Journal 5

JOURNAL 5

For this journal, you will need to refer to the course outline, which is posted near the top of the course Moodle page.

Read the list of Big Ideas on the course outline. After considering their connections to the course, choose the one Big Idea that you can most clearly connect to our course content this semester. Then, write a 250-word reflection about how this Big Idea connects to our course this semester. You will want to include the Big Idea you have chosen as an integrated quotation in your paragraph. In the development of your ideas, be as specific and detailed as you can.

You may choose to structure your reflection as a single-paragraph or multi-paragraph response. I am your audience, and your purposes are to show me that you can make your own original connection between one of the Big Ideas and our course content and to demonstrate your strong writing skills you have developed throughout the semester.

Please also ensure that you do not repeat ideas that you have already shared in a previous reflection task for the course.

course outline:

Course Description

Composition 11 is designed to support students as they refine, clarify, and adjust their written communication through practice and revision. Students will read and study compositions by other writers and be exposed to a variety of styles as models for the development of their writing. The course provides opportunities for students to, with increasing independence, study, create, and write original and authentic pieces for a range of purposes and real-world audiences. They will expand their competencies through processes of drafting, reflecting, and revising to build a body of work that demonstrates expanding breadth, depth, and evidence of writing for a range of situations. They will develop confidence in their abilities as they consolidate their writing craft. Students will also engage with the First Peoples Principles of Learning.

Big Ideas

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• Language shapes ideas and influences others.
• Questioning what we read, hear, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged

citizens.

• People are empowered by being able to communicate effectively.
• Engagement with writing processes can support creativity and enhance clarity of expression.

Curricular Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

1 The Course Description, Big Ideas, Curricular Content, and Curricular Competencies are taken from the “Composition 11” curriculum document by the BC Ministry of Education, with the addition of “Students will also engage with the First Peoples Principles of Learning” to the course description. The list of Core Competencies is also from the BC Ministry of Education.

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

• Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals
• Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First

Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view

• Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies,

as represented in texts

• Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts
• Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing
• Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
• Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral,

visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to extend thinking

• Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and

features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact

• Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between,

and beyond texts

• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values,

and perspectives in texts

• Recognize and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
• Evaluate how text structures, literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance

and shape meaning and impact

• Identify bias, contradictions, distortions, and omissions

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

• Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking
• Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways
• Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a

range of purposes

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

and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

• Express and support an opinion with evidence
• Reflect on, assess, and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact
• Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently

and as appropriate to the context

• Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights
• Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms,

structures, and styles

• Experiment with genres, forms, or styles of creative and communicative texts

Curricular Content

Students are expected to know the following:

• Text forms and text genres
• Text features and structures

o form, function, and genre of texts

o narrative structures found in First Peoples texts

o protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts

• Strategies and processes

o reading strategies

o oral language strategies o metacognitive strategies o writing processes

• Language features, structures, and conventions o language features

o elements of style

o usage and conventions

o citation techniques

o literary elements and devices

Core Competencies

Students will engage with Core Competencies throughout the course, including through self-assessment. Foci will come from any of the three Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Thinking
• Personal and Social

Materials

Required Texts/Readings/Learning Resources

• LEAP 3: Reading and Writing eText + My eLab bundle, Pearson (individual codes provided)
• Short stories and/or poems (information provided through the Student Portal and/or Moodle)
• Additional readings and resources (information provided through the Student Portal and/or Moodle)

Technology

• Laptop: Expected
• Internet access: Mandatory
• Camera on device: Camera may be used during classes with students’ permission and on tests/exams

Recommended

• Dictionary and/or thesaurus
• A method of organization for class notes, work, and assignments

*NOTE:

I can provide the evidence and quote in the course for you in order to write clearly. Thank you!