Outcome Chart – British Columbia – English First Peoples: Literary Studies + Writing 11

Big Ideas

The exploration of text deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world.
People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing
Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to guide inquiry, extend thinking, and comprehend texts
Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts reflect a variety of purposes, audiences, and messages
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts
Recognize and identify personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts, including gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic factors
Demonstrate understanding of how language constructs and reflects personal, social, and cultural identities
Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
Recognize and understand the role of story and oral traditions in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
Understand and evaluate how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact
Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts
Identify bias, contradictions, distortions, and omissions

Create and Communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking
Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes
Express and support an opinion with evidence
Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways
Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences
Assess and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact
Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context
Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles
Understand intellectual property rights and community protocols and apply as necessary

Students are expected to be able to know the following:

Text features and structures
- Form, function, and genre of texts
Strategies and processes
- reading strategies
- oral language strategies
- metacognitive strategies
- writing processes
Language features, structures, and conventions
- elements of style
- usage and conventions
- citation techniques
- literary elements and devices
- literal and inferential meaning
- citations and acknowledgements