English Studies 12

Unit 1: Text Forms, Genres & Story

How form, function, and genre shape meaning — across written, visual, and multimodal texts.

• Text forms and genres across modes
• How form and structure construct meaning
• Elements of visual and graphic texts

Unit 2: First Peoples Texts & Reconciliation

First Peoples narrative structures, the ownership protocols and legal status of oral texts, and Canadians' responsibilities in relation to Reconciliation — taught truthfully and respectfully.

• Reconciliation and the reader's responsibilities

• Narrative structures in First Peoples texts
• Ownership protocols and the legal status of oral tradition

Unit 3: Strategies & Processes

The senior reader's and writer's toolkit: reading, oral, metacognitive, and multimodal strategies; writing processes; presentation craft.

• Reading strategies for complex texts
• Multimodal reading and metacognition
• Oral language strategies and discussion

• Writing processes at the senior level
• Presentation techniques

Unit 4: Language, Style & Conventions

Elements of style and the conventions of usage — the control that turns competent writing into commanding writing.

• Elements of style
• Usage and conventions