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English Language Arts 7 invites students on a literary journey. Students apply logic and imagination by practicing practical and persuasive communication and fictional story telling. The course also covers poetry and a novel study of The Breadwinner, which portrays day-to-day life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
This course is designed to help students learn about personal narratives, reading comprehension, technical writing, persuasive style, language of poetry, types of stories, and story elements. The lessons emphasize English language skills applied to practical and relevant activities. The activities are varied and offer choice and flexibility to teachers and students. This course addresses the prescribed learning outcomes set by BC Ministry of Education's Language Arts 2006 IRP.
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English Language Arts 7 is available in both print and online. Online students can explore concepts through fun, interactive multimedia. These multimedia components are also available for print students on CD. For more information on the multimedia components in the CD-ROM Expressions, please see our demo page or visit our Multimedia Features Page.
A Resource Package containing the six course modules, notebooks multimedia CD, and Blackline Master is available. A companion Teacher's Guide with alternative activities, resources, assessment criteria, and marking guides is also offered.
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- Addresses all the prescribed learning outcomes in the Ministry of Education's 2006 IRP
- Developed by BC teachers, instructional designers, multimedia experts
- Modular design
- Modules are flexible and may be used in any order
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A Resource Package for English Language Arts 7, conveniently parceled in a 3-ring binder with CD-ROM sleeve, includes:
- the six course modules, notebooks
- Expressions multimedia CD (containing: tutorials and interactive student activities),
- Blackline Master (containing: student activity sheets, suggested instructional activities, and assessment strategies).
The English Language Arts 7 Teacher’s Guide with suggestions for classroom use, alternate activities and resources. Marking keys and scoring rubrics are available for $149.95.
Students will require the novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis.
This novel is available for purchase.
To order these resources, you can download the PDF order form and send in the completed order via:
Post to 2nd Floor, 563 Superior Street
Victoria, BC V8V 1T7
Faxed to 250-387-1120
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On our secure Open School BC Online Catalogue
Email our Customer Service Team
Phone our local Victoria number
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To make use of the multimedia resources requires a modern computer with a CD-Rom drive and a Flash 7 Player (free to download from Adobe's website). To take an online course requires all of the above, plus an internet connection and a current web browser.
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English Language Arts 7 Modules
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Module 1:
Personal Focus
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- Types of narrative writing, e.g., personal narratives, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies
- Preparing and writing a personal narrative
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Module 2:
Technical Writing |
- Applying for a job as a technical writer with A-1 Electronics
- Creating a simple brochure
- Creating a Product User Manual
- Writing a Business Letter to accompany your user manual
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Module 3:
Convince Me |
- Types of persuasive communication, e.g., advertisements, letters to the editor, commercials, public address announcements
- Identifying persuasive techniques in advertisements; writing an advertisement using one or more of these techniques
- Preparing a persuasive argument on an issue of your choice
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Module 4:
Poetry |
- What is poetry?
- Sound devices in poetry
- Poetic elements
- Reading, listening to, and writing poetry
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Module 5:
Write of Passage |
- Fiction writing
- Story types: adventure, fantasy, folktales, historical fiction, horror, mystery, realistic fiction, and science fiction
- Story elements: setting, plot, characters, and theme
- Writing a fiction story (emphasis on the Writing Process)
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Module 6:
The Breadwinner
Novel Study |
- An award-winning novel about life in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime
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