British Columbia | English Language Arts 10 First Peoples

British Columbia Outcome Chart: English 10 First Peoples

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 10 English First Peoples curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

It is expected that students will:

Reading and Viewing
Specific Expectations Purposes Read and view, both collaboratively and independently, a wide variety of authentic First Peoples texts, including texts from local communities other parts of North America and the world View, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a variety of visual texts representing local and other BC First Peoples cultures, such as film and video photographs paintings, carvings, totems, petroglyphs, pictographs textiles, regalia, masks dance, drama graphic novels and illustrated literature broadcast media web sites student-generated material Strategies During reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including comparing and refining predictions, questions, and images making connections to First Peoples worldviews making inferences and drawing conclusions reading the text aloud or listening to it read aloud summarizing and paraphrasing using text features determining the meaning of unknown words and phrases clarifying meaning After reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to extend and confirm meaning and to consider author’s craft, including reflecting on predictions, questions, images, and connections made during reading making connections to self, to identity, to other texts, and to place reviewing text and purpose for reading making inferences and drawing conclusions summarizing, synthesizing, and applying ideas identifying stylistic techniques Thinking Explain and support personal responses to texts, by making comparisons to other ideas and concepts relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text explaining opinions using reasons and evidence suggesting contextual influences Interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, by making and supporting reasoned judgments comparing ideas and elements among texts identifying and describing diverse voices describing bias, contradictions, and non-represented perspectives identifying the importance and impact of historical and social contexts Synthesize and extend thinking about texts, by making connections to First Peoples principles of learning personalizing ideas, information, and understandings explaining relationships among ideas, information, and understandings applying new ideas, information, and understandings contextualizing ideas, information, and understandings transforming existing ideas and understandings Use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their reading and viewing, by making connections between their exploration of personal identity and texts studied referring to criteria setting goals for improvement creating a plan for achieving goals evaluating progress and setting new goals	Lessons Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Bias Bias in the News Deconstructing Web Pages Diversity Audit Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues Ethnic and Visible Minorities in Entertainment Media Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! How to Analyze the News I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Perceptions of Race and Crime Perceptions of Youth and Crime Taming the Wild Wiki That's Me You're Talking About The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media
Writing and Representing
Specific Expectations Purposes Write purposeful informational texts that express ideas, information, and understandings to explore and respond record and describe analyse and explain speculate and consider argue and persuade engage Create thoughtful representations, individually and collaboratively, that communicate ideas, information, and understandings to reflect, explore, and respond record and describe explain and persuade make connections engage Thinking Write and represent to explain and support personal responses to texts, by making comparisons to other ideas and concepts relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text developing opinions using reasons and evidence suggesting contextual influences Write and represent to interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, by making and supporting reasoned judgments describing and comparing perspectives describing bias, contradictions, and non-represented perspectives identifying the importance and impact of historical and social contexts Write and represent to synthesize and extend thinking, by personalizing ideas, information, and understandings explaining relationships among ideas, information, and understandings applying new ideas, information, and understandings contextualizing ideas, information, and understandings transforming existing ideas and understandings Use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their writing and representing, by making connections to First Peoples principles of learning relating their work to criteria set by self or others setting goals for improvement creating a plan for achieving goals evaluating progress and setting new goals	Lessons Buy Nothing Day Celebrities and World Issues Crime in the News Free Speech Versus the Internet Individuality vs. Conformity Killer Games News Journalism: Lesson One Selling Obesity Selling Tobacco Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media Taming the Wild Wiki Television News : Lesson Four The Privacy Dilemma Violence on Film: The Ratings Game