AP20.4
Produce, with some guidance, a variety of short written Dakota texts on familiar topics, to express ideas, extend knowledge of the world, achieve objectives and for enjoyment.
Indicators for this outcome
(a)

Produce a variety of short written Dakota texts (e.g., stories and social media posts) that address big ideas such as:

  • history;
  • celebrations; and,
  • entertainment.
(b) Convey personal information and emotions in paragraphs with simple sentences.
(c) Express opinions and perspectives on various topics (e.g., Dakota history and treaties) in a blog or social media post.
(d) Recount personal experiences on the land using a variety of narrative text types (e.g., short stories, scrapbooks and poetry).
(e) Share factual information in a formal text (e.g., first-person accounts).
(f) Communicate time or dates with phrases that indicate time of day or year (e.g., in the summer, last week, next month and midnight).
(g) Experiment with Dakota language and vocabulary through a variety of texts (e.g., signs, poems, short stories, songs and skits).
(h) Employ appropriate language and vocabulary when producing formal texts (e.g., news articles).
(i)

Incorporate the following in written productions:

  • evidence of planning (e.g., project chart and timeline);
  • clear purpose;
  • consideration of audience;
  • organization (e.g., opening sentence, order of ideas and word order);
  • appropriate tone;
  • context-specific vocabulary;
  • language suitable to text type; and,
  • linguistic conventions.
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