Saskatchewan Distance Education Courses

Course Description:

English Language Arts 20 (ELA 20) is organized around themes that are of interest to adolescents and that focus on self, society, and what it means to be human. In this course:

• language processes are integrated

• language provides the foundation for all learning, including the study of literature and other forms of communication

• students use language to learn, think, and communicate effectively, and to understand the functions and forms of language.

Sample themes suggested in this curriculum are:

Recollection--A Journey Back

Possible subthemes include: Innocence and Experience, Family and Peer Relationships, School and Education, Wonder and Imagination, Triumphs and Defeats.

Anticipation--On the Threshold

Possible subthemes include: Roles and Responsibilities, Choices and Commitments, Perspectives and Passages, Values and Goals.

A sample unit for ELA 20, Recollection--A Journey Back, is provided in the curriculum guide.