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Subject
Grade
Big Ideas Everyone has a unique story to share. English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: story Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.
Big Ideas Stories and other texts connect us to ourselves, our families, and our communities. English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: Stories Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.
Keyword: texts Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring to 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).
Big Ideas Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy. English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: story Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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 Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language
  • word patterns, word families
  • letter formation
  • sentence structure
  • conventions
 English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: features of oral language Elaboration: including tone, volume, inflection, pace, gestures
Keyword: letter formation Elaboration: legible printing with spacing between words
Keyword: sentence structure Elaboration: the structure of compound sentences
Keyword: conventions Elaboration: common practices in punctuation (e.g., the use of a period or question mark at end of sentence) and in capitalization (e.g., capitalizing the first letter of the first word at the start of a sentence, people’s names, and the pronoun I)
Content Strategies and processes
  • reading strategies
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • writing processes
 English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: reading strategies Elaboration: using illustrations and prior knowledge to predict meaning; rereading; retelling in own words; locating the main idea and details; using knowledge of language patterns and phonics to decode words; identifying familiar and “sight” words; monitoring (asking: Does it look right? Sound right? Make sense?); self-correcting errors consistently using three cueing systems: meaning, structure, and visual
Keyword: oral language strategies Elaboration: asking questions to clarify, expressing opinions, speaking with expression, taking turns, and connecting with audience
Keyword: metacognitive strategies Elaboration: talking and thinking about learning (e.g., through reflecting, questioning, goal setting, self-evaluating) to develop awareness of self as a reader and as a writer
Keyword: writing processes Elaboration: may include revising, editing, considering audience
Content Story/text
  • elements of story
  • literary elements and devices
  • text features
  • vocabulary associated with texts
 English Language Arts 2 No CCG
Keyword: elements of story Elaboration: character, plot, setting, structure (beginning, middle, end), and dialogue
Keyword: literary elements and devices Elaboration: language, poetic language, figurative language, sound play, images, colour, symbols
Keyword: text features Elaboration: how text and visuals are displayed (e.g., colour, arrangement, and formatting features such as bold, underline)
Keyword: vocabulary associated with texts Elaboration: book, page, chapter, author, title, illustrator, web page, website, search box, headings, table of contents, pictures, and diagrams
Curricular Competency Explore oral storytelling processes English Language Arts 2 Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Keyword: oral storytelling processes 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
Curricular Competency Communicate using sentences and most conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation English Language Arts 2 Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Keyword: Elaboration:
Curricular Competency Plan and create a variety of communication forms for different purposes and audiences English Language Arts 2 Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Keyword: communication forms Elaboration: examples include personal writing, letters, poems, multiple-page stories, simple expository text that is non-fiction and interest-based, digital presentations, oral presentations, visuals, dramatic forms used to communicate ideas and information
Curricular Competency Create stories and other texts to deepen awareness of self, family, and community English Language Arts 2 Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Keyword: stories Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.
Keyword: texts Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring to 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).
Curricular Competency Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding English Language Arts 2 Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Keyword: Exchange ideas and perspectives Elaboration: taking turns in offering ideas related to the topic at hand, engaging in conversation with peers and adults, and showing respect for the contributions of others
Curricular Competency Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community English Language Arts 2 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Keyword: story in First Peoples cultures Elaboration: Traditional and contemporary First Peoples stories take many forms (e.g., prose, song, dance, poetry, theatre, carvings, pictures) and are told for several purposes:teaching (e.g., life lessons, community responsibilities, rites of passage)sharing creation storiesrecording personal, family, and community histories“mapping” the geography and resources of an areaensuring cultural continuity (e.g., knowledge of ancestors, language)healingentertainment(from In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K–3 Classroom, FNESC/FNSA, 2012)
Curricular Competency Recognize the structure and elements of story English Language Arts 2 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Keyword: story Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.
Curricular Competency Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to stories and other texts to make meaning English Language Arts 2 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Keyword: stories Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.
Keyword: texts Elaboration: Text and texts are generic terms referring to 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).
Curricular Competency Demonstrate awareness of the role that story plays in personal, family, and community identity English Language Arts 2 Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Keyword: story Elaboration: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, 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.

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