Grade 8 ELA BC Learning Standards Standards

Big Ideas

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Curricular Competency

Content

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

Story/text

Strategies and processes

Language features, structures, and conventions

features of oral language

reading strategies

forms, functions, and genres of text

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking

Access information and ideas for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate their relevance, accuracy, and reliability

Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.

multi-paragraphing

oral language strategies

text features

Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking

Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

language usage and context

metacognitive strategies

literary elements

Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to purpose, audience, and message

Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources to build understanding

People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.

elements of style

writing processes

literary devices

Use an increasing repertoire of conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages

Texts are socially, culturally, and historically constructed.

syntax and sentence fluency

elements of visual/graphic texts

Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes

Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts

Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

conventions

relevance, accuracy, reliability

Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose, and message

Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts

presentation techniques

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity

Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world

Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways

Recognize how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning

Recognize an increasing range of text structures and how they contribute to meaning

Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view

Develop an awareness of the protocols and ownership associated with First Peoples texts