OSSD Credit Granting Courses

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed to develop the oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyze literary texts from contemporary and historical periods, interpret informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. The course is intended to prepare students for the Grade 10 academic English course, which leads to university or college preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12.

Class Materials:

Textbook: Inside Track 1, Inside Track 1 Practice Set, Crossroads 9

The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Reading Comprehension – 10%

Writing Assignment – 10%

Oral Presentation – 10%

Prerequisites: None

This course enables students to consolidate, and continue to develop, an understanding of mathematical concepts related to number sense and operations, algebra, measurement, geometry, data, probability, and financial literacy. Students will use mathematical processes, mathematical modelling, and coding to make sense of the mathematics they are learning and to apply their understanding to culturally responsive and relevant real-world situations. Students will continue to enhance their mathematical reasoning skills, including proportional reasoning, spatial reasoning, and algebraic reasoning, as they solve problems and communicate their thinking.

Prerequisite: Grade 9 English, Academic or Applied

This course is designed to extend the range of oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyze literary texts from contemporary and historical periods, interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 11 university or college preparation course.

Class Materials:

Textbook: Inside Track 2, Inside Track 2 Practice Set, Crossroads 10

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Reading Comprehension – 10%

Writing Assignment – 10%

Oral Presentation – 10%

Prerequisite: Grade 9 Math Academic or Applied

This course enables students to broaden their understanding of relationships and extend their problem-solving and algebraic skills through investigation, the effective use of technology, and abstract reasoning. Students will explore quadratic relations and their applications; solve and apply linear systems; verify properties of geometric figures using analytic geometry; and investigate the trigonometry of right and acute triangles. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.

Class Materials:

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

100pgs graphing paper

A complete geometry set and a ruler

A scientific calculator

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Prerequisite: Grade 10 English, Academic or Applied

This course emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college preparation course.

Class Materials:

Macbeth (Page numbers are based on Echoes 11)

One of the following dystopian novels:

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood

1984 – George Orwell

Children of Men – P.D. James

Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Reading Comprehension – 10%

Writing Assignment – 10%

Oral Presentation – 10%

Prerequisites: Grade 10 Math Academic or Applied

This course introduces the mathematical concept of the function by extending students’ experiences with linear and quadratic relations. Students will investigate properties of discrete and continuous functions, including trigonometric and exponential functions; represent functions numerically, algebraically, and graphically; solve problems involving applications of functions; investigate inverse functions; and develop a facility in determining equivalent algebraic expressions. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.

Class Materials:

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

100pgs graphing paper

A complete geometry set and a ruler

A scientific calculator

Final Mark:  

Unit Assessments – 70%  

Final Evaluation – 30%

Prerequisite: Grade 10 Math

This course introduces the basic features of the function by extending students’ experiences with quadric relations. It focuses on quadric, trigonometric, and exponential functions and their use in modelling real-world situations. Students will represent functions numerically, graphically, and algebraically; simplify expressions; solve equations, and solve problems relating to applications. This course is a university/college preparation course. Students who decide to take this course may take both University level grade 12 math or College level grade 12 math.

Prerequisite: Grade 11 English, Academic or Applied

This course emphasizes the consolidation of the literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze a range of challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures; interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts; and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using academic language coherently and confidently, selecting the reading strategies best suited to particular texts and particular purposes for reading, and developing greater control in writing. The course is intended to prepare students for university, college, or the workplace.

Course Texts:

Oedipus Rex - Sophocles

Hamlet

Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet – Ann-Marie MacDonald

A variety of essays, poetry, and media provided by the school

An appropriate literary novel

Must be approved by teacher, we recommend selecting a novel from this list: https://www.crowleyisdtx.org/cms/lib5/TX01917780/Centricity/Domain/882/AP%20lit-%201971-2017-Titles%20from%20Open%20Response%20Questions.pdf

Achievement Strands and Weighting:

Literature Studies – 25%

Writing – 25%

Oral Communication – 10%

Prerequisite: Grade 11 English, Academic or Applied

This course emphasizes knowledge and skills related to the craft of writing. Students will analyze models of effective writing; use a workshop approach to produce a range of works; identify and use techniques required for specialized forms of writing; and identify effective ways to improve the quality of their writing. They will also complete a major paper as part of a creative or analytical independent study project and investigate opportunities for publication and for writing careers.

Course Texts:

Writing Down the Bones

Observing and Writing

Writing Incredibly Short Plays Poems and Stories

Vocabulary Builder: Course 7

Two literary works for independent study project

Final Mark:

Term Work – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Independent Study Project – 15%

In-class Exam – 15%

Prerequisite: Grade 11 Math Academic or Applied

This course extends students’ experience with functions. Students will investigate the properties of polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; develop techniques for combining functions; broaden their understanding of rates of change; and develop a facility in applying these concepts and skills. Students will also refine their use of the mathematical processes necessary for success in senior mathematics. This course is intended both for students taking the Calculus and Vectors course as a prerequisite for a university program and for those wishing to consolidate their understanding of mathematics before proceeding to any one of a variety of university programs.

Class Materials:

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

100pgs graphing paper

A complete geometry set and a ruler

A scientific calculator

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%

Prerequisite: Grade 12 Math Academic (Advanced Functions) (can be taken concurrently)

This course builds on students’ previous experience with functions and their developing understanding of rates of change. Students will solve problems involving geometric and algebraic representations of vectors and representations of lines and planes in three-dimensional space; broaden their understanding of rates of change to include the derivatives of polynomial, sinusoidal, exponential, rational, and radical functions; and apply these concepts and skills to the modelling of real-world relationships. Students will also refine their use of the mathematical processes necessary for success in senior mathematics. This course is intended for students who choose to pursue careers in fields such as science, engineering, economics, and some areas of business, including those students who will be required to take a university-level calculus, linear algebra, or physics course.

Class Materials:

Pencils and 2 blue or black pens

Binder and 250pgs loose leaf or notebooks

100pgs graphing paper

A complete geometry set and a ruler

A scientific calculator

Final Mark:

Unit Assessments – 70%

Final Evaluation – 30%