Prince Edward Island

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

• read a wide variety of print texts which include drama, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from contemporary, pre-twentieth century, Canadian and world writing

• view a wide variety of media and visual texts, such as broadcast journalism, film, television, advertising, CD-ROM, Internet, music videos

• seek meaning in reading, using a variety of strategies such as cueing systems, utilizing prior knowledge, analysing, inferring, predicting, synthesizing, and evaluating

  • Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (10-C.2)
  • Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
  • Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.4)
  • Word pattern analogies (10-O.1)
  • Word pattern sentences (10-O.2)
  • Words with pre- (10-O.3)
  • Words with re- (10-O.4)
  • Words with sub- (10-O.5)
  • Words with mis- (10-O.6)
  • Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- (10-O.7)
  • Words with -ful (10-O.8)
  • Words with -less (10-O.9)
  • Words with -able and -ible (10-O.10)
  • Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (10-P.1)
  • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (10-P.2)
  • Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (10-P.3)
  • Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (10-P.4)
  • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (10-P.5)
  • Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words (10-R.1)
  • Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (10-R.2)
  • Analogies (10-T.1)
  • Analogies: challenge (10-T.2)
  • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (10-U.1)
  • Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (10-U.2)
  • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (10-U.3)

• use specific strategies to clear up confusing parts of a text (e.g. reread/review the text, consult another source, ask for help) and adjust reading and viewing rate (e.g. skimming, scanning, reading/viewing for detail) according to purpose

  • Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) (10-N.1)
  • Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) (10-N.2)
  • Use dictionary entries (10-V.1)
  • Use dictionary definitions (10-V.2)

• demonstrate an understanding of the impact literary devices and media techniques (editing, symbolism, imagery, figurative language, irony, etc.) have on shaping the understanding of a text

  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (10-C.2)
  • Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)

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

• research, in systematic ways, specific information from a variety of sources

  • select appropriate information to meet the requirements of a learning task

  • analyse and evaluate the chosen information

    • Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
    • Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
    • Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
    • Distinguish facts from opinions (10-H.1)
    • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)

  • integrate the chosen information, in a way that effectively meets the requirements of a learning task and/or solves personally defined problems

    • Choose the best evidence to support a claim (10-H.3)
    • Identify supporting evidence in a text (10-H.4)
    • Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (10-H.6)

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

• articulate personal responses to text by expressing and supporting a point of view about the issues, themes, and situations within texts, citing appropriate evidence

  • Choose the best evidence to support a claim (10-H.3)

• respond to the texts they are reading and viewing by questioning, connecting, evaluating, and extending

• make thematic connections among print texts, public discourse, and media

• demonstrate a willingness to consider more than one interpretation of text

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

• examine the different aspects of texts (language, style, graphics, tone, etc.) that contribute to meaning and effect

  • Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
  • Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
  • Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
  • Identify the narrative point of view (10-C.1)
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (10-C.2)
  • Recall the source of an allusion (10-C.3)
  • Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
  • Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox (10-C.5)
  • Classify figures of speech: review (10-C.6)
  • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)
  • Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (10-S.1)
  • Explore words with new or contested usages (10-S.4)

• make inferences, draw conclusions, and make supported responses to content, form, and structure

  • Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
  • Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
  • Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
  • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)
  • Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words (10-R.1)
  • Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (10-R.2)
  • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (10-U.1)
  • Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (10-U.2)
  • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (10-U.3)

• explore the relationships among language, topic, genre, purpose, context, and audience

  • Which text is most formal? (10-B.1)
  • Identify audience and purpose (10-B.3)
  • Compare passages for tone (10-B.4)
  • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (10-I.1)

• recognize the use and impact of specific literary and media devices (e.g. figurative language, dialogue, flashback, symbolism)

  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (10-C.2)
  • Recall the source of an allusion (10-C.3)
  • Interpret figures of speech (10-C.4)
  • Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox (10-C.5)
  • Classify figures of speech: review (10-C.6)
  • Use personification (10-J.1)

• discuss the language, ideas, and other significant characteristics of a variety of texts and genres

• respond critically to a variety of print and media texts

• demonstrate an awareness that texts reveal and produce ideologies, identities, and positions

• evaluate ways in which both genders and various cultures and socio-economic groups are portrayed in media texts