Prince Edward Island

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

    • Which sentence is more formal? (6-C.1)
    • Positive and negative connotation (6-T.2)

  • detecting prejudice, stereotyping, and bias