B.C. Foundations English Level 5

 ORAL LANGUAGE (S peaking and L istening ) 

 It is expected that students will:

A1 engage with others in sustained conversation in order to

–  communicate ideas on a variety of topics

–  clarify understanding by asking questions and paraphrasing the ideas of others

–  express differing viewpoints and perspectives

A2 demonstrate an understanding of the information communicated through a variety of informational

<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Palatino-Roman;mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino-Bold-SC700; mso-bidi-font-family:Palatino-Roman">and persuasive spoken sources (e.g., media broadcasts, lectures, verbal conversations with peers) 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"> asking clarifying 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"> verbally summarizing main messages

<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">A3 prepare a brief verbal presentation (e.g., for a partner or small group) 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"> identifying an engaging topic

<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 the purpose and 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"> creating speaker notes if needed

<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"> practising prior to presenting

<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"> adapting presentation based on lessons learned during practice (e.g., “I should speak louder.”

<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">I should be more aware of my body language.” “I’m getting better at making eye contact.”)

<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">A4 give a brief verbal presentation (e.g., to a partner or small group) 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"> speaking clearly and audibly

<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 speaker notes when needed

<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"> maintaining appropriate eye contact with audience

<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 appropriate body language

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

<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">B1 read and demonstrate an understanding of a range of texts, including authentic First Peoples 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">and texts from a variety of cultures

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

<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., poems, short stories, plays, folk tales, legends, adventure, humour, science fiction, historical

<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">fiction, biographies, speeches)

<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">B3 read and demonstrate an understanding of the content presented in a variety of informational 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., textbooks, reports, diagrams, maps, newspaper articles, instructional material, electronic

<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">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, visual components of print

<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">media such as photographs, artwork, tables, graphs)

<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 before reading and viewing, make predictions about the content and meaning of texts (e.g., textbooks,

<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">brochures, newspaper, web site, fiction, non-fiction) 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

<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

<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 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"> analysing the significance of the themes 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 (e.g., knowledge of grammar, word order, and sentence structure)

<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">to guide and inform their understanding of the 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"> 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 idiomatic expressions

<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 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"> self-monitoring and self-correcting (e.g., identify when meaning-making is breaking down, reread

<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">to clarify understanding, use context cues and resources such as a dictionary to figure out

<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">unfamiliar 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">B7 after reading and viewing, develop and monitor their understanding of the meaning conveyed 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">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"> 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 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

<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 clarify understanding (e.g., copyright 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">table of contents, headings, index, glossary, diagrams, sidebars, pull-quotes, references, hyperlinks)

<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 (e.g.,

<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">compare the ideas, content, and perspectives expressed in the text to ideas from other sources such

<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">as other texts, prior knowledge, partner talk, or class discussions)

<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 and drawing conclusions

<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"> summarizing, synthesizing, and applying new ideas (e.g., suggest an alternative approach or

<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">conclusion, consider alternative interpretations, extend the story)

<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 describe the ways in which meaning can be conveyed in fiction by use of literary elements (e.g., plot,

<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">tension, character, setting, climax, resolution, theme), and literary devices (e.g., personification,

<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">imagery, irony, hyperbole, simile, metaphor)

<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 describe the ways in which meaning can be conveyed by use of text features (e.g., table of 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">headings, diagrams, sidebars, pull-quotes) and text structure and organization (e.g., topic sentence,

<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">development of ideas with supporting details, central idea)

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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"> simple, compound, and complex sentence structures

<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, 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, and quotation marks for dialogue

<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, progressive, present perfect

<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 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"> copyright and research information (e.g., acknowledge sources, citation of references, embed

<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">quotations within 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">C2 write a variety of creative and personalized multi-paragraph compositions (e.g., journals, stories,

<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">verse, memoirs, personal letters, blogs) 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"> personal expression and meaning (e.g., through reflection, exploration of thoughts)

<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"> purpose (e.g., to entertain, respond, persuade, explain, strengthen connections or insights)

<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 and 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 descriptive, narrative, and expository multi-paragraph compositions 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"> organization that includes an introduction, a logical sequence of details, 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"> clearly developed ideas that use specific 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"> clear sentences that attempt 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"> a range of word choices to reflect intended meaning and 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">C4 create a variety of visual representations (e.g., collages, diagrams, posters, multimedia presentations)

<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">to construct and convey meaning 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"> personal expression and meaning (e.g., through reflection, exploration of thoughts)

<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"> purpose (e.g., to entertain, respond, persuade, explain, strengthen connections or insights)

<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"> clearly presented 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"> content organized 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"> additional information to support main ideas

<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"> limiting the topic

<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 (e.g., using established criteria, analysing writing samples and models)

<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, draft and compose 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"> using information from a variety of sources (e.g., personal experiences, experiences of others,

<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">hard copy written materials, electronic written materials)

<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 and information in a clearly laid-out manner (e.g., using graphic organizers,

<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">visual representations)

<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 regenerating 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"> referring to 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, 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 engage in a 15-minute

<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">conversation on a single topic.”)

<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 delivering clearer presentations, so I

<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">will make speaking notes before each presentation.”)

<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 understanding and using

<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">the feedback that I receive from the teacher and from other students in order to make clearer

<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">presentations.”)

<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., “Before reading, I will use text

<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">features to predict what I think the text will be 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., “To practise reading different kinds of texts, I will select 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">topic and will find information about it using at least three different sources including a textbook,

<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">a newspaper article and a video.”)

<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 read and identify different points 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">view on the same topic.”)

<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., “When I write paragraphs about

<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">current events, I will include references and sources of information.”)

<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 using simple, compound and 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, so I will edit my writing to ensure that all three kinds of sentences can be found in one

<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">multi-paragraph composition.”)

<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 am getting better at proofreading to correct

<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 and spelling mistakes.”)

<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">D4 self-assess and monitor their ability to construct meaning and deepen understanding in response to

<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">texts (e.g., any piece of spoken, written, or visual communication) by frequently

<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"> explaining and supporting personal responses (e.g., making connections with prior knowledge,

<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">developing opinions using evidence)

<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"> interpreting and analysing ideas and information (e.g., making and supporting judgments,

<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">identifying points of view, identifying bias and contradictions)

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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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