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 recognizing elements of those texts that are relevant to their own lives and community

• view a wide variety of media and visual texts, comparing and analysing the structure, genre, style, and cultural diversity of the different texts

• assess ideas, information, and language, synthesizing and applying meaning from diverse and differing perspectives

• demonstrate an understanding of and apply the strategies required to gain information from complex print texts and multimedia texts

  • Identify the narrative point of view (11-C.1)
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (11-C.2)
  • Recall the source of an allusion (11-C.3)
  • Interpret the figure of speech (11-C.4)
  • Prefixes (11-M.1)
  • Suffixes (11-M.2)
  • Word pattern analogies (11-M.3)
  • Word pattern sentences (11-M.4)
  • Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (11-N.1)
  • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (11-N.2)
  • Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (11-N.3)
  • Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (11-N.4)
  • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (11-N.5)
  • Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words (11-P.1)
  • Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions (11-P.2)
  • Analogies (11-R.1)
  • Analogies: challenge (11-R.2)
  • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (11-S.1)
  • Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (11-S.2)
  • Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects (11-S.4)

• articulate their understanding of the purpose of the author in relation to the impact of literary devices and media techniques on the reader or viewer

  • Identify audience and purpose (11-B.3)
  • Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone (11-C.8)

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

• acquire information from a variety of sources, recognizing the relationships, concepts, and ideas that can be utilized to generate student text

  • select appropriate information from a variety of sources, making meaningful selections for their own purposes

  • recognize and reflect upon the appropriateness of information for the purpose of making meaningful student text

  • synthesize information from a range of sources, including the electronic network, to address a variety of topics and issues

    • Identify audience and purpose (11-B.3)
    • Compare passages for tone (11-B.4)
    • Distinguish facts from opinions (11-H.1)
    • Identify supporting evidence in a text (11-H.4)
    • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (11-I.1)
    • Identify plagiarism (11-L.4)

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

• recognize and articulate the elements of information from a variety of sources that trigger personal responses

• make connections between the ideas and information presented in literary and media texts and their own experiences

• make connections among the themes, issues, and ideas expressed in various texts

  • Order topics from broadest to narrowest (11-F.1)
  • Organize information by main idea (11-F.2)
  • Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea (11-G.1)
  • Identify thesis statements (11-G.2)
  • Choose the best evidence to support a claim (11-H.3)
  • Identify supporting evidence in a text (11-H.4)
  • Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (11-H.6)
  • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (11-I.1)

• demonstrate a willingness to explore multiple perspectives on text

• justify points of view on various print and media texts

  • Choose the best evidence to support a claim (11-H.3)
  • Identify supporting evidence in a text (11-H.4)
  • Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim (11-H.6)

• recognize and articulate feelings about ambiguities in complex texts, interpreting details and subtleties to clarify their understanding

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

• recognize the commonalities and differences in form, structure, and ideas of various texts

  • Which text is most formal? (11-B.1)
  • Compare passages for tone (11-B.4)
  • Identify the narrative point of view (11-C.1)

• recognize how the artful use of language and the structures of genre and text can influence or manipulate the reader/viewer

  • Which text is most formal? (11-B.1)
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (11-C.2)
  • Interpret the figure of speech (11-C.4)
  • Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone (11-C.8)
  • Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements (11-I.1)
  • Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence (11-Q.2)

• examine the relationships among language, topic, purpose, context, and audience

  • Which text is most formal? (11-B.1)
  • Identify audience and purpose (11-B.3)
  • Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone (11-C.8)

• examine the relationship of specific elements within and among texts

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

• respond critically to complex print and media texts

• explore the diverse ways in which texts reveal and produce ideologies, identities, and positions

• reflect on their responses to print and media texts, considering their own and others' social and cultural contexts