Grade 6 English competencies
Reference of expected learner competencies for planning and assessment.
English
Term 1
56 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their word knowledge as used in formal and informal situations; knowledge of grammatical structures; literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; composing and creating text skills; and knowledge of non-verbal cues and propaganda techniques in order to produce culture-based texts based on their purpose, context, and target audience.
The learners apply literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; produce culture-based texts: narrative, expository, and persuasive texts appropriate for their purpose, context (Indigenous People and regional celebrations), and target audience using simple, compound, and complex sentences, and age-appropriate and gender-sensitive language.
Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: hyperbole
Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: irony
Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
Comprehend literary texts: summarizing story events
Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: entertain
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: inform, explain, describe
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: persuade
Comprehend informational texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend informational texts: making generalizations
Comprehend informational texts: making a summary
Comprehend informational texts: distinguishing fact from opinion
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: name calling or labelling
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: glittering generalities
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: transfer
Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using context clues: punctuation
Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: almanac
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect present
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect past
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect future
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adjective (adjectival phrase)
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using adverbs: order of adverbs (manner, place, frequency, time, purpose)
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: noun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: pronoun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: adjective
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using facial expressions
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using gestures
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using eye contact
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using haptics
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using posture
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using proxemics and blocking
Create simple survey forms based on purpose: personal data information (print)
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
Identify multimedia elements: video
Identify multimedia elements: animation
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: identifying the author's purpose
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: author's point of view/stand
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: propaganda technique used
Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned
Term 2
54 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their word knowledge as used in formal and informal situations; knowledge of grammatical structures; literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; composing and creating text skills; and knowledge of non-verbal cues and propaganda techniques in order to produce culture-based texts based on their purpose, context, and target audience.
The learners apply literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; produce culture-based texts: narrative, expository, and persuasive texts appropriate for their purpose, context (Indigenous People and regional celebrations), and target audience using simple, compound, and complex sentences, and age-appropriate and gender-sensitive language.
Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: irony
Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
Comprehend literary texts: summarizing story events
Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: entertain
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: inform, explain, describe
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: persuade
Comprehend informational texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend informational texts: making generalizations
Comprehend informational texts: making a summary
Comprehend informational texts: distinguishing fact from opinion
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: testimonies/testimonials
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: plain folks
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: bandwagon
Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: directories (acronyms and abbreviations used by organizations)
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect present
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect past
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect future
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adverbs (adverbial phrase)
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: noun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: pronoun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: adjective
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using facial expressions
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using gestures
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using eye contact
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using haptics
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using posture
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using proxemics and blocking
Create simple survey forms based on purpose: open-ended survey forms (print)
Create simple survey forms based on purpose: interview survey forms (oral)
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
Identify multimedia elements: video
Identify multimedia elements: animation
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: identifying the author's purpose
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: author's point of view/stand
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: propaganda technique used
Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned
Term 3
54 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their word knowledge as used in formal and informal situations; knowledge of grammatical structures; literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; composing and creating text skills; and knowledge of non-verbal cues and propaganda techniques in order to produce culture-based texts based on their purpose, context, and target audience.
The learners apply literal, inferential, and critical comprehension of literary and informational texts; produce culture-based texts: narrative, expository, and persuasive texts appropriate for their purpose, context (Indigenous People and regional celebrations), and target audience using simple, compound, and complex sentences, and age-appropriate and gender-sensitive language.
Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: irony
Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
Comprehend literary texts: summarizing story events
Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: entertain
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: inform, explain, describe
Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose: persuade
Comprehend informational texts: drawing conclusions
Comprehend informational texts: making generalizations
Comprehend informational texts: making a summary
Comprehend informational texts: distinguishing fact from opinion
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: fear
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: half-truths or spin
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: bad logic / unwarranted extrapolation
Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda: card stacking
Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: handbooks and manuals
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect present
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect past
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs: perfect future
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adverbs (adverbial phrase)
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: noun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: pronoun
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement: adjective
Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using facial expressions
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using gestures
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using eye contact
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using haptics
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using posture
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning: using proxemics and blocking
Create simple survey forms based on purpose: online survey forms (digital)
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
Identify multimedia elements: video
Identify multimedia elements: animation
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: identifying the author's purpose
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: author's point of view/stand
Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers: propaganda technique used
Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned