| Curricular Competency |
Use language in creative and playful ways to develop style |
English Language Arts 4 |
Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing) |
| Keyword: creative and playful ways |
Elaboration: taking risks in trying out new word choices and formats; playing with words, structures, and ideas |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and audiences |
English Language Arts 4 |
Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing) |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding |
English Language Arts 4 |
Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing) |
| Keyword: Exchange ideas and perspectives |
Elaboration: identifying opinions and viewpoints, asking clarifying questions, collaborating in large- and small-group activities, building on others’ ideas, disagreeing respectfully |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land |
Elaboration: First Peoples stories were created to explain the landscape, the seasons, and local events. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate awareness of the oral tradition in First Peoples cultures and the purposes of First Peoples texts |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: oral tradition in First Peoples cultures |
Elaboration: the means by which culture is transmitted over generations other than through written recordsAmong First Peoples, oral tradition may consist of told stories, songs, and 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., by symbol and metaphor), it provides a record of literal truth (e.g., about events and situations).The oral tradition was once integrated into every facet of life of First Peoples and was the basis of the education system. |
| Keyword: purposes of First Peoples texts |
Elaboration: including to teach life lessons and skills, to convey individual and community responsibilities, to share family and community histories, to explain the natural world, to record history, to map the geography of an area. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Show an increasing understanding of the role of organization in meaning |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: organization in meaning |
Elaboration: the use of paragraphing, chronological order, and order of importance to convey meaning in texts |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance meaning in texts |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Respond to text in personal and creative ways |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: Respond to text in personal and creative ways |
Elaboration: expressing reactions and opinions, providing support for those, giving reasons for choice of favourite text |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and deepen understanding of self, community, and world |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the role of language in personal, social, and cultural identity |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify how differences in context, perspectives, and voice influence meaning in texts |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Apply a variety of thinking skills to gain meaning from texts |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: thinking skills |
Elaboration: examples include self-monitoring, reflecting, goal setting |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Consider different purposes, audiences, and perspectives in exploring texts |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use a variety of comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing to deepen understanding of text |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: comprehension strategies |
Elaboration: examples include activating prior knowledge, making predictions, setting a purpose, making connections, asking questions, previewing written text, making inferences, drawing conclusions, using context clues |
| Keyword: text |
Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Access and integrate information and ideas from a variety of sources and from prior knowledge to build understanding |
English Language Arts 4 |
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) |
| Keyword: Access and integrate information and ideas |
Elaboration: posing questions; locating information; identifying main ideas and supporting details; using text features (table of contents, headings, index, glossary, diagrams, tables, charts); organizing information into graphics such as t-charts, Venn diagrams, flow charts, and timelines |
| Keyword: prior knowledge |
Elaboration: personal stories and experiences |
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