Welcome to English Language Arts 20-1

English 20-1 is an academic course designed to enhance skills in writing, reading, viewing, listening, speaking and representing. The ELA 10-1, 20-1, 30-1 course sequence provides a more in-depth study of “text”. Students who aspire to careers that involve the development, production, teaching and study of more complex tests should be registered in this course.

The units in this course are organized thematically. Each unit will possess a variety of genres linked by a common theme. The following is a tentative arrangement and approximate length of units that will be covered in English 20-1 this term:

Unit One: (30 Classes) + Grammar Review Unit

Theme: Laws and rules are necessary to keep the darker side of human nature in line.

Texts: Lord of the Flies
        Imprints 11(various readings)
        Film: “Dead Poets Society” (1989) Director: Peter Weir

St. George- Nancy Senior (Poem)     Unknown Citizen - W.H. Auden (Poem)       The Pose-Anwar Khan (Short Story)                                                          A Secret Lost in Water-
                                                                                                                                                                                        Roch Carrier (Short Story)

Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Biography of the Author

Lord of the Flies - Conformity Booklet

Chapter PowerPoints and Notes
1-3
4-6
7-9
10-12

Additional Notes and PowerPoints
Allegory
Conflict
Symbolism

Film Study: Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir (1989)