| Curricular Competency |
Understanding context- Engage in research and empathetic observation to determine service design opportunities and barriers
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Child Development and Caregiving 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: research |
Elaboration: seeking knowledge from other people as experts, interviewing people involved, finding secondary sources and collective pools of knowledge in communities and collaborative atmospheres, learning the appropriate protocols for approaching local First Peoples communities |
| Keyword: empathetic observation |
Elaboration: aimed at understanding the values and beliefs of other cultures and the diverse motivations and needs of different people; may be informed by experiences of people involved; traditional cultural knowledge and approaches; First Peoples worldviews, perspectives, knowledge, and practices; places, including the land and its natural resources and analogous settings; experts and thought leaders |
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| Big Ideas |
First Peoples voices and texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Reconciliation |
Elaboration: the movement to heal the relationship between First Peoples and Canada that was damaged by colonial policies such as the Indian residential school system |
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| Big Ideas |
Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: authentic First Peoples text |
Elaboration: a written, oral, visual, digital, or multimodal text that:presents authentic First Peoples voices (i.e., historical or contemporary texts created by First Peoples, or created through the substantial contributions of First Peoples)depicts themes and issues important to First Peoples cultures (e.g., loss of identity and affirmation of identity, tradition, healing, role of family, importance of Elders, connection to the land, the nature and place of spirituality as an aspect of wisdom, the relationships between individual and community, the importance of oral tradition, the experience of colonization and decolonization)incorporates First Peoples storytelling techniques and features as applicable (e.g., circular structure, repetition, weaving in of spirituality, humour)includes respectful portrayals or representation of First Peoples, their traditions, and their beliefs |
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| Big Ideas |
First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: a narrative text that shares ideas about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience; stories can record history, reflect a personal journey, or explore identity; stories can be oral, written, or visual, and used to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain listeners and readers |
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| Big Ideas |
Voice is powerful and evocative. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Oral and other texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: any type of oral, written, visual, or digital expression or communication:Visual texts can include gestural and spatial components (as in dance) as well as images (e.g., posters, photographs, paintings, carvings, poles, textiles, regalia, and masks).Digital texts can include electronic forms of oral, written, and visual expression.Multimodal texts can include any combination of oral, written, visual, and/or digital elements and can be delivered via different media or technologies (some examples of multimodal texts are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, on-line presentations, graphic novels, and closed-captioned films). |
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| Big Ideas |
The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world. |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: any type of oral, written, visual, or digital expression or communication:Visual texts can include gestural and spatial components (as in dance) as well as images (e.g., posters, photographs, paintings, carvings, poles, textiles, regalia, and masks).Digital texts can include electronic forms of oral, written, and visual expression.Multimodal texts can include any combination of oral, written, visual, and/or digital elements and can be delivered via different media or technologies (some examples of multimodal texts are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, on-line presentations, graphic novels, and closed-captioned films). |
| Keyword: story |
Elaboration: a narrative text that shares ideas about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience; stories can record history, reflect a personal journey, or explore identity; stories can be oral, written, or visual, and used to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain listeners and readers |
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| Content |
Language features, structures, and conventions- features of oral language
- elements of style
- language change
- syntax and sentence fluency
- rhetorical devices
- usage and conventions
- literary elements and devices
- literal and inferential meaning
- persuasive techniques
- citations and acknowledgements
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English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: features of oral language |
Elaboration: intonation, enunciation, volume, pacing, expression, purpose, diction, acoustics |
| Keyword: elements of style |
Elaboration: stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone. |
| Keyword: language change |
Elaboration: Languages change slowly but continually (e.g., influence of different languages on each other, Old English to Modern English).Changes are evident in different dialects.New words and new ways of saying things emerge as culture and society change. |
| Keyword: rhetorical devices |
Elaboration: examples include figurative language, parallelism, repetition, irony, humour, exaggeration, emotional language, logic, direct address, rhetorical questions, and allusion |
| Keyword: usage |
Elaboration: avoiding common usage errors (e.g., double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse) |
| Keyword: conventions |
Elaboration: common practices of standard punctuation in capitalization, quoting, and spelling of Canadian and First Peoples words |
| Keyword: literary elements and devices |
Elaboration: Texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience. |
