Northwest Territories | English Language Arts 9

Northwest Territories Outcome Chart: English Language Arts - Grade 9

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

It is expected that students will:

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts, through a process
Overall Expectations Prior Knowledge and Connections Comprehension Strategies Respond to Various Texts Connect Self, Texts, and Culture Forms and Genres Specific Expectations Create and/or adapt and use appropriate comprehension strategies to construct, revise and explain understanding of texts *viewing process stages include: pre-viewing, viewing, responding, exploring, and applying Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning within and across texts in grade nine, narrative textual cues include: - music / sounds, - volume, - colour, - movement, - opening shots to videos, - lighting (time, mood, feelings), - composition - theme - perspectives Compare and critique ideas, points of view, and bias, in and across texts Evaluate the relationship between genres/forms and audience/purpose Evaluate how techniques and elements are used in texts	Lessons Bias in the News Camera Shots Fact Versus Opinion Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics Public Images Television News Viewing a Crime Drama Watching the Elections You Be the Editor
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to plan and focus an inquiry or research and interpret and analyze information and ideas, through a process
Overall Expectations Identify Sources of Information Evaluate Sources Specific Expectations Identify relevant primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions Develop and use criteria to evaluate usefulness, reliability of, and perspectives and biases within, sources	Lessons Deconstructing Web Pages Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Taming the Wild Wiki Thinking About Hate
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written, and visual forms of communication, through a process
Overall Expectations Create Original Texts Effective Presentation Specific Expectations Demonstrate understanding of elements of texts when creating oral, print, and other media texts Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and media)	Lessons Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads Scripting a Crime Drama Writing a Newspaper Article
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society
Overall Expectations Appreciate Diversity Specific Expectations Identify and describe social issues related to diversity and recognize that some perspectives may be missing	Lessons Bias in the News Diversity Audit Ethnic and Visible Minorities in Entertainment Media Perceptions of Youth and Crime That's Me You're Talking About The Front Page The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media Thinking About Hate