English 30, Part B: Reading. Readings Booklet. Grade 12 Diploma Examination, January 1997.

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ERIC Number: ED407674

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Publication Date: 1997-Jan

Pages: 31

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English 30, Part B: Reading. Readings Booklet. Grade 12 Diploma Examination, January 1997.

Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch.

Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30, this "readings booklet" presents 8 reading selections from fiction and nonfiction. After instructions for students, the booklet presents (1) Robert Penn Warren's poem "Summer Afternoons and Hypnosis"; (2) an excerpt from an interview with William Golding; (3) a dramatic passage by Hilaire Belloc; (4) an excerpt from Janusz Malinowski's "The Nature of the Visual Arts"; (5) an excerpt from Peter Carey's novel "Oscar and Lucinda"; (6) R. S. Thomas' poem "The Face"; (7) an excerpt from William Shakespeare's "King Henry IV, Part 2"; and (8) Lance Morrow's essay "The Holy War of Words." (RS)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Drama, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools, Literary Genres, Poetry, Reader Response, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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Authoring Institution: Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch.

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Alberta Grade Twelve Diploma Examinations

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