C1. Knowledge about Texts
Specific Expectations
Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts
C1.1
read and comprehend various complex texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
Text Forms and Genres
C1.2
analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning
Text Patterns and Features
C1.3
compare the text patterns, such as compare and contrast in an expository essay, and text features, such as footnotes and copyright information, associated with different text forms, including cultural texts, and evaluate their importance in helping readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
Visual Elements of Texts
C1.4
evaluate how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts
Elements of Style
C1.5
identify various elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and analyze how each element helps create meaning and is appropriate for the text form and genre
Point of View
C1.6
analyze the narrator’s point of view, including limited, omniscient, or unreliable, in a variety of texts, explain how it is communicated, and suggest alternative points of view, giving reasons
Indigenous Context of Various Text Forms
C1.7
read, listen to, and view a wide variety of text forms by diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit creators to make meaning through Indigenous Storywork about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations, and lived experiences
