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Nova Scotia · Grade 8

English Language Arts

Six interrelated language processes: listening, speaking, reading, viewing, writing and representing

The renewed (2022) course is organized around six outcomes rather than named strands; each outcome is shown here as a strand.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

1Expressions of culture

How the cultures of communities, including the Mi'kmaq, Acadians, African Nova Scotians and Gaels, are expressed through communication

2Personal and critical responses

Planning oral, written and visual responses for an audience and purpose

3Creating communication forms

Writing, design and research processes; revising, editing, proofreading and publishing

4Communication strategies

Speaking and writing strategies, language use, organizational structures and conventions

5Comprehension

Active listening, reading and viewing strategies across communication forms

6Accuracy, reliability, validity and bias

Analysing written, audio, visual and digital texts for reliability and bias