B.C. Foundations English Level 4

 READING AND VIEWING

 It is expected that students will:

B1 read and demonstrate an understanding of a range of texts, including authentic First Peoples texts

and texts from a variety of cultures

B2 read and demonstrate an understanding of a range of literary texts from a variety of genres and forms

(e.g., poems, short stories, plays, folk tales, legends, adventure, humour, science fiction, historical

fiction, biographies, speeches)

B3 read and demonstrate an understanding of the content presented in a variety of simple informational

texts (e.g., diagrams, maps, newspaper articles, instructional material, reference material)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B4 view and demonstrate an understanding of the meaning conveyed by a variety of visual texts

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">(e.g., illustrations, diagrams, posters, broadcast media, films, videos)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B5 read just-right texts for enjoyment and skill development

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B6 before reading and viewing, make meaning from texts by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> setting a purpose

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> generating questions

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> accessing prior knowledge to make connections (e.g., using information from similar texts

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">previously read and comparing with new text)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> previewing text features (e.g., diagrams, titles, sub-headings, captions, illustrations, table of

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">contents)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B7 during reading and viewing, construct meaning from texts by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> describing emerging ideas and points of view

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using syntactic and context cues to guide and inform their understanding (e.g., use knowledge of

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">grammar, word order, and sentence structure to guide and inform their understanding)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using text features to locate information and support comprehension (e.g., diagrams, headings,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">bold and italicized words, table of contents)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> recognizing literary elements (e.g., plot, conflict, character, setting, climax, resolution, theme)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> recognizing literary devices (e.g., irony, hyperbole, simile, metaphor)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> identifying genre and form (e.g., folk tales, legends, autobiography, historical fiction, essay, article,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">documentary, web page, short story, novel, poem)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> distinguishing between literal definition and figurative meaning and identifying idiomatic

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">expressions (e.g., “that was a piece of cake”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> making inferences (e.g., about characters’ feelings or story problems)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> drawing conclusions (e.g., make connections between cause and effect)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> skimming for main ideas

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> making relevant notes using logical categories (e.g., outlines, mind maps, timelines)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B8 after reading and viewing, develop their understanding of the meaning conveyed in texts by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> rereading or “re-viewing” to gain deeper understanding

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> paraphrasing and summarizing the main ideas

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> generating and responding to questions

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using graphic organizers to process, record, and demonstrate synthesis of information

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">(Note: A graphic organizer such as a Venn diagram or T-chart can serve many purposes before,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">during, and after reading, including identifying prior knowledge, connecting main ideas with

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">details, describing stages or steps in a procedure, and comparing and contrasting.)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">B9 expand their vocabulary by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> sounding out unfamiliar words (e.g., based on knowledge of letter-sound relationships)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using common root words, prefixes, and suffixes

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using parts of speech (e.g., nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">interjections)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman; mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> using a dictionary and thesaurus

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> WRITING AND REPRESENTING

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> It is expected that students will:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C1 communicate meaning by using conventions of writing and representing (i.e., generally accepted

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">mechanics of language) such as

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> a range of sentence structures, including simple and compound sentences, and attempting complex

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">sentences with basic subordinators such as  because, when, before, <span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">and  after 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> capitalization and punctuation, including commas in a series, apostrophes, and end of sentence

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">punctuation

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> subject-verb agreement

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> pronoun-antecedent agreement

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> past, present, and future tenses, including simple and progressive

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> common irregular verbs (e.g., tell-told, see-saw, bring-brought)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> contractions, possessives, and plurals (e.g., its-it’s, cat’s-ours, cat-cats)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> Canadian spelling for familiar and frequently used words

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C2 write narrative, descriptive, and expository paragraphs (e.g., minimum of seven sentences), for a

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">variety of purposes and audiences, that include

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> a main idea

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> organization that includes a topic sentence, a logical sequence of details and supporting examples,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">and a conclusion

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> connected and sequenced details

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> a range of sentence lengths and patterns

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> correct spelling and use of grammar

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> appropriate word choices reflective of an expanding vocabulary

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C3 write a variety of texts in prose and verse (e.g., journals, stories, memoirs, personal letters, poems)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">that include

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> a main idea and supporting details

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> connected and sequenced details

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> correct spelling and use of grammar

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> a range of word choices to reflect intended meaning

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C4 create visual representations (e.g., collages, diagrams, posters, multimedia presentations) to construct

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">and convey meaning by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> presenting ideas in clear, focused, and relevant ways

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> organizing content so that main ideas are evident

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> supporting main ideas with additional details and information

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C5 generate, develop, and organize ideas for writing and representing by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> setting a purpose for writing

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> identifying criteria

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> identifying an audience

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> brainstorming ideas

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> organizing ideas (e.g., point-form notes, lists, charts, webs, clusters, illustrations)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C6 during writing and representing, use drafting and composing strategies (e.g., draw on

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> information from a variety of sources, use models to assist in understanding form,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> organize ideas clearly, share and proof work in progress, refer to established criteria)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">C7 revise and edit writing by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> checking work against established criteria

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> proofreading for conventions such as grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">and spelling

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman; mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> revising to improve structure and organization, word choice, and clarity of ideas and information

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> EVIDENCE OF THINKING

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> It is expected that students will:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">D1 reflect on and assess their speaking and listening by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> referring to criteria (e.g., self- and teacher-generated rubrics and checklists)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> setting realistic short- and long-term goals for improvement (e.g., “I will use more difficult

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">vocabulary when discussing stories with other students.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> creating a plan for achieving goals (e.g., “To practise paraphrasing, I will use my own words

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">during small group exercises to explain instructions that the teacher has given.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> evaluating progress and setting new goals (e.g., “I need to continue to work on speaking in

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">grammatically correct sentences.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">D2 reflect on and assess their reading and viewing by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> referring to criteria (e.g., self- and teacher-generated rubrics and checklists)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> setting realistic short- and long-term goals for improvement (e.g., “I will use mind maps and

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">outlines to summarize what I have read.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> creating a plan for achieving goals (e.g., “I need to practise identifying and using idiomatic

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">expressions, so I will use two idiomatic expressions in my writing during each class.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> evaluating progress and setting new goals (e.g., “I can now understand the main ideas in

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">newspaper articles with minimal support.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">D3 reflect on and assess their writing and representing by

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> referring to criteria (e.g., self- and teacher-generated rubrics and checklists)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> setting realistic short- and long-term goals for improvement (e.g., “I will write a paragraph

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">explaining the facts about a situation or event that I would like others to know about.”)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> creating a plan for achieving goals (e.g., “I need to work on writing paragraphs, so I will practise

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">writing several sentences around a new topic every day for one week.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family: Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">– <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman"> evaluating progress and setting new goals (e.g., “I’m getting better at using graphic organizers to

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman; mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700;mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">record my notes.”)

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<p class="MsoNormal">Sources:http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/literacy_foundations/2010literacyfoundations_ela.pdf

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<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/literacy_foundations/2010literacyfoundations_ela.pdf