Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - English Language Arts 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 3 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

It is expected that students will:

General Outcome 1: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent

Specific Expectations

  • Use conversation to explore personal understanding.
  • Explain examples of text preferences (oral, print and other media)
  • Use prior knowledge and new information to draw conclusions
  • Explore personal and others’ opinions

Lessons

General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts, through a process.

Specific Expectations

  • Use prior knowledge to make connections between self and texts (oral, print and other media)
  • Set a purpose and discuss anticipated meaning of oral, print and other media texts; use comprehension strategies to construct, confirm, revise and explain understanding
  • Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning in oral, print and other media texts
  • Explore a variety of oral, print and other media texts
  • Respond to oral, print and other media texts creatively and critically
  • Describe similarities and differences between self and portrayals in texts (oral, print and other media) from other communities
  • Recognize that the same information can be represented in a variety of forms or genres of texts (oral, print and other media)
  • Listen to, read, and view to identify the techniques and elements of texts (oral, print and other media)

Lessons

Educational Games

General Outcome 3: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to plan and focus an inquiry or research and interpret and analyze information and ideas, through a process.

Specific Expectations

  • Ask topic-appropriate questions to identify information needs in own and group inquiry
  • Use relevant information from a variety of sources to answer inquiry or research questions
  • Review information to determine its usefulness to inquiry or research focus

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General Learning Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written and visual forms of information, through a process.

Specific Expectations

  • Generate and focus ideas on a topic using a variety of strategies
  • Create original texts (oral, print and other media)
  • Experiment with language to create desired effect in oral, print and other media texts

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General Learning Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society

Specific Expectations

  • Work in a variety of partnerships and groups to follow pre-established group processes by solving problems cooperatively
  • Record ideas and experiences and share them with others
  • Explore own and other cultures

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