Gr. 6 - School Newspaper

In this media and language arts unit, students choose their own learning paths and demonstrate their learning through a graphic design medium. Each student directs their own inquiry whether it be on a current event, sports coverage, a new tech development, or another passion of theirs. They design a page in the school newspaper that features the information they gathered on their subject. Researching, drafting, revising, and time management will all be developed in this engaging yet challenging unit. Curricular Connections - English Language Arts 6

  Big Ideas

• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.

• Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.
  

Curricular Competencies

• Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages

  
  

• Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources to build understanding

• Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiencesTransform ideas and information to create original textsSelect and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose, and message

Curricular Content

• paragraphing, form, function, writing processes, presentation techniques

First Peoples Principals of Learning 

• Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness,

  on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).