Page 126 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12: English As a Second Language and English Literacy Development, 2007

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1. write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
2. organize ideas coherently in writing;
3. use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
4. use the stages of the writing process.
1. Writing for Different Purposes
3. Developing Accuracy in Writing
2. Organizing Ideas in Writing
4. Using the Writing Process
WRITING
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
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SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
Academic Purposes
1.1 write short, simple texts to convey informa- tion and ideas for academic purposes using highly scaffolded forms (e.g., label items and pictures related to home, school, food, body, or family; label maps of Canada; write captions for a poster; use sentence stems to write short answers to questions; record homework assign- ments and due dates in school agendas)
Personal Purposes
1.2 write short texts to express ideas and feelings on personal and familiar topics using a few simple scaffolded forms (e.g., follow teacher- prepared models to write shopping lists, short messages in greeting cards, brief e-mail messages)
Community and Workplace Purposes
1.3 write short texts to communicate basic per- sonal information and ideas using a few sim- ple forms (e.g., an emergency contact informa- tion form, an application for a library card, an application for a transit pass)
By the end of this course, students will:
Organizing Ideas
2.1 organize words in simple sentences to com- municate a central idea (e.g., use a sentence stem to compose sentences about daily routines; write captions for a poster)
Linking Ideas
2.2 use a few simple transition words to show relationships between ideas and information (e.g., and, but, after, then)
By the end of this course, students will:
Grammatical Structures
3.1 use correctly the grammatical structures and print conventions of written English appropri- ate for this level (see the Language Reference Chart for ELD Level 1 on pages 128–129)
Spelling Strategies
3.2 use a few basic spelling strategies to spell high-frequency words accurately (e.g., locate words on an alphabetical word wall using the first letter; find pictures or words in picture dictionaries; apply knowledge of common and predictable English sound-symbol and spelling patterns; spell words aloud; record words in a personal word list)
By the end of this course, students will:
Using Pre-writing Strategies
4.1 demonstrate understanding of writing- readiness concepts (e.g., directionality of English print; the importance of spacing between letters and words; the location of text in relation to the lines on a page and margins; the print characters of the Roman alphabet; basic sound-
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