Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Texts
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
create a portrait of an era and a population’s values, practices, and beliefs.
The meaning of a text
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
is a function of form as well as words.
Using references and examples gives our arguments more credibility.
Aboriginal narratives are part of Canada’s Francophone history and culture.
Communicating in French helps to develop a sense of belonging to a Francophone community
the Francophone community can constitute the family, the class, the school, or the local, provincial, national, or international community.
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Content
Learning Standards
Content
text organization:
- narrative structuresetting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action, resolution
- structure of running textintroduction, development, conclusion
- textual coherencea function of discourse markers and punctuation
- chronological organization
- bibliographies
literary elements:
- elements of oral traditionoral narratives, songs, circular thinking, etc.in Aboriginal texts
- characteristics of the legendblending of the real and the fantastic; oral expression and dramatization; portrayal of a society, culture, or era in a story
- characteristics of the biography and autobiographyfirst-person and third-person viewpoints, linearity, flashbacks and flash forwards
language elements:
- structure of the comparative and superlative
- qualifying adjectives and their grammatical function
- adverbs and their grammatical function
- sequence of tensese.g., present indicative (“présent de l’indicatif”), present perfect (“passé composé”), imperfect ( “imparfait”), and near future (“futur proche”)
strategies studied:
- communication and socializationreformulation
- readingprior knowledge, visualization, prediction, asking questions, main idea, making connections, important information, inference, referents
- writingplanning, draft, correction, writing, revision, publication
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Exploring and Reflecting
Distinguish important ideas from secondary ideas in a text
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
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Formulate hypotheses on the basis of textual clues, and verify these hypotheses.
Recognize that a text
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
can develop in a non-linear fashion, by identifying flashbacks and flash forwards.
Analyze a text
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
to establish connections between the characters, plot, and resolution of the problem.
Support ideas or opinions with facts and arguments extracted from texts.
Demonstrate how Aboriginal legends reflect specific beliefs.
Understand the importance of the storyteller and the art of storytelling in Aboriginal cultures.
Identify cultural elements in texts
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
and compare them with one’s own cultural points of reference.
Recognize that there is linguistic variety within the Francophonie.
Creating and Communicating
Express oneself with accuracy and fluency using the strategies studied.
Plan a text for a particular audience, selecting the subject, recipient, and main ideas in advance.
Express and justify a point of view with the help of examples and sources.
Create a portrait
e.g., physical, psychological
of a character, period, place, etc., based on explicit or implicit elements in textsa text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
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Write texts
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
following the characteristics of the types of textsa text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
and language conventions studiedwritten conventions and language elements (structure of the comparative and superlative, qualifying adjectives and their grammatical function, adverbs and their grammatical function, and sequence of tenses)
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Summarize a text
a text is a coherent set of written, oral or visual elements that convey meaning and serve to communicate or transmit a message. Texts have numerous representations and can be in the form of Aboriginal narratives, articles, advertising, novels, picture story books, legends, comic books, biographies, correspondence, invitations, instructions, diagrams, charts, news stories, films, songs, poems, nursery rhymes, photographs, totem poles, images, works of art, oral presentations, blogs, surveys, reports, text messages, videos, television programs, etc.
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Revise, correct, and improve own work with the use of reference tools.