Success+Criteria

By the end of this course, students will: # Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes; By the end of this course, students will: # Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning; By the end of this course, students will: By the end of this course, students will: ||
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 * =Curriculum Expectations Found on the Ministry of Education[| SITE]= ||
 * **Overall Expectations Oral Communication:**
 * 1)  Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
 * 2)  Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations. ||
 * **Overall Expectations Reading & Literature Studies:**
 * 1) Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
 * 2) Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
 * 3) Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading. ||
 * **Overall Expectations Writing:**
 * 1) Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
 * 2) Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
 * 3) Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
 * 4) Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process. ||
 * **Overall Expectations Media Studies:**
 * 1) Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
 * 2) Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
 * 3) Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
 * 4) Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts . ||
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