AlbertaGrade 10
AB Grade 10 English Curriculum
Lessons and practice for every Grade 10 English topic. Aligned to what Alberta schools teach. Build skills in reading, writing, and communication for ELA 10-2.
AB Grade 10 English Curriculum | StudyPugHelp
LO_ID | Learning Outcome-Skills & Procedures | StudyPug Topic |
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ELA.10.GO1.6 | Questioning and interpretive exploration: Generate and experiment with strategies that contribute to forming tentative understandings interpretations and positions by posing questions suspending prejudgement and recognizing that texts may be inaccurate misleading or ambiguous when exploring various texts |
ELA.10.GO1.7 | Creative expression and practical effects: Experiment with language image and structure to create different effects in particular situations for particular purposes and audiences and explore ideas through variety of strategies activities and resources |
ELA.10.GO1.8 | Openness and personal reflection: Describe personal responses to new perspectives in texts appraise whether responses contribute to or inhibit understanding identify influences and consider ideas of others to broaden understandings when exploring and responding to texts |
ELA.10.GO1.9 | Popular and multimedia exploration: Reflect on personal text preferences identify influences contributing to formation and expand interests in graphic novels websites advertising promotional texts autobiographies CD-ROMs anecdotes memoirs monologues folk songs and other popular culture texts |
ELA.10.GO1.10 | Metacognitive planning for success: Appraise own strengths and weaknesses as language user and learner set goals for language growth in formal and informal personal communications identify learning opportunities assess and manage risk and demonstrate willingness to learn |
ELA.10.GO2.31 | Communication situation awareness: Identify text creators and purposes for creating texts such as to inform persuade entertain or inspire and identify features within text that provide information about communication situation and recognize elements in environment that affect text creation |
ELA.10.GO2.32 | Strategic text engagement with support: Use variety of strategies to comprehend texts including reading aloud forming questions making predictions using context clues rereading and seeking teacher assistance when needed |
ELA.10.GO2.33 | Controlling idea and support: Paraphrase text's controlling idea and identify supporting ideas and supporting details in various texts |
ELA.10.GO2.34 | Story structure and basic theme: Summarize plot of narrative describe setting and atmosphere describe development of conflict and identify theme |
ELA.10.GO2.35 | Character traits and relationships: Describe personality traits motivations attitudes values and relationships of characters |
ELA.10.GO2.36 | Authorial attitude awareness: Describe text creator's tone and relate tone to purpose and audience |
ELA.10.GO2.38 | Multimedia comprehension basics: Describe visual elements such as photographs lists tables graphs and aural elements such as sound effects and describe their contributions to meaning |
ELA.10.GO2.39 | Content and delivery awareness: Differentiate between audience response to content of presentation and audience response to performance of presenter |
ELA.10.GO2.40 | Background activation strategies: Reflect on and describe strategies used to engage prior knowledge as means of assisting comprehension of new texts |
ELA.10.GO2.41 | Anticipation and prediction: Describe personal expectations for text to be studied by recalling prior experiences with similar contexts content and text forms |
ELA.10.GO2.42 | Transfer of comprehension knowledge: Recall prior knowledge of rhetorical devices and textual elements used in previously studied texts to assist in understanding new texts |
ELA.10.GO2.43 | Genre recognition and categorization: Classify genre and form of new texts according to attributes of genres and forms previously studied |
ELA.10.GO2.44 | Research tools and resources: Use variety of appropriate reference strategies and technologies to aid understanding and create own reference materials such as personalized dictionary glossary and website lists |
ELA.10.GO2.45 | Basic genre awareness: Identify variety of text forms including popular nonfiction feature films informational texts and describe audience factors that may have influenced text creator's choice of form and medium |
ELA.10.GO2.46 | Text structure awareness: Recognize variety of organizational patterns and structural features in various texts and describe characteristics of various communications media |
ELA.10.GO2.47 | Language pattern recognition: Recognize rhetorical devices such as parallel structure and repetition |
