The Circle of Learning

Identify that non-fiction and documents are written in formal language.
Identify key words that explain the overall meaning of a reading selection.
Identify the main ideas, key words, and supporting details in 1-2 pages of formal text.
Identify and apply known grammar and oral language structures to understand what is read.
Identify and describe the organization of documents (e.g., search and obtain aids like headings, indexes, tables of contents).
Identify and describe the purpose of various visual and text displays in documents (e.g., pulled quotes in margins, side bars, 3-D graphics, illustrations).
Identify and explain the information presented on the different sections of a more complex document with multiple pieces of information (e.g., identify and explain the type of information presented on the x and y axes of a graph).
Identify and explain the meaning of symbols and colour coding on a more complex document with multiple pieces of information.

Examples of applying this learning outcome outside the learning environment:
Family	Community	Work
Follow the instructions when assembling a household item (e.g., bookcase, coffee table, crib).	Read an interpretive sign in a park or museum. Identify the main ideas it expresses. (For example, read the signs set up in various places at Wanuskewin near Saskatoon.)	Use a highlighter to mark the key words in your copy of an employee handbook or set of union regulations. Compare your key words with a co-worker's choices.

Learners will demonstrate knowledge of the elements of fiction to improve critical thinking skills and for public discussion.

Identify that fiction is written in informal language.
Identify plot, characters, and setting in a story.
Discriminate amongst author, narrator, and character.
Identify descriptive language and common figures of speech (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification) in various fiction texts.

Examples of applying this learning outcome outside the learning environment:
Family	Community	Work
Help a teenager with a homework reading assignment. Help him/her to understand the difference between the author and the narrator.	Discuss with your neighbour a television program that both of you viewed. Compare your impressions of the storyline. Would either of you have chosen a different ending?	Discuss with your co-worker a movie that you both saw. Compare your assessments of the story line. Did you like the same of different parts? Why?