Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English Language Arts Grade 2

Foundations of Language 

Overall Expectations: 

A1: Learners will apply listening, speaking and non-verbal communication skills and strategies to understand and communicate meaning for various audiences, purposes, and contexts. 

Specific Expectations: 

A1.1 Use listening strategies to understand oral communication and interact with various context. 

A1.2 Use oral and non-verbal communication strategies to interpret and contribute to the meaning of messages and information. 

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Comprehension 

Overall Expectations: 

B1: Learners will apply knowledge of text structures, features, and styles to comprehend texts in a variety of genres that represent diverse perspectives and experiences. 

Specific Expectations: 

B1.1 Identify characteristics of narrative and informational text forms and associated genres. 

B1.2 Identify organizational structures and text features and apply this knowledge to support reading comprehension. 

B1.3 Identify the relationship between visual elements and visual design, describe how they communicate meaning. 

B1.4 Identify elements of style in text and explain how they help communicate meaning. 

B1.5 Examine how texts present the narrator’s point of view and suggest an alternative point of view. 

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Overall Expectations: 

B2: Learners will use reading, listening, and viewing strategies to comprehend a variety of texts that represent diverse perspectives and experiences.  

Specific Expectations: 

B2.1 Identify and explain the purpose for reading texts. 

B2.2 Make and confirm predictions using background knowledge and evidence from the text. 

B2.4 Make connections text to text, text to self and text to world. 

B2.5 Identify the main idea and details in texts. 

B2.6 Identify strategies used to comprehend text.  

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Overall Expectations: 

B3: Learners will apply critical thinking skills to deepen comprehension of texts and analyze how various perspectives and topics are communicated and addressed in a variety of texts. 

Specific Expectations: 

B3.1 Identify simple literary devices to support comprehension of text. 

B3.2 Use information and visual elements in text to make inferences and identify implied information. 

B3.4 Express personal thoughts and feelings about ideas presented in texts. 

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Composition 

Overall Expectations: 

C1: Learners will apply pre-writing skills and strategies to create various texts for a range of authentic audiences and purposes. 

Specific Expectations: 

C1.1 Identify the topic, audience, and purpose for writing. 

C1.3 Gather information and content relevant to a topic, using multiple sources. 

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Overall Expectations Overall Expectations: 

C2: Learners will apply knowledge and understanding of text forms and genres to write a variety of texts. 

Specific Expectations: 

C2.4 Identify the point of view used in their texts. 

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Overall Expectations: 

C3: Learners will use suitable and effective media, techniques, and tools to publish and present final texts in a range of genres. 

Specific Expectations: 

C3.1 Produce final texts, using simple techniques. 

C3.2 Select from a variety of media to present final texts. 

C3.3 Present created texts to audiences. 

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