| Curricular Competency |
Identify bias, contradictions, and distortions |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize and appreciate how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| 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 narratives; journals; procedural, expository, and explanatory documents; news articles; e-mails; blogs; advertisements; poetry; novels; and letters. |
| Keyword: formats |
Elaboration: refers to the consideration of format choices including layout, sequencing, spacing, topography, and colour |
| Keyword: structures |
Elaboration: refers to the way the author organizes text (e.g., cause/effect, compare/contrast, order of importance, chronological sequence, problem/solution, circular or cyclical) |
| Keyword: features of texts |
Elaboration: elements of the text that are not considered the main body, including:navigational aids (e.g., table of contents, index, glossary, bibliography, hyperlinks, titles, headings and subheadings, prologue and epilogue, preface or foreword, captions, footnotes and endnotes)illustrations (e.g., inlays, sidebars, photographs, graphs, charts, timelines, maps) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: Strategies used will depend on purpose and context. These may include making predictions, asking questions, paraphrasing, forming images, making inferences, determining importance, identifying themes, and drawing conclusions. |
| Keyword: multimodal texts |
Elaboration: texts that combine two or more systems, such as linguistic, visual, audio, gestural, and spatial, and that can be delivered via a variety of media or technologies (e.g., music video, graphic novel, postmodern picture book, close-captioned film) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize and appreciate the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view |
Composition 10 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Big Ideas |
Visual arts offer unique ways of exploring our identity and sense of belonging. |
Art Studio 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
The creation of visual art relies on the interplay of the mind and body. |
Art Studio 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Growth as an artist requires time, patience, and reflection. |
Art Studio 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Traditions, perspectives, worldviews, and stories are shared through aesthetic experiences. |
Art Studio 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: aesthetic experiences |
Elaboration: emotional, cognitive, or sensory responses to works of art |
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| Big Ideas |
An artist's intention transforms materials into art. |
Art Studio 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: materials |
Elaboration: The spectrum of materials available to artists is open-ended and constantly evolving. |
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