Unit+2+Course+Objectives

**Speaking **
Speak to clarify and extend thinking Speak to express understanding Speak to share thoughts, opinions, and feelings Speak to build relationships and a sense of community Recognize and adjust oral presentation elements effectively (i.e., articulation, pronunciation, volume, tempo, pitch, stress, gestures, eye contact, facial expression, and poise) in keeping with purpose, audience needs, and individual cultural and linguistic background Organize information, thoughts, and opinions in an appropriate format Summarize main points and conclusions Participate in small and large group discussions, observing the courtesies of group discussion Speak to inform and persuade Express own response to a story, poem, play, event, or experience Conduct an informal interview

** Listening **
Respond personally, critically, and empathetically Distinguish between fact and opinion

Writing
Recognize writing as a process of constructing meaning for self and others Use what is known as the writing process: Write introductions that engage interest and focus readers' attention State a topic sentence clearly and limit the content to pertinent material Develop ideas rather than just restating them Organize ideas in multi-paragraph compositions Compose suitable endings Analyze and evaluate their own and others' writing for ideas, organization, sentence clarity, word choice, and mechanics (i.e., capitalization, punctuation, and spelling) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Prepare final copy using appropriate conventions of publication (e.g., title page, references, bibliography) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Confer with peers and teacher
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">use appropriate pre-writing and planning strategies
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">develop ideas previously explored into draft form
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">revise and polish compositions
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">share or present compositions

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Reading **
Recognize reading as an active process which requires readers to:
 * make connections
 * find meaning
 * make and confirm predictions
 * make and confirm inferences
 * reflect and evaluate.

Respond personally, critically, and creatively Record responses in a reader's journal, log, or notebook <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Differentiate fact from opinion <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Skim, scan, and read closely for required information <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Differentiate between literal and figurative statements, and between the denotative and connotative <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recognize common allusions and discuss their significance in context <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recognize common literary symbols <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recognize stylistic devices and techniques such as characterization, flashback, foreshadowing, simile, metaphor, hyperbole <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Summarize information <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recognize propaganda techniques
 * Practise the behaviours of effective, strategic readers.
 * Practise the behaviours of effective, strategic readers.

** Representing & Viewing **
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Present information using print and non-print aids to engage and inform a familiar audience <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Present thoughts, ideas, and feelings using an appropriate combination of charts, diagrams, pictures, audiotapes, slides, models, drama, and print <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Communicate thoughts, ideas, and feelings for specified purposes and audiences through storyboards, posters, overheads, or telemedia presentations <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Identify the purposes, intended audiences, messages, and points of view in advertisements, posters, films, and television or video presentations <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recognize language techniques and media conventions in television, film, and video presentations <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Evaluate critically information obtained from viewing advertisements, posters, films, and video and television presentations ||  ||