English A Course Outline
Grade
10
Date: September-May
2016-2017
Days:
Teacher/s: Miss Blair
No. Of hours: 3hours
Rationale:
This subject is
designed to guide students to mastering oral and written language skills
through a variety of strategies.
STRUCTURE of the
CSEC EXAMINATION
PAPER
01
Duration: 1hour and 30 minutes
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PAPER
02
Duration: 2 hours: 45 minutes
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This
paper consists of sixty multiple choice questions.
All
questions are compulsory (must be answered).
Paper
1 is worth 60 marks
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This
paper consists of SEVEN questions,
arranged in three sections
SECTION A:
SUMMARY
v Question
1
SECTION B: EXPOSITORY
WRITING
v Questions
2 and 3: Answer 1 Question
SECTION C:
SHORT STORY
v Questions
4 and 5: Answer 1 Question
SECTION D: ARGUMENTATIVE
ESSAY
v Questions
6 and 7: Answer 1 Question
You
are expected to answer THREE (3)
questions, ONE question from EACH section.
You
MUST write in the essay format and
develop all responses fully.
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PAPER
1
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PAPER
2
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v Synonyms
v Antonyms
v Sentence Completion
v Equivalent Sentences
v Construction Shift
v Error Recognition
o
Misused/Mixed Metaphors
o
Clichés
o
Redundancy
v Usage
o
Spelling Errors
o
Subject Verb Agreement Errors
o
Punctuation Errors
o
Pluralization Errors
v Comprehension
o
Persuasive Passage
o
Advertisement
o
Narrative Passage
o
Expository Passage
o
Informative Passage
o
Poem
§ Poet
§ Persona
§ Figures of Speech/Figurative Language
ü Alliteration
ü Hyperbole
ü Imagery
ü Irony
ü Onomatopoeia
ü Oxymoron
ü Paradox
ü Personification
ü Pun
ü Metaphor
ü Simile
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v Summary
o
Identifying Main Ideas
o
Paraphrasing Ideas
o
Combining Ideas
o
Summarizing Passages
o
Summarizing Diagrams
v Comprehension
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Persuasive Passage
§ Writer’s
Tone
§ Writer’s
Attitude
§ Writer’s
Purpose
§ Irony
§ Sarcasm
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Narrative Passage
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Expository Passage
o
Informative Passage
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Poem
v Letter Writing
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Business Letter
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Report Writing
o
Letter to the Editor
v Short Story
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Character
§ Antagonist
§ Protagonist
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Point
of View
§ Narrator
§ First
person Narrator
§ Third
Person Narrator
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Setting
§ Weather
§ Environment
§ Time
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Plot
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Conflict
§ Man
vs Man
§ Man
vs Nature
§ Man
vs Himself
§ Man
vs Society
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Climax
o
Theme(s)
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Resolution
v Persuasive/Argumentative Essay
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Thesis Statement
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Five Point Essay
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This is the first part of the English A course outline. The complete document can be seen here.
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