Teacher(s): Time: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: This Course: Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Assessment: 1. How can an author use fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama to provide an understanding of self, traditions, and social values? 2. How can an understanding of past cultures and present day beliefs be derived from the study of narratives, myths, folklore, and legends? 3. How can literature increase an individual’s understanding of rights, responsibilities, and freedoms and influence social values? 4. How can an understanding of Catholic and First Nations beliefs develop a better social identity? 5. How can an understanding of one’s own personal and philosophical, and spiritual identity be fostered by studying literature? 6. How do the elements of a novel, a short story, and / or a drama combine to enhance the reader’s experience? 7. How can poetry convey meaningful messages that can affect an individuals’ thoughts and alter social view? 8. How can writing effectively describe, narrate, explain and inform, and persuade? 9. How is an effective paragraph written for a particular purpose? 10. How are language cues and conventions (pragmatic, syntactic, semantic, graphophonic, and textual) applied in everyday writing? developing an understanding of self, traditions, social, and Catholic values through the study of a variety of texts using essential language cues and conventions while reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing. Term Marks Reading assignments Writing assignments Listening and Speaking assignments Viewing and Representing assignments Language Cues and Conventions Quizzes Exams Homework completion & participation Final Mark Reading assignments Writing assignments Listening and Speaking assignments Viewing and Representing assignments Language Cues and Conventions Quizzes Exams Homework completion & participation Final exam/project ELA A90 Social Identity

Learning Principles Learning Routines Course Map This Course: includes Differentiation Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these Units ELA A90 - Social Identity All That I Am The Search for Self Conflicts, Issues, & Choices Doing the Right Thing Indigenous and Norse Narratives Language Cues and Conventions Research Skills Creative Writing Paragraphs Oral Presentation Elements of Literature Personal and Philosophical Imaginative and Literary Social, Cultural, and Historical Individual adaptations: - content - process - product - learning environment - assessment Course Organizer Reading Strategies Comprehend Unit Organizer Writing Strategies Respond Graphic Organizers Speaking Strategies Compose Individual Work Listening Strategies Create Group Work Viewing Strategies Assess Portfolios Representing Strategies Reflect Journals Fiction Reading Narrate Pragmatic Self concept Non-fiction Writing Describe Textual Relationships Poetry Speaking Persuade Syntactic Imagination Drama Listening Expose Semantic Communication Inquiry Viewing Inform Graphophonic Technology Representing Environment -Communicate your thoughts and ideas -Accept thoughts and ideas of others - Participate fully -Remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create