ELA.10.GO2.48 | Basic mood awareness: Recognize aspects that contribute to tone and voice in texts |
ELA.10.GO2.49 | Indirect meaning recognition: Recognize irony and satire in print and nonprint texts |
ELA.10.GO2.50 | Literary device appreciation: Recognize musical devices figures of speech and sensory details in texts |
ELA.10.GO2.51 | Symbolic meaning basics: Recognize use of motif and symbol in print and nonprint texts |
ELA.10.GO2.52 | Oral visual and multimedia basics: Recognize use of elements of effective oral visual and multimedia presentations and recognize persuasive techniques used in variety of print and nonprint texts |
ELA.10.GO2.53 | Individual values in comprehension: Identify and consider personal perspectives when responding to texts and respond personally to ideas developed in texts |
ELA.10.GO2.54 | Self-reflection through reading: Compare choices and motives of characters and people portrayed in texts with choices and motives of self and others |
ELA.10.GO2.55 | Cultural awareness basics: Recognize ways in which cultural influences are reflected in texts |
ELA.10.GO2.56 | Standards for effectiveness: Identify criteria to evaluate effectiveness of texts monitor effectiveness of criteria and modify as needed |
ELA.10.GO2.57 | Basic textual support: Assess appropriateness of own and others' understandings by referring to texts for supporting evidence |
ELA.10.GO2.59 | Basic evaluative language: Use appropriate terminology for discussing effectiveness of various text forms |
ELA.10.GO2.60 | Media and message evaluation: Recognize effectiveness of various texts for presenting ideas and information |
ELA.10.GO3.8 | Inquiry planning and scope: Reflect on and describe strategies to determine depth and breadth of inquiry identify purpose audience and presentation forms and refine purpose by limiting or expanding topic as appropriate |
ELA.10.GO3.9 | Inquiry design and strategy: Reflect on strategies for developing inquiry plan develop appropriate plan that addresses topic and satisfies requirements determine information needs and identify information sources to fill gaps between prior knowledge and required information |
ELA.10.GO3.10 | Methods and technologies: Identify and select potential strategies and technologies for gathering generating and recording information select information appropriate to purpose from variety of sources and record accurately and completely with proper documentation to avoid plagiarism |
ELA.10.GO3.11 | Structural patterns and arrangement: Reflect on strategies to select record and organize information organize information logically such as by question category chronology or cause and effect and observe guidelines for Internet use |
ELA.10.GO3.12 | Critical assessment and bias: Reflect on strategies to evaluate information sources for credibility bias and quality assess information sources for appropriateness to purpose audience and form and assess accuracy completeness currency and relevance and identify possible biases |
ELA.10.GO3.13 | Integration synthesis and inference: Form generalizations by integrating new information with prior knowledge draw conclusions appropriate to findings and distinguish between support and generalization providing support for generalizations and conclusions |
ELA.10.GO3.14 | Metacognitive evaluation: Reflect on and assess effectiveness of strategies used to guide inquiry identify strategies to improve future research review findings and seek feedback from others to evaluate entire research process |
ELA.10.GO4.16 | Intentional communication: Reflect on purposes for text creation and own motives for selecting strategies identify purpose and target audience and select strategies to accomplish purpose and engage audience and describe and address audience factors that affect text creation |
ELA.10.GO4.17 | Genre choice and organization: Select text form appropriate to purpose for text creation and consistent with content identify and use structures consistent with form content and purpose explore interplay among medium content and context and understand and apply conventions to text forms |
ELA.10.GO4.18 | Topic ownership and development: Take ownership of text creation by selecting or crafting topic that is personally meaningful recognize and assess personal and contextual variables that influence topic selection establish focus by framing effective controlling idea and develop supporting details using developmental aids |
ELA.10.GO4.19 | Integration of findings: Develop content appropriate to purpose and audience and incorporate effective examples from personal experience concepts from exploration and findings from inquiry and research into created texts |
