Use pragmatic (e.g., function and purpose of texts), textual (e.g., form/genre, sequence of ideas), syntactic (e.g., word order and emphasis on particular words), semantic/lexical/ morphological (e.g., capture particular aspect of intended meaning), graphophonic (e.g., sound-symbol patterns and relationships), and other cues (e.g., the speaker's non-verbal cues) to construct and confirm meaning.
NOTE: Italicized text refers to those indicators that are emphasized at this grade level.
| Recognize and comprehend the particular purpose(pragmatic cues), textual structures and patterns (textual cues), sentence structures (syntactical cues), word patterns (lexical/semantic/morphological cues), sound-symbol relationships (graphophonic cues), and other cues, in visual, oral, print, and multimedia texts | |
| (a) |
Pragmatic: Explore various ways in which language is used across culture, age groups, and genders to honour and celebrate people and events; recognize and explain
function and purpose of texts including informing, persuading, narrating, and describing; recognize use and register of language (i.e., formal, informal, slang)
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| (b) |
Textual: Recognize and explain how structures and features of texts can work to shape understanding including form/genre, sequence of ideas, artistic devices (e.g., personification, figurative language, exaggeration, symbolism), elements (e.g., point of view, conflict, theme, supporting arguments), and text features (e.g., credits, headings, diagrams, glossaries, columns, sidebars, pull-quotes). |
| (c) |
Syntactical: Recognize and comprehend clear sentence structures that contain a verb and its subject; closely related ideas in compound structures that use conjunctions or joining words; complete sentences with appropriate modification; varied sentence beginnings; effective punctuation and capitalization including periods, commas, quotation marks, colons, dashes, and hyphens; and the word order and emphasis on particular words within a sentence. |
| (d) |
Semantic/Lexical/Morphological: Recognize and comprehend words that are appropriate for audience, purpose, and context and capture particular aspect of intended meaning; recognize common prefixes (e.g., anti, auto, pre, trans), suffixes (e.g., tion, ment), and root words (e.g., run, view); use reference tools to determine meaning of words; recognize words used figuratively (e.g., personification, similes, metaphors) and for imagery. |
| (e) |
Graphophonic: Recognize and comprehend word families and sound-symbol patterns and relationships. |
| (f) |
Other Cues: Recognize and comprehend non-verbal cues and body language, physical movement, gestures, facial expression, sound, and visual and multimedia aids to enhance presentations, and characteristic conventions of a variety of visual, multimedia, and print texts (e.g., labels, sidebars, diagrams) |
