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Ontario Curriculum · Grade 5 · English · Comprehension: understanding and responding to texts

22 curriculum codes

English

Comprehension: understanding and responding to texts

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.1 — opens in a new tab

read and comprehend various texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge

8 resources

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.2 — opens in a new tab

describe some characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and explain how they help communicate meaning

19 resources

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.3 — opens in a new tab

identify text patterns, such as cause and effect in a persuasive text, and text features, such as a preface and glossary, associated with various text forms, including cultural texts, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

15 resources

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.4 — opens in a new tab

explain how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts

20 resources

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.5 — opens in a new tab

describe various elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and analyze how each element helps create meaning and is appropriate for the text form and genre

22 resources

CAN-G5-LANG-C1.6 — opens in a new tab

identify the narrator’s point of view, including first, second, or third person, in a variety of texts, and describe the advantages and disadvantages of the approach used in each story

4 resources