AlbertaGrade 11
Alberta ELA 20-2 Curriculum
Lessons and practice for every ELA 20-2 topic. Aligned to what Alberta schools teach. Help your Grade 11 student master reading, writing, and communication skills.
Alberta ELA 20-2 Curriculum | StudyPugHelp
LO_ID | Learning Outcome-Skills & Procedures | StudyPug Topic |
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ELA.11.GO1.9 | Effective strategy use for understanding formation: Draw from a repertoire of effective strategies to form tentative understandings interpretations and positions when exploring accessible literature and contemporary texts |
ELA.11.GO1.10 | Understanding assessment and refinement: Assess the potential of understandings interpretations and positions on ideas and issues communicated by literature and modify tentative interpretations by weighing validity of own and others' ideas using accessible methods |
ELA.11.GO1.11 | Language experimentation and accessible structure exploration: Explain how experiments with language image and structure improve personal craft and experiment with accessible language structures and imagery to create different effects for specific purposes and audiences |
ELA.11.GO1.12 | Perspective understanding and comparison: Select appropriate strategies to extend awareness and understanding of new perspectives and compare own ideas perspectives and interpretations with those of others through accessible means to expand understandings |
ELA.11.GO1.13 | Critical perspective analysis and influence understanding: Recognize and assess strengths and limitations of various perspectives on themes issues or topics and analyze how various topics themes and text creators influence own and others' understandings attitudes and aspirations |
ELA.11.GO1.14 | Interest expansion and goal setting: Expand interests in accessible genres and texts cultivate appreciation for variety of texts and creators and set goals employing accessible strategies for language growth in personal communications and future aspirations |
ELA.11.GO2.22 | Context analysis and purpose assessment: Paraphrase key messages identify communication situation elements to describe text creator's purpose and target audience and explain the purpose assessing suitability to target audience using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.23 | Societal influence and communication analysis: Explain how a text can be studied to understand the context within which it was created and analyze elements present in the communication situation that contribute to text creation using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO2.24 | Historical understanding and environmental factors: Use accessible strategies to gain background knowledge about history and society when studying particular texts and explain the relationship between text and context in terms of environmental factors affecting text creation |
ELA.11.GO2.25 | Text analysis and structural understanding: Paraphrase a text's controlling idea and relate supporting ideas and details to the controlling idea and describe the relationships between controlling ideas and supporting elements using accessible texts and examples |
ELA.11.GO2.26 | Narrative element understanding and theme development: Develop understanding of relationships among plot setting and character when studying narrative texts by relating to personal experiences and explain how plot character and setting contribute to theme development using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.27 | Character analysis and trait exploration: Describe personality traits attitudes and relationships of characters developed in literature compare personality traits relationships motivations and attitudes and explain personality traits roles relationships motivations attitudes and values using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.28 | Tone analysis and perspective understanding: Identify text creator's tone using accessible examples describe tone relating it to purpose and audience identify point of view communicated and relate tone to moral and ethical stance when appropriate |
ELA.11.GO2.29 | Literary device identification and interpretation: Differentiate between literal and figurative statements describe images developed in texts recognize imagery identify figurative language symbol and familiar allusions and explain how imagery contributes to atmosphere theme and characterization |
ELA.11.GO2.30 | Comprehensive literary analysis and craft appreciation: Identify figurative language symbol imagery and allusions in texts interpret these devices assess their contributions to meaning and appreciate the text creator's craft using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.31 | Multimodal element analysis and meaning contribution: Identify visual and aural elements that add meaning to texts recognize these elements in texts and explain how they add meaning using accessible multimedia examples |
ELA.11.GO2.32 | Content and performance relationship understanding: Differentiate between audience response to presentation content and performance of presenter respond to presentation content and assess the relationship between content and performance explaining how performance quality affects credibility and audience acceptance |
ELA.11.GO2.33 | Prior knowledge application and understanding evaluation: Describe personal expectations for texts by recalling prior experiences and assess expectations in light of prior experiences with similar contexts content and forms explaining how prior knowledge contributes to new understandings |
