Newfoundland & Labrador · Grade 12
English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 12 English course, from Speaking and Listening to Writing and Representing.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 10
- Skills
- 42
- Provincial exam
- 15% of the final mark
- Official curriculum
- Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 12 skills
Speaking and Listening
Target 1: Explore, Extend, Clarify and Reflect
Impact of oral communication in own interactions
I can understand the impact of the features of oral communication in my own interactions.
Skill 1.1
Analyzing concepts and information when listening
I can analyze concepts and information when listening.
Skill 1.2
Evaluating others' ideas to clarify and extend understanding
I can evaluate others' ideas to clarify and extend my own understanding.
Skill 1.3
Examining thoughts and feelings through questioning and dialogue
I can examine my own thoughts and feelings through questioning and dialogue.
Skill 1.4
Advocating a position with evidence
I can advocate a position using supporting evidence.
Skill 1.5
Target 2: Communicate and Respond
Strategies for formal and informal communication
I can use strategies that contribute to formal and informal communication.
Skill 1.6
Adapting language and delivery for audiences
I can adapt language and delivery for a variety of audiences and purposes.
Skill 1.7
Responding critically to texts, questions, and situations
I can respond critically to a variety of text forms, questions, and situations.
Skill 1.8
Evaluating own and others' uses of language
I can evaluate my own and others' uses of language in a range of contexts.
Skill 1.9
Target 3: Interact with Sensitivity and Respect
Differentiating sensitivity by situation, audience, purpose
I can differentiate situations, audiences, and purposes that require varying degrees of sensitivity.
Skill 1.10
Analyzing how oral language reflects culture and identity
I can analyze how oral language reflects culture and identity.
Skill 1.11
Responding with appropriate sensitivity
I can respond with the sensitivity appropriate to various situations, audiences, and purposes.
Skill 1.12
The official wording · 12 outcomes
- 1.1
- Understand the impact of the features of oral communication in their own interactions
- 1.2
- Analyze concepts and information when listening
- 1.3
- Evaluate others ideas to clarify and extend their own understanding
- 1.4
- Examine their own thoughts and feelings through questioning and dialogue
- 1.5
- Advocate a position using supporting evidence
- 1.6
- Use strategies that contribute to formal and informal communication
- 1.7
- Adapt language and delivery for a variety of audiences and purposes
- 1.8
- Respond critically to a variety of text forms, questions, and situations
- 1.9
- Evaluate their own and others uses of language in a range of contexts
- 1.10
- Differentiate situations, audiences, and purposes that require varying degrees of sensitivity
- 1.11
- Analyze how oral language reflects culture and identity
- 1.12
- Respond with the sensitivity appropriate to various situations, audiences and purposes
Key ideas
Grade 12 reflects on how its own tone, register, and rhetoric shape interactions — critical self-awareness.
Grade 12 commands a full range of communication strategies and deploys the right one for any register.
Grade 12 reads the sensitivity a moment demands with nuance and responds precisely.
You read the effect of your own oral choices.
Command means fluent, deliberate choice.
Watch out for
- Assuming your delivery has no effect.
- Defaulting to one register everywhere.
- Treating every situation with the same sensitivity.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 18 skills
Reading and Viewing
Target 4: Select, Read and View a Range of Texts
Reading and viewing texts for specific purposes
I can read and view a range of texts for specific purposes.
Skill 2.1
Strategies to enhance understanding of texts
I can use a variety of strategies to enhance understanding of texts.
Skill 2.2
Demonstrating understanding of texts
I can demonstrate my understanding of a variety of texts.
Skill 2.3
Evaluating how texts create meaning and purpose
I can evaluate how selected texts create meaning and achieve different purposes.
Skill 2.4
Explaining own processes and strategies with texts
I can explain my own processes and strategies when engaging with texts.
Skill 2.5
Target 5: Inquiry
Investigating topics and questions for inquiry
I can investigate topics and questions for inquiry.
Skill 2.6
Selecting information from sources
I can select information from a variety of sources.
Skill 2.7
Evaluating information from sources
I can evaluate information from a variety of sources.
Skill 2.8
Integrating information for a learning task
I can integrate information to meet the requirements of a learning task.
Skill 2.9
Evaluating own inquiry processes
I can evaluate my own inquiry processes.
Skill 2.10
Target 6: Respond Personally
Reflecting on own interpretation of texts
I can reflect on my own interpretation of texts.
Skill 2.11
Justifying connections between self and texts
I can justify connections between myself and texts.
Skill 2.12
Evaluating own and others' opinions about texts
I can evaluate my own and others' opinions about texts.
Skill 2.13
Analyzing how identities influence texts
I can analyze how different identities influence a range of texts.
Skill 2.14
Target 7: Respond Critically
Analyzing texts through critical response
I can analyze a range of texts through critical response.
Skill 2.15
Evaluating stylistic techniques for meaning and purpose
I can evaluate how stylistic techniques are used to create meaning and achieve different purposes.
Skill 2.16
Assessing how language, form, and genre contribute
I can assess how language, form, and genre contribute to the effectiveness of a text.
Skill 2.17
Justifying critical responses to texts
I can justify my own critical responses to a range of texts.
