Welcome to the English Department.
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up. - George Orwell
Courses
Learn more about the English courses available at Maple HS.
Review the Ontario Curriculum for English.
Opportunities
- Writing Contests - posted on contest board outside of English Department Rm 209
- Yearbook Contributions - Poetry, short fiction
- Scholarship application support
- Slam Poetry Team
- Extra Help sessions for Writing
Resources
Citations:
- EasyBib
- Citation Machine
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- MLA Work Cited and Embedded Citations (from Seneca College)
- How Not to Plagiarize
Assignments:
OSSLT:
Future Careers
Careers in English are endless. One advantage of studying English, is that you can work in any industry you like, for any company you desire, in any part of the world you choose.
Ontario's college and universities have many postsecondary programs that focus on English. You can research these at: