GRADE 10 ACADEMIC

ENGLISH
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS 
 WHAT WILL WE COVER IN THIS
UNIT?
Skills Types of Text
+ Plagiarism + Short Stories
+ MLA + Non-Fiction 
+ Active reading + Fiction
+ Literary Terms & Theories + Newspaper Reports
+ Paragraph Writing (P.P.A)
+ Analyzing text
+ Literacy
 Plagiarism
+ Plagiarism is a form of intellectual dishonesty and is
a serious academic offence often resulting in a zero
and necessary dialogue with administration and
parents.
+ In some post-secondary institutions it can result in
expulsion from the course or program.
+ It is the act of intentionally or unintentionally using
or passing off someone else’s work as your own.
+ As technology and the internet becomes more
ingrained in educational practices it becomes even
more important for us to be vigilant of our habits.
+ Unless you give proper credit to the resources and
authors that you are using or inspired by it is wrong.
 MLA FORMAT
MLA is the preferred and recommended documentation and formatting style used in
English. Because written works submitted by students often contain direct quotes,
paraphrases, opinions, ideas, etc. of other people it is important that information that
is not generally well known facts be properly documented. We will review these
expectations prior to your writing tasks.

MLA Format requires borrowed material to be highlighted in two locations always:

1. Parenthetical Citations: in parenthesis placed within the text of your report or
essay at the end of the quotation being used.

2. Works cited/works consulted: an alphabetized list of sources on a separate sheet

attached to the end of your essay or report.

MLA style gives the authors’ name and page number for parenthetical citations
embedded in the essay and full information about the entries at the end of the report
or essay in the works cited/works consulted list.
REVIEW the following website for information of MLA format requirements for
citations.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_st
yle_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html
 MLA Continued
TITLE PAGE
❏ Set margins for paper at one inch
all around.
❏ Create a header- one-half inch
from top on the right - type in
surname, add five spaces and
begin paging with the number 1.
This header must be repeated on
each page with sequential
numbers.
❏ At top margin and flush with the
left margin enter your name,
teacher, course code and date.
❏ Center the title and capitalize main
words. Do not underline, italicize,
bold. Underline only the words
that you would underline in the
text.
❏ Double space throughout
MLA Continued
 ACTIVE READING
Flash card activity
1)Record simple definitions into your T-chart
2)Review your knowledge and understanding of
these terms by working through the different
activity tabs ( learn, write, spell, match, etc.) on
the left

https://quizlet.com/32144101/active-reading-str
ategies-flash-cards/
 Literary Terms and Theories
Here is a activity The terms written in red are
sheet you can use review terms from
created by Ms. grade 9. A good place to start
Coelho that will help looking up the terms is an
you organize literary online dictionary
terms into your of Literary Terms, such as
notes. https://literarydevices.net/
https://tinyurl.com/C https://literaryterms.net/glossa
oelho2DTerms ry-of-literary-terms/
https://www.okanagan.bc.ca/si
tes/default/files/2020-03/litera
ry_terms.pdf
 Short Stories :   The definition of short
stories is a piece of fiction that can be read in
TYPES OF one sitting. Short stories originally evolved
from traditional oral storytelling in the 17th
TEXT century. 

Short Stories may differ between genres,

countries, eras, and format etc.. They often
small cast of characters and focus on a self-
contained incident.

Most contain plot, setting, characters,

theme, pint of view, climax, conflict, turning
point. Some modern short stories do no
follow the traditional format and might begin
in the middle of the action and may end
abruptly without a resolution to the stories
conflict.
 TYPES OF TEXT+ CONTINUED
+ Fiction: When you are talking
Non- Fiction: These texts are
about FICTION, you are talking
about the plot, the characters
and the setting that are created
by the author’s imagination.
+ Fiction literature can include
novels, short stories and fairy
tales.
+ Fiction literature might use real
places as a setting or a fictional
town that might be inspired by
a city that exists. Real people or
real historical events might be
included or fictional characters
and fictional events.
+ An example is Gotham City as
the setting of Batman that
many believe is loosely related
to New York.  ask yourself if the piece of writing is reporting
mainly factual. They are
focused on real people, real
settings and real events often
tied to real dates in history.
+ Non fiction literature can
include biographies and essays.
+ Non-fictional writing does not
have to be “boring”. It can
include descriptive language
and vocabulary to engage and
excite the reader’s experience.
+ Fictional texts portraying real
stories vividly in a way that
might make it seem like the
facts are made up are referred
to as creative nonfiction.
**NOTE: Authors can blur the lines between
Fiction and Non-Fiction. When in doubt always
fact and truth.
 TYPES OF TEXT CONTINUED
+ Newspaper:Newspaper reports
are found in newspaper and
their purpose is to inform
readers about events happening
in the community or world we
live in.
+ Newspaper reports often follow
the structure of an inverted
pyramid containing a headline,
lead paragraph that follows the
W5H rule, and secondary body
paragraphs that focus on
smaller, supporting details or
commentary related to the
event.
+ This will be a text we read and
practice as it is necessary for the
OSSLT.