Skill 2.18
The official wording · 18 outcomes
- 2.1
- Read and view a range of texts for specific purposes
- 2.2
- Use a variety of strategies to enhance understanding of texts
- 2.3
- Demonstrate their understanding of a variety of texts
- 2.4
- Evaluate how selected texts create meaning and achieve different purposes
- 2.5
- Explain their own processes and strategies when engaging with texts
- 2.6
- Investigate topics and questions for inquiry
- 2.7
- Select information from a variety of sources
- 2.8
- Evaluate information from a variety of sources
- 2.9
- Integrate information to meet the requirements of a learning task
- 2.10
- Evaluate their own inquiry processes
- 2.11
- Reflect on their own interpretation of texts
- 2.12
- Justify connections between themselves and texts
- 2.13
- Evaluate their own and others opinions about texts
- 2.14
- Analyze how different identities influence a range of texts
- 2.15
- Analyze a range of texts through critical response
- 2.16
- Evaluate how stylistic techniques are used to create meaning and achieve different purposes
- 2.17
- Assess how language, form and genre contribute to effectiveness of a text
- 2.18
- Justify their own critical responses to a range of texts
Key ideas
Grade 12 selects and reads demanding texts across genres for precise analytical purposes.
Grade 12 frames sophisticated, researchable questions for sustained, independent inquiry.
Grade 12 reflects on how and why it interprets a text as it does — examining its own reading.
Grade 12 mounts a full critical response — analyzing assumptions, structure, viewpoint, and effect with evidence.
Purpose drives selection and reading.
Watch out for
- Reading without a specific purpose.
- Choosing a topic too broad to study.
- Stating an interpretation without reflecting on it.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 12 skills
Writing and Representing
Target 8: Write to Explore, Clarify, Reflect and Imagine
Clarifying thoughts through writing and representing
I can clarify my thoughts and feelings through writing and other forms of representing.
Skill 3.1
Creating texts using stylistic techniques
I can create a variety of texts using a range of stylistic techniques.
Skill 3.2
Expressing creativity through texts
I can express creativity through a variety of texts.
Skill 3.3
Assessing own writing strategies and processes
I can assess my own writing and representing strategies and processes.
Skill 3.4
Target 9: Create Texts
Creating texts collaboratively and independently
I can create a variety of texts collaboratively and independently.
Skill 3.5
Creating texts for audiences and purposes
I can create a variety of texts for a range of audiences and purposes.
Skill 3.6
How text construction influences audience
I can evaluate how text construction can influence audience.
Skill 3.7
Assessing feedback when creating or revising
I can assess feedback from others when creating or revising texts.
Skill 3.8
Target 10: Develop Effective Writing Products
Using conventions of written language
I can use the conventions of written language.
Skill 3.9
Integrating information to enhance clarity and precision
I can integrate information to enhance clarity and precision in texts they create.
Skill 3.10
Evaluating effectiveness of own texts
I can evaluate the effectiveness of the texts they create.
Skill 3.11
Evaluating strategies to engage the audience
I can evaluate the strategies they use to engage the audience and communicate meaning.
Skill 3.12
The official wording · 12 outcomes
- 3.1
- Clarify their thoughts and feelings through writing and other forms of representing
- 3.2
- Create a variety of texts using a range of stylistic techniques
- 3.3
- Express creativity through a variety of texts
- 3.4
- Assess their own writing and representing strategies and processes
- 3.5
- Create a variety of texts collaboratively and independently
- 3.6
- Create a variety of texts for a range of audiences and purposes
- 3.7
- Evaluate how text construction can influence audience
- 3.8
- Assess feedback of others when creating or revising texts
- 3.9
- Use the conventions of written language
- 3.10
- Integrate information to enhance clarity and precision in texts they create
- 3.11
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the texts they create
- 3.12
- Evaluate the strategies they use to engage the audience and communicate meaning
Key ideas
Grade 12 uses writing and representing to think — clarifying complex ideas and feelings on the page.
Grade 12 produces strong independent texts and leads or contributes effectively to collaborative ones.
Grade 12 controls conventions across sophisticated, extended writing so meaning stays exact.
Writing is a tool for thought, not only a product.
Each mode is handled with skill.
Watch out for
- Treating all writing as a final product.
- Only ever writing alone.
- Treating conventions as optional.
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.
The mark you need
Your class mark counts for 85% of the final mark, the exam for 15%.
You need
42% on the exam
With 75% in class, your final mark lands between 63.8% (0 on the exam) and 78.8% (100% on it).
Which course?
Newfoundland & Labrador has 4 English courses for Grade 12. Here they are side by side.
- English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)This course3 units · 42 skillsEnglish 3201 Public ExamWhat it coversSpeaking and Listening · Reading and Viewing · Writing and Representing
- English Language Arts 3202 (Applied)3 units · 39 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversSpeaking and Listening · Reading and Viewing · Writing and Representing
- Film Studies 32041 units · 12 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversIntegrated ELA Strands
- World Literature 32071 units · 15 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversIntegrated ELA Strands
What a university, college or program asks for is theirs to say: check its admission page, and your school’s course guide.
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Questions about English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)
What is English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)?
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 12 English course: 3 units and 42 skills, from Speaking and Listening to Writing and Representing.
What units are in English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)?
1. Speaking and Listening, 2. Reading and Viewing and 3. Writing and Representing.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)?
Yes. The English 3201 Public Exam counts for 15% of the final mark. Next sitting: January 25, 2027.
Can MapleMind help with English Language Arts 3201 (Academic)?
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