English Department
Our English curriculum is based on Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye’s belief that the underlying story of Western literature is a circular hero-quest that narrates the search for personal identity through four stories—romance, tragedy, irony and satire, and comedy. A progressive study of these stories leads all of our students from the summer tales of innocence, through the autumn and winter horrors of death and disappointment, back to the spring-like Garden of Eden where redemption is achieved through the regained innocence of life experience. Frye’s theory is ultimately a Christian vision that seeks to educate the imagination, to help students see the world as it is and to imagine it as they wish it to be.
Department Head:
Ms. Miriam O’Herlihy
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Department Members:
Ms. Albina Babinski
Ms. Sonia Carrusca
Mr. Michael Konar
Ms. Sarah Lopes
Ms. Michele MacDonald
Mr. Michael McManus
Ms. Jennifer Panozzo
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Department Courses:
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Grade 9 |
Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
Grade 12 |
Pre-Foundations English
Applied English
Reading Strategies Program
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ENG1DP
ENG1P1
ENG1L1 |
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AP English
Academic English
Applied English
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ENG 2DP
ENG 2D1
ENG 2P1
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AP English
University English
College English
Speech (Open)
Media Literacy (Open)
Contemporary Aboriginal Voices (College)
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ENG 3DP
ENG 3U1
ENG 3C1
EPS 3O1
EMS 3O1
NBE 3C1
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AP English
University English
College English
Writer’s Craft (University)
Writer’s Craft (College)
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ENG 4DP
ENG 4U1
ENG 4C1
VEW 4U1
VEW 4C1
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