Newfoundland & Labrador · Grade 10
English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 10 English course, from Speaking and Listening to Writing and Representing.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 9
- Skills
- 19
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 8 skills
Speaking and Listening
Target 1: Discussion
Strategies for effective informal communication
I can use a range of strategies for effective, analytical informal discussion.
Skill 1.1
Advocating a point of view with evidence
I can advocate a reasoned point of view using supporting evidence.
Skill 1.2
Questioning to elaborate, clarify, and qualify
I can use questioning techniques to elaborate, clarify, and qualify ideas.
Skill 1.3
Social conventions and cues for purpose and audience
I can use social conventions and cues suited to purpose, setting, and audience.
Skill 1.4
Target 2: Listening
Active listening to analyze ideas and information
I can use active listening to analyze ideas and information.
Skill 1.5
Target 3: Oral Language
Refining presentation skills in formal contexts
I can refine presentation skills for formal, academic contexts.
Skill 1.6
Target 4: Critical Speaking and Listening
How spoken language influences thoughts and opinions
I can show how spoken language influences others' thoughts and opinions.
Skill 1.7
Critical listening for reasoning, bias, and reliability
I can listen critically to recognize reasoning, bias, and reliability.
Skill 1.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 1.1
- Use a range of strategies that contribute to effective informal communication
- 1.2
- Advocate a point of view using supporting evidence
- 1.3
- Use effective questioning techniques to elaborate, clarify, and qualify ideas
- 1.4
- Use appropriate social conventions and cues according to purpose, setting, and audience
- 1.5
- Use active listening skills to analyze ideas and information
- 1.6
- Refine effective presentation skills in formal contexts
- 1.7
- Demonstrate understanding of how spoken language influences others thoughts and opinions
- 1.8
- Refine critical listening skills to recognize reasoning, bias, and reliability
Key ideas
Academic discussion tests ideas — you probe, extend, and refine claims, not just exchange them.
Analytical listening goes past hearing — you test reasoning, weigh evidence, and track the structure of an argument.
Formal academic presenting demands a clear thesis, organized support, and control of tone and pacing.
Spoken language shapes belief through rhetoric — word choice, appeals, tone, and framing.
Strategies include building on a point with evidence, naming an assumption, and steering talk toward analysis.
Watch out for
- Treating discussion as taking turns rather than building an argument.
- Listening only for the gist and missing the reasoning.
- Reading slides aloud instead of presenting an argument.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 6 skills
Reading and Viewing
Target 5: Print Engagement
Engaging with text forms and selecting for purpose
I can engage with a variety of text forms and select texts for specific purposes.
Skill 2.1
Target 7: Comprehension and Connections
Strategies for meaning and comprehension of texts
I can use strategies to derive meaning and demonstrate comprehension of texts.
Skill 2.2
How literary and language devices convey meaning
I can examine how literary and language devices are used to convey meaning.
Skill 2.3
Critically analyzing texts
I can critically analyze texts.
Skill 2.4
Justifying points of view through connections
I can justify my point of view about texts through connections to self, other texts, and the world.
Skill 2.5
How media and visual devices convey meaning
I can examine how media and visual devices are used to convey meaning.
Skill 2.6
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 2.1
- Engage with a variety of text forms and make selections for specific purposes
- 2.2
- Use strategies to derive meaning, and demonstrate comprehension of texts
- 2.3
- Examine how literary and language devices are used to convey meaning
- 2.4
- Critically analyze texts
- 2.5
- Justify personal points of view about texts through connections to self, other texts, and the world
- 2.6
- Examine how media and visual devices convey meaning
Key ideas
Academic readers choose demanding texts deliberately — matching form (essay, poem, article) to an analytical purpose.
By senior level, decoding is folded into comprehension: fluent readers use strategies (inferring, synthesizing) to build meaning from demanding texts.
Selection is a purposeful, independent judgement.
Comprehension is shown by explaining a text, not just reading it.
Academic reading analyzes craft — metaphor, imagery, syntax, diction — and how each shapes meaning.
Watch out for
- Choosing texts by ease rather than analytical fit.
- Reading the words without constructing meaning.
- Reading one form only.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 5 skills
Writing and Representing
Target 8: Research/Inquiry
Approaches and strategies in inquiry and research
I can use effective approaches and strategies in the inquiry and research process.
Skill 3.1
Evaluating sources for legitimacy and reliability
I can evaluate and analyze sources to determine legitimacy and reliability.
Skill 3.2
Citing researched information with academic integrity
I can incorporate and cite researched information while maintaining academic integrity.
Skill 3.3
Target 9: Creating/Sharing Texts
Creating texts for purposes and audiences
I can create a variety of print, live, and digital texts for different purposes and audiences.
Skill 3.4
Target 10: Writing Traits
Demand and process writing with the six traits
I can engage in demand and process writing using the six traits of effective writing.
Skill 3.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 3.1
- Use effective approaches and strategies in the inquiry and research process
- 3.2
- Evaluate and analyze sources of information to determine legitimacy and reliability
- 3.3
- Incorporate and cite researched information while maintaining academic integrity
- 3.4
- Create a variety of print, live, and digital texts for different purposes and audiences
- 3.5
- Engage in demand and process writing using the six traits of effective writing
Key ideas
Academic inquiry runs from a focused question through planned research to a supported conclusion.
Academic creators shape form, register, and structure to a purpose and audience — an essay, a presentation, a digital piece.
The six traits — ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions — guide both timed (demand) and drafted (process) writing.
Effective strategies keep a sustained investigation organized and rigorous.
Choices are deliberate and defensible.
Watch out for
- Gathering sources with no plan or question.
- Using one form for every purpose.
- Treating the traits as a checklist bolted on at the end.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
Which course?
Newfoundland & Labrador has 3 English courses for Grade 10. Here they are side by side.
- English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)This course3 units · 19 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversSpeaking and Listening · Reading and Viewing · Writing and Representing
- English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)3 units · 19 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversSpeaking and Listening · Reading and Viewing · Writing and Representing
- Literacy 12043 units · 23 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversReading and Viewing · Speaking and Listening · Writing and Representing
What a university, college or program asks for is theirs to say: check its admission page, and your school’s course guide.
The official curriculum
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Questions about English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)
What is English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)?
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 10 English course: 3 units and 19 skills, from Speaking and Listening to Writing and Representing.
What units are in English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)?
1. Speaking and Listening, 2. Reading and Viewing and 3. Writing and Representing.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)?
No. Newfoundland & Labrador gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts 1201 (Academic).
What comes after English Language Arts 1201 (Academic)?
English Language Arts 2201 (Academic), English Language Arts 2202 (Applied) and Writing 2203.
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