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How to prepare for English
What to bring?
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In English class, you are required to bring an English:
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Binder with dividers (Writing, Short Stories, Vocab, Language skills, Poetry, Novel Studies, Drama, and Review)
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Lined paper (for writing)
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A pencil case (including pencils, erasers, rulers, coloured pens, highlighters, and Post-it notes)
"What to keep in mind"
Assignment criteria:
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1) Title of assignment
2) Top right-hand corner: Full name, date, block, course
3) Written NEATLY in blue or black ink
4) Use highlighters/coloured pens to highlight
5) Most works are double spaced
Tips and notes for
English class
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To make the most of your English course, it’s important to come prepared with the right materials, understand what teachers look for in your work, and know the key topics you’ll study throughout the year. This guide will help you get ready for class, meet the criteria for success, and feel confident about what to expect in English.
Scroll down more for a rundown of the skills you would learn
Skills & Key subjects:
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Reading:
Materials include Short story novels, paragraphs, and chapter books
-Analyze and use context clues
-Topic sentence, main ideas, thesis, and supporting details
-Interpret and analyze ideas
-Analyze literary devices: Irony, foreshadowing, metaphors, etc..
Writing:
-Provide a descriptive... description
-learn to adapt to style, language, and tones to suit their target audience
- learn to organize both from simple paragraphs and multi-paragraphs
- learn prewriting methods to help perfect the final product; these methods are: free-writing, brainstorming, listing, and mind-mapping
- (Vocabulary) learn to evoke emotions by employing more synonyms or words with stronger connotations
-the 4 types of writing:
*Narrative (telling a story),
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Novels
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Books
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Poems
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Fiction writing
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Non-fiction writing
[Remember to structure your stories with a plot line and keep readers engaged with interesting characters and twists]
*Descriptive ( provoking the senses via descriptive language and creating imagery with words),
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Nature Writing
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Food Reviews
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Character Descriptions
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Travel Writing
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Descriptive Article
*Persuasive (to prove a point or convince someone on that point),
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Advertisements
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Food reviews
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Food menus
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Political campaigns
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Persuasive speeches
[Build evidence (Logos), demonstrate your experience (ethos), get to know your target readers (pathos), and write in a confident tone]
*Expository (inform or instruct/guide someone with a task)
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Textbooks
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Informative Articles
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Bibliography
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News Reports
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Essays
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Instruction Manuals
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How-to Guides
Grammar(ly):
Materials: "Language power" book & various worksheets
- learn to use punctuation such as:
colons, semicolons, apostrophes, and hyphens correctly
- learn the basic parts of speech (you should already know this)
-learn clauses and phrases:
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Dependent vs Independent
-Complex and compound-complex sentences
Title of assignment
Name
Date
Block
Course (& grade)
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These are the information that you should keep in mind if you want to pass english 9.. or 10: Work criteria, stationary to bring, and core subjects
AND TO PREPARE FOR THE COURSE ITSELF, JUST Study and:
GIT GUD
(get good)
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