Canadian Academic Guidelines

Learn more about how Route2Write meets the Canadian Academic Standards. 
How is Route2Write aligned to the Canadian curriculum?
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Use language in creative and playful ways to develop style

Unit 2: Descriptive Writing
Unit 4: Narrative Writing
Unit 5: Poetry
Unit 7: Descriptive Writing
Unit 9: Narrative Writing
Unit 10: Poetry

Communicate in sentences and paragraphs, applying conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Throughout All Units

Develop and apply expanding word knowledge

Throughout All Units

Use oral storytelling processes

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text evidence

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Paragraph structure

Unit 1: Informative Writing

Sentence structure and grammar

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and explain why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience and how they will help communicate the intended meaning 

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.2 generate and develop ideas about various topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of sources and strategies, and record the sources of information

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 select and classify ideas and collected information, using appropriate strategies and tools, and sequence content, taking into account the chosen text form, genre, and medium

Throughout All Units

D1.5 describe the strategies and tools that helped them develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, and explain how they helped them improve as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write in cursive, forming letters of appropriate shape, size, proportion, and slant to improve the legibility of texts, and begin to develop fluent keyboarding skills using touch-typing techniques

Throughout All Units

D2.3 establish a personal voice in their texts, using varied language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre

Throughout All Units

D2.4 identify the point of view used in their texts, and the perspectives and bias conveyed in their texts

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content of draft texts and to elements of style, such as word choice and adding or deleting sentences, to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, seeking feedback *

Throughout All Units

D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts using a variety of techniques and tools, including simple digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using selected media and tools, and explain how each helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 describe various strategies that helped them present and communicate their message when publishing and presenting texts, and explain how they helped them improve as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Use language in creative and playful ways to develop style

Unit 2: Descriptive Writing
Unit 4: Narrative Writing
Unit 5: Poetry
Unit 7: Descriptive
Unit 9: Narrative Writing
Unit 10: Poetry

Communicate in sentences and paragraphs, applying conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Throughout All Units

Develop and apply expanding word knowledge

Throughout All Units

Use oral storytelling processes


Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text evidence

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Paragraphing

Unit 1: Informative Writing

Sentence structure and grammar

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and explain why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience and how they will help communicate the intended meaning 

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.2 generate and develop ideas about various topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of sources and strategies, and record the sources of information

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 select and classify ideas and collected information, using appropriate strategies and tools, and sequence content, taking into account the chosen text form, genre, and medium

Throughout All Units

D1.5 describe the strategies and tools that helped them develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, and explain how they helped them improve as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write in fluent cursive, begin to keyboard with automaticity, and apply word-processing skills, including selecting appropriate fonts, to produce and enhance texts of various lengths

Throughout All Units

D2.3 establish a personal voice in their texts, using varied language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre

Throughout All Units

D2.4 identify the point of view, implicit and explicit perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, and explain how their messages might be interpreted by audiences with different perspectives

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content of draft texts and to elements of style, such as word choice and adding or deleting sentences, to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, seeking feedback *

Throughout All Units

D2.6 edit draft texts to improve accuracy and style, checking for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and format; use a word processor to edit texts


D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts using a variety of techniques and tools, including simple digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using selected media and tools, and explain how each helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 describe various strategies that helped them present and communicate their message when publishing and presenting texts, and explain how they helped them improve as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking 


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful

literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to

purpose, audience, and message

Throughout All Units

Use an increasing repertoire of conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation 

Throughout All Units

Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes


Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose,

and message 

Throughout All Units

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text evidence

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Paragraphing

Unit 1: Informative Writing

Language Variety

Throughout All Units

Sentence structure and grammar

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

Presentation Techniques


D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and explain why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience and how they will help communicate the intended meaning 

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.2 generate and develop ideas about various topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather information and content relevant to a topic, using multiple textual sources; summarize the information; verify the reliability of sources; and record the creator and source of all content created by others

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 classify and sequence ideas and collected information, using appropriate strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, taking into account the chosen text form, genre, and medium

