Monday, November 13, 2017

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Communications 12 Self Paced Course Outline

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Welcome to Communications 12. 
This is the self-paced version of Communications 12.
(There is also a class available which you can join throughout the year. Please talk to a teacher if you are interested in a class.)

Prerequisite:  Pass the Pre-Credit Course Assessment or English 10
Materials:
1.    The following books are rented:
a) Evergreen: A Guide to Writing
b) A novel (which you will get later)

2.    There are 10 units in Communications 12. Self-paced students get their assignments from the PALC website: (www.newwestadultlearning.ca) Choose "Adult Learning Centre site" (on the left side of the page); Choose “Courses”; “English”; “Communications 12 Self-Paced”.

3.    Short stories, some poems, and letter writing are found on the computers in the Computer Lab not on the web. Ask your teacher for help.

4.    You will provide a binder and paper.  All assignments should be kept in a neat and orderly fashion to receive credit for completion of the course.

5.    Page numbers are given for all editions of Evergreen: A Guide to Writing.  Do only the assignments for the edition that you have rented.

Marks:
*Completion of grammar                                           5%
*Completion of literature/novel                               10%
*Completion of Compositions (Out-of-Class)            15%
*Completion of Compositions (In-Class-tests)          50%
*Final                                                                       20%
(You must pass the final exam to pass the course)           100%


Print your Student Mark Record to keep track of your marks 
Communications 12
Name
Id Number
Mark Mark
Unit 1/10 Unit 6/10
Charles Ch. 12 Persuasion Practice 3 & 5
Ch. 3 Paragraph Novel Paper 3
Draft 1 (date only) Gr. 6.1
Draft 2 (date only) Gr. 6.2
Draft 3 (date only)
Ch.3 Reading Test Unit 7/10
Ch. 3 Paragraph Test Capitalism
Gr. 1.1  Essay 1
Gr 1.2 Draft 1 (date only)
Draft 2 (date only)
Unit 2/10 Draft 3 (date only)
Antaeus Gr. 7.1
Ch. 1 & 2 Evergreen Gr. 7.2
Novel Paper 1
Gr. 2.1 Unit 8/10
Gr. 2.2 I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud
Essay 2
Unit 3/10 Draft 1 (date only)
Thank You M'am Draft 2 (date only)
Movie Paragraph Draft 3 (date only)
Ch. 7 Description Novel Paper 4
Draft 1 (date only) Gr. 8.1
Draft 2 (date only) Gr. 8.2
Draft 3 (date only)
Ch.7 Reading Test Unit 9/10
Ch. 7 Description Test In Flanders Fields
Gr. 3.1 Essay 1 Test
Gr. 3.2 Essay 3
Draft 1 (date only)
Unit 4/10 Draft 2 (date only)
The Sniper Draft 3 (date only)
Ch. 8 Process Essay 2 Test
Draft 1 (date only) Gr. 9.1
Draft 2 (date only)
Draft 3 (date only) Unit 10/10
Ch. 8 Reading Test Complaint Letter
Ch. 8 Process Test Draft 1 (date only)
Novel Paper 2 Draft 2 (date only)
Gr. 4.1 Draft 3 (date only)
Gr. 4.2 Cover Letter
Draft 1 (date only)
Unit 5/10 Draft 2 (date only)
Lucy Gray Draft 3 (date only)
Lucy Gray from memory Novel Paper 5
Ch. 10 Comparison/Contrast Gr. 10.1
Draft 1 (date only)
Draft 2 (date only)
Draft 3 (date only)
Ch.10 Reading Test Final Exam
Ch. 10 Comparison/Contrast Test
Gr. 5.1 Final Mark
Gr. 5.2