Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts Grade 5

listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences

Discover and Explore

  • select and explain preferences for particular forms of oral, print and other media texts
  • use own experiences as a basis for exploring and expressing opinions and understanding

Clarify and Extend

  • use talk, notes, personal writing and representing to explore relationships among own ideas and experiences, those of others and those encountered in oral, print and other media texts

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listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts

Use Strategies and Cues

  • describe ways that personal experiences and prior knowledge contribute to understanding new ideas and information

Respond to Texts

  • experience oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres
  • express points of view about oral, print and other media texts
  • compare characters and situations portrayed in oral, print and other media texts to those encountered in the classroom and community
  • describe characters’ qualities based on what they say and do and how they are described in oral, print and other media texts

Understand Forms and Techniques

  • identify and discuss similarities and differences among a variety of forms of oral, print and other media texts
  • identify the main characteristics of familiar media and media texts
  • identify sections or elements in print or other media texts, such as shots in films or sections in magazines

Create Original Text

  • use texts from listening, reading and viewing experiences as models for producing own oral, print and other texts
  • experiment with modeled forms of oral, print and other media texts to suit particular audiences and purposes
  • use structures encountered in texts to organize and ideas in own oral, print and other media texts
  • use own experience as a starting point and source of information for fictional oral, print and other media texts

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Educational Games

listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to manage ideas and information

Plan and Focus

  • summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them

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listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication

Enhance and Improve

  • develop criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of oral, print and other media texts

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listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others

Respect Others and Strengthen Community

  • discuss personal understanding of the lives of people or characters in various communities, cultural traditions, places and times portrayed in oral, print and other media texts
  • compare own and others’ responses to ideas and experiences related to oral, print and other media texts
  • identify and discuss how qualities such as courage, ambition and loyalty, are portrayed in oral, print and other media texts from diverse cultures and communities
  • determine and use language appropriate to the context of specific situations

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