ELA.11.GO2.34 | Prior learning integration and understanding enhancement: Recall prior knowledge of textual element development in previously studied texts to assist in understanding new texts and use metacognitive strategies to relate prior understandings to new texts explaining how prior understanding assists comprehension |
ELA.11.GO2.35 | Form recognition and relationship understanding: Identify common text forms and their purposes identify variety of text forms and describe relationship of form to purpose and describe how some forms are more appropriate than others for particular purposes with intended audiences |
ELA.11.GO2.36 | Audience influence and structural analysis: Explain how various audience factors may have influenced text creator's choice of form and medium identify and describe organizational patterns and structural features that contribute to purpose and content using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.37 | Advanced structural application and medium evaluation: Apply knowledge of organizational patterns and structural features to understand purpose and assess effectiveness identify and describe characteristics of various communications media and analyze effect of medium on message using accessible examples |
ELA.11.GO2.38 | Medium evaluation and purpose alignment: Assess whether the medium chosen for a presentation is appropriate for the intended purpose content and audience using accessible criteria |
ELA.11.GO2.39 | Personal connection and cultural awareness: Identify and consider personal moral and ethical perspectives as well as cultural perspectives when studying literature and respond personally and analytically to ideas developed in literature and other texts using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO2.40 | Position development and character insight: Form positions on issues that arise from text study relating ideas information arguments emotions and values to personally meaningful issues and compare choices and motives of characters with choices and motives of self and others |
ELA.11.GO2.42 | Cultural analysis and critical response development: Respond personally and critically to cultural and societal influences presented in Canadian and international texts using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO2.43 | Self-directed learning and reading development: Engage in independent reading programs selecting accessible texts based on personal interests and developing personal responses through journals discussions and creative projects that demonstrate comprehension and connection to texts |
ELA.11.GO3.7 | Research strategy development and planning: Reflect on and describe strategies to determine research depth and breadth and identify purpose audience and potential presentation forms select and monitor effectiveness of accessible strategies and modify selected strategies as needed using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO3.8 | Research planning and information assessment: Develop appropriate inquiry plans that address topics and satisfy contextual requirements select from accessible strategies determine breadth and depth of prior knowledge and formulate questions to determine information needs and guide information collection |
ELA.11.GO3.9 | Information need refinement and source evaluation: Assess breadth and depth of prior knowledge refine questions to further satisfy information needs identify information sources intended to fill knowledge gaps and identify and select potential accessible strategies and technologies for gathering generating and recording information |
ELA.11.GO3.10 | Research strategy mastery and credibility assessment: Develop and draw from a repertoire of accessible strategies and technologies for gathering information assess accessible information sources for appropriateness to purpose audience and presentation form and assess accuracy completeness currency and relevance of selected information |
ELA.11.GO3.11 | Source evaluation and bias recognition: Identify and describe possible biases of accessible sources describe possible effects of such biases on information credibility and identify and describe possible biases and vested interests explaining how underlying assumptions affect source credibility |
ELA.11.GO3.12 | Information synthesis and evidence-based reasoning: Form generalizations by integrating new information with prior knowledge form generalizations and synthesize new ideas and support generalizations and conclusions sufficiently with relevant and consistent detail using accessible sources and examples |
ELA.11.GO4.19 | Text creation planning and strategy selection: Identify purpose and target audience for text creation and select accessible strategies to accomplish purpose and engage audience describe purpose and target audience and select from repertoire of accessible strategies |
ELA.11.GO4.20 | Audience analysis and communication situation understanding: Identify and address accessible audience factors that affect text creation and analyze how consideration of audience factors has affected text creation choices identify expectations and constraints of communication situations and select accessible strategies to address them |
ELA.11.GO4.21 | Advanced situation analysis and strategy implementation: Analyze expectations and constraints of communication situations and select accessible strategies to address expectations and constraints and explain how accessible strategies were used to address communication situation requirements |
ELA.11.GO4.22 | Form selection and structural application: Select text form appropriate to purpose for text creation and consistent with content to be presented identify and use structures consistent with form content and purpose and explore variety of accessible structures when creating texts |
