Enduring Understanding 

Students will understand the ways in which images and language may be used to convey ideas, values and beliefs. 

General Outcome 2

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

• Use prior knowledge: use previous reading experiences, personal experiences and prior knowledge as a basis for reflecting on and interpreting ideas encountered in texts

• Use comprehension strategies: identify explicit and implicit ideas and information in texts; listen and respond to various interpretations of the same texts

2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques

• Experiment with language: analyze creative uses of language and visuals in popular culture, such as advertisements, electronic magazines and the Internet; recognize how imagery and figurative language, such as metaphor, create a dominant impression, mood and tone

General Outcome 3

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.

3.2 Select and Process

• Evaluate sources: evaluate sources for currency, reliability and possible bias of information for a particular research project

General Outcome 5

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others.

5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community 

• Appreciate diversity: take responsibility for developing and sharing oral, print and other media texts and for responding respectfully to the texts of others.

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(Alberta Learning. (2000). English Language Arts, K-9.  Retrieved from: http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/)