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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 be able to know and understand the following, particularly in short stories, myths, and essays:

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

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Literature invites us to reflect on the human condition by presenting elements from real life in an imaginary form.
Words have connotative and denotative values that shape the perception of the audience. 
The themes of certain 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.
reflect the concerns of the era in which they were written.
By analyzing different stylistic choices, we learn to develop our own writing style.
To express oneself well, it is essential to follow language conventions, use a rich vocabulary, and pay attention to text organization.
Through their interactions, Aboriginal peoples and Francophone communities in Canada influence each other’s languages and cultures.
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 structure
    setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action, resolution
  • structure of the essay
    introduction (introduce, define, and divide the topic), paragraph development (assertion, one or more examples, explanation), conclusion (summary and opening)
  • logical connection of sentences and ideas
  • discourse markers
  • bibliography
literary elements:
language elements:
  • sentence types and forms
  • verb moods and tenses
    present conditional (“conditionnel présent”) and present subjunctive (“subjonctif présent”)
    associated with the genres studied
strategies studied:
  • communication and socialization
    prosody
  • reading
    prior knowledge, visualization, prediction, asking questions, main idea, making connections, important information, inference, referents
  • writing
    planning, draft, correction, writing, revision, publication
tools to enrich a text:
  • imagery
  • connotation and denotation
  • nuance
  • varied vocabulary

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Exploring and Reflecting

Identify the characteristics 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.
and the genre to which it belongs.
Understand how authors use different stylistic elements to give their 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.
a unique character.
Put a work into context based on the era, setting, and the characters and their interactions.
Consider the role that the message 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.
plays in society and the ways in which it is perceived, depending on the era and society.
Analyze the similarities and differences in myths from different eras to determine changes over time.
Analyze the cultural symbols in Aboriginal and other 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.
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Creating and Communicating

Organize and structure an oral presentation.
Present own opinion on 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.
based on examples drawn from it.
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 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 conventions studied
written conventions and language elements (sentence types and forms, verb moods and tenses associated with the genres studied)
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Practice creative writing to develop a sense of the abstract and the imaginary.
Use citations to substantiate own point of view.
Use stylistic tools to enrich and improve one’s text.
Improve own texts, being mindful of the quality of form and expression.