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CURRICULAR COMPETENCY

CONTENT 

EN: ENGLISH FIRST PEOPLES 12 

Prerequisite: Literary Studies 11 or Pre-AP Incentive Literary Studies 11 

 

English First Peoples 12 builds upon and extends students’ previous learning experiences in ELA courses. The course is grounded in the First Peoples Principles of Learning and will delve deeply into the Frist Peoples’ oral and written literature. It is designed for all students to think critically and creatively as they continue to explore, extend, and strengthen their own writing. Within a supportive community, students work individually and collaboratively to explore oral and written literature and create powerful, purposeful compositions. 

 

Furthermore, through the study of authentic Indigenous text students will be able to: 

  • extend their capacity to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts 

  • deepen their understanding of themselves and insights into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future as related to First Peoples

  • expand their understanding of what it means to be educated Canadian and global citizens 

 

This course meets the new graduation requirement to have 4 credits in both an Indigenous Focused course, and the English Language Arts 12 requirement for all students graduating in B.C after September 2023. 

 

BIG IDEAS:

 

  • The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.

  • Oral and other texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.

  • Voice is powerful and evocative.

  • First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future.

  • Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.

  • First Peoples voices and texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation.

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  • Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

    • Analyze how First Peoples languages and texts reflect their cultures, knowledge, and worldviews; how different features reflect a variety of audiences and messages

    • Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources

    • Select strategies for inquiry and comprehension

    • Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas related to texts

    • Recognize and identify personal, social, and cultural contexts in texts

    • Appreciate and understand how language constructs and reflects identities

    • Construct meaningful connections between self, text, and world

    • Demonstrate understanding of the role of story and oral traditions in expressing First Peoples values and perspective

    • Understand and evaluate how literary elements enhance and shape meaning and impact

    • Analyze the diversity and influence of land/place in First Peoples societies represented in texts, as well as assessing its authenticity

    • Examine the significance of terms/words from First Peoples languages used in English texts, and discern nuances in the meanings of words in wide contexts

    • Identify bias, contradictions, distortions, and omissions

  • Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

    • Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking

    • Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of contexts in different purposes

    • Apply appropriate oral communication for intended purposes

    • Express and support opinions with evidence

    • Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways

    • Use writing and design processes to create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

    • Assess and refine texts to improve clarity and impact

    • Experiment with genres, forms, or styles of texts

    • Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and appropriately to the context

    • Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles

    • Recognize intellectual property rights and protocols and apply as necessary

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Students are expected to know the following:

  • A wide variety of BC, Canadian, and global First Peoples texts, as well as text forms and genres

  • Common themes in First Peoples literature

  • Reconciliation in Canada

  • First Peoples oral traditions

  • the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada

  • Purposes of oral texts

  • The relationship between oral tradition and land/

  • purposes of oral texts

  • the relationship between oral tradition and land/place

  • Protocols

    • protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts

    • acknowledgement of territory

    • situating oneself in relation to others and place

    • processes when engaging with First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations

  • Text features and structures

    • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts

    • form, function, and genre of texts

    • elements of visual/graphic texts

  • Strategies and processes

    • reading strategies

    • oral language strategies

    • metacognitive strategies

    • writing processes

    • presentation techniques 

  • Language features, structures, and conventions

    • features of oral language

    • elements of style

    • language change

    • syntax and sentence fluency

    • rhetorical devices

    • usage and conventions

    • literary elements and devices

    • literal and inferential meaning

    • persuasive techniques

    • citations and acknowledgements

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