Big Ideas
Big Ideas
The impact of a message largely depends on the author’s word choices and style.
Discovering other cultures encourages us to examine our own mores and values.
Asking questions allows us to connect ideas and develop our ability to think critically.
The author
creator of any written or oral message
transports the audience to a unique world that is a reflection of the former’s experiences and imagination.
Reflecting on the form of the language improves the coherence of the message.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
communication strategies:
- active listeningthe recipient is physically and intellectually engaged, and reacts to what is heard
- clarification
- explanation
- consideration of other people’s perspectives
cultural and historical elements
literary elements:
- characteristics of the youth novelcharacters, chain of events, imaginary narrative, chapters, etc.
- characteristics of the legendstoryteller, characters, mood, reality and fantasy, figures of speech, etc.
- elements of oral traditionoral narratives, songs and circular thinkingin Aboriginal texts
text organization:
- narrative structuresetting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and resolution
- structure of legendssetting, catalyst, transformation and ending
- structure of informational textsthematic progression
- transitions between ideasthrough the use of discourse markers
- spatial and temporal indicatorse.g., ici, là, entre, ensuite, d’abord, sur, avant, pendant, après, etc.
language elements:
- agreement of tensesuse of the imperfect (“imparfait”) and present perfect (“passé composé”) tenses
- the roots of words and affixesprefixes and suffixes
revision strategies
rereading, consulting reference tools, using a revision grid, etc.
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Exploring and Reflecting
Interpret and respond to a text
oral, written, visual
independently
Identify cultural and historical elements in Francophone and Aboriginal texts
oral, written, visual
, and compare these with one’s own cultural and historical reference points
Formulate hypotheses with respect to a text
oral, written, visual
, and adjust these hypotheses
Distinguish between what is real and what is fictitious in the genres under study in order to highlight the imaginary elements
Identify the different ways of telling a story and how this affects the audience
Creating and Communicating
Express views in a manner that recognizes the value of other people’s viewpoints, in order to broaden one’s own perspective and that of peers
Reformulate
put in one’s own words
the main idea in a textoral, written, visual
Develop imagination through creative writing
Organize and draft a coherent, well-structured text
recognize the role and purpose that verb tenses have in a text and be able to use them correctly in one’s creations
Revise one’s own work by referring to the spelling and grammar rules learned