Big Ideas

Big Ideas

The choice of verbal and non-verbal language conveys the speaker’s intentions.  
Becoming aware of the values conveyed in texts
oral, written, visual
helps us to better understand their cultural content.
Deepening our understanding of a text
oral, written, visual
requires discovering the implicit and explicit information in it.
The communicator, by organizing his or her ideas and relying on various sources, defends his or her point of view and influences the audience.
Literature, when viewed in its context, helps to expand our perception of a society.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

communication strategies:
  • verbal
    intonation, voice, volume, speed, tone, pauses, etc.
    and non-verbal
    gestures and mimicry
    communication
  • registers of language
    • colloquial language: language that does not conform to proper usage, is spoken between friends, and can include slang or popular expressions
    • standard language: language that conforms to proper usage and is used in daily life
    • formal language: refined or literary language
    • examples:
      colloquial: “Ché pas où est ton bouquin.”
      standard: “Je ne sais pas où est ton livre."
      formal: “Je ne sais point où est placé votre ouvrage.”
  • defending a position
cultural and historical elements
literary elements:
text organization:
language elements:
  • structure of relative subordinate clauses
    e.g., Le livre que j’ai lu était passionnant.
  • subject/verb and direct object agreement with the verbs être and avoir in the present perfect (“passé compose”) tense
  • grammatical functions of complements
  • verb moods and tenses
    present conditional and simple future tenses
    associated with the genres being studied
revision strategies
rereading, consulting reference tools, peer review, use of a revision grid, etc.

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Exploring and Reflecting

Analyze a text
oral, written, visual
in order to explore its various interpretations
Analyze the fantasy elements in Aboriginal nation and other legends, in order to understand their message
Highlight and compare different perspectives, beliefs and viewpoints in Aboriginal and other texts
oral, written, visual
Situate a play in its socio-historical context to gain a better understanding of its subtleties
Identify the role that non-verbal elements play in supporting verbal meaning in a dramatic work
Distinguish between the explicit and implicit meanings of a text
oral, written, visual
Assess the reliability and accuracy of information in a text
oral, written, visual
by examining and questioning the sources of this information

Creating and Communicating

Respond critically to different types of texts
oral, written, visual
Summarize a text
 reformulate and synthesize
by reformulating the main and secondary ideas
Create a character profile based on explicit and implicit elements
Prepare and present arguments and counter-arguments to justify one’s own viewpoint and to understand the viewpoints of others
Select quotations that are relevant to one’s arguments and incorporate them in a text according to style conventions
 quotation marks, source, author, year, etc.
Organize ideas logically and fluently in order to write coherent texts
oral, written, visual
that follow a specific structure
Use the most appropriate revision strategies to improve one’s work