| Curricular Competency |
Make predictions and connections based on a text |
Français langue seconde - immersion 1 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: oral, written, visual |
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| Curricular Competency |
Grasp the overall meaning of a text in order to be able to retell it in one’s own words |
Français langue seconde - immersion 1 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: oral, written, visual |
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| Curricular Competency |
Deconstruct a sentence into word groups to enhance comprehension |
Français langue seconde - immersion 1 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize frequently encountered words |
Français langue seconde - immersion 1 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize Francophone and Aboriginal cultural elements in a text |
Français langue seconde - immersion 1 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: oral, written, visual |
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| Big Ideas |
First Peoples oral text plays a role within the process of Reconciliation. |
Spoken Language 10 |
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 |
Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed. |
Spoken Language 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Voice is powerful and evocative. |
Spoken Language 10 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
The exploration of oral text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world. |
Spoken Language 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: any type of oral, written, visual, or digital expression or communication:Visual texts 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 include electronic forms of oral, written, and visual expression.Multimodal texts 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 close-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- elements of style
- usage and conventions
- citations and acknowledgements
- literary elements and devices
- rhetorical devices
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Spoken Language 10 |
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 in capitalization, quoting, and spelling of Canadian and First Peoples words |
| Keyword: acknowledgements |
Elaboration: formal acknowledgements of another person’s work, idea, or intellectual property |
| Keyword: literary elements and devices |
Elaboration: texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience |
| Keyword: rhetorical devices |
Elaboration: examples include figurative language, parallelism, repetition, irony, humour, exaggeration, emotional language, logic, direct address, rhetorical questions, and allusion |
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| Content |
Strategies and processes- reading strategies
- metacognitive strategies
- writing processes
- oral language strategies
- presentation and performance techniques
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Spoken Language 10 |
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: metacognitive strategies |
Elaboration: thinking about our own thinkingreflecting 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 language strategies |
Elaboration: speaking with expression, connecting with listeners, asking questions to clarify, listening for specifics, summarizing, paraphrasing |
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| Content |
Text features and structures- narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples oral and other texts
- form, function, and genre of oral and other texts
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Spoken Language 10 |
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: in First Peoples oral and other 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 the ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
- acknowledgement of territory
- situating oneself in relation to others and place
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Spoken Language 10 |
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 acknowledgment of traditional First Nations territory(ies)students understand the purpose of acknowledgement of First Nations traditional territory(ies) |
| Keyword: situating oneself in relation to others and place |
Elaboration: relates to the concept that everything and everyone is connectedstudents understand the reason why it is common First Nations practice to introduce ones’ self by sharing family and place connections |
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| Content |
First Peoples oral traditions - purposes of First Peoples oral texts
- a variety of First Peoples oral texts
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Spoken Language 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: First Peoples oral traditions |
Elaboration: Oral traditions are the means by which cultural transmission occurs over generations, other than through written records. Among First Peoples, oral traditions may consist of told stories, songs and/or other types of distilled wisdom or information, often complemented by dance or various forms of visual representation such as carvings or masks. In addition to expressing spiritual and emotional truth (e.g., via symbol and metaphor), these traditions provide a record of literal truth (e.g., regarding events and/or situations). They were integrated into every facet of life and were the basis of First Peoples education systems. They continue to endure in contemporary contexts. |
| Keyword: First Peoples oral texts |
Elaboration: listen to and comprehend a wide range of authentic First Peoples oral texts reflecting a variety of purposes, messages, and contexts, including texts relating to life lessons, individual and community responsibilities, rites of passage - family histories - creation stories - formal speeches |
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| Content |
Reconciliation in Canada |
Spoken Language 10 |
No CCG |
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