Students will study a variety of forms and stylistic elements of literary texts and respond personally, critically and creatively to them. Students will explore a range of topics, including the impact of human activities on the environment; human health and the environment; energy conservation; resource science and management; and safety and environmental responsibility in the workplace.
Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate various geographic issues and to develop possible approaches for making Canada a more sustainable place to live.This course focuses on current geographic issues that affect Canadians. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.This course enables students to broaden their understanding of mathematics as a problem-solving tool in the real world. The course prepares students for college programs in health sciences, fitness, wellness, and health promotion. They will also explore personal and professional contexts in which knowledge of the language is required, and develop skills necessary for lifelong language learning.This course provides opportunities for students to begin to develop and apply fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the language of study. Students will be given the opportunity to design and create products and/or provide services related to the various technological areas or industries, working with a variety of tools, equipment and software commonly used in industry. Students will make short classroom presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of forms of text. They will also assess critical interpretations, write analytical essays and complete an independent study project.This course is for students with a special interest in literature. The course is designed to introduce students to the rewarding career of a firefighter through similar curriculum covered in drill school and exposing them to tangible activities that simulate the instruction that career firefighters receive during their training.This course combines the expectations for the Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12 Open with selected expectations from the following courses: Grade 11, Understanding Canadian Law (CLU3M), Grade 12, Chemistry (SCH4C) and Grade 12, Healthy and Active Living Education (PAF4O). They will develop skills necessary for lifelong language learning.This course provides opportunities for students to begin to develop and apply fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the language of study. They will also increase their understanding and appreciation of diverse French-speaking communities, and will develop skills necessary for lifelong language learning.This course provides opportunities for students to speak and interact in French in real-life situations.
(Students may take Health for Life in addition to a course in Healthy Active Living for credit in Grade 11 if they choose to do so)This course enables students to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices. In the creation of a musical production, students will use developed skills in theatre performance to present work that focuses on social awareness, social development, move through barriers (personal and social) and global development.This course combines the expectations for the Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12 University with selected expectations from the following courses: Grade 11, Marketing: Goods, Services, Events (BMI3C), Grade 12, Analysing Current Economic Issues (CIA4U), Grade 12, Canadian and International Law (CLN4U), Grade 12, Financial Accounting Principles (BAT4M) and Grade 12, Healthy Active Living (PPL4O). All OCDSB schools will remain closed for the rest of this school year, per Ministerial order.
Students will develop an awareness of related environmental and societal issues and will begin to explore secondary and post-secondary pathways leading to careers in the field.This course enables students to further explore and develop technological knowledge and skills introduced in the elementary science and technology program. So a lot of our attention and our planning is going to the adapted model," said Williams-Taylor. Students will study the content, form and style of a variety of informational and graphic texts, as well as literary texts from Canada and other countries and create oral, written and media texts in a variety of forms for practical and academic purposes. Students will develop creative solutions for various types of problems as their understanding of the computing environment grows.
A completed application and/or teacher recommendation may be required for this course selection.This course enables students to examine the factors that influence their own health practices and behaviours as well as those factors that contribute to the development of healthy communities.