A Framework for Achieving Literacy and Research Skills

GRADE 8 Outcomes
​Students will:                                                                                               Through:
1. Locate Information using the catalogue and selected database
English 8: Library Orientation
2. Understand what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it

3. Practice effective note taking skills from print and digital sources, ex. Cornell notes
English 8: Cross Grades Prep
4. Track sources manually in pre-formatted table
Socials 8 (Term 1)
5. Identify criteria to evaluate credibility and authority of electronic sources

6. Read URLs to evaluate sources critically
Science 8: CRAPP Detection
7. Create a Noodletools Account, track text sources and create properly formatted bibliographies
Socials 8: Explorers
8. Locate text features in non fiction print sources
Socials 8: Explorers
9. Identify perspectives in articles
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10. Find evidence to support a position
Socials 8: Current Events
11. Define primary source and practice using them in a research assignment
Socials 8: Comparing Civilizations
12. Citing and incorporating statistics into infographics
Socials 8: Religious Tolerance Campaign
13. Explore First Nations oral tradition of storytelling using picture books
English 8: First Nations Witnessing
Outside of the framework: identifying bias in sources (Science 8: Pipeline Debate), site specific google searches, developing inquiry questions, and using geographical resources.
GRADE 9 Outcomes
​Students will:                                                               Through:                                           Continue to:                
1.  Reactivate Noodletools account

2. Understand fair use of online images. Cite and create credit lines for images

​3. Track text and images sources
Science 9: News Article Analysis
Evaluate credibility and authority of online sources
4.  Distinguish the difference between a bibliography and a Works Cited

5. Introduction to in-text citations (MLA) and noodletools features
English 9
Locate information using the library catalogue and selected databases
6. Locate relevant news articles through site-specific search

7. Practice reading and note-taking skills (THIEVES method for reading non fiction articles and textbooks)
English 9
​Socials 9
   
8. Write an evidence-based paragraph using outside sources
Socials 9
   
GRADE 10 Outcomes
​Students will:                                                                     Through:                            Continue to:
1. Use footnotes and in line citations
Socials 10
Use Noodletools to track sources
2. Develop inquiry questions

​3. Select a variety of sources for an independent project

4. Created annotated bibliographies
Personal Project
Cite and credit lines for images

Critically evaluate online sources

​Locate information using the library catalogue and selected dababases
5. Locate primary, secondary, tertiary sources in databases searches

6. Integrate quotations and paraphrased information into text
Socials 10
   
7. Use a library pathfinder to determine the best resources required an independent research project
Science 10: Impact of Space Exploration
    
GRADE 11/12 Outcomes
​Students will:
  • learn the structure and dynamics of a great presentation
  • understand the process of peer review and how to locate scholarly journal articles
  • study excellent book reviews and practice writing reviews
  • search copy-right friendly materials for post secondary purposes
  • study different genres of fiction and non fiction for an independent study
  • analyze Wikipedia articles for accuracy and reliability
  • continue to locate and utilize a variety of sources in databases