Grade 10 - Literary Studies

LITERARY STUDIES 10

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Create and Communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.

People understand text differently depending on their world views and perspectives.

Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.

Language shapes ideas and influences others.

Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals

Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view

Recognize and appreciate the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts

Recognize and appreciate the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts

Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing

Explore the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts

Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts

Recognize and appreciate how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact

Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts

Recognize personal, social, and cultural contexts, as well as values and perspectives in texts

Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities

Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world

Identify bias, contradictions, and distortions

Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and extend thinking

Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways

Assess and refine texts to improve clarity and impact

Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes

Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Express and support an opinion with evidence

Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context

Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights

Text forms and genres

Text features and structures

narrative structures found in First Peoples texts

protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts

Strategies and processes

reading strategies

oral language stategies

metacognitive strategies

writing processes

design processes

Language features, structures, and conventions

Language features

elements of style

exploration of voice

usage and conventions

literary elements and devices

literal meaning and inferential meaning

citation techniques