ELA.11.GO4.24 | Convention recognition and application: Understand the concept of convention and apply it to accessible oral print visual and multimedia text forms when appropriate |
ELA.11.GO4.25 | Content ownership and planning: Take ownership of text creation by selecting or crafting personally meaningful and engaging topics using accessible approaches recognize and assess personal and contextual variables that influence topic selection and address these variables using accessible strategies |
ELA.11.GO4.26 | Content focus and supporting detail creation: Establish focus for text creation and communicate scope by framing effective controlling idea or describing strong unifying effect develop supporting details by using accessible developmental aids appropriate to form and purpose |
ELA.11.GO4.27 | Content development and alignment: Develop accessible content appropriate to purpose develop appropriate and relevant accessible content sufficient to support controlling idea or unifying effect develop accessible content appropriate to audience and situation |
ELA.11.GO4.28 | Content alignment and example incorporation: Develop accessible content consistent with form and appropriate to context incorporate appropriate accessible examples from personal experience into created texts when appropriate and incorporate effective examples from personal experience concepts and research findings when appropriate |
ELA.11.GO4.29 | Presentation development and delivery: Meet production publication and display requirements for print texts as appropriate to purpose audience and situation develop presentation materials and select accessible strategies and technologies appropriate to purpose audience and situation |
ELA.11.GO4.30 | Advanced presentation and audience engagement: Develop and deliver oral visual and multimedia presentations using accessible voice production nonverbal and visual production factors appropriate to purpose audience and situation experiment with various accessible strategies to create rapport between presenter and audience |
ELA.11.GO4.31 | Comprehensive rapport building: Develop a repertoire of appropriate accessible strategies that can be used to create rapport with an audience |
ELA.11.GO4.32 | Content assessment and support strengthening: Identify controlling idea or desired unifying effect of text in progress review controlling idea for clarity and focus and modify as appropriate assess appropriateness and significance of controlling idea and modify as appropriate using accessible methods and approaches |
ELA.11.GO4.33 | Detail evaluation and critical response strengthening: Review accuracy specificity and precision of details events images facts or other data and add to details as needed to provide sufficient support review accuracy specificity precision vividness and relevance adding modifying or deleting as needed and assess own critical responses for consistency completeness and relevance |
ELA.11.GO4.34 | Text structure optimization: Assess beginning of text in progress and revise as needed to establish purpose and engage audience make revisions as needed to ensure beginning establishes purpose and engages audience review organizational components and revise as needed to strengthen effectiveness |
ELA.11.GO4.35 | Comprehensive organizational enhancement: Assess organizational components of text in progress and revise as needed to strengthen effectiveness as units of thought or experience review closing of text and revise as needed to strengthen relationship to purpose and effect on audience |
ELA.11.GO4.36 | Structural relationship and coherence enhancement: Assess relationships among controlling idea supporting ideas and supporting details and strengthen relationships as needed to enhance unity apply concepts of unity and coherence to ensure effective organization and assess transitions and revise as needed to strengthen coherence |
ELA.11.GO4.37 | Word choice and vocabulary expansion: Develop a list of effective accessible vocabulary words and stylistic choices evaluate use of accessible vocabulary words and stylistic choices for effectiveness and expand vocabulary and repertoire of choices develop use of appropriate accessible words and expressions |
ELA.11.GO4.39 | Stylistic device application and voice development: Describe effects of own use of accessible stylistic techniques and rhetorical devices apply understanding of accessible stylistic techniques and rhetorical devices when creating and revising texts recognize personal voice as text creator and practise various accessible methods to develop craft |
ELA.11.GO4.40 | Comprehensive voice and stylistic repertoire building: Develop a repertoire of accessible stylistic choices that contribute to personal voice |
ELA.11.GO4.41 | Editing resource utilization and convention application: Use handbooks and other tools including electronic tools as resources to assist with text creation know and be able to apply basic accessible capitalization and punctuation conventions correctly know and be able to apply accessible capitalization and punctuation conventions correctly including end punctuation commas semicolons colons apostrophes and quotation marks |
ELA.11.GO4.42 | Grammar recognition and spelling mastery: Know and be able to apply accessible spelling conventions independently or with use of handbook or other tools know and be able to identify parts of speech in own and others' texts including nouns pronouns verbs adjectives and adverbs know and identify parts of speech and review and revise texts to ensure correct use including pronoun reference and agreement |
