Introduction to the Intermediate Division
From The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Language, 2006
(revised) the Ontario Ministry of Education notes:
The expectations for Grades 7 and 8 focus on the consolidation
of students’ language knowledge, skills, and strategies and their ability to
use them independently and effectively to understand, reflect on, apply, and
communicate information and ideas, and for continued learning in school and
in a multicultural, multimedia world.
During the primary and junior years, students have acquired
essential knowledge about language. In addition to the rich diversity of
language knowledge from home and com- munity that they bring to the
classroom, they have a range of skills and strategies they can use to
analyse, evaluate, and create increasingly complex oral, print, and media
texts. They have also developed the ability to reflect on, monitor, and take
steps to improve their language knowledge and skills in all strands. The
expectations for Grades 7 and 8 build upon this foundation. Intermediate
students consolidate and apply their language knowledge, skills, and
strategies across the curriculum in order to learn in all subject areas as
the content becomes increasingly challenging.
For a complete summary of the Intermediate learner from the
Language Curriculum please refer to the document below:
Overview of 7-8[1].pdf
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