2008 09 Calendar.indd - Algoma District School Board

Oponal Courses
Media Studies, Grade 11 Open (EMS3O)
This course emphasizes knowledge and skills that will enable students to understand media communicaon in the twenty-first
century and to use media effecvely and responsibly. Through analysing the forms and messages of a variety of media works and
audience responses to them, and through creang their own media works, students will develop crical thinking skills, aesthec
and ethical judgment, and skills in viewing, represenng, listening, speaking, reading, and wring. Prerequisite: English, Grade 10,
Academic or Applied All schools except Alexander Henry, Hornepayne, and SJD
French As a Second Language
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Core French, Grade 11, Open (FSF3O)
This course draws on a broad theme, such as leisure acvies, to develop oral communicaon, reading, and wring skills. Students
will give presentaons, read a selecon of short stories and arcles, and produce a variety of wrien assignments. The use of correct
grammar and appropriate language convenons in both spoken and wrien French will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Core French, Grade 10, Academic or Applied Chapleau only
Core French, Grade 11 University Preparaon (FSF3U)
This course draws on a variety of themes to promote extensive development of reading and wring skills and to reinforce oral
communicaon skills. Students will gain a greater understanding of French-speaking cultures in Canada and around the world
through their reading of a variety of materials, including a short novel or a play. Students will produce various wrien assignments,
including a formal essay. The use of correct grammar and appropriate language convenons in both spoken and wrien French
will be emphasized throughout the course. Prerequisite: Core French, Grade 10, Academic Bawang, CASS, Chapleau, Korah,
Michipicoten, SJD, WC Eaket, and White Pines only
* At SJD this course will connue to prepare students for the Advanced Placement (AP) program examinaons.
French Immersion, Grade 11 University Preparaon (FIF3U)
This course develops knowledge and language skills through the study of francophone literature and culture from around the world.
Students will study novels, plays, poems, short stories, films, and non-ficon works and produce wrien assignments in a variety
of forms, including criques and précis. They will also write a formal research essay. The use of correct grammar and appropriate
language convenons in both spoken and wrien French will be emphasized throughout the course. Prerequisite: French Immersion,
Grade 10, Academic Offered at Elliot Lake and as part of the French Immersion Program at SJD and Chapleau
* At SJD this course will connue to prepare students for the Advanced Placement (AP) program examinaons.
Guidance & Career Education
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Designing Your Future, Grade 11 Open (GWL3O)
This course prepares students to make successful transions to postsecondary desnaons as they invesgate specific postsecondary
opons based on their skills, interests, and personal characteriscs. Students will explore the realies and opportunies of the
workplace and examine factors that affect success, while refining their job search and employability skills. Students will expand their
porolios with a focus on their targeted desnaon and develop an acon plan for future success. Prerequisite: Career Studies,
Grade 10, Open Chapleau, Michipicoten, and WC Eaket only
Leadership and Peer Support, Grade 11 Open (GPP3O)
This course prepares students to act in leadership and peer support roles. They will design and implement a plan for contribung to
their school and/or community; develop skills in communicaon, interpersonal relaons, teamwork, and conflict management; and
apply those skills in leadership and/or peer support roles – for example, as a student council member or a peer tutor. Students will
examine group dynamics and learn the value of diversity within groups and communies. Prerequisite: Career Studies, Grade 10,
Open Bawang, CASS, Elliot Lake, Michipicoten, SJD, WC Eaket, and White Pines only
50 ADSB 2008-2009 Course Calendar