Unit Plans

Grade 10 Unit Plans

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This unit interweaves Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the graphic novel Bone and the fantasy novel Ysabel.

  • Level: Grade 10 Academic (ENG 2D)
  • Timeframe: 21 classes

Go to the Unit Plan

Grade 12 Unit Plans

21st Century Skills

Working with five key questions, students learn to critically analyze texts from advertisements through movies.

  • Level: Grade 12 University (ENG 4U)
  • Timeframe: 12 classes, including a test period

Go to the Unit Plan

King Lear

Students extend their critical thinking skills by developing a scene production, maintaining an electronic journal, and creating a collaborative essay.

  • Level: Grade 12 University (ENG 4U)
  • Timeframe: 18 classes, including a test period

Go to the Unit Plan

The Fountainhead

This unit revolves around student-led literature circles, in which students create an electronic reading portfolio. Individually, students develop a reading narrative essay.

  • Level: Grade 12 University or College (ENG 4U or 4C)
  • Timeframe: 18 classes, including a test period

Go to the Unit Plan