Module 1 Outcomes

Students will know…

  • They must review the appropriateness, accuracy and significance of findings, conclusions and generalizations drawn from gathered data and information; prepare a detailed record of references; determine how best to share the information; and determine next steps, if any. (3.2.4 c) 
  • Strategies can be used to create a rapport with an audience (4.1.4 d)

Students will be able to…

  • Understand and interpret content (2.1.2 all)
  • Form generalizations by integrating new information with prior knowledge (3.2.3 a)
  • Identify criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of texts, monitor the effectiveness of the criteria, and modify the criteria as needed [for example, use criteria to assess the adequacy, relevance and effectiveness of content and to assess the text creator’s voice and style] (2.3.2 a)
  • Analyze and assess settings and plots in terms of created reality and plausibility [for example, determine the authenticity of the setting of a work of historical fiction] (2.3.2 c)
  • Analyze and assess character and characterization in terms of consistency of behaviour, motivation and plausibility, and in terms of contribution to theme [for example, determine the meanings suggested by a change in a character’s behaviour or values] (2.3.2 d)
  • Analyze and assess images in print and nonprint texts in terms of created reality and appropriateness to purpose and audience (2.3.2 e)
  • Draw conclusions that are appropriate to findings, reflect own understandings and are consistent with the identified topic, purpose and situation (3.2.3 b)
  • Distinguish between support and generalization, and provide support for generalizations and conclusions (3.2.3 c)
  • Develop content (4.1.3 all)
  • Develop and deliver oral, visual and multimedia presentations, using voice production factors [such as volume, tone and stress], nonverbal factors [such as gestures, posture, distance and eye contact] and visual production factors [such as colour and contrast] appropriate to purpose, audience and situation (4.1.4 c)
  • Review the accuracy, specificity, precision, vividness and relevance of details, events, images, facts or other data intended to support a controlling idea or to develop a unifying effect; and add to, modify or delete details, events, images, facts or other data as needed to provide complete and effective support or development (4.2.1 b)
  • Assess reasoning for logic and evidence for consistency, completeness and relevance; and strengthen reasoning as needed by adding to, modifying or deleting details to provide significant evidence and make effective and convincing arguments [for example, work with a small group to use a revision strategy like Workshop Advice, where each person in the group provides one suggestion for a sentence change] (4.2.1 c)
  • Assess the plausibility and appropriateness of literary interpretations and the precision, completeness and relevance of evidence when reviewing and revising critical/analytical responses to literature (4.2.1 d)
  • Assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of diction, and revise word choice as needed to create intended effects (4.2.3 b)
  • Assess syntax for appropriateness and effectiveness, and revise sentence structures as needed to create intended effects (4.2.3 c)
  • Apply understanding of stylistic techniques and rhetorical devices when creating print and nonprint texts [for example, use imagery to create pathos, use parallel structure to create emphasis, and use sound in multimedia texts to create humour] (4.2.3 d)
  • Recognize personal voice in texts created; and continue to develop personal craft through practice, using various methods (4.2.3 e)