Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 2

Big Ideas

• Awareness of other cultures helps us discover our own culture and build our own identity.
• The task and its context determine the strategies of comprehension and expression that are chosen.
• Organizing and connecting our ideas in a logical fashion helps others better understand our message.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 3

Big Ideas

• Making connections between personal experiences and the experiences of others can help us to better understand and respond to a message.
• Texts present cultural elements that allow us to experience or understand different viewpoints.
• The structure and textual cues, as well as the words, all help to convey the message.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 4

Big Ideas

• One’s self-image is revealed by one’s choice of message and the way it is communicated.
• The diversity of cultural elements in texts reflects the cultural diversity within society.
• The nuances in a text can be discovered through inferences.
• Characters are defined by who they are, but also by how others see them.
• The use of stylistic devices and specific vocabulary creates unique effects.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 5

Big Ideas

• Looking for information in multiple sources provides different points of view and enriches knowledge and vocabulary.
• The interpretation of a text depends as much on its structure and visual presentation as on its content.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 6

Big Ideas

• The impact of a message largely depends on the author’s word choices and style.
• Discovering other cultures encourages us to examine our own mores and values.
• Asking questions allows us to connect ideas and develop our ability to think critically.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 6 – Late Immersion

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

• Identify causal links between different events in a story, and determine the impact of those events on how the story unfolds
• Know how to differentiate between and use reference tools for definition and translation

Creating and Communicating

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 7

Big Ideas

• Expressing our thoughts enables us to situate ourselves in relation to our own and others’ cultures.
• Considering the feelings evoked by a message and its unspoken elements allows us to construct the meaning of a message.
• The form of a text plays as important a role as its content in conveying a message and creating a desired effect.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 7 – Late Immersion

Big Ideas

• All texts are anchored in a context that must be considered in order to comprehend the message in its entirety.
• The form of a text plays as important a role as its content in conveying a message.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

• Identify the secondary ideas in a text
• Formulate hypotheses based on textual clues
• Interpret and respond to a text

Creating and Communicating

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 8

Big Ideas

• Deepening our understanding of a text requires discovering the implicit and explicit information in it.
• The communicator, by organizing his or her ideas and relying on various sources, defends his or her point of view and influences the audience.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 9

Big Ideas

• Studying a text on different levels allows the various meanings to be brought to light.
• Literature reflects the reality of society at the time and its questions and preoccupations.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting