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Grade
Contenu Common themes in First Peoples texts Writing 10 No CCG
Keyword: Common themes in First Peoples texts Elaboration: connection to the landthe nature and place of spirituality as an aspect of wisdomthe relationships between individual and communitythe importance of oral traditionthe experience of colonization and decolonizationloss of identity and affirmation of identitytraditionhealingrole of familyimportance of Elders
Contenu Text forms and genres Writing 10 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 narratives; journals; procedural, expository, and explanatory documents; news articles; e-mails; blogs; advertisements; poetry; novels; and letters.
Keyword: genres Elaboration: literary or thematic categories (e.g., science fiction, biography, satire, memoir, poem, visual essay, personal narrative, speech, oral history)
Contenu Language features, structures, and conventions
  • elements of style
  • usage and conventions
  • citations and acknowledgements
  • literary elements and devices
  • media elements and devices
New Media 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: media elements and devices Elaboration: In addition to using all the established elements and devices associated with other written, spoken, and representational forms of expression, new media works have unique stylistic features (e.g., site architecture, web page layout and design, interactivity, streamed and rendered content) that contribute to appeal, ease of use, and ability to present sophisticated material.
Contenu Strategies and processes
  • reading strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • writing processes
  • oral language strategies
  • multimedia presentation processes 
New Media 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
Contenu Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples’ texts
  • form, function, and genre of new media and other texts
  • interactivity
New Media 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’ texts Elaboration: for example, circular, iterative, cyclical
Keyword: function Elaboration: the intended purpose of a text
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
Contenu Protocols
  • protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
New Media 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.
Contenu First Peoples oral traditions
  • purposes of oral texts
New Media 10 No CCG
Keyword: First Peoples oral traditions Elaboration: Oral traditions are the 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.
Contenu Reconciliation in Canada New Media 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
Contenu Common themes in First Peoples texts New Media 10 No CCG
Keyword: Common themes in First Peoples texts Elaboration: connection to the landthe nature and place of spirituality as an aspect of wisdomthe relationships between individual and communitythe importance of oral traditionthe experience of colonization and decolonizationloss of identity and affirmation of identitytraditionhealingrole of familyimportance of Elders
Contenu Text forms and genres New Media 10 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 narratives; journals; procedural, expository, and explanatory documents; news articles; e-mails; blogs; advertisements; poetry; novels; and letters.
Keyword: genres Elaboration: literary or thematic categories (e.g., science fiction, biography, satire, memoir, poem, visual essay, personal narrative, speech, oral history)
Contenu Language features, structures, and conventions
  • language features
  • elements of style
  • exploration of voice
  • usage and conventions
  • literary elements and devices
  • literal meaning and inferential meaning
  • citation techniques
Literary Studies 10 No CCG
Keyword: elements of style Elaboration: stylistic choices that make one specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone.
Keyword: voice Elaboration: point of viewhumour, irony, satire, witperspective (e.g., persona)
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.
Contenu Strategies and processes
  • reading strategies
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • writing processes
  • design processes
Literary Studies 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: 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 our own thinking, and reflecting 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.
Contenu Text features and structures
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts
Literary Studies 10 No CCG
Keyword: Text features Elaboration: elements of the text that are not considered the main body. These may include typography (bold, italics, underlined font), font style, guide words, key words, titles, diagrams, captions, labels, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, photographs, and sidebars/text boxes.
Keyword: narrative structures found in First Peoples texts Elaboration: (e.g., circular, iterative, cyclical)
Keyword: protocols related to 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.
Contenu Text forms and genres Literary Studies 10 No CCG
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)
Contenu Language features, structures, and conventions
  • language features
  • elements of style
  • exploration of voice
  • usage and conventions
  • literary elements and devices
  • citation techniques
Composition 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: voice Elaboration: point of viewhumour, irony, satire, witperspective (e.g., persona)
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.

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