New Brunswick - English Language Arts Foundational 11

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Construct and communicate an awareness of self, others, and the world.

Achievement Indicators:

Take ideas, knowledges, and ways of being into account when advocating for, explaining, or presenting perspectives

Present with intention, using content, language, and delivery to convey meaning

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Skill Descriptor:

Persuade, and support ideas and opinions with evidence.

Achievement Indicators:

Justify perspectives with evidence

Consider social context when choosing and communicating evidence

Refine arguments by selecting facts, anecdotal evidence, and experiences that consider multiple perspectives

Communicate persuasively, citing evidence free from generalizations and bias

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Big Idea: Exchanges

Skill Descriptor:

Seek and provide clarification to synthesize understanding of ideas and concepts, problems and solutions.

Achievement Indicators:

Ask and respond to perceptive and probing questions to seek further information and extend understanding and/or determine next steps

Critically select resources to support ideas, concepts, or claims

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Skill Descriptor:

Use language of harmony and respect, self-monitoring and adjusting as appropriate.

Achievement Indicators:

Advocate for the inclusivity of language

Critically evaluate others’ use of helpful, respectful, and equitable language to reflect on and improve use of language

Communicate using thoughtful and respectful language free from prejudice, stereotyping, or bias

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Skill Descriptor:

Understand and use communication conventions for a diverse set of audiences.

Achievement Indicators:

Communicate with sensitivity and respect

Use conventions flexibly to reflect an understanding of the audience perspective, context, and purpose

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Big Idea: Reception

Skill Descriptor:

Critically reflect on the contributions of others to formulate and refine understanding.

Achievement Indicators:

Consider multiple ways of knowing when evaluating the ideas of others

Identify and respond to the perspective and potential bias implicit within a speaker’s contribution

Analyze the power of language to influence and manipulate

Critically examine the use of language to identify ideas, values and world views

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Strand: Reading

Big Idea: Reading Comprehension

Skill Descriptor:

Examine, interpret, and evaluate information considering the source, purpose, intended audience, implied meaning, and implicit bias.

Achievement Indicators:

Construct and articulate literal and inferred meaning of complex texts with connections to the theme and/or purpose

Refer to relevant textual details/features when inferring

Use text features to interpret information and infer meaning

Use text structure and organization to construct meaning

Identify and articulate connections between texts across genres by purpose, audience, and/or theme

Concisely summarize and synthesize key information from a variety of increasingly complex sources

Identify and reflect on ways in which various diversities, cultures, genders, socioeconomic groups, etc. are portrayed in texts

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Skill Descriptor:

Evaluate and respond personally and critically to a range of texts across genres, interests, and complexities, citing evidence.

Achievement Indicators:

Describe how a text has impacted changes in personal viewpoint/ideas

Express relationships among texts, personal experiences, and prior knowledge to make connections between current social and moral issues

Assess the truth of a claim by distinguishing between sound and fallacious reasoning, and articulate how this assessment was reached

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Big Idea: Text Analysis/Criticality

Skill Descriptor:

Critically analyze and evaluate the characteristics, language, form, features, and genre of a range of texts.

Achievement Indicators:

Evaluate purpose, structure, and characteristics of a variety of text forms and describe how they contribute to understanding the text

Interpret relationships between ideas to draw conclusions or make comparisons with increasingly complex text

Support responses with relevant details

Explore how purpose, audience, language, topic, genre, and context, are interconnected

Challenge bias in a variety of text and suggest alternate perspectives

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Strand: Representing

Big Idea: Process

Skill Descriptor:

Implement effective writing/representing strategies to enhance clarity and control in written and media texts.

Achievement Indicators:

Articulate rationale for which writing/representing processes work best in relation to audience and purpose

Refine organization frameworks to manage content, collect ideas, and generate new knowledge and perspectives

Interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies

Independently and collaboratively draft cohesive text, making critical choices about what to include or exclude

Clarify, strengthen and refine by adding, deleting, substituting, and rearranging text

Attend to audience experience, often by reading aloud; adjust elements of composition

Apply knowledge of copyright/plagiarism (including the use of A.I.)