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Skills available for New Brunswick grade 6 English language arts curriculum

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Reading and Viewing

4 Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.
- select, independently, texts appropriate to their range of interests and learning needs
- read widely and experience a variety of children's literature with an emphasis in genre and authors
- use a wider range of pictorial, typographical, and organizational features of written texts to obtain, verify, and reinforce their understanding of information
- use and integrate the various cueing systems and a variety of strategies with increasing independence to construct meaning
- reflect on and discuss their own processes and strategies in reading and viewing
5 Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.
- answer, with increasing independence, their own questions and those of others by selecting relevant information from a variety of texts
  - demonstrate understanding of the purpose of classification systems and basic reference materials
  - use a range of reference texts and a database or an electronic search to facilitate the selection process
6 Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.
- explain why a particular text matters to them and demonstrate an increasing ability to make connections among texts
- reflect on and give reasons for their interpretations of an increasing variety of texts
7 Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre.
- recognize that facts can be presented to suit an author's purpose and point of view
  - Which sentence is more formal? (6-C.1)
  - Describe the difference between related words (6-T.1)
  - Positive and negative connotation (6-T.2)
  - consider information from alternative perspectives
    - Identify counterclaims (6-K.5)
- identify the conventions and structure of a variety of print and media texts and genres
- make connections with the purpose of each text or genre
- respond critically to texts by
  - applying a growing range of strategies to analyse and evaluate a text
  - demonstrating growing awareness that all texts reflect a purpose and a perspective
  - recognizing when language is being used to manipulate, persuade, or control them
  - detecting prejudice, stereotyping, and bias

Writing and Other Ways of Representing

8 Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations.
- use a range of strategies in writing and other ways of representing to
  - frame questions and design investigations to answer their questions
  - find topics of personal importance
  - record, develop, and reflect on ideas
  - compare their own thoughts and beliefs to those of others
  - describe feelings, reactions, values, and attitudes
  - record and reflect on experiences and their responses to them
  - formulate goals for learning
  - practise and apply strategies for monitoring learning
- select appropriate note-making strategies from a growing repertoire
- make language choices to enhance meaning and achieve interesting effects in imaginative writing and other ways of representing
9 Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a wide variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.
- create written and media texts using an increasing variety of forms
  - demonstrate understanding that particular forms require the use of specific features, structures, and patterns
- address the demands of an increasing variety of purposes and audiences
  - make informed choices of form, style, and content for specific audiences and purposes
- invite responses to early drafts of their writing/media productions
  - use audience reaction to help shape subsequent drafts
  - reflect on their final drafts from a reader's/viewer's/listener's point of view
10 Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and other ways of representing and to enhance their clarity, precision and effectiveness.

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Reading and Viewing

4 Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

select, independently, texts appropriate to their range of interests and learning needs

read widely and experience a variety of children's literature with an emphasis in genre and authors

use a wider range of pictorial, typographical, and organizational features of written texts to obtain, verify, and reinforce their understanding of information

use and integrate the various cueing systems and a variety of strategies with increasing independence to construct meaning

reflect on and discuss their own processes and strategies in reading and viewing

5 Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.

answer, with increasing independence, their own questions and those of others by selecting relevant information from a variety of texts

demonstrate understanding of the purpose of classification systems and basic reference materials

use a range of reference texts and a database or an electronic search to facilitate the selection process

6 Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.

explain why a particular text matters to them and demonstrate an increasing ability to make connections among texts

reflect on and give reasons for their interpretations of an increasing variety of texts

7 Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre.

recognize that facts can be presented to suit an author's purpose and point of view

consider information from alternative perspectives

identify the conventions and structure of a variety of print and media texts and genres

make connections with the purpose of each text or genre

respond critically to texts by

applying a growing range of strategies to analyse and evaluate a text

demonstrating growing awareness that all texts reflect a purpose and a perspective

recognizing when language is being used to manipulate, persuade, or control them

detecting prejudice, stereotyping, and bias

Writing and Other Ways of Representing

8 Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations.

use a range of strategies in writing and other ways of representing to

frame questions and design investigations to answer their questions

find topics of personal importance

record, develop, and reflect on ideas

compare their own thoughts and beliefs to those of others

describe feelings, reactions, values, and attitudes

record and reflect on experiences and their responses to them

formulate goals for learning

practise and apply strategies for monitoring learning

select appropriate note-making strategies from a growing repertoire

make language choices to enhance meaning and achieve interesting effects in imaginative writing and other ways of representing

9 Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a wide variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

create written and media texts using an increasing variety of forms

demonstrate understanding that particular forms require the use of specific features, structures, and patterns

address the demands of an increasing variety of purposes and audiences

make informed choices of form, style, and content for specific audiences and purposes

invite responses to early drafts of their writing/media productions

use audience reaction to help shape subsequent drafts

reflect on their final drafts from a reader's/viewer's/listener's point of view

10 Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and other ways of representing and to enhance their clarity, precision and effectiveness.

select from a range of pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading, and presentation strategies to develop effective pieces of writing and other representations

use the conventions of written language in final products

use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit, and publish texts

demonstrate commitment to shaping pieces of writing and other representations

select, organize, and combine relevant information, from three to five sources