Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - English Language Arts Grade One
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade One 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
Talk about and/or represent self, listen to others, and demonstrate curiosity.
Express and explain text preferences (oral, print and other media)
Choose to engage in classroom activities
Make connections between prior and new experiences and/or information
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)
Discuss anticipated meaning of print, symbols and images; use comprehension strategies to construct, confirm and revise 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
Talk about personal connections with texts (oral, print and other media) from various communities
Talk about audience and purpose when exploring different forms and genres of texts (oral, print and other media)
Listen to, read, and view to discuss the techniques and elements of texts (oral, print and other media)
Lessons
- Eating under the Rainbow
- Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence
- Facing TV Violence: Counting & Discussing Violence on the Screen
- Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What?
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
Discuss personal knowledge of a topic to discover information needs in own and group inquiry
Ask questions to satisfy personal curiosity on a topic and discuss information needs in own and group inquiry
Listen actively and follow directions for gathering information for own and group inquiry
Seek information about a topic from sources, including peers
Recognize when information answers the questions asked
Understand that library materials have a specific organizational system, which includes visual and auditory cues, to locate information and ideas
Make and check predictions using prior knowledge and text features
Identify and categorize information according to similarities, differences and sequences
Represent and tell key facts in own words
Recognize and use gathered information as a basis for communication
Lessons
- Eating under the Rainbow
- Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence
- Facing TV Violence: Counting & Discussing Violence on the Screen
- Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script
- Favourite Sports and Athletes
- Looking at Food Advertising
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
Create original texts (oral, print and other media)
Talk about own and others’ texts and representations (oral, print and other media)
Lessons
- Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What?
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 partnerships and small groups to follow pre-established group processes by accepting responsibility for a task and corresponding role
Tell, draw and write about self and family
Explore own identity
Lessons