Specific Expectations Purposes Read and view, both collaboratively and independently, a wide variety of authentic First Peoples texts, including texts from - local communities
- other parts of North America and the world
View, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a variety of visual texts representing local and other BC First Peoples cultures, such as - film and video
- photographs
- paintings, carvings, totems, petroglyphs, pictographs
- textiles, regalia, masks
- dance, drama
- graphic novels and illustrated literature
- broadcast media
- web sites
- student-generated material
Strategies Before reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to anticipate content and construct meaning, including - interpreting a task
- setting a purpose or multiple purposes
- accessing prior knowledge, including knowledge of genre, form, and context
- making logical, detailed predictions
- generating guiding or speculative questions
During reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including - comparing and refining predictions, questions, and images
- making connections to First Peoples worldviews
- making inferences and drawing conclusions
- reading the text aloud or listening to it read aloud
- summarizing and paraphrasing
- using text features
- determining the meaning of unknown words and phrases
- clarifying meaning
Thinking Explain and support personal responses to texts, by - making comparisons to other ideas and concepts
- relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text
- developing opinions using reasons and evidence
- suggesting contextual influences and relationships
Interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, by - critiquing logic and quality of evidence
- identifying and describing diverse voices
- critiquing perspectives
- identifying and challenging bias, contradictions, and distortions
- identifying the importance and impact of social, political, and historical contexts
Synthesize and extend thinking about texts, by - making connections to First Peoples principles of learning
- personalizing ideas, information, and understandings
- explaining relationships among ideas, information, and understandings
- applying new ideas, information, and understandings
- contextualizing ideas, information, and understandings
- transforming existing ideas and understandings
Use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their reading and viewing, by - making connections between their exploration of personal identity and texts studied
- referring to criteria
- setting goals for improvement
- creating a plan for achieving goals
- evaluating progress and setting new goals
Features Recognize and explain how structures and features of First Peoples texts shape readers’ and viewers’ construction of meaning and appreciation of author’s craft, including - functions of text
- form and genre
- literary elements
- literary devices
- use of language
- non-fiction elements
- visual/aesthetic devices
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Specific Expectations Purposes Write purposeful informational texts that express ideas, information, and understanding to - explore and respond
- record and describe
- speculate and consider
- argue and persuade
- analyse and critique
- engage
Create thoughtful representations, individually and collaboratively, that communicate ideas, information, and understandings to - reflect, explore, and respond
- record and describe
- explain and persuade
- make connections
- engage
Thinking Write and represent to explain and support personal responses to texts, by - making comparisons to other ideas and concepts
- relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text
- developing opinions using reasons and evidence
- suggesting contextual influences and relationships
Write and represent to interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, by - critiquing logic and quality of evidence
- relating and critiquing perspectives
- identifying and challenging bias, contradictions, and distortions
- identifying the importance and impact of social, political, and historical contexts
Write and represent to synthesize and extend thinking, by - personalizing ideas, information, and understandings
- explaining relationships among ideas, information, and understandings
- applying new ideas, information, and understandings
- contextualizing ideas, information, and understandings
- transforming existing ideas and understandings
Use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their writing and representing, by - making connections to First Peoples principles of learning
- relating their work to criteria set by self or others
- setting goals for improvement
- creating a plan for achieving goals
- evaluating progress and setting new goals
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