Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Literary Studies 10

Curricular Competencies

Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals
Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing
Explore the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts
Recognize and appreciate how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts
Recognize personal, social, and cultural contexts, as well as values and perspectives in texts
Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities
Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
Identify bias, contradictions, and distortions

Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and extend thinking
Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways
Assess and refine texts to improve clarity and impact
Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes
Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences
Express and support an opinion with evidence
Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently
and as appropriate to the context
Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights

Text forms and genres
Strategies and processes
- reading strategies
- oral language strategies
- metacognitive strategies
- writing processes
- design processes
Language features, structures, and conventions
- language features
- elements of style
- exploration of voice
- usage and conventions
- literary elements and devices
- literal meaning and inferential meaning
- citation techniques

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