Throughout All Units

D1.5 explain and compare how the strategies and tools used helped them develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, and how they helped them improve as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, expository, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write in fluent cursive, and apply keyboarding skills with increasing fluency, automaticity, and proficiency to improve the accuracy and effect of texts

Throughout All Units

D2.3 establish a personal voice in their texts, using varied language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre

Throughout All Units

D2.4 identify the point of view, implicit and explicit perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, and explain how their messages might be interpreted by audiences with different perspectives

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content of draft texts and to elements of style, such as word choice and adding or deleting sentences, to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, seeking feedback *

Throughout All Units

D2.6 edit draft texts to improve accuracy and style, checking for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and format; edit digital texts using word-processing software, including spell- and grammar-checkers


D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts, selecting a variety of suitable techniques and tools, including digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using selected media and tools, and analyze how their choices helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 compare how various strategies and tools helped them communicate their intended message when publishing and presenting texts, and suggest future steps for improvement as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking 


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful

literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to

purpose, audience, and message

Throughout All Units

Use an increasing repertoire of conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation 

Throughout All Units

Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes


Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose,

and message 

Throughout All Units

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text argument

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Paragraphing

Unit 1: Informative Writing

Language Variety

Throughout All Units

Syntax and sentence fluency

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

Presentation Techniques


D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and analyze why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience, and how they will help communicate the intended meaning

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.2 generate and develop ideas and details about various topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather and synthesize information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of textual sources and appropriate strategies; evaluate the quality, bias, and accuracy of information; verify the reliability of sources; and record the creator and source of all content created by others

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 classify and sequence ideas and collected information, using appropriate strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, taking into account the chosen text form, genre, and medium

Throughout All Units

D1.5 explain and compare how the strategies and tools used helped them develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, and how they helped them improve as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, expository, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write in cursive fluently, with a personal style, and apply word-processing skills with some fluency, automaticity, and proficiency to improve the accuracy and effect of texts

Throughout All Units

D2.3 establish a personal voice in their texts, using language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre

Throughout All Units

D2.4 identify the point of view, perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, and explain how their messages might be interpreted by audiences with different perspectives

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content, elements of style, patterns, and features of draft texts, and add, delete and re-sequence sentences to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, using various strategies and seeking and selectively using feedback*

Throughout All Units

D2.6 edit draft texts to improve accuracy and style, checking for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and format; edit digital texts using word-processing software, including spell- and grammar-checkers


D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts, selecting a variety of suitable techniques and tools, including digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using various media and tools, and analyze how their choices helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 compare how various strategies and tools helped them communicate their intended message when publishing and presenting texts, analyze how their texts address various topics, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking 


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful

literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to

purpose, audience, and message

Throughout All Units

Use an increasing repertoire of conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation 

Throughout All Units

Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes


Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose,

and message 

Throughout All Units

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text elements of visual/graphic texts

Story/text relevance, accuracy, reliability

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Multi-paragraphing

Throughout All Units

Language usage and context

Throughout All Units

Elements of style

Throughout All Units

Syntax and sentence fluency

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

Presentation Techniques


D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create; choose a text form, genre, and medium to suit the purpose and audience, and justify their choices

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.2 generate and develop ideas and details about challenging topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather and synthesize information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of textual sources and appropriate strategies; evaluate the currency, quality, bias, and accuracy of information; verify the reliability of sources; and cite the sources of all content created by others

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 classify and sequence ideas and collected information, selecting effective strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, evaluating the choices of text form, genre, and medium, and considering alternatives

Throughout All Units

D1.5 evaluate the strategies and tools used to develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, explain which were most helpful, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and informational texts, citing sources, and use a variety of appropriate media, tools, and strategies to transform information and communicate ideas

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write in cursive fluently, with a personal style, and apply advanced word-processing skills to improve the accuracy and effect of texts


D2.3 establish an identifiable voice in their texts, modifying language and style to suit the text’s form, genre, audience, and purpose, and express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the topic clearly

