Distance Learning

Independent Study Option

English Language Arts

The study of the English Language Arts enables students to understand and appreciate language, and to use it confidently and competently in a variety of situations for communication, personal satisfaction, and learning. The Independent Study Option offers the following courses in English Language Arts. Please list the Subject Code, Subject Designation, and the ISO Designation on the application to identify the course(s) required.

Subject Name	Subject Code	Subject Designation	ISO Designation
Grade 9 English Language Arts (10F)	0001	10F	001
Grade 10 English Language Arts (20F)	0001	20F	001
Grade 11 English Language Arts: Comprehensive Focus (30S)	0092	30S	000
Grade 11 English Language Arts: Literary Focus (30S)	0093	30S	001
Grade 11 English Language Arts: Transactional Focus (30S)	0094	30S	001
Grade 12 English Language Arts: Comprehensive Focus (40S)	0092	40S	001
Grade 12 English Language Arts: Transactional Focus (40S)	0094	40S	000
Grade 12 English Language Arts: Language and Technical Communications (40S)	0030	40S	000

Each listing of a subject name is followed by a unique 10-digit code made up of three parts:

Subject code. A 4-digit number that identifies each subject.
Subject level. A 3-character code that identifies the grade and level of a course.
ISO designation. A 3-digit number that identifies the course version, course option, a textbook, audiotapes, or videotape.

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Grade 9 English Language Arts (10F) 1 credit (2005)
Course Code 0001 10F 001
This course facilitates the language development of Grade 9 students. The study of the English language arts enables students to understand and appreciate language and to use it confidently and competently in a variety of situations for communication, personal satisfaction, and learning. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Self and Others
Sequence 2: The Zine
Sequence 3: Communities and Culture
Sequence 4: The Conflicts in Our Lives
Sequence 5: The Pattern of Story
Sequence 6: Longer Works
Sequence 7: Media Literarcy
Sequence 8: The Showcase Portfolio

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit some of the work of that sequence plus the sequences assignment(s). Both the student and the Tutor/Marker assess assignment processes and products. Students are required to write a mid-term test (after Sequence 2). The test is 4 hours, written in 2-2-hour sessions. Student performance is recorded. At the end of the course, students receive a final mark. That mark is based on the work completed during the course and the mid-term test; and in particular, on the student's demonstration of the knowledge, skills and strategies, and attitudes identified in the specific learning outcomes.

Reference Books

The Little Brown Compact Handbook. (6524) MTBB
Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbooks

Barlow-Kedves, Alice, Carrie Collins, Ian Mills, Robin Pearson, Wendy Mathieu, and Susan Tywoniuk. SightLines 9. (7702) MTBB
Dawe, Robert, Barry Duncan, and Wendy Mathieu. ResourceLines 9/10. (7703) MTBB

Fiction Novel
Choose one novel from the following list:

Bell, William. Forbidden City. (21151) MTBB
Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. (21191) MTBB
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. (21134) MTBB
Goolie, Beth. The Lottery. (2757) MTBB
Harnett, Cynthia. The Wool Pack. (21214) MTBB
Kaplan, Bess. The Empty Chair. (21148) MTBB
Little, Jean. Listen for the Singing. (21189) MTBB
Martel, Suzanne. The King’s Daughter. (21186) MTBB
Matas, Carol. Jesper. (21180) MTBB
Sebestyen, Ouida. Words by Heart. (21216) MTBB
Slade, Arthur. Tribes. (2766) MTBB
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. (2768) MTBB
Zindel, Paul. The Pigman. (21197) MTBB

Non-Fiction
Choose one book from the following:

Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. (21116) MTBB
Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. (21126) MTBB

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Grade 10 English Language Arts (20F) 1 credit (2005)
Course Code 0001 20F 001
This course will help facilitate the language development of Grade 10 students. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Starting with Yourself as a Learner
Sequence 2: Introducing Yourself to Others
Sequence 3: Significant People in Your Life: The Influence of Parents
Sequence 4: Finding Yourself and Your Place in the World
Sequence 5: The Many Forces That Influence People: Novel Study
Sequence 6: More Influential Factors in Our Lives: How the Values of Friends and Peers Affect Us
Sequence 7: Newsmakers of Today: People Who Influence Our World
Sequence 8: The Showcase Portfolio

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit some of the work of that sequence plus the sequence assignment(s). Both the student and the Tutor/Marker assess assignment processes and products. Students are required to write a Midterm Progress Test (after Sequence 3). The test is 4 hours, written in 2- 2-hour sessions. Student performance is recorded. At the end of the course, students receive a final mark. That mark is based on the work completed during the course and the mid-term test; and in particular, on the student's demonstration of the knowledge, skills and strategies, and attitudes identified in the specific learning outcomes.

The following resource will be provided with the course.

Mrs. Bertha's Flowers Audio CD

Novels
Choose two novels from the following list:

Culleton, B. April Raintree. (21382) MTBB
Greenberg, J. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. (21405) MTBB
Hemingway, E. The Old Man and the Sea (21418) MTBB
Hubert, Cam. Dreamspeaker. (60395) MTBB
Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon. (21395) MTBB
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. (21431) MTBB
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. (21415) MTBB
Wyndham, John. The Chrysalids. (21389) MTBB

Reference Books

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Dawe, Robert, Barry Duncan, and Wendy Mathieu. ResourceLines 9/10. (7703) MTBB
Crane, Mary, Barbara, Fullerton, and Amanda Joseph. Sightlines 10. (8241) MTBB

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Grade 11 English Language Arts: Comprehensive Focus (30S) 1 credit (2001)
Course Code 0092 30S 000
This course will help facilitate the language development of Grade 11 students. It emphasizes the whole range of language uses, from pragmatic or practical uses to aesthetic ones. Students explore the use of language for pragmatic purposes: to inform, direct, persuade, plan, analyze, and explain. They also engage with and use language for aesthetic purposes: language that enlightens, fosters understanding and empathy, reflects culture, expresses feelings and experiences, and brings enjoyment. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: My Expectations
Sequence 2: Reader’s Expectations
Sequence 3: Writer’s Expectations
Sequence 4: Family Expectations
Sequence 5: Societal and Cultural Expectations, Part 1
Sequence 6: Societal and Cultural Expectations, Part 2
Sequence 7: “Living Up to Expectations”

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit all of the work of that sequence plus the sequence assignment(s). Both the student and the Tutor/Marker assess assignment processes and products.

Audio CD
The Maltese Falcon. (0092 30S 015) $5.50 plus GST and PST

Drama
Choose one play from the following:

A Doll’s House. (21528) MTBB
The Importance of Being Earnest. (21542) MTBB

Novels

Laurence, Margaret. A Bird in the House. (21574) MTBB

Choose one novel from the following list:

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. (21587) MTBB
Braithwaite, Max. The Night We Stole the Mountie’s Car. (21598) MTBB
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. (21575) MTBB
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. (8681) MTBB
Waugh, Evelyn. The Loved One. (21594) MTBB

Picture Books

Laden, N. Private I. Guana: The Case of the Missing Chameleon. (8655) MTBB

Choose one picture book from the following list:

Martin, Rafe. The Rough-Face Girl. (8679) MTBB
Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. (8680) MTBB

Reference Books

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Sebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyers, and Dave Kemper. Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. (72090) MTBB

Videotape
VT-0527 Eating Disorders: Profiles of Pain. $5.50 each plus GST and PST

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Grade 11 English Language Arts: Literary Focus (30S) 1 credit (2008)
Course Code 0093 30S 001
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This course will facilitate the language development of Grade 11 students. Each sequence contains lessons that lead to the successful completion of learning experience and assignment(s). Students monitor their progress through ongoing self-assessment and Tutor/Marker assessment. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: My Literary World
Sequence 2: Worlds around Me
Sequence 3: Entering Other Worlds
Sequence 4: Entering Still More Worlds
Sequence 5: Responding to Worlds of Money and Power
Sequence 6: Creating Worlds of Money and Power
Sequence 7: My World of Poetry
Sequence 8: My Literary World on Display

This course provides students with multiple opportunities to engage with and produce a variety of aesthetic texts. It includes an extensive selection of learning resources, ranging from those produced for pragmatic or practical purposes (30%) to those created for aesthetic purposes (70%). Students explore various texts, both those produced by others and those created by themselves.

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit all the work of that sequence, including the assignment(s). Both students and the Tutor/Marker assess that assignment(s).

The following resources will be provided with student registrations only.

