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Welcome to EWC4U:
COURSE
OUTLINE
"I didn't
have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one
instead." - Mark
Twain
"The man who doesn't read good books has
no advantage over the man who can't read them."
- Mark
Twain
"We all know that art is not truth.
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth."
- Pablo
Picasso
"Words are all we have."
- Samuel
Beckett
"I start at the beginning, go on to the
end, then stop."- Anthony
Burgess
"People ask for criticism, but they only
want praise."-W.
Somerset Maugham
"Writing is making sense of life."
- Nadine
Gordimer
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
- Ambrose
Bierce
"In literature as in love, we are astonished
at what is chosen by others."-Andre
Maurois
"What is written without effort is in
general read without pleasure." - Samuel
Johnson
"I am returning this otherwise good typing
paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over
it and put your name at the top."- English
Professor, Ohio University
Evaluation
You will be evaluated in this course for both TERM work (70%)
and FINAL summative activities (30%). The Final Summative
Assessment will take the form of a two part written exam.
For both TERM work and FINAL activities, your grade will be
based on your abilities in the following categories: Knowledge
and Understanding, Thinking and Inquiry, Communication, Application.
Assignments in EWC4U will be recorded in the following catergories:
- Term Work - 30%
- Term Writing - 40%
- Fiction Exam –15%
- Non-fiction Exam –15%
NOTE:
If your teacher is using
Marks Maestro, the following link
will take you to the page where you may enter your Student
Code and Password (available from the teacher) to access your
marks: http://www.rredware.com/sm3reports.asp
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