Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 11

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

Discover and Explore

  • Explain the value of pursuing personal preferences for a variety of texts and genres by particular writers, artists, storytellers, and filmmakers

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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

  • Use textual cues, prominent organizational patterns within texts, and stylistic techniques [such as irony, parody, satire] to confirm meaning and interpret texts

Respond to Texts

  • Experience texts from a variety of genres [such as comedy, tragedy, contemporary and classical drama] and cultural traditions; consider alternative interpretations
  • Compare the themes and values portrayed in a variety of Canadian and international oral, literary, and media texts and relate observations to personal experiences
  • Analyze how word choice and visual images in oral, literary, and media texts convey and evoke emotion and accomplish a variety of purposes

Understand Forms and Techniques

  • Recognize unique characteristics of a variety of genres in oral, literary, and media texts, and demonstrate appreciation of how choice of genre and form affect audience response
  • Analyse how plot, character, setting, and mood enhance meaning, and evaluate the effectiveness of techniques used in oral, literary, and media texts
  • Evaluate ways in which creative uses of language [such as choice of words, use of idiom and dialect, use of punctuation] develop a personal style; evaluate the effectiveness of media techniques and devices [such as fades, close-ups, flashbacks]

Create Original Text [such as biographies, audio or video documentaries, critiques, films, photo-essays] to

  • communicate and demonstrate understanding of forms and meanings

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

Plan and Focus

  • Prepare, use, and revise an inquiry or research plan; locate, access, and record relevant information from a variety of sources [such as newspapers, books, Internet, newscasts, video]

Select and Process

  • Identify a range of diverse and specialized information sources [such as magazines, documentaries, hobby or sports materials, multimedia resources] to satisfy inquiry or research needs
  • Evaluate the reliability and credibility of a variety of information sources and perspectives for a particular inquiry or research plan
  • Identify and analyze a variety of factors [such as distinctions between fact, emotion, and opinion; distinctions between content and its presentation - colour, angle, movement, framing, and sequencing; the speaker’s or author’s purpose and intention] that affect meaning; use effective listening, reading and viewing techniques

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Tip Sheet

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

Generate and Focus

  • Know, use, and adapt a variety of forms [such as essays, debates, commercials] to match content, audience and purpose
  • Use organizational structures and techniques encountered in listening; reading, and viewing experiences to enhance own oral, written, and visual texts

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Listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community

Develop and Celebrate Community

  • Recognize and discuss the impact to historical setting, culture, and literary tradition on a variety of oral, literary, and media texts
  • Analyze how language and oral, literary, and media texts define personal roles and experiences in communities

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