This course emphasizes knowledge and skills that will enable students to understand media communication in the twenty-first century and to use media effectively and responsibly.
Courses Type: Open
Prerequisite: ENG2D, Grade 10 English or ENG2P
Grade 11 Media Studies emphasizes knowledge and skills that will enable students to understand media communication in the twenty-first century and to use media effectively and responsibly. Through analysing the forms and messages of a variety of media works and audience responses to them, and through creating their own media works, students will develop critical thinking skills, aesthetic and ethical judgement, and skills in viewing, representing, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
EMS3O Online Course Outline and Timeline
Below is the suggested sequence of course unit delivery as well as the recommended number of hours to complete the respective unit. For complete details of targeted expectations within each unit and activity, please see each Unit Overview found in the EMS3O course profile.
| Unit Order | Unit Name | Suggested Time |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Introduction to Media Literacy | 22 Hours |
| Unit 2 | Media and Society | 22 Hours |
| MID SEMESTER POINT | ||
| Unit 3 | Age of Persuasion | 22 Hours |
| Unit 4 | Representation in the Media | 22 Hours |
| Unit 5 | Course Culminating Activity | 22 Hours |
| View Sample GradebookTotal | 110 Hours |
Please note, as per Ministry guidelines, OVS has a mandatory 14 day minimum requirement for student enrollment to be eligible for a midterm report card and 28 days enrollment to be eligible for a final report card.
Fundamental Concepts Covered in Grade 11 English Online Course
The program in this course is designed to develop a range of essential skills in these four interrelated areas, built on a solid foundation of knowledge of the conventions of standard English and incorporating the use of analytical, critical, and meta-cognitive thinking skills. Students learn best when they are encouraged to consciously monitor their thinking as they learn, and each strand includes expectations that call for such reflection. The knowledge and skills described in the expectations of the curriculum will enable students to understand, respond to, create, and appreciate a full range of media texts. The areas of learning are closely interrelated, and the knowledge and skills described in the four strands are interdependent and complementary. Teachers plan activities that blend expectations from the four strands in order to provide students with the kinds of experiences that promote meaningful learning and that help them recognize how literacy skills in the four areas reinforce and strengthen one another.