ELA.11.GO4.43 | Advanced grammar application and sentence construction: Know and identify parts of sentence in own and others' texts including subject verb direct object and indirect object review and revise accessible texts to ensure correct subject-verb agreement pronoun case and appropriate consistency of verb tense detect and correct common accessible sentence faults including run-on sentence and unintended sentence fragment |
ELA.11.GO4.44 | Complex sentence construction and structure mastery: Identify and use common accessible sentence structures correctly including simple compound complex and compound-complex develop the use of common accessible sentence structures review and revise accessible texts to ensure parallel structure prepositional phrases and dependent and independent clauses are used correctly |
ELA.11.GO4.45 | Comprehensive editing and goal setting: Pay particular attention to punctuation spelling grammar usage and sentence construction when using unfamiliar accessible vocabulary complex syntax and sophisticated rhetorical devices assess strengths and areas of need and set goals for language growth explain why certain communication situations demand particular attention to correctness |
ELA.11.GO4.46 | Technology integration and digital citizenship: Create accessible digital texts and multimedia presentations demonstrating understanding of digital citizenship principles while using technology tools effectively for communication and collaboration |
ELA.11.GO4.47 | Applied learning and community engagement: Connect classroom learning to community issues and real-world applications by conducting accessible research projects interviewing community members and presenting findings that demonstrate understanding of local and global connections |
ELA.11.GO4.48 | Metacognitive development and academic preparation: Develop and apply effective study skills note-taking strategies and learning techniques that support success in language arts and prepare students for post-secondary academic and career pathways using accessible approaches and tools |
ELA.11.GO5.9 | Respectful communication and behavioral analysis: Explain how language and images are used in accessible texts to convey respectful and considerate or disrespectful perspectives and attitudes analyze behavioral expectations of communication situation and use verbal and nonverbal communication that is inclusive of other individuals using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO5.10 | Feedback processing and language appropriateness: Accept offer and appreciate value of constructive criticism using accessible writing to respond to criticism and providing feedback in constructive and considerate manner analyze parameters of public tolerance regarding use of language and images in accessible texts and use appropriate language and images in communication situations |
ELA.11.GO5.11 | Literary influence and value understanding: Describe ways in which selected accessible works of literature and other print and nonprint texts influence individual and group values and behaviours explain how selected accessible works convey shape and at times challenge individual and group values and behaviours |
ELA.11.GO5.12 | Critical thinking and assumption recognition: Identify underlying assumptions reflected in ideas and opinions presented in accessible texts analyze relationship between text creator's ideas and opinions and underlying assumptions explain how text creator's underlying assumptions influence ideas opinions and selection of supporting details using accessible approaches |
ELA.11.GO5.13 | Community celebration and language appreciation: Identify formal and informal ways in which accessible language and image are used appropriately to honour people and celebrate events describe various accessible means by which language and image are used appropriately to honour people and celebrate events and explain how these means help build community |
ELA.11.GO5.14 | Collaboration preparation and strategy assessment: Set appropriate personal goals for participation in group respect be open to and supportive of thoughts opinions and contributions of others share personal knowledge expertise and perspectives with others as appropriate reflect on and describe accessible strategies used to negotiate coordinate and cooperate with others |
ELA.11.GO5.15 | Group coordination and strategy monitoring: Select appropriate strategies and monitor and modify selected strategies as needed to accomplish group goals ensure that team's purpose and objectives are clear using accessible communication approaches |
ELA.11.GO5.17 | Advanced role understanding and group motivation: Analyze and explain interplay among roles adopted by accessible group members and lead or support when appropriate motivating group for high performance |
ELA.11.GO5.18 | Group project completion and facilitation strategies: Identify and use various accessible means to facilitate completion of group projects use and appreciate various accessible means to facilitate completion of group projects |
ELA.11.GO5.20 | Career collaboration and professional relationship analysis: Identify and analyze communications needs of and assess working relationships among individuals and groups involved in variety of accessible communications careers identify analyze and assess collaborative processes used by individuals whose careers involve development and production of accessible literary texts |
ELA.11.GO5.22 | Comprehensive assessment and achievement recognition: Create a celebration of learning portfolio or presentation that demonstrates growth achievement and personal development in all areas of language arts while reflecting on successes challenges and future goals for continued learning and collaboration |