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This strand focuses on helping students develop the skills required to understand, create, and critically interpret media texts. It examines how images (both moving and still), sound, and words are used, independently and in combination, to create meaning. It explores the use and significance of particular conventions and techniques in the media and considers the roles of the viewer and the producer in constructing meaning in media texts. Students apply the knowledge and skills gained through analysis of media texts as they create their own texts.
In the specific expectations in this strand, the examples and teacher prompts refer to media forms and conventions that are appropriate for instruction in the given course. These are not, however, the only forms and conventions that students may explore in the course, nor are they exclusive to the course. Teachers will continue to use their profes- sional judgement to decide on the forms and conventions students will study in every course, based on the identified learning needs of the students in their classrooms.
Optional Courses
The optional courses in the Grade 11–12 English program provide students with language knowledge and skills in oral communication, reading and literature studies, writing, and media studies, as do the compulsory courses. However, each of the optional courses has a thematic or specialized focus. The expectations in these courses are therefore clustered in strands that reflect the emphasis of each particular course. Several of the optional courses present expectations in a single strand. The strands in each of the optional courses are identified on the opening page of the course.
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