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English Language Arts Informational Text 111/2/3

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In all levels of English Language Arts Informational Text 111/2/3, the expectation is that educators will adjust course material in breadth, depth, and scope of inquiry dependent on the level of curriculum delivery. The goal for learners is to demonstrate critical thinking and enact skills relevant and necessary to the learning area. The level 3 course adjusts the pace and expectations for reading level while maintaining the integrity of the course content and concepts. The level 1 course is not different in the number of skill descriptors; rather, there are increased expectations in the level 1 course in terms of depth of understanding, and learner self-efficacy. Educators should provide more opportunities in the level 1 course to participate in higher-order thinking activities.

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Character Creation

These lessons will give students the opportunity to express themselves through creative writing. It will begin by exploring the concepts of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. The lesson will then focus on building characterization for an assigned ‘character card’ through brainstorming and note making. Students will examine exemplars of other creative writing and will then draft their own content. They will work through an editing and revision process and then will submit. The final stage of this unit is to practice presentation skills and then present their content to the class.

Grade 10

Rita Joe Song Project

Learners will use contemporary music by indigenous youth to explore the themes in Rita Joe’s poem “I Lost My Talk”.

Grade 9

Boomwhackers

This hands-on lesson gets learners playing songs on Boomwhackers/pitched percussion instruments, by following a series of play a longs on YouTube. This lesson will teach and reinforce the C major diatonic scale and chords and helps students recall how to read treble and bass clef notes, and to count in a basic multiple time signatures. Most importantly, this lesson will reinforce playing as an ensemble.

Grade 9