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Literacy for Life: Transferable Skills, Digital Media Literacy and Diverse Voices: Unit Review

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Learning goals
  • I can explain and apply the seven transferable skills and my plan to grow.
  • I can act as a safe, responsible, critical consumer and creator of digital and media texts.
  • I can connect English to other subjects and everyday life, and analyze identity, belonging, and First Nations, Métis and Inuit themes respectfully.

Words to know

transferable skills
Seven skills you carry across subjects and life: critical thinking and problem solving; innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship; self-directed learning; collaboration; communication; global citizenship and sustainability; digital literacy.
disinformation
False information spread on purpose to deceive.
fair dealing
Limited use of copyrighted work, without permission, for purposes such as research, education, criticism and review, if the use is fair.
convention
A feature audiences expect in a media form.
unintended audience
People who see a text but weren't the creator's target.
sense of belonging
Feeling accepted, valued and included.
Two-Eyed Seeing
Using the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges together.

Let's review!

This unit gave you the toolkit for all of Grade 9 English. You named and used the seven transferable skills and made a plan to grow. You practised digital media literacy: citizenship, safety, research, media techniques, audiences, design and respectful online collaboration. And you made connections: to other subjects and everyday life, to identity and belonging, and to the themes and ways of knowing in First Nations, Métis and Inuit texts.

Each practice set below matches one lesson. Try every question, then press Show answer.

Literacy for Life: the unit at a glanceA1 Transferable Skills1 The seven skills2 Voice and a planA2 Digital Media Literacy3 Digital citizenship4 Safety and well-being5 Mis/disinformation6 Curation and ethics7 Media techniques8 Form, message, context9 Innovation and design10 Cultural awareness onlineA3 Connections11 English everywhere12 Identity and belonging13 First Nations, Métisand Inuit voices
The 13 lessons grouped by overall expectation: A1 transferable skills, A2 digital media literacy, A3 applications, connections and contributions.

The Seven Transferable Skills: Your Toolkit for Reading, Listening, Viewing and Creating

1

Name any four of the seven transferable skills.

2

Is listening to a podcast receptive or expressive?

3

Write a skill, action, effect sentence about checking a source before sharing it.

Your Voice, Your Engagement and Your Plan to Grow

1

Make this goal SMART: "Read more."

2

What is metacognition?

3

What should happen at a plan's check-in?

Digital Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities, Permission and Digital Identity

1

When does copyright protect your original story in Canada?

2

What should you do before posting a group photo?

3

A photo is licensed CC BY-NC. Can you use it on a poster for a free school event, with credit?

Online Safety, Privacy, Well-Being and Etiquette

1

Name three warning signs of phishing.

2

What is multi-factor authentication?

3

A stranger online says "don't tell your parents." What should you do?

Stopnotice emotionRead laterallywho made it?Tracefind the originalDecidetrue, false, misleading,or not enough evidence
The verification moves from Lesson 5, in order. "Not enough evidence" is an honest verdict.

Research and Information Literacy I: Misinformation, Disinformation and Verifying Claims

1

A person invents a fake story to earn ad money. Misinformation or disinformation?

2

A real 2019 photo is shared as "happening now." What kind of misleading content is this?

3

Name the three ways to check a research source.

4

What is malinformation?

Research and Information Literacy II: Curated Information, Building Knowledge and Using Sources Ethically

1

Is a diary written during an event primary or secondary?

2

What is patchwriting?

3

Why must you never cite a source an AI chatbot lists without finding it yourself?

Forms, Conventions and Techniques of Digital and Media Texts

1

What effect does a low-angle shot usually create?

2

Is a logo at the end of an ad a form, a convention or a technique?

3

Write a technique + evidence + effect sentence about fast cuts in an action trailer.

Just for fun

Review riddle: what has a hook, a call to action and an intended audience, but can't catch a single fish?

An ad!

Media, Audience and Production: How Form, Message and Context Work Together

1

Name the three corners of the form, message, context triangle.

2

What does #ad tell you about the purpose of production?

3

Give one example of an unintended audience.

Innovation and Design: Using Digital and Media Tools to Solve Real Problems

1

List the design process stages in order.

2

Write a "How might we" question about crowded school hallways between classes.

3

Why make a quick paper prototype first?

Community and Cultural Awareness: Collaborating Respectfully and Inclusively Online

1

What is alt text for?

2

Rewrite respectfully: "That food sounds gross."

3

Name two actions of an upstander online.

English Everywhere: Literacy Skills Across Subjects and in Everyday Life

1

Give two meanings of table.

2

A plan costs $20 for 2 months, then $30 a month. What does it cost for 6 months?

3

What three-part thinking pattern works across subjects?

Identity, Self and Belonging: Diverse Voices and Experiences in Texts

1

Explain mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors.

2

What is intersectionality?

3

In what year did the federal government apologize for the Chinese head tax?

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices: Themes, Perspectives and Ways of Knowing

1

Why should you name a creator's Nation or community?

2

Write a theme statement about language in a text by a First Nations, Métis or Inuit creator.

3

Rewrite in the present tense and more specifically: "Inuit used to hunt."

How to use this review

  1. Try each set without looking back.
  2. Check your answers. For written answers, compare the ideas in the model, not the exact words.
  3. Mark any set where you missed more than one question, and revisit that lesson's examples and practice.
  4. Keep this unit's checklists (skill, action, effect; technique, evidence, effect; theme, evidence, context, significance) handy all year: you'll use them in every English unit.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Which is one of Ontario's seven transferable skills?

2.

Which goal is SMART?

3.

Which use of a song is most likely fair dealing?

4.

A message says "Act within 1 hour or lose your account!" This uses:

5.

True information shared to hurt someone is:

6.

Which is a convention of a news article?

7.

Which stage of design comes right after define?

8.

Which hashtag is most accessible?

9.

A text that lets you see your own experience reflected is a:

10.

Which statement about First Nations, Métis and Inuit is accurate?

For parents and teachers

How to use the results:

  • Trouble naming or explaining skills → The Seven Transferable Skills.
  • Vague goals or no plan → Your Voice, Your Engagement and Your Plan to Grow.
  • Copyright, permission or Creative Commons mistakes → Digital Citizenship.
  • Missing phishing signs or privacy steps → Online Safety, Privacy, Well-Being and Etiquette.
  • Mixing up mis-, dis- and malinformation, or weak verification → Research and Information Literacy I.
  • Patchwriting, citation or AI-use questions → Research and Information Literacy II.
  • Describing instead of analyzing media → Forms, Conventions and Techniques.
  • Confusing form, message and context, or forgetting unintended audiences → Media, Audience and Production.
  • Jumping to solutions without users or evidence → Innovation and Design.
  • Disrespectful or non-inclusive wording online → Community and Cultural Awareness.
  • Not seeing English in other subjects or fine print → English Everywhere.
  • Generalizing about groups, or summarizing instead of analyzing identity → Identity, Self and Belonging.
  • Past-tense or generalized statements about Indigenous peoples, or one-word "themes" → First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices.

This strand is used all year: in class, it is usually assessed through the other strands (Foundations of Language, Comprehension, Composition).