Students who work with Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie’s materials can meet many of the requirements for English 9-12.
Ontario Curriculum
English Grades 9-12 (ENG 1D, 2D, 3U, 4U)
Connections to Overall Expectations
Oral Communication and Expectations
Listening to Understand
- Purpose
- Using Active Listening Skills
- Using Listening Comprehension Strategies
- Demonstrating Understanding of Content
- Interpreting Texts
- Extending understanding of texts
- Analysis of texts
- Critical literacy
- Understanding presentation strategies
Speaking to Communicate
- Purpose
- Interpersonal Speaking Strategies
- Clarity and Coherence
- Diction and Devices
- Vocal Strategies
- Non-verbal cues
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
- Metacognition
- Interconnected skills
Media Studies
Undertanding Media Texts
- Purpose and audience
- Interpreting messages
- Production perspectives
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions and Techniques
- Form
- Conventions and techniques
Creating Media Texts
- Form
- Purpose and audience
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
- Metacognition
- Interconected skills
Reading and Literature Studies
Reading for Meaning
- Variety of texts
- Using reading comprehension strategies
- Demonstrating understanding of culture
- Making inferences
- Extending understanding of texts
- Analysing texts
- Evaluating texts
- Critical Literacy
Understanding Form and Style
- Text forms
- Text features
- Elements of style
Reading with Fluency
- Reading familiar words
- Reading unfamiliar words
- Developing vocabulary
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
- Metacognition
- Interconnected skills
Writing
Developing and Organizing Content
- Indentifying topic, purpose and audience
- Generating and developing ideas
- Research
- Organizing ideas
Using Knowledge of Form and Style
- Form
- Voice
- Diction
- Critical literacy
- Producing drafts
Applying Knowledge of Convention
- Vocabulary
- Publishing
- Producing finished works
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
- Metacognition
- Interconnected skills