Studying Literature Grade 12

This essay proves that graduating students in Ontario should only study literature in a Grade 12 English course. While good writers exist in all cultures, Ontario students should only study literature written by Canadian writers. This is because all Ontario students should become familiar with literature from our province. Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture and despite being surrounded by many other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers is there, as well as the need to encourage younger Canadian authors.

Throughout the essay, Prose argues that literatures in high schools are dumbing down the English curriculum. She says books that are “chosen for students to read are

Which of the following words from the poem “Home Burial” give the reader insight into the relationship between the man and woman? Mark all that apply.

In preparation for the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition exam, high school students must read many kinds of literature during the year-long course to familiarize themselves with different time periods, movements, philosophies, and genres. Advanced Placement students must learn to think critically, and be ready to find, analyze, and express literary connections through written analysis. The biggest challenge of teaching and learning Advanced Placement English is the difficulty covering the entire scope of literature in two semesters. Twentieth century literature often gets neglected. The pace of the curriculum can also limit

Reading contributes to a major part in a high school student's life. Whether it's reading a textbook, notes, a novel, or even posts on social media, we are continually absorbing new information through reading. Canada Reads hosted by CBC has been celebrating marvellous works of Canadian literature since 2002. This annual battle of the books features five novels consisting of a common theme. Each book is then defended by a representative, by the end of the four series podcast they will chose one book they believe all Canadians should read. Participating in this event was incredible. I was able to learn new things along with improving my reading and writing skills. Therefore, Canada Reads should become a part of the grade eleven curriculum due

Literature has always been a window into life during a particular time frame. Fiction and nonfiction alike will give its readers a glimpse of the lives of those of varying social statuses, along with the culture and politics of the time. This remains true regardless of the period in which a work was written. From the Romantic era to the 20th Century, literature has been skilled at providing understanding of others and their lives. For example, from the Romantic period works like the two William Wordsworth poems I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and The World is Too Much with Us, along with A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns. The Victorian era has its own share of works that reflect the time when it was written, including Lewis Carroll’s The Walrus

This essay will prove that graduating students in Ontario should only study Canadian literature in a Grade 12 English course. While good writers exist in all cultures, Ontario students should only study Canadian writers. Because we need to become more familiar with our literature. Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors.

Learning how to write a literary essay can be a long and tedious road, but understanding how to properly form a literary essay including all its key components is an extremely important skill for all English students. However, in Mrs. Phillips' essay, Studying Literature in Grade 12, this important skill can be seen as underdeveloped. In my opinion, although the essay has a few satisfactory elements, Mrs. Phillips demonstrates a below average understanding of most, making the essay ineffective. The ineffectiveness of Mrs. Phillips essay can be seen in the essay's deliverance of content, proper essay structure, language conventions and communication, and MLA citation style and plagiarism. To begin, the deliverance of content in the writer's essay varies in quality at times.

Susan Swan, in a 2010 The Globe and Mail article, notes several reasons that Canadian schools generally do not study Canadian literature. First, because each province legislates education separately, it can be difficult to establish national curriculum standards. However, as cultural guidelines like that of the CRTC demonstrate, federal institutions may encourage production and distribution of Canadian material. Schools may encourage such actions by proactively including Canadian literature in their English courses.

The world around is constantly growing, changing, and evolving before our very eyes. This statement is very true for the world of literature. With this being said, not all things have changed. There are three different stories that the class read over this semester that show both sides of how literature has and has not changed over the years. Readers today can judge literature to a certain degree with the cultural and contemporary values that are set forth in modern society.

The book that I read for my Literature Reading Assignment is called The Light Between Oceans. I was very excited to read this book, it had been one of the books that I have been wanting to read for a while. What interested me, was that It is nothing like the books that I usually read. The books that I read consist of adventure, love, and comedy. After I finished this novel I was in tears. It was an amazing book, I would definitely recommend this book to other people. I’m excited to tell you more about it this story.

A literature class, of course, has to require that the students to read a lot of different examples so they will understand the elements of the different types of writing. Unfortunately, many of the works selected will seem archaic and outdated. They may demonstrate a specific method or element that a student needs to understand, but the works themselves do not seem to hold interest or fit a modern style. However, it has been a surprise that the stories, poems and plays have actually been entertaining. Good writing is not difficult to find because there have been so many people who have been writing for so long. The purpose of this course was to demonstrate what good writing is and the elements that make up a good piece of writing regardless of type. It is the purpose of this paper to look at the writing sample that were required to be read for this class and examine them for the elements they contained, and to especially notice the morals and values presented.

By nature, Japanese No drama draw much of their inspiration and influence from the classics. Many are based on episodes from the most popular classics, like Atsumori, based on the Tale of Heike, or Matsukaze, which was actually based on a collage of earlier work. Even within these episodes do we find references to yet more classic works of literature, from the oldest collections of poetry to adopted religious texts. That isn’t to say that No is without its own strokes of creativity—the entire performance is a unique adaptation, and the playwrights had to be both highly educated in the classics, yet geniuses at the creative aspect of weaving song/poetry, dance, religion and literature together into a heart-wrenching spectacle.

Once people mention the literature, the Nobel Prize in Literature or some world-famous masterpieces, like Shakespeare’s plays, would pop out of my mind. However, won the Nobel Prize in Literature or not should not be the only measurement to define the literature. Then, what’s literature? People could define it based on their personal preferences, but the literature, according to the online dictionary, is defined as “the body of artistic writings of a country or period that are characterized by beauty of expression and form and by the universality of intellectual and emotional appeal.” Literary works is generally expressed through the text, but not all printed materials could be considered as the literature. For me, literature is the

This semester in English Literature 101 has helped me to improve my reading skills and habits from the beginning to the present. For instance, I realized through reading I manage to learn new vocabulary that improves my English in speaking and writing. Furthermore, now I can read two to three hundred pages per day, whereas before I would read fifty pages only in one day. Having assignment, of reading fifty pages or eight poems per day in Literature has supported all my circumstances of learning English and other courses. In addition, not only did reading help in developing skills, but also create a determination of critical thinking in writing, judging, analyzing, and arguing. Particularly, by reading different works of literature I realize that they create different discussions, conversations, and interpretations among the readers and what exactly we did in the class. Everyone has his or her own way of understanding and exploring what is in a poem, story, drama, or fiction.