Literary Studies 12

Unit 1: Reading & Comprehension

The receptive spine, pitched at increasingly complex, self-selected texts: selecting and applying comprehension strategies to transform thinking, reading and metacognitive strategies, and the First Peoples cluster — features, structures, protocols, oral tradition, and the influence of land and place.

• Features and structures of First Peoples texts

• Narrative structures in First Peoples texts (circular, iterative, cyclical)
• Protocols for the ownership of First Peoples oral texts

• The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts
• The influence of land and place in First Peoples and Canadian texts

• Reading strategies for increasingly complex texts
• Metacognitive strategies — thinking about your own thinking

• Selecting and applying strategies to comprehend texts and transform thinking

Unit 2: Critical Reading

The critical-literacy strand at the escalated analyze level: evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts; analyzing ideas within, between, and beyond texts; and analyzing personal, social, and cultural context, values, and perspective in a text.

• Evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of a source

• Analyzing ideas within, between, and beyond texts

• Analyzing personal, social, and cultural context, values, and perspective in a text

Unit 3: Literary Analysis (Analyze Level)

The literary-analysis spine at the escalated analyze level: form, function, and genre; elements of style; literary elements and devices; how text structures and features reflect purpose and audience; analyzing how devices shape meaning and impact; recognizing an increasing range of text structures; and discerning nuance in word meaning across contexts.

• Form, function, and genre of literary texts

• Elements of style — diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, tone
• Literary elements and devices, including figurative language

• How text forms and structures reflect purpose, audience, and message

• Analyzing how literary elements and devices shape meaning and impact

• Recognizing an increasing range of text structures and their contribution to meaning

• Discerning nuances in word meanings across contexts

Unit 4: Composing & Responding

The productive strand: multimodal writing strategies, senior-level writing processes, oral language strategies, usage and conventions, citation, composing original texts for real purposes and audiences, refining texts for clarity and impact, using citations to recognize intellectual property rights, and transforming ideas into original texts across genres.

• Multimodal writing strategies for combining media
• Writing processes — from gathering ideas to editing

• Oral language strategies for discussing literature

• Usage — avoiding double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, word misuse
• Conventions — standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, Canadian spelling

• Citation techniques for acknowledging sources
• Acknowledgements and citations — avoiding plagiarism, respecting IP rights

• Building and defending an evidence-based opinion to achieve a purpose

• Composing meaningful texts for real purposes and audiences
• Revising and refining writing for clarity, effectiveness, and impact
• Transforming ideas into original texts across genres and forms

Unit 5: Voice, Appropriation & the Evolution of Language

The two Content standards unique to Grade 12 in this stream — the concrete escalation over Literary Studies 11: the ethics of using another's voice, the power of marginalized peoples reclaiming theirs, and how language itself shifts over time.

• Appropriation of voice — using the voice of another person or group
• Reclamation of voice — marginalized peoples asserting their voices

• The evolution of language — how words and structures shift over time