Welcome to
Distributed
Learning
English
12
The following
activity is an activation assignment. This must be completed online and e-mailed to your instructor
before you may register in DL English 11. It will be worth 5% of your total course mark. This
assignment should take approximately two hours in total. You may wish to do a rough copy of your
answers on paper, before completing the online version. If you quit the program, it will be submitted
automatically, even if you have not finished, so be sure to complete all sections during the same
time period and then submit.
Outcomes from the BC Ministry of Education, English Language
Arts Grade 12:
Strategies
(Reading and Viewing)
B6 during reading and viewing, select, adapt, and
apply a range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning,
including
– comparing and refining predictions, questions, images, and
connections
– making inferences and drawing
conclusions
– determining the meaning of unknown words and
phrases
C1 write meaningful personal texts that elaborate on ideas and
information to
– express self
– reflect
and respond
C5 select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to generate,
develop, and organize ideas for writing and representing, including
– setting a
purpose and considering audience
– gathering and summarizing ideas from personal
interest, knowledge, and
inquiry
C6 select,
adapt, and apply a range of drafting and composing strategies while writing and
representing, including
– generating
text
– organizing and synthesizing ideas and
information
C7 select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to
revise, edit, and publish writing and representing,
including
– proofreading
Section 1: Informational
Text
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Read the short
story, “One Magical Bloom” by Jennifer Lanthier ( CLICK HERE )
and answer the following multiple choice
questions:
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