1. Grade 11 University English A quick overview as to what you will be studying this semester.

2. Unit 1: Short Stories  Mini-unit  Mostly review from last year  Approximately 2 weeks  Unit test @ end

3. Unit 2: Sight passages  Analyze essays Thesis Tone Etc.  Personal responses  Persuasive essay writing  Unit test

4. Unit 3: Brave New World (and maybe Animal Farm too)  Pre-reading assignment involving a media component (informative pamphlet)  Personal response portfolio  Essay outline presentations  In class essay test

5. Unit 4: Summative  Worth 10% of final mark  Intro speeches Look @ famous speeches Examine gestures/ cues  3 step process: Annotated bibliography (term work) Finished copy (term work) Speech presentation (10%)

6. Unit 5: Macbeth  Read entirely in class  Act tasks Questions Assignments Quotation analysis  Essay on exam

7. Exam  Section A Sight passage  Section B Essay  Macbeth  Brave New World / Animal Farm

8. What you should know about me:  Best way for you and parents to contact me is via email (andrew.wilson@ocdsb.ca)!andrew.wilson@ocdsb.ca  I have a wikispace which can be accessed online: http://wilson-nepeanhs.wikispaces.com/

9. What you should know about me:  Homework policy  Seating  Binders  Electronic devices  Lates  Absences  “Caf” periods  Food in the classroom  QUESTIONS???