Throughout All Units

D2.4 explain the explicit and implicit points of view, perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, evaluate how various audiences might respond, and suggest ways to acknowledge other perspectives

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content, elements of style, patterns, and features of draft texts, and add, delete, revise, and reorganize sentences to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, using various strategies and seeking and selectively using feedback*

Throughout All Units

D2.6 edit draft texts to improve accuracy and style, checking for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and format; edit digital texts using word-processing software, including spell- and grammar-checkers


D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts using appropriate techniques and tools, including digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using various media and tools, and evaluate how their choices helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 evaluate the strategies and tools they found helpful when publishing and presenting texts, reflect on what they learned at each stage of the creative process, analyze how their texts address various topics, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking 


Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful

literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Assess and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact according to

purpose, audience, and message

Throughout All Units

Use an increasing repertoire of conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation 

Throughout All Units

Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes


Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose,

and message 

Throughout All Units

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Express an opinion and support it with credible evidence 

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Story/text forms, functions and genres

Throughout All Units

Story/text features

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary elements

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Throughout All Units

Story/text elements of visual/graphic texts

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies


Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Features of oral language


Multi-paragraphing

Throughout All Units

Language usage and context

Throughout All Units

Elements of style

Throughout All Units

Syntax and sentence fluency

Throughout All Units

Conventions

Throughout All Units

Presentation Techniques


Rhetorical Devices

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

Connotation and Denotation

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 2: Descriptive Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 7: Descriptive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content. Students will...

D1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create; choose a text form, genre, and medium to suit the purpose and audience, and justify their choices

Throughout All Units

D1.2 generate and develop ideas and details about complex topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.3 gather and synthesize information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of textual sources and appropriate strategies; evaluate the currency, quality, bias, and accuracy of information; verify the reliability of sources; and check copyright and cite the sources for all content created by others

Unit 1: Informative Writing
Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 6: Informative Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D1.4 classify and sequence ideas and collected information, selecting effective strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, evaluating the choices of text form, genre, and medium, and considering alternatives

Throughout All Units

D1.5 evaluate the strategies and tools used to develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, explain which were most helpful, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

D2. Creating Texts. Students will...

D2.1 draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and informational texts, citing sources, and use a variety of appropriate media, tools, and strategies to transform information and communicate ideas

Throughout All Units

D2.2 write fluently, with a personal style, touch type quickly and accurately, and select and use appropriate word-processing programs and tools to produce texts of various lengths and complexity

Throughout All Units

D2.3 establish an identifiable voice in their texts, modifying language, style, and tone to suit the text’s form, genre, audience, and purpose, and express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the topic clearly

Throughout All Units

D2.4 explain the explicit and implicit points of view, perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, evaluate how various audiences might respond, and suggest ways to acknowledge other perspectives

Unit 3: Persuasive Writing
Unit 8: Persuasive Writing

D2.5 make revisions to the content, elements of style, patterns, and features of draft texts, and add, delete, revise, and reorganize sentences to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, using various strategies and seeking and selectively using feedback *

Throughout All Units

D2.6 edit draft texts to improve accuracy and style, checking for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and format; edit digital texts using word-processing software, including spell- and grammar-checkers


D3. Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting. Students will...

D3.1 produce final texts using appropriate techniques and tools, including digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Throughout All Units

D3.2 publish and present texts they have created, using various media and tools, and evaluate how their choices helped them communicate their intended message

D3.3 evaluate the strategies and tools they found helpful when publishing and presenting texts, reflect on what they learned at each stage of the creative process, analyze how their texts address various topics, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles

British Columbia
Ontario

Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to...

Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking 


Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways

Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 8: Literary Studies

Assess and refine texts to improve clarity and impact

Throughout All Units

Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes

Unit 5: Spoken Language
Unit 10: Spoken Language

Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Throughout All Units

Express and support an opinion with evidence

Unit 1: Composition
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 6: Composition
Unit 8: Literary Studies

Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context

Throughout All Units

Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights

Unit 1: Composition
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 4: New Media
Unit 6: Composition
Unit 8: Literary Studies
Unit 9: New Media

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Throughout All Units

Content: Students are expected to know the following...

