Category: Language Arts and Languages – High School
L'approche interculturelle
L’approche interculturelle est une approche pédagogique qui favorise le développement linguistique et permet de mieux comprendre les autres afin de vivre ensemble de manière harmonieuse. Explorez cette ressource pour des activités enrichissantes, des ressources pour soutenir le développement linguistique, ainsi que des organisateurs graphiques pour soutenir l’apprentissage des compétences interculturelles.
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Mission: Muster Point!
In this Grab and Go activity, students practice safely reaching a designated muster point through fun obstacle courses and emergency drills. They build personal responsibility, teamwork, and understanding of safety procedures while navigating the path calmly and efficiently.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Co-Creating Outdoor Expectations
In this Grab and Go activity, students design a formal Outdoor Learning Charter that outlines roles, rights, and responsibilities for outdoor behavior. Through collaborative workshops, peer review, and reflection, they develop leadership, critical thinking, and community-building skills.
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Call Back Signals (Echo freeze)
In this Grab and Go lesson, learners of all ages practice attentive listening and responding to safety cues during outdoor movement activities. Children move freely, respond quickly to signals, and build self-regulation and awareness of their surroundings through playful, engaging variations.
- Kindergarten
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Ta'n telitpiemk - Feelings
This bundle helps Mi’kmaw 110 learners express and understand emotions using first, second, and third person forms. Through interactive lessons, word walls, handouts, and audio-supported activities, students build vocabulary and conversational skills around feelings and emotional states. Learners also explore cultural contexts by connecting emotions to events and experiences, including special days and traditional gatherings. The bundle supports diverse learners with visual aids, formative assessments, and flexible adjustments for classroom use.
- Grade 11
Mimajuinu’k - People
This resource bundle supports Mi’kmaw 110 learners in exploring family relationships and kinship terms through interactive speaking, listening, and writing activities. It includes handouts, matching exercises, vocabulary tools, and a family tree project to build foundational language skills. Lessons are scaffolded to promote understanding of everyday expressions and conversational phrases in Mi’kmaw. Designed with Universal Design for Learning principles, it offers flexible supports for diverse learners and integrates cross-curricular connections.
- Grade 11
Welteskatimk - Greetings
This bundle is the first of 9 bundles which can optionally be used for teaching the entire Mi’kmaw 110 course. Many of the materials found here were originally part of the language kits used with the older curriculum. Educators should feel free to use the parts of these bundles which suit the needs of learners. This bundle focuses on introductions and getting to know each other.
- Grade 11
ELA 10 Course Package
English Language Arts 10 invites students to examine how perspective shapes meaning through reading, writing, and discussion. In the first section, learners explore narrative voice, literary perspective, and media literacy. Next, through book clubs, they intentionally select and engage with texts across genres to deepen understanding of relationships and voice. Finally, students turn to nonfiction—studying authorial purpose and crafting their own work—to explore identity, discovery, and aspiration.
- Grade 10
ELA 11 Course Package
English Language Arts 11 nurtures students’ voice, critical thinking, and literary awareness. In Section 1, learners explore how storytelling, language, and identity intersect to shape how they see themselves and their communities. Section 2 uses memoirs and book club discussion to deepen students’ insight into relationships and shared experience. In Section 3, students analyze literary craft, move from reading to writing with purpose, and culminate their learning in a final inquiry presentation.
- Grade 11
English Language Arts 12 Course Package
English Language Arts 12 is a semester-long course that invites students to deepen their understanding of themselves and others through storytelling, while also strengthening critical, creative, and multimodal communication. Students explore personal and universal narratives by engaging with literature and visual media, then broaden their lens to examine how stories connect across genres and voices. In the final section, learners move from inquiry to expression—crafting research-based arguments and producing multimedia presentations that explore shared humanity. The course emphasizes purposeful writing, audience awareness, and meaningful interaction with a diversity of texts.
- Grade 12
Journalism 120 Course Package
Journalism 120 invites students to explore the power and responsibility of the media through integrity, craft, and impact. They trace how journalism has evolved, confront ethical dilemmas, and follow a global story over time. They hone writing styles—from hard news to soft features and editorials—and develop interviewing and storytelling skills. Finally, students examine media influence, bias, and visual expression (like editorial cartoons), understanding how journalism shapes society.
- Grade 12
Memoir Masterclass: Reading Memoirs
In these lessons students will look at memoirs reflecting the diversity of the human experience including immigration, racial segregation, addiction, homelessness, and more. While reading these memoirs students will be asked to think critically about the impact these experiences had on the authors and to examine the craft of the writers. Students will be guided through the process of reading like a writer and identifying “craft” moves that they might employ in their own writing.
- Grade 11