English 12

Asking discriminating questions to evaluate ideas

I can ask discriminating questions to acquire, interpret, analyze, and evaluate ideas and information.

Advocating and justifying positions convincingly

I can advocate and justify a position convincingly while showing I understand a range of viewpoints.

Interacting in leadership and support roles in complex situations

I can interact in both leadership and support roles in situations of real complexity.

Adapting language and delivery in complex contexts

I can adapt language and delivery for varied audiences across informal and formal contexts of real complexity.

Evaluating verbal and nonverbal elements of powerful communication

I can critically evaluate my own and others' language, recognizing what makes communication powerful.

Making critical language choices of tone and style

I can make critical language choices of tone and style to meet the demands of varied speaking situations.

Expressing voice or choosing to remain silent

I can express my individual voice while judging when to speak and when to remain silent.

Experiencing world literary genres and modes

I can read widely across literary genres, modes, and world literature from different periods and countries.

Constructing meaning in complex and sophisticated texts

I can use cueing systems and varied strategies to construct meaning in complex and sophisticated texts.

Articulating one's own processes with sophisticated texts

I can articulate my own processes and strategies for exploring, interpreting, and reflecting on sophisticated texts.

Researching systematically to meet learning needs

I can research systematically to meet my own learning needs and use information in complex ways.

Evaluating one's own research processes

I can evaluate my own research processes and judge their effectiveness.

Making informed personal responses that explore diverse perspectives

I can make informed personal responses to challenging texts, exploring diverse perspectives to develop or modify my point of view.

Justifying points of view and interpreting ambiguities

I can justify points of view about texts and their elements and interpret ambiguities in sophisticated texts.

Critically evaluating accessed information

I can critically evaluate the information I access for accuracy, reliability, and bias.

Showing relationships among language, purpose, and audience

I can show the relationships among language, purpose, and audience and relate a text's elements to other texts.

Describing, discussing, and evaluating characteristics of texts

I can describe, discuss, and evaluate the language, ideas, and significant characteristics of texts and genres.

Examining how texts reveal and produce ideologies and identities

I can examine how complex texts reveal and produce ideologies, identities, and positions.

Examining how media texts construct roles, culture, and reality

I can examine how media texts construct notions of roles, behaviour, culture, and reality.

Examining how textual features help create meaning

I can examine how textual features help a reader and viewer create meaning.

Analysing how texts influence perceptions of those impacted

I can analyse how texts influence perceptions of those impacted by gender-based violence.

Reflecting on cultural perspectives and systemic issues

I can reflect on how cultural perspectives on gender relate to systemic issues contributing to gender-based violence.

Analysing authors' responsibility in portrayal

I can analyse the responsibility authors carry in how they portray gender-based violence.

Evaluating the impact of bystander intervention

I can evaluate the impact of bystander intervention across various contexts, as portrayed in texts.

Writing to explore insights into challenging texts

I can use writing to explore and reflect on insights into challenging texts, my writing processes, and the basis for my values.

Reconstructing increasingly complex knowledge through notes

I can use note-making strategies, including visual tools, to reconstruct increasingly complex knowledge.

Making effective choices to enhance imaginative writing

I can make effective choices of language and technique to enhance the impact of imaginative work.

Understanding how construction creates and controls meaning

I can demonstrate how the construction of a text creates, enhances, or controls its meaning.

Making critical choices for complex purposes and audiences

I can make critical choices of form, style, and content for increasingly complex purposes and audiences.

Evaluating others' responses to one's work

I can evaluate others' responses to my writing and media production and judge what to act on.

Applying the strategies that work for you as a creator

I can apply the strategies I know are effective for me as a creator of various writing and representations.

Using conventions accurately and consistently

I can use the conventions of written language accurately and consistently in my final products.

Committing to skillful crafting across a range of work

I can commit to the skillful crafting of a range of writing and other representations.

Integrating information from many sources to communicate meaning

I can integrate information from many sources to construct and communicate meaning.