Studies in Literature, Grade 12, University Preparation
Ontario · Grade 12 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Understanding Texts
Reading a wide range of literary texts from different countries, cultures, and periods; setting purposes for reading; and using comprehension strategies to build understanding.
- Reading literary texts across cultures and periods
- Setting a purpose for reading a text
- Using reading comprehension strategies
- Responding to texts to extend understanding
Unit 2: Analysing Texts
Analysing how content, form, and style combine to communicate meaning: using secondary sources on context, analysing themes with textual evidence, and explaining the effects of text form and elements of style.
- Using secondary sources to understand context
- Analysing ideas, issues, and themes with evidence
- How text form communicates meaning
- Analysing elements of style
Unit 3: Critical Literacy
Recognizing that author, reader, and text each influence the reading experience: how an author's background shapes writing, how readers' contexts shape interpretation, and how texts foreground particular perspectives.
- How an author's background influences their writing
- How readers' contexts shape interpretation
- Identifying whose perspective a text foregrounds
Unit 4: Literary Criticism
Using literary criticism to deepen understanding: the key concepts and terms of criticism, applying critical approaches to interpret texts, assessing published critical interpretations, and comparing critical responses with peers.
- Key concepts and terms of literary criticism
- Applying critical approaches to interpret texts
- Assessing published critical interpretations
- Comparing critical responses with peers
Unit 5: The Role of Literature in Society
Assessing literature's importance as a social and cultural force: how literary texts raise awareness of issues and cultures, promote intellectual and imaginative growth, and can prompt social and personal change.
- How literature raises awareness
- How literature promotes intellectual and imaginative growth
- How literature can promote social and personal change
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