8- Government in Canada, Quebec and Montreal Dealing with the government Customer service readings/memories Wri1ng clear sentences The Giver- more chapters comprehension ques1ons Nov 9- War poetry and prepara1on for live event The Giver Nov 10- Remembrance day live event A Veteran speaks Journal ac1vity 2- War Nov 11- Special acEviEes around remembrance days -- Nov 14- Quiz 1- wriEng clear sentences, dealing with government Journal acEvity