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HAVERGAL COLLEGE
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Uncalendar 2016–2017
arts course that can be applied to any university program in the arts or sciences, then this is the
course for you.
The course offers a selection of short stories, novels, poems, and plays, and student input in regard to
the choice of texts is welcomed.
Some options we could choose for our study include:
Reading a couple of
Sherlock Holmes
’s original stories and comparing them to recent film versions or
television episodes of
Sherlock
based on the iconic detective.
Studying another Shakespeare play such as
Julius Caesar
,
Much Ado About Nothing
,
Macbeth
or
The
Winter’s Tale
.
And, of course, your suggestions are most welcome!
Ready to take the plunge?
ENG3U – English, Grade 11, University Preparation
EWC4U
– The Writer’s Craft, Grade 12, University Preparation
1 CREDIT
Do you want to write the great Canadian novel? Does the heart of a poet beat within your breast? Do
you find yourself answering questions in rhyming couplets? Have you always wanted to ink your own
superhero? Do you moan every year, why do we have do write an essay, what about creative writing? If
you answered yes to any of these questions, Writer’s Craft may be just the course for you. In this class,
you will write microfiction pieces, short stories, poems and reviews. We will also read the most recent,
most applauded publications in Canada and the world. We form a writing community together, reading
each others’ pieces, laughing over our comedies and crying with our tragic characters. We try, each
one of us, to find a creative writing we love. The highlight of the course is a reading night in May when
we come together to do a public reading of our best work and culminating assessment, an opportunity
to write whatever you came to Writer’s Craft hoping to do. Past offerings have included TV pilots,
memoir pieces, poetry collections, children’s books and even a few graphic novels.
Prerequisite: ENG3U – English, Grade 11, University Preparation