GRADE 11
NATIVE STUDIES
UNIVERSITY PREP
NBE 3U1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbNDmKFzzG8&feature=related
NATIVE ENGLISH
Pre-Requisite:
Grade 10
Academic English
Credit
value: 1.0
IF ANY OF YOUR REASONS
FOR TAKING THIS
COURSE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING THEN YOU
ARE MORE THAN ENCOURAGED TO TAKE THIS
AMAZING COURSE
It is something new and exciting
 You want to learn more about Aboriginal roots and
culture
 You dislike Shakespearean plays
 You want something different
 You like having Ms. Junyk or Ms. Hemsworth as a
teacher

ASSESSMENT FORMAT USED
Tests
 Quizzes
 Writing assignments
 Oral work
 Group work
 Peer evaluation
 Self evaluation

SUMMARY
 Study
the works of English Aboriginal
writers
 Focusing on the understanding on the true
aboriginals
 Why it is important to study Canadian
Aboriginals
 Study the problems aboriginals face in society
 Analyze literary texts and the media works
 Gain appreciation for aboriginal writings as
well as culture and their traditions
WHAT WE READ
 Keeper
’N Me (Novel)
 Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock (play)
 Education is Our Right (play)
 Poems
 Legends
 Stories
WHY THIS COURSE?
 Learn
about aboriginal heritage and cultural
concepts
-The Circle/The Medicine Wheel
-The Number 4
-Extended Family
-Collective Decision Making
-Holistic Approach to Life
-Cooperation
-Respect

A Final exam is required as well as an ISU and a
culminating activity

You learn just as much if not more than you would
in any other English course

You do not study Shakespeare


All assignments focus around an aboriginal aspect
which is a great learning experience and very
enjoyable
You become more open minded and view Indians
(Aboriginals) in a whole new light
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN
ASSIGNMENT CREATED BY HARKAMAL
AND ILISH FOR THE ABORIGINAL
LEGEND OF BIG BIRD
http://goanimate.com/user/09enHKzMCJ-g
RESOURCES
 An

Anthology of Canadian Native
Literature in English
 Honour
the Sun by: Ruby Slipperjack
 Keeper’n
 Movies:
Me by: Richard Wagamese
How People Got Fire, The
Invisible Nation