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Curricular Competency Understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts Creative Writing 12 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Curricular Competency Understand and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view Creative Writing 12 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Curricular Competency Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals Creative Writing 12 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Big Ideas Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice. EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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
Big Ideas First Peoples voices and texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation. EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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
Big Ideas Oral and other texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed. EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 No CCG
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Big Ideas Voice is powerful and evocative. EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 No CCG
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Big Ideas First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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 (some examples are 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 are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, online presentations, graphic novels, and closed-captioned films).
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.
Big Ideas The exploration of oral text and story deepens understanding of one's identity, others, and the world. EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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 (some examples are 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 are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, online 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.
Content Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language
  • elements of style
  • syntax and fluency
  • rhetorical devices
  • usage and conventions
  • literary elements and devices
  • literal and inferential meaning
  • persuasive techniques
  • citations and acknowledgements
 EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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: 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
Content Strategies and processes
  • reading strategies
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • writing processes
  • oral storytelling techniques
  • presentation and performance strategies
 EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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.
Keyword: oral storytelling techniques Elaboration: creating an original story or finding an existing story (with permission), sharing the story from memory with others, using vocal expression to clarify the meaning of the text, using non-verbal communication expressively to clarify the meaning, attending to stage presence, differentiating the storyteller’s natural voice from the characters’ voices, presenting the story efficiently, keeping the listener’s interest throughout, using an expanding repertoire of techniques to enhance audience experience
Content Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts
  • form, function, and genre of oral and other texts
 EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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
Content Protocols
  • protocols related to the 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
 EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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.
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
 EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 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).
Content Reconciliation in Canada EFP: Literary Studies + Spoken Language 11 No CCG
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