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Your program fee includes:
- Round Trip from Toronto
- Airport and City Transfers
- Accommodation at University
Residences
- Breakfasts, Lunches & Dinners
(Oxford)
- Breakfasts & Dinners
(London,
Edinburgh & Dublin)
- Academic Instruction
- Course materials
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Access to computers
- Global Journeys Backpack
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While in London:
- City Tours of major districts
- Performance at the Globe
Theatre
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Piccadilly Circus
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Trafalgar Square
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Covent Gardens
- Visit
to Leicester Square
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Buckingham Palace
- Westminster Abbey
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Big
Ben/Parliament Buildings
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Visit to British
Museum
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National Gallery
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Walk through Hyde Park
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Harrods Complex
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Portobello/Camden Markets
While in Oxford:
-
Literary Walking Tour of Oxford
and Colleges
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Punting on River Cherwell
- Fried Mars Bars & Cream Tea
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Shakespeare play on
College Grounds
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Ashmolean Museum
While in Edinburgh:
- Arthur's Seat
- Storytelling Centre
- Edinburgh Castle/Royal Mile
- Edinburgh Ghost Tour
While in Dublin:
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Tour of major districts
- Writer's Museum
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ENGLISH, GRADE 12,
UNIVERSITY PREPARATION
ENG4U
(Prerequisite: Grade 11 English)
This senior level English
course is a compulsory requirement for the Ontario Secondary
School Diploma. The course emphasizes the consolidation of
literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Students will analyze a range of challenging literary works
appropriate to the visits they will make to sites in and
around London, Oxford, Edinburgh and Dublin. They will write
analytical and argumentative essays and a major paper for an
independent literary research project. They will apply key
concepts to analyze media works. An important focus will be on
understanding academic language and using it coherently and
confidently in discussion and argument.
ENGLISH,
GRADE 11, UNIVERSITY PREPARATION
ENG3U
(Prerequisite: English Grade 10)
This course
introduces senior level, university bound students, to
significant literary works that reflect major themes in
literature. It emphasizes the development of literacy,
critical thinking, and communication skills. Students analyse
poetry, essays, novels, and plays from various periods;
conduct research and analyse the information gathered; write
persuasive and literary essays; analyse the relationship among
media forms, audiences, and media industry practices.
Selections will also include exposure to Scottish and Irish
writers and will provide opportunities to experience the
relevance of various works in London, Oxford, Edinburgh and Dublin. An
important focus is an understanding of the development of the
English language. Students will examine the structure and
techniques used in the variety of literary pieces.
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