Unit 3 Outcomes

You will . . .
  • Reflect on personal text preferences; identify influences that have contributed to the formation of these preferences, and select strategies that may be used to expand interest in texts and text creators (1.2.2 a)
  • Cultivate appreciation for a variety of genres, texts, text creators, and texts in translation from other countries (1.2.2 b)
  • Classify the genre/form of new texts according to attributes of genres/forms previously studied (2.1.3 d)
  • Use a variety of appropriate reference strategies and reference technologies to aid understanding (2.1.4 a)
  • Create and use own reference materials to aid understanding (2.1.4 b)
  • Use handbooks and other tools, including electronic tools, as resources to assist with text creation. (4.2.4 a)
  • Accept, offer, and appreciate the value of constructive criticism (5.1.1 e)
  • Develop and use criteria to monitor and assess group processes (5.2.2 a)
  • Analyze and explain the interplay among the roles adopted by group members; and lead or support, when appropriate, the motivation of a group for high performance (5.2.2 b)
  • Use and appreciate various means to facilitate completion of group projects (5.2.2 c)
  • Understand and appreciate the function of teamwork tools, assess how to work effectively and collaboratively as a team to accomplish a task, understand the role of conflict in a group to reach solutions, and manage and resolve conflict when appropriate (5.2.2 d)
  • Analyze elements or causes present in the communication situation surrounding a text that contributes to the creation of the text (2.1.1 b)
  • Assess the contributions of rhetorical devices and stylistic techniques to the clarity and coherence of print and non-print texts, and assess the various means by which devices and techniques are used to emphasize aspects or portions of a text (2.2.2 a)
  • Reflect on the purposes for text creation and on own motives for selecting strategies to engage an audience; and consider potential consequences of choices regarding text creation (4.1.1 a)
  • Assess the organizational components of a text in progress, and revise them as needed to strengthen their effectiveness as units of thought or experience or to strengthen their contribution to other intended effects (4.2.2 b)
  • Analyze behavioural expectations of a communication situation, explain how verbal and nonverbal communication contributes to the inclusion or exclusion of individuals involved in a communication situation, and use verbal and nonverbal communication that is inclusive of other individuals (5.1.1 d)
  • Evaluate the verisimilitude, appropriateness, and significance of print and non-print texts (2.3.2)
  • Determine inquiry or research requirements as they focus on purpose and presentation form (3.1.1)
  • Plan inquiry or research, and identify information needs and sources (3.1.2)
  • Select, record, and organize information (3.2.1)
  • Form generalizations and conclusions (3.2.3)
  • Develop content (4.1.3)