2 separate color prints
8 color prints on CD Rom

Audio CD

Cahill, Jane, Mary Louise Chown, and Kay Stone. North from Centre. Earthstory, 1996.
Ross, Ian. Joe from Winnipeg. CBC Manitoba, 1998.
(Both titles are sold on one audio CD)
(0093 30S 015) $5.50 plus GST and PST. Both titles are sold on one audio CD

Drama

Rose, Reginald. Twelve Angry Men. London, England: Methuen, 1999. (8885) MTBB

Novel
Choose one novel from the following list:

Erdrich, Louise. The Bingo Palace. (8155) MTBB
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. (21588) MTBB
Marlyn, John. Under the Ribs of Death. (21628) MTBB

Reference Books

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Sebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. Wilmington, MA: Write Source, 2001. (72090) MTBB

Videotape
CD-0379 or VT-0379 Places Not Our Own. National Film Board of Canada, 1986. $5.50 each plus GST and PST

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Grade 11 English Language Arts: Transactional Focus (30S) 1 credit (2007)
Course Code 0094 30S 001
This course will facilitate the language development of Grade 11 students. The transactional focus emphasizes the pragmatic uses of language: language that informs, directs, persuades, plans, analyzes, argues, and explains. In attaining the learning outcomes, students engage with and compose texts primarily for pragmatic purposes: to gain information or discern another point of view, to compare and weigh ideas, and to conduct daily transactions.

The course includes an extensive list of learning resources. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Getting Acquainted
Sequence 2: Advertising
Sequence 3: From Fiction to Fact: Self-Directed Inquiry
Sequence 4: Television
Sequence 5: Messages in the Workplace
Sequence 6: Samples and Reflections (Portfolio)

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit a section of work plus the sequence assignment(s). Both the student and the Tutor/Marker assess assignment processes and products. Students are required to write a midterm progress test (after Sequence 3). The test is 4 hours, written in two 2 hour sessions. Student performance is recorded. At the end of the course, students receive a final mark. That mark is based on the work completed during the course and, in particular, on the student’s demonstration of the knowledge, skills and strategies, and attitudes identified in the specific learning outcomes that are targeted in each sequence.

Students will record an oral presentation and a speech in audio form, as well as a conversation with their learning partner. They could also record their oral presentation by using a computer and saving the file on a CD-Rom, which they could send to their Tutor/Marker. Other options include mini-cassette records and video cameras.

Novel
Choose one book from the following list:

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. (21587) MTBB
Callaghan, Morley. Such is My Beloved. (21619) MTBB
Camus, Albert. The Plague. (21874) MTBB
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. (21588) MTBB
Hershey, John. Hiroshima. (21511) MTBB
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. (21575) MTBB
Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. (21611) MTBB
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. (21603) MTBB
Marlyn, John. Under the Ribs of Death. (21628) MTBB
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. (21570) MTBB
Shields, Carol. The Stone Diaries. (21615) MTBB
Stillitoe, Alan. The Loneliness of A Long Distance Runner. (5880) MTBB
Waugh, Evelyn. The Loved One. (21594) MTBB
or
Student's own choice approved by Tutor/Marker.

Reference Books

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Sebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. Wilmington, MA: Write Source, 2001. (72090) MTBB

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Grade 12 English Language Arts: Comprehensive Focus (40S) 1 credit (2007)
Course Code 0092 40S 001
The purpose of this course is to faciliate the language development of Grade 12 students. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Using Language to Delight
Sequence 2: Using Language to Inform
Sequence 3: Using Language to Experiment and Extend
Sequence 3A: Using Language to Persuade
or
Sequence 3B: Using language to Challenge
Sequence 4: Using Language to Manipulate
Sequence 5: Using Language to Share and Celebrate

Students monitor their progress through ongoing self-assessment and Tutor/Marker assessment.

This course provides students with multiple opportunities to engage with and produce a variety of texts, both pragmatic or practical and aesthetic or literary. It includes an extensive selection of learning resources, ranging from those produced for pragmatic or practical purposes (50%) to those created for aesthetic purposes (50%). Students explore various texts, both those produced by others and those created by themselves.

At the end of each sequence, students are required to submit selected work of that sequence, including the assignment(s). Both students and the Tutor/Marker assess the assignment(s). Students are also required to write a Progress Test after completing Sequence 2. The Tutor/Marker records student performance on assessments and the Progress Test. Sequence 5: Using Language to Share and Celebrate enables students to reflect on their work in the course and assess their progress and achievement.

