Outcome Chart – Nunavut - ELA 8

Strand: Uqausiliriniq

Overall Expectations:

1. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to access and explore prior knowledge and experiences of self and others.

Specific Expectations:

1.1.1 Listen critically and discuss the differences in interpretations and understandings

1.2.1 Reflect on prior knowledge and experiences, and structure and restructure ideas and information in meaningful ways, in order to clarify, extend and revise understandings

1.2.2 Summarize, explain, and represent personal viewpoints in clear and purposeful ways

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Overall Expectations:

2. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts, through a process.

Specific Expectations:

2.1.1 Make and explain connections between previous experiences, prior knowledge and texts (oral, print, and other media)

2.1.2 Select and/or adapt and use appropriate comprehension strategies to construct, revise, and explain understanding of texts (oral, print, and other media)

2.1.3 Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning within and across texts (oral, print, and other media)

2.1.4 Explain how vocabulary, language structure, and context help readers construct meaning of oral, print, and other media texts

2.2.1 Explore a variety of oral, print, and other media texts

2.2.2 Respond to oral, print, and other media texts creatively and critically

2.2.3 Identify and compare ideas, points of view, and bias, in and across texts

2.3.1 Examine the relationship between genres/forms and audience/purpose in texts (oral, print, and other media)

2.3.2 Compare how techniques and elements are used in texts (oral, print, and other media)

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Overall Expectations:

3. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to plan and focus an inquiry or research and interpret and analyze information and ideas, through a process.

Specific Expectations:

3.1.1 Identify prior knowledge of, and prior experiences and issues related to, a topic to choose a focus for own and group inquiry

3.1.2 Develop broad and specific questions to establish a purpose for seeking information on a topic in own and group inquiry

3.1.3 Create and/or adapt and reflect on a plan to collect, record, and synthesize information in own and group inquiry

3.2.1 Identify relevant primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions

3.2.2 Develop and use criteria to evaluate usefulness and reliability of, and perspectives within, sources

3.2.3 Use text features and reference tools to identify relevant information

3.2.4 Select and use strategies to understand and relate information in texts (oral, print, and other media)

3.3.2 Record key ideas and details; cite sources appropriately

3.3.3 Explain relevance, importance, perspectives, and gaps in information within and across sources

3.3.4 Incorporate new information with prior knowledge, and adjust inquiry to reflect changing perspectives

Overall Expectations:

4. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written, and visual forms of communication, through a process.

Specific Expectations:

4.1.1 Generate ideas and develop a topic using a variety of strategies

4.1.2 Use appropriate form and genre to organize ideas and information for a particular audience and purpose

4.1.3 Demonstrate understanding of elements of texts when creating oral, print, and other media texts

4.2.1 Reference criteria during conversations about own and others’ texts and representations (oral, print, and other media)

4.2.4 Experiment with language to create desired effect in oral, print, and other media texts

4.4.1 Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and other media)

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Overall Expectations:

5. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society.

Specific Expectations:

5.1.1 Make decisions collaboratively to modify or create group processes for specific purposes in order to work in a variety of partnerships and groups

5.1.2 Adjust listening, viewing, and speaking behaviours according to the situation

5.2.2 Identify and describe social issues related to diversity

5.2.3 Select and use context-appropriate language and form to participate in public events or traditions