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Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts 9
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, English Language Arts curriculum, Grade 9, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.
Speaking and Listening | |
Overall Expectations Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose. Specific Expectations Demonstrate an awareness of the power of spoken language to influence and manipulate and to reveal ideas, values, and attitudes
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Overall Expectations Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form and genre. Specific Expectations Recognize that texts can be biased Evaluate a text’s language, form and genre Analyze the tools authors use to achieve different purposes Evaluate how form, content and structure can contribute to meaning Demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence understanding of and critical responses to texts Evaluate the portrayal of culture and reality in texts
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Reading and Viewing | |
Overall Expectations Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies. Specific Expectations Use a variety of reliable information from various sources Compare information from a variety of sources Use effective research approaches and strategies
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Overall Expectations Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form and genre. Specific Expectations Recognize that texts can be biased Evaluate a text’s language, form and genre Analyze the tools authors use to achieve different purposes Evaluate how form, content and structure can contribute to meaning Demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence understanding of and critical responses to texts Evaluate the portrayal of culture and reality in texts
| MediaSmarts Resources Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Perceptions of Youth and Crime The Impact of Gender Stereotypes TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Educational Games Allies and Aliens: A Mission in Critical Thinking Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource) |
Writing and Representing | |
Overall Expectations Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations. Specific Expectations Use writing and representing to extend, explore and reflect on ideas, values and attitudes
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