New Media 11

Form of a multimedia text — the shape it takes

I can identify the form a multimedia or other text takes — the shape a creator chose within a type of communication.

Function of a multimedia text — its intended purpose

I can identify the function of a multimedia text — its intended purpose — and separate it from the text's form.

Genre of a multimedia text — literary and thematic categories

I can classify a text by genre and use the genre's conventions to explain what its audience expects.

Relationships between form, function, and technology

I can explain how available technology shapes what a text can be and do.

Elements of visual and graphic texts

I can read the visual grammar of a graphic or visual text and explain how design choices build meaning.

Interactivity

I can analyze interactivity as a structural design choice, not decoration.

Elements of style

I can identify the elements of style that make a creator's work distinguishable from others'.

Literary elements and devices, including figurative language

I can recognize literary elements and devices, including figurative language, and explain how a text uses them.

How forms, formats, structures, and features of texts reflect purpose, audience, and message

I can recognize and appreciate how the forms, formats, structures, and features a creator chooses reflect purpose, audience, and message.

Narrative structures found in First Peoples texts

I can recognize narrative structures found in First Peoples texts and how they carry meaning.

Protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts

I understand the protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts.

The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts

I can recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.

The influence of land and place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts

I can recognize the influence of land and place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.

Reading strategies — predicting, inferring, questioning

I can use predicting, inferring, and questioning to actively engage with a new media text.

Reading strategies — paraphrasing, summarizing, identifying big ideas

I can use paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying big ideas to pull the core meaning out of a media text.

Reading strategies — using context clues and text features to unpack text

I can use context clues and text features to unpack the meaning of an unfamiliar or ambiguous media text.

Reading strategies — making connections, visualizing, synthesizing, reflecting

I can use making connections, visualizing, synthesizing, and reflecting to build deeper understanding across media texts.

Metacognitive strategies

I can monitor my own comprehension and repair it when it breaks down while engaging with complex or multimodal texts.

Multimodal reading strategies

I can apply reading strategies suited to texts that combine words, images, sound, and interaction.

Literal and inferential meaning in multimedia texts

I can distinguish literal meaning from inferential meaning in multimedia texts.

Comprehending written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts

I can apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, using comprehension to guide inquiry and extend thinking.

Evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of digital sources

I can access information from a variety of sources and evaluate its relevance, accuracy, and reliability.

Recognizing the complexities of digital citizenship

I can recognize the complexities of digital citizenship.

Thinking critically, creatively, and reflectively about texts

I can think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond new media texts.

Evaluating how new media techniques and devices reflect purpose and audience

I can evaluate how literary elements and new media techniques and devices reflect different purposes and audiences.

Identifying bias, contradictions, distortions, and omissions

I can identify bias, contradictions, distortions, and omissions in a media text.

Express and support an opinion with evidence

I can express and support an opinion with evidence — building a defensible claim backed by evidence and reasoning.

Advocacy

I can recognize advocacy as a function of new media.

Community building

I can recognize community building as a function of new media.

Propaganda

I can recognize propaganda as a function of new media.

Manipulation

I can recognize manipulation as a function of new media.

Oral language strategies

I can apply oral language strategies when discussing or presenting new media work.

Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in formal and informal contexts

I can demonstrate formal speaking and listening delivery across a range of contexts and purposes.

Writing processes

I can move a written component of a new media project through the writing process to a polished final piece.

Multimodal writing strategies

I can apply writing strategies suited to composing across multiple modes at once.

Multimedia presentation processes

I can move a visual or interactive project through a presentation process to a finished new media piece.

Usage — avoiding double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, word misuse

I can avoid common usage errors — double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse — in my writing.

Conventions — standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, Canadian spelling

I can apply the common conventions of standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, and Canadian spelling correctly and consistently.

Citation techniques for acknowledging sources

I can apply citation techniques to acknowledge the sources I draw on in a new media project.

Selecting media appropriate to purpose, audience, and context

I can select and use a variety of media appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.

Selecting an appropriate oral language format for a purpose

I can select and apply an appropriate oral language format for an intended purpose.

Using digital and multimedia processes to create engaging, meaningful texts

I can use digital and multimedia writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Refining texts for clarity, effectiveness, and impact

I can reflect on, assess, and refine my new media texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact.

Transforming ideas into original texts across genres and forms

I can transform ideas and information into original texts, using a variety of genres, forms, structures, and styles.

Acknowledgements and citations — avoiding plagiarism, respecting IP rights

I can use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights.