Newfoundland & Labrador · Grade 10
English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)
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 practical strategies to communicate clearly in everyday, informal talk.
Skill 1.1
Advocating a point of view with evidence
I can state a point of view and back it up with practical evidence.
Skill 1.2
Questioning to elaborate, clarify, and qualify
I can ask questions to get the details, clear up confusion, and pin down what is meant.
Skill 1.3
Social conventions and cues for purpose and audience
I can use the right manners and cues for the setting, people, and purpose.
Skill 1.4
Target 2: Listening
Active listening to analyze ideas and information
I can listen carefully to pick out the key ideas and important information.
Skill 1.5
Target 3: Oral Language
Refining presentation skills in formal contexts
I can improve how I present in formal, real-world situations.
Skill 1.6
Target 4: Critical Speaking and Listening
How spoken language influences thoughts and opinions
I can recognize how spoken language is used to influence what people think.
Skill 1.7
Critical listening for reasoning, bias, and reliability
I can listen critically to tell reliable information from biased or weak claims.
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
Everyday communication works when your point is clear, on-topic, and easy for a listener to act on.
Active listening means paying attention so you catch the main points and the details that matter.
Formal presenting — a pitch, a demonstration, a report — works when it's clear, confident, and audience-ready.
Ads, speeches, and everyday talk use spoken language to persuade — through emphasis, repetition, and appeals.
Useful strategies: state your point plainly, check the other person understood, and keep to the purpose.
Watch out for
- Talking around a point instead of stating it plainly.
- Zoning out and missing an important detail.
- Skipping practice for a formal presentation.
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 work with different kinds of texts and pick the right one for the job.
Skill 2.1
Target 7: Comprehension and Connections
Strategies for meaning and comprehension of texts
I can use strategies to understand texts and show I understood them.
Skill 2.2
How literary and language devices convey meaning
I can spot how language devices are used to get a message across.
Skill 2.3
Critically analyzing texts
I can look at a text critically to see what it's doing and whether to trust it.
Skill 2.4
Justifying points of view through connections
I can back up my opinion about a text by connecting it to my life, other texts, and the world.
Skill 2.5
How media and visual devices convey meaning
I can spot how images and media are used to send a message.
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
Everyday reading means choosing the text that gets the job done — a manual, a form, a website, an article.
At senior level, working out unfamiliar words happens as part of understanding — you use context and strategies to make sense of a text.
Matching the text to your purpose saves time and effort.
You show comprehension by explaining or using what a text says.
Everyday texts and stories use devices — comparisons, repetition, strong images — to make a message land.
Watch out for
- Grabbing any text instead of the one suited to the task.
- Skipping over parts you don't understand.
- Sticking to one kind of text 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 practical steps to research and find information I need.
Skill 3.1
Evaluating sources for legitimacy and reliability
I can check whether a source is trustworthy before I use it.
Skill 3.2
Citing researched information with integrity
I can use information I found and give credit for it honestly.
Skill 3.3
Target 9: Creating/Sharing Texts
Creating texts for purposes and audiences
I can make print, live, and digital texts that fit different purposes and audiences.
Skill 3.4
Target 10: Writing Traits
Demand and process writing with the six traits
I can write, both on demand and through drafting, 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
Research works when you know what you're looking for, where to look, and how to keep track of what you find.
Everyday texts — a poster, a video, an email — work when their form fits who they're for and what they're for.
The six traits — ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions — make any writing clearer.
A simple, repeatable process makes finding reliable information easier.
Picking the right form and tone gets your message across.
Watch out for
- Searching with no clear question.
- Using the same style for every audience.
- Skipping drafting for pieces that need it.
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)3 units · 19 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversSpeaking and Listening · Reading and Viewing · Writing and Representing
- English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)This course3 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
This page follows Newfoundland & Labrador’s own curriculum for English Language Arts 1202 (Applied).
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Questions about English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)
What is English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)?
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 1202 (Applied)?
1. Speaking and Listening, 2. Reading and Viewing and 3. Writing and Representing.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)?
No. Newfoundland & Labrador gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts 1202 (Applied).
What comes after English Language Arts 1202 (Applied)?
English Language Arts 2201 (Academic), English Language Arts 2202 (Applied) and Writing 2203.
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