BLOCK B
ENGLISH FIRST PEOPLES ARTICLE 3
Communication
Thinking
Personal and Social
KEY LEARNING STANDARDS
The key learning standards students are expected to already know are a variety of BC, Canadian, and global First Peoples texts so they have a basic understanding of what is to be expected in the unit.
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They are also required to know a variety of text forms and genres (following the first point), common themes in First Peoples literature such as identity, traditions, the experience of colonization and decolonization, and many more. An understanding of the First Peoples oral tradition (including the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada, purpose of oral texts, the relationship between oral tradition and land/place).
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Basic strategies and processes such as the many reading strategies students have learned in the years prior, metacognitive strategies (including thinking and reflecting on the text given), writing processes, presentation techniques, and oral language techniques such as speaking with expression to engage the audience.
Also avoiding common usage errors such as double negatives, mixed metaphors, and word misuse or misunderstanding.
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This includes elements of the text that are set with useful typography, (bold, italics, underline) guide words, key words, titles, diagrams, captions, labels, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, photographs, and sidebars and text boxes.
This also includes structures of how text is organized, and stylistic writing choices that each individual writer has that makes their literature distinguishable from others. This is achievable by diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone.
TEXT FEATURES
PROTOCALS
They are expected to know the following protocols, such as protocols relating to the ownership and sharing of First Peoples texts, acknowledging the territory, and understanding the importance in how to engage with First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations.
LANGUAGE FEATURES, STRUCTURES, AND CONVENTIONS
This section includes features of oral language, which is described as a general term for the usage of intonation, enunciation, volume, pacing, expression, purpose, diction, acoustics. Language change. which is the noticeable development of languages as it starts to include newer words, and why it is changing / what is affecting it.
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Syntax and sentence fluency, rhetorical devices (language, parallelism, repetition, irony, humour, exaggeration, emotional language, logic). Usage and conventions, such as common practices of standard punctuation in capitalization, quoting, and spelling of Canadian and First Peoples words.​
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Persuasive techniques (​ethical, logical, and emotional appeals), it also may include using repetition, rhetorical questions, irony, or satire​​.