English 30-2 Diploma case studies
English 30-2 Diploma · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The English 30-2 Diploma Examination is the provincial assessment that Grade 12 students in Alberta write at the end of English Language Arts 30-2, the non-diploma-track (or "2" stream) senior English course. It is intended for students who need a Grade 12 English credential for graduation or post-secondary entrance but who are not pursuing the academic 30-1 route. The English 30-2 Diploma case studies are 5 cases and about 3,290 words.
1The Anecdote That Argues Against You
The clock reads 18 minutes gone in the 45-minute Part A personal response. The prompt: "Sometimes the thing we fear most is the thing we most need to do." Your opening paragraph commits to a controlling idea - "Fear is a compass; it points at what matters" - and your body paragraphs narrate a Grade 10 audition you were terrified to attend.
674 words, about 3 min2Summary Wearing an Essay's Clothes
You are drafting the critical/analytical response in Part A. The passage describes a city that installed 60 cameras in its downtown parks after a rise in vandalism.
650 words, about 3 min3Two Students, One Sentence, Opposite Answers
By August the counter on First Street logged 2,300 daily riders, up from 400. The corner café, which had circulated that petition, has added two patio tables and a bike rack.
705 words, about 4 min4Both Texts, Not the Best Text
Your class is comparing two short texts about a school phone ban. Students are calmer, and teachers report reclaimed instructional time." Text 2, from a teacher's blog: "Referrals were already falling in the two years before the ban, during our hallway-pass pilot.
635 words, about 3 min5Accounting for a Garden
/ My father writes in pencil, then erases / the rows that failed, and still the beans / come up where last year's compost fell. Two students are arguing over the options.
626 words, about 3 min