Études littéraires et artistiques + production écrite 11

Core Competencies

Communicating
 
Collaborating
Critical and Reflective Thinking
 
Creative Thinking
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
 
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
 
Social Awareness and Responsibility

Students are expected to know and understand the following, using a variety of texts and works from a broad range of literary genres and artistic movements, with a focus on the production of formal and creative writing:

As authors, readers, and speakers, students are expected to do the following, using oral and written, digital and print, and textual and visual materials:

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Language is a tool we can use to explore ourselves, others, and the world, and to construct profound meaning.
Linguistic precision helps develop critical and creative thinking.
Understanding the form of a text makes it possible to appreciate its aesthetic and meaning.
Literary and artistic works reflect Francophone culture and history, as shaped by the perception of the author.
A text is inevitably linked to the time and space in which it was created
narrative context and production context
and in which it is consumed. 
The creative process demands self-discipline, training, and planning.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

text organization
  • the structure
    manner and order in which ideas are organized
    and genre of a text
literary elements
  • rhetoric
  • stylistic devices
  • narrative techniques
  • elements of analysis
    time frame, spatial framework, narrative techniques (focus, perspective, narrative), character, writer, and audience
strategies
  • taking a position
  • the writing process
    planning (organizing ideas, aiming for consistency, efficiency, logic, and a clear flow of ideas), drafting, revising, writing, editing, publication
  • writing techniques
    stylistic, lexical, grammatical, and syntactic
  • implied versus stated
  • the communication model
  • memorization strategies
    master the content of their presentation in order to maintain visual contact with the audience; refer to a proverb, a work of art, a famous quote, a film
  • citation techniques
    paraphrasing, citation, bibliography
  • protocols for using First Peoples stories
    First Peoples stories are often subject to usage protocols (who they belong to, where and when they can be shared and by whom); First Peoples programs within the school board can provide assistance and advice regarding local protocols
language elements
  • connotation and denotation
  • language registers
  • types of discourse
    narrative, descriptive, explanatory, argumentative
  • syntax and vocabulary
elements to enrich a text
  • colourful language
  • visuals

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Exploring and Reflecting

Understand, compare, and make connections between themes and cultural references in French-language texts
Synthesize ideas conveyed in a text
Challenge a text from a personal perspective
Consider the diversity
ethnic, cultural, linguistic, sexual, religious, social, economic, gender identity, gender expression
 and richness of the context to analyze the message conveyed in Francophone and other texts
Recognize and understand the role of story and oral and artistic tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, and beliefs
Analyze the symbolism or aesthetic references in a text in order to better grasp the text’s meaning
Analyze the effects of language, structure, technique, and style on the audience
Take into account different perspectives in formulating their thoughts
Through their writing, analyze the ties between themselves and the world at large
Evaluate the relevance and value
importance of information weighing in a variety of perspectives such as: cultural, esthetic, political, historic, personal, etc.
 of the information presented in multiple sources

Creating and Communicating

Respect the writing process in order to communicate effectively
Support arguments with appropriate evidence and references
Justify arguments while taking into account different perspectives
Choose a variety of stylistic devices to produce different types of texts that respond to a specific objective and audience
Use grammar, syntax, punctuation, and a language register suited to the communicative intention
Behave ethically when communicating
React to a question or problem statement in a creative or critical manner
Produce personal, critical, and creative texts