Audio CD
Toni Morrison. Nobel Lecture.
The Shadow
Both titles are sold on one audio CD. (0092 40S 010) $5.50 plus GST and PST

Novel

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-four. (21861) MTBB

Picture Books

Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. Harper Collin Publishers, 1991 (8979) MTBB
Wiesner, David. Tuesday. New York: Clarion Books, 1991 (8980) MTBB

Reference Books

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Sebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. Wilmington, MA: Write Source, a Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. (72090) MTBB

Video CD/Videotapes
CD-0094 Employability Skills Portfolio
CD-0745 or VT-0745 Concerto Grosso Modo
VT-0746 Magic in the Sky
$5.50 each plus GST and PST

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Grade 12 English Language Arts: Transactional Focus (40S) 1 credit (2003)
Course Code 0094 40S 000
The purpose of this course is to facilitate the language development of Grade 12 students.

In the Transactional Focus, students develop and refine a range of knowledge, skills and strategies that help them function effectively in various communities. The Transactional Focus emphasizes the pragmatic uses of language: language that informs, directs, plans, persuades, analyzes, argues, and explains. In attaining the learning outcomes, students engage with and compose texts primarily for pragmatic purposes: to gain information or descern another point of view, to compare and weigh ideas, and to conduct daily transactions. The Transactional Focus addresses a variety of informal and formal uses of language, ranging from informal conversations to formal presentations; from discussions to formal interview; from note taking, data gathering, and representation to illustrated reports.

Because pragmatic communication is audience-specific, students enhance their skills in shaping communication for their audience. They learn the connections of various pragmatic forms and the purpose and effect of these. As listeners, readers, and viewers, they examine the effects of various language techniques and learn to assess information for accuracy, logic, and relevance. As speakers, writers, and representers, they learn to express themselves clearly, logically, and with an intended effect. Through a wide range of projects and learning experiences, students learn to use and interpret a variety of oral, print, and other media texts, to manage data and information effciently and to plan and work collaboratively.

The course includes five sequences of study focusing on various aspects of the theme of "influences." In addition, students are required to write a mid-term test after they have completed Sequence 2. Each sequence involves a number of earning experiences. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Influences and Self
Sequence 2: Influences and Other
Sequence 3: Local and Global Community Influences
Sequence 4: Reminiscences
Sequence 5: Using Language to Share and Celebrate (Portfolio)

Audio CD
Haas, Maara. The Green Roses Kerchief. (0094 40S 010) $5.50 plus GST and PST

Memoirs
(Note: The beginning of each of these memoirs is included in the Text section at the end of Sequence 4 for the students to read before making their selection)

Choose one from the following list:

Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie (9323) MTBB
Gildener, Catherine. Too Close to the Falls (9324) MTBB
McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir. (8688) MTBB
Mexlekia, Nega. Notes from the Hyena's Belly: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhood. (8684) MTBB
Toews, Miriam. Swing Low: A Life. (8686) MTBB (reprint)

Resources

Gage Canadian Dictionary. (6204) MTBB
Gage Canadian Thesaurus. (6206) MTBB

Textbook

Sebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. 2001.
Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. (72090) MTBB

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Grade 12 English Language Arts: Language and Technical Communications (40S) 1 credit (2004)
Course Code 0030 40S 000
The purpose of this course is for students to explore what technical communication is, how important technical communication is to everyday life, and how technical documents are designed and organized in unique and creative ways. Students will have the opportunity to incorporate their own ideas and thoughts into tasks and assignments, and to build a foundation of skills that will be valuable for post-high school life. It is structured as follows:

Sequence 1: Expectations and Explorations
Sequence 2: What is Technical Communication?
Sequence 4: The Language of Technical Communication
Sequence 9: The Me Files Personal Portfolio

Each sequence contains a number of lessons that lead to the successful completion of learning experiences and assignments. Students are required to write a midterm progress test (after Sequence 4). The test is 3 hours, and may require some supplies.

Evaluation is based on

Achievement of Learning Outcomes	50%
Progress Test (after Sequence 4)	15%
Tech Project	25%
Me Files Personal Portfolio	10%
Total	100%

The following resources will be provided with the course:

Manitoba Moose Pamphlet
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Poster

Resources

Access to a computer for word processing is recommended
Books, magazines or internet access to complete some assignments

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