Provincial Examinations

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Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

English 10

2009/10 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2009 through August 2010.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2009/10 General Examination Information regarding booklet format information and general changes to provincial examinations

• There are no revisions to English 10.

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications and Description of the Examination (PDF, 107KB) shows teachers and students how the English 10 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides weightings for the Domains (Reading and Writing) and Reading Categories.

The Provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom marks will represent 80%.

It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.

Electronic devices, including dictionaries and pagers, are not permitted in the examination room.

• Curriculum Connections (PDF, 1.13MB) links to the prescribed learning outcomes for English 10.

• Reading Categories (PDF, 52KB) provide a description of each Reading Category.

• Terms and Devices (PDF, 40KB) provides a list of examinable terms relating to literary and stylistic forms and devices.

• Scoring Guides (PDF, 79KB) show the holistic scoring guides for reading and writing.

Samples

• Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.