Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English Language Arts Grade 7

Overall Expectations:

Learners will plan oral, written, and visual personal and critical responses, in relation to audience and purpose

Specific Expectations:

  • Compare the characteristics of personal and critical responses (COM/CT)
  • Question personal and critical interpretations of perceived messages from a variety of communication forms (CZ/COM/CI/CT)
  • Investigate how ideas for personal and critical responses can be developed (COM/PCD/CI/CT)
  • Investigate the relationship between audience and purpose, and the chosen communication form (COM/CT)
  • Analyse how supporting details support ideas and responses (COM/PCD/CI/CT)

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Overall Expectations:

Learners will create oral, written and visual communication forms for a range of audiences and purposes

Specific Expectations:

  •  Investigate how ideas can be developed when creating oral, written and visual communication forms (COM, CT, CI, TF)
  • Apply writing, design, and research processes (COM/CI/TF)
  • Select a communication form that responds to an audience and purpose (COM/CI/CT)
  • Apply revision, editing, and proof-reading strategies appropriate to a range of communication forms (COM, CT, TF)
  • Analyse processes for publishing and sharing chosen communication forms (COM/TF)

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Overall Expectations:

Learners will implement speaking and writing strategies for effective communication in relation to audience and purpose

Specific Expectations:

  •  Evaluate the effectiveness of communication strategies in relation to audience and purpose (COM/CI/CT)
  • Investigate how language use can impact communication (COM/TF)
  • Investigate how accuracy, reliability, validity, and bias are used to influence personal communication (COM/CI/TF)
  • Select organizational structures and devices for intended audience and purpose (COM/PCD)
  • Apply conventions for intended audience and purpose (COM/PCD)

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Overall Expectations:

Learners will comprehend a range of communication forms using listening strategies, reading strategies, and viewing strategies

Specific Expectations:

  •  Apply active listening strategies for comprehending meaning in a range of communication forms (COM/CI/CT)
  • Investigate how reading and viewing strategies are used in comprehension (COM/CT/TF)
  • Analyse how communication forms influence comprehension (COM/CI/CT)
  • Reflect on how perspectives influence comprehension of communication forms (COM/CT)

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Overall Expectations:

Learners will analyse the accuracy, reliability, validity, and bias in a range of written, audio, visual, and digital communication forms

Specific Expectations:

  • Select reliable sources (CT/TF)
  • Compare the accuracy of information from a variety of sources (CZ/COM/CT/TF)
  • Apply strategies for choosing valid information from a range of communication forms (CZ/COM/CT/TF)
  • Investigate how bias influences the message of communication forms (COM/CT/CZ/TF)

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