Course Information
The expectations for Grades 7 and 8 focus on the consolidation of students’ language knowledge, skills, and strategies and their ability to use them independently and effectively to understand, reflect on, apply, and communicate information and ideas, and for continued learning in school and in a multicultural, multimedia world.
The language curriculum for Grades 7 and 8 is designed to engage students in tasks that they see as meaningful in order to motivate them to analyse, evaluate, and create texts out of interest as well as to meet curriculum expectations.
The language curriculum for Grades 7 and 8 is designed to engage students in tasks that they see as meaningful in order to motivate them to analyse, evaluate, and create texts out of interest as well as to meet curriculum expectations.
Strands in the Language Curriculum
- Oral Communication
- Reading
- Writing
- Media Literacy
Unit One: R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy
RACES | |
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How To Add Quotes In Writing | |
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Unit Two: Newspapers & News Broadcasts
News Broadcast Presentation | |
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Unit Three: Short Stories
Important terms:
- theme
- character (characterization)
- conflict
- inference