Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Advanced English Grade 12

Overall Expectations

Students will:

communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically
interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose
select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts
interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies
respond personally to a range of texts
respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre

Specific Expectations

Students will:

critically evaluate information, assessing the suitability, reliability, and credibility of language, form, genre, and source
understand and appreciate the expectations of research ethics
investigate reasons for their responses to texts as individuals and as members of a socio-cultural group
evaluate the political, social, cultural, and emotional connotations embedded in language
communicate insight into and empathy for the diversity of the human experience
effectively defend an interpretation of a text or issue

Lessons that meet Grade 12 expectations