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Below are the objectives for Grades 11 & 12 (Elective – Newswriting).  Click on the link  for students or  for teachers for any objective to see the resources available or to add your own resource.

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Standard 3: Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text

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Benchmark

Indicator

 

A.  Analyze the features and structures of documents and critique       them for their effectiveness.

 

 

2a.  Analyze and critique organizational patterns and techniques,       including repetition of ideas, appeals to authority, reason and       emotion, syntax and word choice, that authors use to       accomplish their purpose and reach their intended audience.

2b. Analyze the role of media on the political system.

2c. Identify the criteria of newsworthiness for the media according       to the six elements of news.

7.   Analyze the structure and features of functional and workplace       documents, including format, sequence and headers, and how       authors use these features to achieve their purposes and to make       information accessible and usable.

8.   Examine the role of media ethics in journalism.

9.   Analyze the influence of advertising in shaping the content and       operation of media.

 

B.  Identify and analyze examples of rhetorical devices and valid       and invalid inferences.

 

 

1a.  Analyze the rhetorical devices used in public documents,       including newspaper editorials and speeches.

1b. Understand the content analysis of a daily newspaper.

1c.  Read and view a variety of media on a regular basis to remain       informed on current events and issues.

 

B.  Identify and analyze examples of rhetorical devices and valid       and invalid inferences.

 

4.   Distinguish between valid and invalid inferences and provide       evidence to support the findings, noting instances of

      unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, propaganda       techniques, bias and stereotyping.

 

C.  Critique the effectiveness and validity of arguments in text and       whether they achieve the author’s purpose.

6.   Evaluate the effectiveness and validity of arguments in public       documents and their appeal to various audiences.

 

D.  Synthesize the content from several sources on a single issue or       written by a single author, clarifying ideas and connecting them       to other sources and related topics.

3.   Analyze the content from several sources on a single issue,       clarifying ideas and connecting them to other sources and       related topics.

 

E.   Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical       assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

5.   Examine an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical       assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

 

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