Text forms and genres

Throughout All Units

Text features and structures

Throughout All Units

Strategies and processes

Throughout All Units

Story/text literary devices

Unit 2: Creative Writing
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 7: Creative Writing
Unit 8: Literary Studies

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies

Unit 5: Spoken Language
Unit 10: Spoken Language

Metacognitive strategies

Throughout All Units

Writing processes

Throughout All Units

Language features

Throughout All Units

Elements of style

Throughout All Units

Exploration of Voice

Throughout All Units

Usage and Conventions

Throughout All Units

Literary Elements and Devices

Unit 2: Creative Writing
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 7: Creative Writing
Unit 8: Literary Studies

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Citation Techniques

Throughout All Units

1. Developing and Organizing Content. Students will...

1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for a variety of writing tasks

Throughout All Units

1.2 generate, expand, explore, and focus ideas for potential writing tasks, using a variety of strategies and print, electronic, and other resources, as appropriate

Throughout All Units

1.3 locate and select information to appropriately support ideas for writing, using a variety of strategies and print, electronic, and other resources, as appropriate

Unit 1: Composition
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 4: New Media
Unit 8: Literary Studies
Unit 9: New Media

1.4 identify, sort, and order main ideas and supporting details for writing tasks, using a variety of strategies and organizational patterns suited to the content and the purpose for writing

Throughout All Units

1.5 determine whether the ideas and information gathered are relevant to the topic, accurate, and complete and appropriately meet the requirements of the writing task

Unit 1: Composition
Unit 3: Literary Studies
Unit 4: New Media
Unit 6: Composition
Unit 8: Literary Studies
Unit 9: New Media

2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style. Students will...

2.1 write for different purposes and audiences using a variety of literary, graphic, and informational forms 

Throughout All Units

2.2 establish a distinctive voice in their writing, modifying language and tone skilfully to suit the form, audience, and purpose for writing

Throughout All Units

2.3 use appropriate descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions to make their writing clear, vivid, and interesting for their intended audience

Unit 2: Creative Writing
Unit 7: Creative Writing

2.4 write complete sentences that communicate their meaning clearly and accurately, varying sentence type, structure, and length to suit different purposes and making smooth and logical transitions between ideas

Throughout All Units

2.5 explain how their own beliefs, values, and experiences are revealed in their writing

2.6 revise drafts to improve the content, organization, clarity, and style of their written work, using a variety of teacher-modelled strategies*

Throughout All Units

2.7 produce revised drafts of texts, including increasingly complex texts, written to meet criteria identified by the teacher, based on the curriculum expectations 

Throughout All Units

3. Applying Knowledge of Conventions. Students will...

3.1 use knowledge of spelling rules and patterns, a variety of resources, and appropriate strategies to recognize and correct their own and others’ spelling errors

3.2 build vocabulary for writing by confirming word meaning(s) and reviewing and refining word choice, using a variety of resources and strategies, as appropriate for the purpose

3.3 use punctuation correctly and appropriately to communicate their intended meaning

3.4 use grammar conventions correctly and appropriately to communicate their intended meaning clearly and fluently

3.5 proofread and correct their writing, using guidelines developed with the teacher and peers*

Throughout All Units

3.6 use a variety of presentation features, including print and script, fonts, graphics, and layout, to improve the clarity and coherence of their work and to heighten its appeal for their audience

Unit 4: New Media
Unit 9: New Media

3.7 produce pieces of published work to meet criteria identified by the teacher, based on the curriculum expectations

Throughout All Units

4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies. Students will...

4.1 describe a variety of strategies they used before, during, and after writing; explain which ones they found most helpful; and identify appropriate steps they can take to improve as writers

4.2 identify a variety of skills they have in listening, speaking, reading, viewing, and representing and explain how the skills help them write more effectively

4.3 select a variety of examples of different types of writing that they think reflect significant advances in their growth and competence as writers and explain the reasons for their choice

* Available in Route2Write Marking bundles