Outcome Chart - Prince Edward Island - Writing 12: 521A Creative Writing

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

1.1 develop their abilities to write creatively and expressively

1.3 write fluently, confidently, and creatively for a variety of purposes and audiences

Specific Expectations:

  • use writing to explore unique personal perspectives
  • use writing to explore ideas in a new way
  • use language as a vehicle for thought
  • write to express understanding
  • write to engage a reader’s interest
  •  use freewriting and/or journaling to answer questions that lead to reflection and evaluation
  • analyze emotions evoked by a text
  • understand and write from various points of view
  • establish distinct voice appropriate to form
  • explore connections between language use, theme, and meaning
  • write for a variety of purposes including to:
    • reflect, clarify, and explore ideas
    • express understanding
    • describe, narrate, inform and persuade express self-create and entertain

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Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

2.3 analyse a diverse collection of texts for a variety of purposes

Specific Expectations:

  • explore experiences and values influenced in texts
  • make and defend an informal critical response
  • compare, contrast, and evaluate texts

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Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

3.1 recognize that talk is an important tool for communicating, thinking, and learning

Specific Expectations:

  • speak to clarify and extend thinking
  • speak to express understanding
  • speak to share thoughts, opinions, and feelings
  • speak to build and respect relationships and a sense of community
  • recognize others’ points of view
  • generate and utilize probing questions to obtain information, including evidence to support a presenter’s claims and conclusions
  • interact collaboratively in pairs and groups to explore ideas, experiences, and information

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