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Curricular Competency Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources Spoken Language 11 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Curricular Competency Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts Spoken Language 11 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Keyword: land/place Elaboration: refers to the land and other aspects of physical environment on which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity
Curricular Competency Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts Spoken Language 11 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Curricular Competency Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view Spoken Language 11 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Curricular Competency Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals Spoken Language 11 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
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Big Ideas Digital citizenship requires both knowledge of digital technology and awareness of its impact on individuals and society. New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: Digital citizenship Elaboration: taking personal responsibility and behaving ethically and cautiously when using technology
Big Ideas Language shapes ideas and influences others. New Media 11 No CCG
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Big Ideas Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed. New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: Texts Elaboration: “Text” and “texts” are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, or digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, oral stories, and songs.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all of the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
Big Ideas People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives. New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: text Elaboration: “Text” and “texts” are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, or digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, oral stories, and songs.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all of the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
Big Ideas The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world. New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: text Elaboration: “Text” and “texts” are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, or digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, oral stories, and songs.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all of the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
Keyword: story Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience, and often reflect a personal journey or strengthen a sense of identity. They may also be considered the embodiment of collective wisdom. Stories can be oral, written, or visual and used to instruct, inspire, and entertain listeners and readers.
Content New media functions
  • advocacy
  • community building
  • propaganda
  • manipulation
 New Media 11 No CCG
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Content Language features, structures, and conventions
  • elements of style
  • usage and conventions
  • citation techniques
  • literary elements and devices
  • literal and inferential meaning
 New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: elements of style Elaboration: stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone
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, capitalization, quoting, and Canadian spelling
Keyword: literary elements and devices Elaboration: Texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience.
Content Strategies and processes
  • reading strategies
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • writing processes
  • multimodal reading strategies
  • multimodal writing strategies
  • multimedia presentation processes
 New Media 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: includes speaking with expression, connecting to listeners, asking questions to clarify, listening for specifics, summarizing, paraphrasing
Keyword: metacognitive strategies Elaboration: thinking about one’s own thinking, and reflecting on one’s 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.
Content Text features and structures
  • form, function, and genre of multimedia and other texts
  • relationships between form, function, and technology
  • elements of visual/graphic texts
  • interactivity
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
New Media 11 No CCG
Keyword: Text features Elaboration: elements of the text that are not considered the main body. These may include typography (bold, italic, underlined), font style, guide words, key words, titles, diagrams, captions, labels, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, photographs, and sidebars/text boxes
Keyword: structures Elaboration: refers to the way the author organizes text
Keyword: form 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: function Elaboration: the intended purpose of a text
Keyword: genre Elaboration: literary or thematic categories (e.g., adventure, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, folklore, historical, horror, legend, mystery, mythology, picture book, science fiction, biography, essay, journalism, manual, memoir, personal narrative, speech)
Keyword: interactivity Elaboration: the process of two or more people working together and influencing each other, including the ability of a user to interact with the digital media or with a computer to respond to user input
Keyword: narrative structures found in First Peoples texts Elaboration: for example, circular, iterative, cyclical
Keyword: protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts Elaboration: First Peoples stories often have protocols for when and where they can be shared, who owns them, and who can share them.
Content Text forms and genres New Media 11 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., adventure, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, folklore, historical, horror, legend, mystery, mythology, picture book, science fiction, biography, essay, journalism, manual, memoir, personal narrative, speech)

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