English
Language ArtsTerm 1 – 2015/2016
Big Idea:
- Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
Curricular Competencies Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:
- Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples’ perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
- Recognize the validity of First Peoples’ oral tradition for a range of purposes
- Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
- Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways.
Content: Students are expected to know the following:
- Writing processes
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Term 2 – 2015/2016
Big Idea:
- Developing our understanding of how language works allows us to use it purposefully
Curricular Competencies Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:
- Recognize and appreciate how structures, and features of text reflect different purposes, audiences, and messages
- Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to purpose, audience, and message
Content: Students are expected to know the following:
- Elements of non-fiction texts