2.4: Engage in, respond to and evaluate oral presentations 3.2: Identify examples of prejudice, stereotyping or bias in oral language; recognize their negative effects on individuals and cultures; and attempt to use language that shows respect for all people 4.1: Select, independently, texts appropriate to their interests and learning needs 5.1: Answer, with increasing independence, their own questions and those of others by selecting relevant information from a variety of texts Respond to personal, group and instructional needs for information through accessing a variety of texts Demonstrate understanding of how classification systems and basic reference materials are used to facilitate research Use a range of reference texts and a database or an electronic search to aid in the selection of texts Increase their abilities to access information in response to their own and others’ questions 6.1: Describe, share and discuss their personal reactions to a range of texts across genres, topics and subjects 7.3: Respond critically to texts by: Applying strategies to analyze a text Demonstrate a growing awareness that all texts reflect a purpose and a point of view Identifying instances where language is being used to manipulate, persuade, or control them Identifying instances of opinion, prejudice, bias and stereotyping 9.3: Invite responses to early drafts of their writing/media productions Use audience reactions to help shape subsequent drafts Reflect on their final drafts from a reader’s/viewer’s/listener’s point of view 10.1: Use a range of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading and presentation strategies 10.3: Use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit and publish texts Units Included: Mathematics:
2.4: Engage in, respond to and evaluate oral presentations 3.2: Identify examples of prejudice, stereotyping or bias in oral language; recognize their negative effects on individuals and cultures; and attempt to use language that shows respect for all people 4.1: Select, independently, texts appropriate to their interests and learning needs 5.1: Answer, with increasing independence, their own questions and those of others by selecting relevant information from a variety of texts Respond to personal, group and instructional needs for information through accessing a variety of texts Demonstrate understanding of how classification systems and basic reference materials are used to facilitate research Use a range of reference texts and a database or an electronic search to aid in the selection of texts Increase their abilities to access information in response to their own and others’ questions 6.1: Describe, share and discuss their personal reactions to a range of texts across genres, topics and subjects 7.3: Respond critically to texts by: Applying strategies to analyze a text Demonstrate a growing awareness that all texts reflect a purpose and a point of view Identifying instances where language is being used to manipulate, persuade, or control them Identifying instances of opinion, prejudice, bias and stereotyping 9.3: Invite responses to early drafts of their writing/media productions Use audience reactions to help shape subsequent drafts Reflect on their final drafts from a reader’s/viewer’s/listener’s point of view 10.1: Use a range of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading and presentation strategies 10.3: Use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit and publish texts Units Included: Mathematics:
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