English Language Arts, Secondary 2

Unit 1: Reading Process: Interpreting Texts

Reading Process: Interpreting Texts — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Uses cues conveyed by the structure, features, codes…

• Use: Cites evidence from the text to substantiate own ide…

• Notice (guided intro): new Reading Process: Interpreting Texts material

Unit 2: Production Process

Production Process — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Determines criteria to judge the quality of the text…

• Use: Surface errors in written language (i.e. spelling an…

• Use: Makes effective use of specific feedback throughout…

Unit 3: Research Process

Research Process — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Distinguishes between primary and secondary sources,…

Unit 4: Required Genres: Planning Texts

Required Genres: Planning Texts — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Notes and informal transcripts based on sources read…
• Use: Self-monitoring texts such as rubrics, checklists, p…

• Use: Discussions in media production groups (i.e. to esta…

• Use: Notes and informal transcripts based on sources read…
• Use: Graphic organizers such as mind maps, clusters, list…
• Use: Self-monitoring texts such as rubrics, checklists, t…

Unit 5: Required Genres: Reflective Texts

Required Genres: Reflective Texts — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Journals, real or fictional (e.g. multimedia journal…
• Use: Self-evaluations and reflections, including peer/tea…
• Use: Class and small group discussions, including first r…
• Use: Self-evaluation conferences (i.e. presenting content…

• Use: Postproduction discussions (e.g. in small groups, fo…
• Use: Journals, real or fictional, such as reading logs, m…

Unit 6: Required Genres: Narrative Texts

Required Genres: Narrative Texts — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Young Adult Literature (YAL) in a range of genres in…

• Use: Written for children and young adolescents and refle…

• Use: Fictional narratives such as short story, script for…

• Use: Setting: the physical landscape and social context i…
• Use: Basic plot structure: rising action, climax, denouem…

• Use: Suspense (e.g. foreshadowing, use of action sequence…

Unit 7: Required Genres: Explanatory Texts

Required Genres: Explanatory Texts — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: "How to" booklets/manuals/videos
• Use: Photo-essays with text (e.g. pamphlet)
• Use: Explanations of a process (e.g. presentation of a le…
• Use: Reference texts (i.e. for research purposes)
• Use: Photo-essay with text (e.g. pamphlet)
• Use: "How to" booklet/manual (e.g. expert paper)

• Use: Selection and synthesis of steps in a process
• Use: Organizational structure to break down, categorize a…
• Use: Conclusion which reviews the salient points
• Use: Conventions which indicate cause and effect (e.g. cl…

Unit 8: Required Genres: Reports

Required Genres: Reports — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: News reports in different media (e.g. television, ra…
• Use: Short breaking news stories on topics of personal an…

• Use: Inverted pyramid structure in short breaking news st…

• Use: Features that give a sense of immediacy and prescien…

• Use: Cause/effect and chronology

Unit 9: Conventions: Spoken Language

Conventions: Spoken Language — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Makes effective use of visual aids to support spoken…
• Use: Exploits the possibilities of spoken language as a s…

Unit 10: Conventions: Written Language

Conventions: Written Language — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Uses a structure that fits the genre (e.g. letter fo…
• Use: Employs a variety of paragraphing strategies (e.g. t…
• Use: Uses paragraph breaks to indicate an organizational…
• Use: Employs a strong beginning/introduction/lead to enga…
• Use: Uses relevant details and elaborates on these to sup…
• Use: Uses an ending that provides a sense of resolution o…
• Use: Uses smooth, effective transitions to maintain unity…

• Use: Uses a variety of phrases and clauses to add detail…

• Use: Uses words that consistently support style, intended…

Unit 11: Conventions: Media Language

Conventions: Media Language — the Québec secondary ELA strand, at Secondary Cycle One, Year 2 (Sec 2) register.

• Use: Identifies and analyzes the codes used in a media te…

• Use: Explains how layout cues the reader to the social fu…