New Media 12

Curriculum Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Understand and appreciate the complexities of digital citizenship
Understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
Understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts
Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts
Use information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources
Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to transform thinking
Recognize the complexities of digital citizenship
Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts reflect a variety of purposes, audiences, and messages
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to analyze ideas within, between, and beyond texts
Identify and understand the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts
Recognize and identify personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts, including gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic factors
Appreciate and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities
Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
Evaluate how literary elements as well as specific new media techniques and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact
Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)
Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and transform thinking
• Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways
•Select and apply appropriate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes
• Use digital and multimedia writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary, imaginative, and/or informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences
Express and support an opinion with evidence to achieve purpose
Evaluate and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to purpose, audience, and message
Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context
Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights
Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles