Course Content

• Different BC, Canadian, and First Peoples texts, forms, and genres

  • Common themes in First Peoples literature

  • Reconciliation

  • First Peoples cultures and traditions

  • Legal status of First Peoples in Canada before VS now

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• Protocols

  • Ownership of First Peoples oral texts

  • Acknowledgement and territory/land

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• Texts

  • Narrative structures

  • Text forms, functions, and genres

  • Elements of visual and graphic texts

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• Strategy and processes

  • Reading strategies

  • Oral language strategies

  • Metacognitive strategies

  • Writing strategies

  • Presentation techniques

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• Language: features, structures, and conventions

  • Features oral language

  • Elements of style

  • Syntax and sentence fluency

  • Literary elements and devices

  • Proper usage

  • Persuasion techniques

  • Citations and credit