English to Inform

Presentation

English to Inform is the third of three courses for Secondary IV English Language Arts. The students develop an ability to apply the codes and conventions of news stories, documentaries, and feature stories. The course addresses the three competencies: Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn (C1), reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts (C2) and produces texts for personal and social purposes (C3). By the end of the course students will be able to discuss and analyse news reports, feature stories, and objective and persuasive documentaries.

Content

The learning guide contains nine learning situations (LS) and three formative assessment situations. In LS 1 through LS 3 students require the skills and competencies to deliver an oral news report. They learn to recognize the communication conventions of news reports, evaluate the trustworthiness of news, and learn about being a citizen journalist. In LS 4 through LS 6 students analyse and discuss documentaries, learn to present information in a logical fashion, and make a recommendation of a documentary for a film festival. In LS 7 through LS 9 students learn the structure and conventions of feature articles, they learn to compare feature articles with news reports, and write their own feature article.

Recipients

Secondary IV (grade 10), English Language Arts students.

Prerequisites

Secondary III English Language Arts or the equivalent. English and the World of Story (ENG-4112-2) or the equivalent. NB - ENG-4102-2 is the identical course content, only the course code number has changed.

Notes

A Teacher/Tutor Guide is available for download. The scored activities can be purchased separately. This work is funded by the Ministère de l'Éducation, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche du Québec and by the Canada-Quebec Agreement on Minority Language Education and Second Language Instruction.