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Text Features
2.2 use specific features of a wide variety of texts to locate information and aid comprehension (e.g., graphics, questions, summaries, footnotes/ endnotes, reference lists / works cited, back covers of novels)
Connecting Devices
2.3 identify a wide variety of connecting devices and transition words and phrases, and explain how they show relationships among ideas in texts (e.g., either ... or, neither ... nor, both ... and, as ... as, although, as a result of)
Grammatical Structures
2.4 demonstrate an understanding of the gramma- tical structures of English and conventions of print used in texts appropriate for this level (see the Language Reference Chart for ELD Level 5 on pages 172–173)
3. Developing Vocabulary
By the end of this course, students will:
Vocabulary Building Strategies
3.1 use a wide variety of vocabulary acquisition strategies to build subject-specific vocabulary and determine the meaning of unfamiliar words (e.g., compare multiple definitions found in a dictionary and select the correct meaning for a particular context; compile subject-specific glossaries; create lists of synonyms)
Word Recognition Strategies
3.2 use knowledge of a variety of patterns of word structure and derivation to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words (e.g., recognize changes of meaning caused by suffixes that differ- entiate parts of speech [photograph, photographer,
photographic]; recognize root words with Latin and Greek origins used in science, mathematics, and technology [milli = thousand: millimetre = a thousandth of a metre; micro = small: micro- scope = an optical instrument for viewing very small objects])
Use of Resources
3.3 use a wide variety of resources to extend vo- cabulary and determine the precise meaning of words (e.g., select among a range of vocabulary resources, such as dictionaries, glossaries, manuals, online references, and technical dictionaries)
4. Developing Research Skills
By the end of this course, students will:
Locating Information
4.1 locate and compare information for independ- ent research from a variety of school and com- munity sources selected in collaboration with the teacher-librarian, and cite information from those sources appropriately (e.g., articles, non-fiction books, encyclopaedias, websites, DVDs, blogs)
Extracting and Organizing Information
4.2 select information and organize it effectively for a wide variety of purposes (e.g., use a graphic organizer to identify the basic rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; compare cultural practices of diverse groups using a T-chart or Venn diagram)
Critical Thinking
4.3 compare a wide variety of sources of informa- tion to evaluate their reliability (e.g., websites, newspapers, tabloids, blogs)
READING
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