ELA.10.GO4.20 | Production standards and delivery: Meet production publication and display requirements develop presentation materials and deliver oral visual and multimedia presentations using voice production nonverbal factors and visual production factors and experiment with strategies to create rapport with audience |
ELA.10.GO4.21 | Focus accuracy and completeness: Review controlling idea or desired unifying effect for clarity and focus review accuracy specificity and precision of supporting details detect and correct logical fallacies and review own personal response to texts for completeness and relevance |
ELA.10.GO4.22 | Structure coherence and unity: Assess beginning of text and revise to establish purpose review organizational components and strengthen effectiveness assess closing and strengthen relationship to purpose assess transitions to strengthen coherence and assess relationships among ideas to enhance unity |
ELA.10.GO4.23 | Vocabulary sentence variety and voice: Reflect on personal vocabulary and repertoire of stylistic choices and expand vocabulary and repertoire use words appropriately use variety of sentence patterns and structures effectively describe effects of stylistic techniques and recognize personal voice in texts created |
ELA.10.GO4.24 | Reference resources and handbooks: Use handbooks and other tools including electronic tools as resources to assist with text creation such as dictionaries thesauri and spell checkers |
ELA.10.GO4.25 | Mechanical correctness: Know and be able to apply capitalization and punctuation conventions correctly and apply spelling conventions consistently and independently |
ELA.10.GO4.26 | Grammatical terminology and function: Identify and be able to use parts of speech correctly and identify parts of sentence in own and others' texts |
ELA.10.GO4.27 | Fragment and run-on recognition: Detect and correct common sentence faults including run-on sentences and unintended sentence fragments |
ELA.10.GO4.28 | Simple compound complex construction: Know and be able to use common sentence structures correctly including simple compound complex and compound-complex |
ELA.10.GO4.29 | Precision in writing: Pay particular attention to punctuation spelling grammar usage and sentence construction when using unfamiliar vocabulary and complex syntax |
ELA.10.GO4.30 | Self-evaluation and goal setting: Assess strengths and areas of need develop checklist of skills mastered and skills to be developed and set goals |
ELA.10.GO5.14 | Verbal and nonverbal respect: Monitor own use of verbal and nonverbal communication to convey respect and consideration and analyze language and images used in texts to convey respectful or disrespectful perspectives and attitudes |
ELA.10.GO5.15 | Representation and sensitivity: Analyze and describe positive or negative portrayals of characters and persons in texts and be sensitive to feelings |
ELA.10.GO5.16 | Participation and exclusion: Analyze and describe verbal and nonverbal communication that contributes to inclusion or exclusion of individuals in communication situations |
ELA.10.GO5.18 | Acceptability standards: Analyze parameters of public tolerance regarding use of language and images in specific text and use appropriate language |
ELA.10.GO5.19 | Valuing multiple perspectives: Appreciate diversity of thought and expression select and monitor appropriate strategies for appreciating diversity and modify as needed |
ELA.10.GO5.20 | Cultural and social impact: Describe ways in which selected works and texts influence individual and group values and behaviours and identify underlying assumptions reflected in ideas and opinions presented in text |
ELA.10.GO5.21 | Recognition and celebration: Use language and image to honour own and others' accomplishments and identify formal and informal ways language and image are used appropriately to honour people and celebrate events |
ELA.10.GO5.22 | Personal contribution and teamwork: Set appropriate personal goals for participation in group respect be open to and supportive of thoughts of others and share personal knowledge |
ELA.10.GO5.23 | Collaboration strategies and adjustment: Reflect on and describe strategies used to negotiate coordinate and cooperate select appropriate strategies and modify as needed and ensure team purpose and objectives are clear |
ELA.10.GO5.24 | Team effectiveness: Develop and use criteria to monitor and assess group processes understand various potential roles and responsibilities and identify and use various means to facilitate completion of group projects |
ELA.10.GO5.26 | Professional collaboration dynamics: Identify and analyze communications needs of and assess working relationships among individuals and groups involved in communications careers |