| Keyword: persuasive techniques |
Elaboration: ethical, logical, and emotional appealsmay include using repetition, rhetorical questions, irony, or satire |
| Keyword: acknowledgements |
Elaboration: formal acknowledgements of another person’s work, idea, or intellectual property |
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| Content |
Strategies and processes- reading strategies
- oral language strategies
- metacognitive strategies
- writing processes
- presentation techniques
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English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: reading strategies |
Elaboration: There are many strategies that readers use when making sense of text. Students consider what strategies they need to use to “unpack” text. They employ strategies with increasing independence depending on the purpose, text, and context. Strategies include but may not be limited to predicting, inferring, questioning, paraphrasing, using context clues, using text features, visualizing, making connections, summarizing, identifying big ideas, synthesizing, and reflecting. |
| Keyword: oral language strategies |
Elaboration: speaking with expression; connecting to listeners, asking questions to clarify, listening for specifics, summarizing, paraphrasing |
| Keyword: metacognitive strategies |
Elaboration: thinking about our own thinking, and reflecting on our processes and determining strengths and challengesStudents employ metacognitive strategies to gain increasing independence in learning. |
| Keyword: writing processes |
Elaboration: There are various writing processes depending on context. These may include determining audience and purpose, generating or gathering ideas, free-writing, making notes, drafting, revising, and/or editing. Writers often have very personalized processes when writing. Writing is an iterative process. |
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| Content |
Text features and structures- narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts
- form, function, and genre of texts
- elements of visual/graphic texts
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English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Text features |
Elaboration: attributes or elements of the text that may include typography (bold, italics, underlining, font choice), guide words, key words, titles, diagrams, captions, labels, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, photographs, and sidebars/text boxes |
| Keyword: structures |
Elaboration: how text is organized |
| Keyword: those found in First Peoples texts |
Elaboration: for example, circular, iterative, cyclical |
| Keyword: function |
Elaboration: the intended purpose of a text |
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| Content |
Protocols- protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
- acknowledgement of territory
- situating oneself in relation to others and place
- processes related to protocols and expectations when engaging with First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations
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English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Protocols |
Elaboration: Protocols are rules governing behaviour or interactions.Protocols can be general and apply to many First Peoples cultures, or specific to individual First Nations. |
| Keyword: ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts |
Elaboration: Stories often have protocols for when and where they can be shared, who owns them, and who can share them. |
| Keyword: acknowledgement of territory |
Elaboration: Students understand the protocols involved in the acknowledgement of traditional First Nations territories.Students understand the purpose of acknowledgement of First Nations traditional territories. |
| Keyword: situating oneself in relation to others and place |
Elaboration: relates to the concept that everything and everyone is connectedStudents understand why it is common First Nations practice to introduce oneself by sharing family and place connections. |
| Keyword: when engaging with First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations |
Elaboration: Students understand the necessity of learning what protocols might govern interactions in First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations. |
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| Content |
First Peoples oral traditions- the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada
- purposes of oral texts
- the relationship between oral tradition and land/place
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English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: legal status |
Elaboration: First Peoples oral histories are valid evidence of ownership of the land within Canadian law. The Supreme Court of Canada recognizes that First Peoples oral tradition is as important as written documents in considering legal issues. See resource disputes (e.g., Delgamuukw or Xeni Gwetin), treaties and title cases (e.g., Nisga’a), and environmental impact studies (e.g., Puntledge River Dam, Berger Inquiry). |
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| Content |
Reconciliation in Canada |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
Common themes in First Peoples literature |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Common themes in First Peoples literature |
Elaboration: connection to the landthe nature and place of spirituality as an aspect of wisdomthe relationships between individual and communitythe importance of oral traditionthe experience of colonization and decolonizationloss of identity and affirmation of identitytraditionhealingrole of familyimportance of Elders |
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| Content |
A wide variety of text forms and genres |
English First Peoples 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: forms |
Elaboration: Within a type of communication, the writer, speaker, or designer chooses a form based on the purpose of the piece. Common written forms include narrative, journal, procedural, expository, explanatory, news article, e-mail, blog, advertisements, poetry, novel, and letter. |
| Keyword: genres |
Elaboration: literary or thematic categories (e.g., science fiction, biography, satire, memoir, poem, visual essay, personal narrative, speech, oral history) |
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